EXCERPTS FROM LUNCHEON ADDRESS

Abstract

When first invited to speak to your society, after some self-examination, I did feel a certain qualification to speak here today. I was referring to my own life, my own way of making a living. My world-professional and personal, too-is a world of pressure and tension. As a reporter for United Press International assigned to the White House for more than 25 years, and along with the men and women similarly assigned-we lead lives that would be contra-indicated by almost any standard of mental and physical health. Work days that vary from seven or eight hours to 15 to 20 hours; work weeks that sometimes disappear into months without a day off; long road trips and always conscious of the fact that the next story you handle may involve anything from war to assassination.