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  • days, in the senatorial days, he didn't loom as a big influence in the State Department. Now, when he became vice president, his influence became a great deal more, mainly because of his trips abroad; he did a lot of traveling abroad. F: Did you get
  • humor; camel driver's visit to U.S. and LBJ ranch; travel with LBJ as President; LBJ's selection of presidential gifts; graciousness of LBJ and Lady Bird; ambassadors' visits with LBJ; state dinners; LBJ's concern for people needing help; foreign policy
  • of time with Mrs. Johnson? B: On the first occasion? F: Yes. B: I was sitting next to Mrs. Johnson at dinner. F: I see. B: At that time we had a conversation, if I remember~ about traveling in Mexico and how much you could travel as a person
  • can't possibly recall all the many faces or the types of trips, but needless to say, wherever the President went, I was part of the party. On Air Force One now I was traveling first class, whereas before lid been a part of the press party. F
  • more than that and then hung up the phone. He didn't tell Of course, he was traveling that 450 miles during the day, and it was quite a task to get all these things together. F: Had they decided rather suddenly to get married? Q: They must have
  • at about eleven 0' clock, and he travels with an arsenal. and pistols. He even carries a machine gun, shotguns. was supposed to arrive at eleven; at eleven thirty he wasn't there. He carries rifles As I said, he the barbecue was to begin at noon
  • to the Atlanta field office? Y: Well, I had been on the White House detail for five years; Georgia is my home; I had expressed a desire to transfer back to Georgia--you must realize that there is an awful lot of traveling on the White House detail and people
  • . F: Well, what did you do? Travel the state with him? B: He did not make an extensive campaign that year. As I recall, the year before [in] 1953, he went over the state making speeches and building up his organizations, and I covered him