Insights from a Lyndon Johnson Insider

Joseph A. Califano, Jr (r)., a Westport resident who served as Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969, told a Westport Library audience tonight that Johnson was a president “who knew how to make Washington work.” He was a hard worker who expected everyone to do the same, said Califano, 83, adding that in three and a half years working for Johnson, he had 11 days off. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com