Lawrence, John

1 item: 60-pp. transcript of interview with John Lawrence, Business Editor (also one-time Washington Bureau Chief). Notable names and subjects include: how he preps for the day ; reads NYT and Wall St. Journal for background every day ; planning for a stand-alone Financial Section in LAT (pp. 12) ; childhood and youth in Cleveland (pp. 31 - 33) ; at Wall St. Journal (pp. 35) ; he always felt free at LAT (arriving in 1968) not to worry about what advertisers would think of his reporting ; family life and social life (pp. 55 - 58). Somewhat of a surprise here is that Lawrence is not asked about nor does he mention being jailed in 1972 for making Watergate case judge John Sirica upset.