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Backstairs at the White House Speechwriter Shapes Johnson Address
Alvin Spivak reports on Richard N. Goodwin’s role in drafting Presidents Johnson and Kennedy speeches. Goodwin describes the process from draft to final edit, stressing that the writer supports the President’s ideas while shaping delivery and style.
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Alvin Spivak
Goodwin
Johnson
Washington
UPI
Congress
Richard N. Goodwin
White House
Tadio
Nbc-Monitor
Def
Paty
Ann Arbor
Mista Smith
State of the Union
John F. Kennedy