Host tell me the story behind the headline. Guest you never know what will happen that gives you a lift. The first season republished was when the Star Report was published. The first book was called lawyer, about arthur lyman. And then on monday or tuesday they announced the Starr Report was coming out on friday. Before that, at Random House i did some been called rabbits, which is i would take a document, dusted off, and publish it. Because i could do that. It was a very successful way to do government documents at a time before people could really download them with the same kind of ease. So the Wall Street Journal reporter, a Publishing Reporter calls me and i am sitting in a tiny Conference Room and he says, peter, i know you like to do this. You will be will you be publishing the Starr Report echo i say, of course i will be. And then i go back in and say, im publishing the Starr Report. I made a single call. I called the Washington Post where i had worked for many years. I said,
Host tell me the story behind the headline. Guest you never know what will happen that gives you a lift. The first season republished was when the Star Report was published. The first book was called lawyer, about arthur lyman. And then on monday or tuesday they announced the Starr Report was coming out on friday. Before that, at Random House i did some been called rabbits, which is i would take a document, dusted off, and publish it. Because i could do that. It was a very successful way to do government documents at a time before people could really download them with the same kind of ease. So the Wall Street Journal reporter, a Publishing Reporter calls me and i am sitting in a tiny Conference Room and he says, peter, i know you like to do this. You will be will you be publishing the Starr Report echo i say, of course i will be. And then i go back in and say, im publishing the Starr Report. I made a single call. I called the Washington Post where i had worked for many years. I said,
The disc, and your first day coverage, and we will publish it as a book. And they said, why not . So then comes oh, by the way, other publishers would not touch it. So we got the lead of the next day story, Fledgling Publisher will do Starr Report. I dont like being called fledgling but i took it. So come friday, the report is released. I get down to washington with two of my colleagues. At 8 p. M. , after the closures of the deadline, they hand me the disc. Then i got a call from a guy used to now who is now working at amazon as a spokesman. He says, peter, congratulations. Your Starr Report book is now number one on the amazon bestseller list. And im just getting the disc and the coverage. So the guys go down to virginia. Overnight they start printing the book. The book gets shipped by air, which i did not know about, because if i had, it was a dollar a book. If the book had not worked, we would not have this conversation. It lands on monday. It goes immediately to number one on the
disorders. the governor of illinois has agreed to serve as chairman. mayor john lindsey of new york will serve as vice-chairman. its other members will include the senator from oklahoma, edward w. brook, united states senator from massachusetts. the united states representative from california, 22nd district, los angeles. william m., the u.s. representative of the state of ohio, the fourth district. the president of the united steel workers. charles b. thornton, the president, director and chairman of the board. roy wilkins, the executive director of the naacp. catherine graham, the commissioner of investigate these in accordance with my standing instructions and continue to search for evidence of conspiracy. but even before the commission begins its work and even before all the evidence is in, there are some things that we tell about the outbreaks of this summer. first, let there be no mistake about it. the looting and arson and plunder and pillage which have occurred are no
for a few minutes tonight, i want to talk about that tragedy and i want to talk about the deeper questions that it raises for us all. i am tonight appointing a special advisory commission on civil disorders. the governor of illinois has agreed to serve as chairman. mayor john lindsey of new york will serve as the vice chairman. it s other members will include fred harris, the senator from oklahoma, edward brook, united states editor from massachusetts, james from california, the 22nd district, los angeles. william mccaul of, the u.s. representative from the state of ohio, the fourth district. able, the president of the night steel workers, charles b thornton, the president director and chairman of the board of lippman embassies incorporated. roy will, cans the executive director of the naacp. catherine graham, the commissioner of commerce in the state of kentucky. herbert jenkins, the chief of police in atlanta, georgia. the commission will investigate the origins of the rece