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- in the office just to the east of
the large Attorney General's office where Robert Kennedy made his
office.
morning.
I manned those phones most all of the night until early
My recollection is that when I began, nobody was writing
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- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
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H:
That's quite right.
F:
You didn't assign additional people to McCarthy or Robert Kennedy?
H:
No, I should say not.
F:
At the convention in '68, did you see evidence of the alleged heavy-hand
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- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
- ; reputation as a hawk in Vietnam erroneous; Robert Kintner; rivalry between RFK and LBJ; Presidential press secretaries; LBJ seeking professional advice on TV style; conscious of Texas twang; Barry Goldwater; George Wallace; 3/31 speech; evaluation of LBJ
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P:
The only time I really ever campaigned for him was in the 1960 election.
I was in law school in 1948. And so, yes, in the 1960 campaign as he
and Mr. Kennedy were running, I did do some rather modest [campaigning], and all in Texas, nothing
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
- Washington-newcomer Purcell to many people; Bobby Kennedy; the JFK assassination; Luci Johnson babysitting for the Purcells; the hard-working staff of the White House; the JFK to LBJ transition; Meat Inspection Act; LBJ communication problems with mass media