25 NOVEMBER 1966, Page 4

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'A lot of times when people go away he'll say Goodbye.'—Reply of an American schoolboy to an interviewer's question, 'What does the Presi- dent of the United States do?'

When people come, then anyone will do To meet the plane and bid them How D'You Do?'

But it's a solemn rule with LBJ, To say Goodbye, if they should go away.

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS