A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.
A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.
I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.
I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.
When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.
I was several times at the White House and once I arranged for a chamber group of the Boston Symphony to play at the White House.
When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.
Before I left New York to go to Virginia and to enjoy the country, I filed an application with the Immigration.
I was an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan. It was my first trip to America. During that winter, Austria was swallowed up by the Nazis.
I think that the President was perfectly aware of the enormous importance which music played in the creation of a better life for people.
The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.
The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.
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