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  • Contributor > Christian, George E. (George Eastland), 1927-2002 (remove)

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  • , and I was a speech writer and there wasn't anything much lower than a speech writer. (Laughter) But I have come on to much more exalted planes. Now, in this library there are some forty some million papers and they are very--I think Mr. [Robert "Bob
  • elected, But that's an examp l e . could hav e al lowed his n ame to go on the ballot and didn't. He He didn't active l y campaign himself in New Hampshire. B: Were Rob e rt Kennedy's activities involved in this, too? C: Well, par tly because he di
  • th t he Pr e siĀ­ dent a grea t deal. He was a very v is ib le Pr es s Sec r e t ary --ver y, v e r y v is i ble , more so than anybody I guess. We l l, Saling er was v i s ib le in Kennedy 's days, of course--bu t Bi l l wa s the fi rst Pre ss
  • a person serves very closely with a President--no matter who it is, particularly in a job like that--and when he held Kennedv obviously in such affection. ~as one of Kennedy's closest confidants, that carrier dedication was an emotional experience Jr
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] 17 C: Oh, yes, that 1 s right. It's more folklore than a ny thin g . Lord, I've heard so much fo l k lore though about Eisenhower and Kennedy that we j ust have added to the folklore about