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- many people coming and going and
coming and going.
Did he talk to you about that?
As far as just having a serious conversation of the
whys and the wherefores and the pros and the cons, no, that never
occurred.
That wasn't his manner.
He would
- Relations Service has been available at
times.
helpful.
I can't recall the specific instances, but it has been very
And of course at the time of the King funeral I was in
daily telephone conversation with the Attorney General Clark, and
he offered me
- knew he was
being considered.
F:
Yes.
S:
And, I think,
in conversations with him, no doubt, that was men-
tioned, but as a matter of fact, the appointment came by phone.
He was notified by phone;
day.
\'Je
were at a meeting at Springfield
- used?
Y:
No, not--well, you know, President Johnson was a very unusual fellow in a conversation.
You'd go in with a specific item for the agenda but, depending on his most recent
encounter or telephone call or something, you'd find yourself sort
- , and that \/as included in the speech.
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the draft of the speech.
to rr:e.
I
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It obviously came as a good deal of surprise
irr:mediately rClr.cmbercd the conversation I had had with John
Connally the:. previc s
tem:K:r ",hen he told me that was a possibility
- there were conversations to that effect.
Did you talk
face-to-face with Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Johnson about this?
R:
No, Mr. Randolph did.
group should go.
I did not.
The decision was that a small
Therefore since Mr. Randolph and I represented the
same
- of that on television and all that.
But I
did not stay up there the next several days, and I had no further
conversations with him after th.at about it.
B:
When he heard the news did he himself suggest or perhaps ask you to call
Mrs. King or any of the other members
- on national problems in
the department and did not want to take on the position.
I said that
if the President determined that that's what he wanted me to do, I
served in his administration and I would take the assignment.
Stemming from that conversation were