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- of Washington, found myself in radio about a year before
graduation and wanted to specialize in news.
[I] gravitated down the
West Coast and eventually wound up in Los Angeles, and was there until
1955.
I was employed by NBC and the first of the year 1956
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August 19, 1970
F:
This is an interview with Mr. John A. McCone in his office in Los Angeles,
California, on August 19, 1970.
The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz.
Mr. McCone, you have served both the Republicans
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BASKIN -- I -- 17
factor in the convention.
But neither of those trips produced
any delegates to speak of.
F:
Well, now after he became, obviously, the number two candidate in
Los Angeles, most people agree that his only
- of business, then, over and even
W:
Above everything else.
F:
Did you go to Los Angeles?
W:
Yes, sir.
F:
What was your feeling of the climate when you arrived there?
above~~?
I'm not
talking about the weather, lim talking about the political climate
- Humphrey was
mentioned at the time.
But President Kennedy selected his own running mate
in Los Angeles after he was successful in getting the nomination.
And as I
say, when the campaign started there were no more misgivings about Johnson.
He
- at that time was in the
Treasury Department.
So he invited me to join the Budget Bureau
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