there was a wonderful meeting with cardinal spellman from new york, billy graham and arthur goldberg, standing astride the white house pool. they were in their clothes. that is the hottest room on god's earth. hottest room. and johnson. he is working on them. in the background is bill moyers and me and a picture i have in my office. it was so hot in there you could see the sweat through cardinal spellman's black cassock. it was incredible. they worked on it. finally agreed. it was fantastic. got the bill passed. then he said to john mccormick, the speaker of the house, he said, hold the bill up, if you get a bill, don't sign it within 10 days there is pocket veto. hold the bill for a month. and mccormick said why? johnson said, because i want to sign it on hugh carey's birthday. wouldn't have the bill without him. he did sign it on hugh carey's birthday. that kind of thing. >> how did he so much about so many people? i'm told that he had the phone number and the name of every member of congress on his desk in the oval office with little notes about what they might need or might want?

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