Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette

Visiting LBJ after his 1955 heart attack; the advent of cable television; speaking to Emanuel Celler’s antitrust subcommittee on the House Judiciary committee and Stanton’s resulting relationship with Celler; the relationship between LBJ and Bill Paley; Stanton’s role as LBJ’s tie to the television industry; the 3/31/68 speech; leaving Washington DC with LBJ the morning of 4/1/68 to go to Chicago; the decision to keep the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago and not move it to Miami; press problems at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s actions in regard to Vietnam; Stanton’s 1965 trip to Vietnam; criticism about press coverage of Vietnam; different Presidents’ reactions to press coverage the repeal of the Communications Act of 1934; introducing the idea of televised presidential debates; the first Nixon-JFK debate; setting up the details of the Nixon-JFK debates.