The Press: Other Side of the Fence

"Things have changed since President Johnson left town. All the pictures of Texas heroes I put up in the Press Office are gone—Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Bonnie and Clyde. The secretaries even answer the telephones differently. They used to say: 'Press Office, you all.' Now they say: 'Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn!' "

Bill Moyers was back in town, making his first speech in Washington since he left three years ago, and one thing that had not changed was his sense of humor. The former Press Secretary to L.B.J. is now on the other side of the fence as publisher of Long...

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