Biographical information; John Gronouski 1964, Post Master General, called Hardesty to be speech writer; Jack Valenti chief editor; first session, 89th Congress; LBJ and production of bill signing: two or three a day; Indian affairs speech; Bob Kintner replaced Valenti; expanded writing staff; Larry O’Brien; 90 to 100 items a day marked in Congressional Record for LBJ who read each morning; LBJ never forgot opposition, insults or slights; Stewart Udall called LBJ "a man of the land;" Hardesty thought LBJ was "the funniest man since W.C. Fields."
Previous
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Next
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell