Mr. Stern. And you have been a member of the White House detail.
Mr. Lawson. Of the White House detail.
Mr. Stern. Since then?
Mr. Lawson. Yes.
Mr. Stern. What has your experience been, Mr. Lawson, in doing advance work for Presidential or Vice Presidential trips?
Mr. Lawson. I have assisted on some advances and I have had the overall responsibility on some others. Some of my overall responsibilities were Billings, Mont.; Little Rock; Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Cherry Point, N.C.
Mr. Stern. Approximately how many trips did you have the major responsibility for, and how many did you assist on in doing advance work?
Mr. Lawson. I have assisted on five or six and had the major responsibility on seven or eight, I believe, and then have done what we call local advances here in the Washington area, if the President is going to a dinner or to a speech or to a function here in Washington.
Mr. Stern. Do all members of the White House detail do advance work for Presidential trips?
Mr. Lawson. Yes, sir; after they have been there a few months perhaps, or sometimes a little less, depending on the need of advances, they are assigned to go out and help on some advances, and then they will work regular shift work for a while and then they may be assigned other advances and then a little bit later have the responsibility of one.