so -- and dailes was on bobby kennedy's top 40 hoodlums list. i mean, dailes hated kennedy. so i think that it -- i think it's true that wasserman didn't like the kennedys because -- in part, at least, because bobby kennedy was going after people like dailes, and also sidney korshak. c-span: there's a picture at the beginning of this chapter three, and at our back is lyndon johnson. it looks like the dining room on the first floor of the white house. you've got on the left there lew wasserman, arthur krim, bob benjamin, lots of other names, and at the very far end, tom johnson, who was the deputy press secretary at the time. why this picture? and why lyndon johnson? >> guest: oh, well, that picture -- i love that picture because wasserman was really crazy about lbj, and definitely was closer to him than to any other president. and wasserman is right there at his left. and wasserman always said that johnson had offered him the position of secretary of commerce. ultimately, i came to believe that that was not true that he had actually offered it to him. i think there was some

bobby kennedy was to paris that same summer. as though this was not a litany enough of errors, on a personal note, --died accidentally in bangkok in december of that same year. but i wanted to refer especially to the magical excess of this gathering in central park led by coretta scott king. weeks after the death of her husband. she has this to say. all "my dear friends, the peace and freedom, i come to new york today with a strong feeling of my husband snatched suddenly from our missed three weeks ago. you would've wanted me to be present today. though my heart is heavy with grief, from having suffered an irreparable loss, my faith is strong for today than ever before. i have suffered an irreparable loss and my faith is stronger than it ever was. as many of you probably know, my husband had accepted the invitation to speak to you today. paddy been here, -- had he been here, i'm sure there would have been a higher level of understanding. i want to share something. he scribbled notes on paper for his speeches. among these notes w

king had been murdered shortly before, that bobby kennedy was that same summer, and that this was not and not all little if any of loss -- if this was not enough of a litany of loss, another died. i wanted to refer especially to the magical access of this gathering in central part led by coretta scott king. weeks after the death of her husband. she has this to say. "my dear friends, i come to new york today with a strong feeling that my beloved husband snatched suddenly from our midst more than three weeks ago would have wanted me to be president -- present today. the law heart is heavy but grief having suffered an irreparable loss, my faith is stronger today than ever before. i have suffered an irreparable loss and my faith is strong but that it ever was. as many of you probably know, my husband had accepted an invitation to speak to you today. had he been here, i'm sure he would look to your hearts and levels of understanding. i would like to share with you some notes taken from my husband's pockets after his death. he carried many scraps of paper on which he wrote notes for his spe