Reporters: Cold War in Washington

For weeks, the Washington press corps has been sniping at the President from every possible angle. "What is happening," complained the New York Herald Tribune's Roscoe Drummond, "is that Mr. Johnson is in the process of destroying the presidential press conference as Washington correspondents have known it for 32 years." Wrote New York Times Associate Editor James Reston: "He has not yet found time to clarify his foreign policies or the proper forum in which to articulate them, and this is hurting his Administration both at home and abroad." Lamented New York Daily News Columnist Ted Lewis: "The most...

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