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Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

have read, they being light humor pieces and drama criticism . BA : That's really why I asked the question . later, I might as well ask it now . BE : I was going to ask it Does the President's reading and his general knowledge go beyond public
Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule put out on Fridays

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it. One of my best paintings, which is now in the apartment in New York, the Fragonard called "Lady Reading a Letter," was in the hands of Göring, who wanted it more than anything in the world. He even made an offer through Seyss-Inquart, who

to pass out cards for a young candidate at a political rally there in Smithville; that candidate was Lyndon Johnson. Cliff Carter met Lyndon Johnson that night. He became so deeply impressed with the man that he devoted much of the remainder of his life

of calling Lyndon because he hasn't read the cables. When you get into one of these things you want to talk to the people who are most i n v o l v e d , and your mind does not turn to Lyndon because he isn't following the flow of cables." That was the only

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