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Collection Structure Firing Line broadcast records >  Episode guide >  Problems of a Chief Executive
Item Title Problems of a Chief Executive
Collection Title Firing Line broadcast records
Guest Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph) (1938-)
Guest Price, Raymond K. (Raymond Kissam) (1930-)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date Created April 28, 1969
Description Host and guests often do address the title subject-specifically, the problems of taking over as Chief Executive in a country whole sectors of which are openly mutinous. Along the way, we get a fascinating look at the nuts and bolts of organizing a new Administration-with glances backwards at Mr. Nixon's two predecessors-from the men commonly identified as the liberal and the conservative, respectively, on the President's speechwriting team. Especially interesting, in the light of developments in later Administrations, is the discussion of speechwriting protocols. WFB: "I notice that there is much less diffidence about acknowledging the fact of it now than there was a few years ago, so that people point to John Jones as the author of that particular speech by the President, whereas these used to be, as you know, highly regarded secrets ... Would you feel free if somebody from the New York Times, say, asked who wrote the speech, or who drafted it, would somebody around say, Oh, Buchanan did?" PJB: "Well, what you would say, candidly, is that Buchanan worked with the President on that issue.... But you take a speech where the President is deeply concerned about it, and where he feels a great deal depends upon it, like the acceptance speech, and the more important he feels it is, the more involved he becomes."
Subject(s) Speechwriting Politics and government United States Presidents Transition periods
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dimensions Duration: 60 minutes
Format Text
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio 4:3
Aspect Ratio 4:3
Color color
Color color
Soundtrack sound
Soundtrack sound
Hoover ID Program 148
Record Number 80040.148
Notes Video available through special order.
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6m3nc88c
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