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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1963
LBJ May Alter News Conference Format
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Back-stairs at the White House;
President Johnson's surprise "coffee break" news conference of last Saturday may or may not be a portent of similar ones to come.
But it is one indication that Johnson is giving some thought to changing the press meeting format to which the nation has become accustomed through television in the last three years.
Johnson told reporters in his impromptu first question-and-answer session that he would like to decide upon the future of his news conferences after the period of mourning for President John F. Kennedy ends Dec. 22.
"I want to communicate with the American people, and I want to maintain accessibility, and I want
there to be a free flow of information to the extent possible, limited only by security." Johnson said.
THE PRESIDENT said that the mechanics of how he could do this most effectively were yet to be worked out.
The big questions include how often to meet with newsmen, whether to leave the sessions open to television as Kennedy did, whether to require questioners to identify themselves as former President Dwight D. Eisenhower did.
In the view of several aides, there are more reasons why he shouldn't.
Each President sets his own rules, and there is no reason Johnson would necessarily retain his predecessor's.
JOHNSON IS AT his best with newsmen—and they frequently are
at their best with him—in an informal atmosphere such as the one in his office Saturday when he suddenly summoned whoever was in the press room to come join him for coffee.
Kennedy seemed to enjoy the more formal setting of the State Department auditorium where he stood on a platform overlooking an assemblage of newsmen in row upon row of theater seats. Kennedy managed to inject warmth into these sessions, but it wasn't because of the setting.
Johnson thoroughly enjoyed the Saturday get-together. He professed surprise at the number of newsmen clustered on sofas and
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He would have to buy coffee for between 300 and 400 accredited correspondents who generally show up at news conferences if he ever let out advance word that he's going to repeat the Saturday event.
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