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with municipal work. I'd written a Master's thesis on city
manager government in Florida and started a municipal search
bureau. I was the Florida editor of the official magazine of
the National City Manager's Association. So I was talking to
George and he said, "You know I could use you on my staff." I
said, "Well, I would like to be involved with you and your
company," and lkept the position several years.
P: Let me break in here because I want to get the chronology straight.
again.
L: All right.
P: When was this decision made to go with Langford?
L: Let me see. When was Billy Matthews defeated? I believe it was
'64. We worked together in the spring and his office was right
here in town.
P: So you stayed with Who's Who then for about three years. You left
the merit system in '59.
L: Yes. I didn't really begin work in Who's Who until the summer of
1960.
P: You stayed with them till. .
L: Until '64, or about then.
P: Then you moved in with Mr. Langford.
L: Yes. I was the vice-president as the public relations man for
the corporation. I went to the conventions and called people
about their codes and ordinances and people who had inquired
about service. A kind of salesman although I didn't go on the road.
We had another person who did that.
P: But you kind of opened the door for the salesmen.
L: I kind of opened the door for the salesmen. The salesman was given
a percentage on his sales, and in quite a few instances, I found
out later on, he was paid for sales that I'd make on the telephone.
But I didn't raise a question with George at all.
P: Angus, you're still connected with that firm, aren't you?
L: Yes, I'm a director on the board.
P: Mr. Langford still living?