America's Chief Executives speak from experience in this hour, drawn from interviews dating back to 1952.
President Richard M. Nixon : " The most important thing about a public man is not why he's loved or disliked, but whether he's respected. I hope to restore respect to the presidency."    
President Lhndon B. Johnson : " The real error was to be sleeping soundly about 6 AM and have the telephone ring. Had an accident occurred? Were we at war?" 
President John F. Kennedy: "It's much easier to make the speeches than the judgements cause your advisers to be divided. If you choose the wrong course, the president bears the burden."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower: " There's a possibility of the Congress limiting the power of the president. Once he's got the authority, nobody can stop him. " 
President Harry S. Truman: " If he's got thin skin, he's got no business being in the presidency. You never want anyone to tell you what to do." 

Eric Sevareid is the narrator.                       

Turned off by commercials? Get set for a deluge of them---excerpts from 150 commercials which illustrate this film report on a $23 billion dollar a-year-industry. Lavish productions and cinematic techniques are behind the TV sales pitch. What's the psychological effect on the viewer? CBS newsman Charles Kuralt interviews experts, including psychiatrist Erich Fromm.           

Old Time Radio program with Bob Kennedy, Barry Brooks, and Frank Buxton.             

Emmy-winning exam of the Watergate affair to date and a look ahead to the hearings to be held by the Senate Select Committee.
EXP: Leslie Midgley, P: Hal Haley, Bernard Birnbaum, David Browning. R: Dan Rather, Roger Mudd, Daniel Schorr, Fred Graham.                   

Reports of Congressional Watergate investigations as Watergate hearings begin. 

Duplicate of 17318.                  

A report on Skylab 1 and its docking with three astronauts.


Dallas Townsend reports.                        

A review of today's Watergate hearings. John Mitchell anxious to give Watergate testimony. 

Roger Mudd subbing for Walter Cronkite. With commercials.             

CBS 7:00 news report.

Host: Ralph Penza                          

CBS news special on Watergate.

Host: Dan Rather           

CBS news special on Skylab 1 after 28 days in Space.

Host: Morton Dean.             

John Mitchell admits trying to keep lid on Watergate scandal. 

Roger Mudd subbing for Walter Cronkite         

CBS news looks at Watergate and White House Counsel John Ehrlichman.           

CBS special on Watergate. John Ehrlichman is featured.                                   

CBS special on Watergate. John Ehrlichman is featured.                      

CBS news special on Watergate.             

CBS news special on Watergate.                          

President delivers second State of Union address to Congress. Senator Harold Hughes in critical condition.     

Host: Walter Cronkite.       

Middle East fighting worsens. Rumor that Bebe Rebozo was go-between for Howard Hughes campaign contribution to President Nixon.              

US and USSR diplomats meet to discuss Middle East war. No solution yet. Some obstructions in Congress approving Gerald Ford's Vice-Presidential confirmation.           

Commentary on the firing of Archibald Cox by President Nixon.    

Commentary on President Nixon and upcoming news conference.                    

News special on President Nixon's endangered presidency.           

April 16, 1962-March 6, 1981. On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards and became the anchor on "The CBS Evening News" which ran 15 minutes Monday thru Friday in primetime. The broadcast expanded to 30 minutes on September 2, 1963.                                                    

Fuel shortage possibly due to lack of refining facilities. At Republican governors conference, fuel crisis discussed.

Host: Walter Cronkite.   

Nixon meets with advisers to counteract fuel shortages. Belief Israel possesses nuclear weapons.

Walter Cronkite reports. 
          

Truckers in two-day work stoppage. Energy secretary William Simon and President Nixon hold news conference to discuss energy crisis. 

Host: Walter Cronkite.

Nixon meets with top economy advisers to discuss the energy crisis. 

15 American, European, and Japanese companies agree to buy Iranian crude oil at record prices.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Akwaz, Iran) Iran offered oil earlier at much lower price, but oil companies and Nixon administration refused to buy. {National Iranian Oil Company Dr. Reza Fallah - insists Iran offered to sell oil to US.} Iran began selling oil to Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa after United States refused to buy. [FALLAH - thinks oil companies must shoulder some responsibility for United States energy crisis.]
REPORTER: John Sheahan

Reporter(s):Cronkite, Walter Cronkite; John Sheahan.


President lights national Christmas tree.

                                    

Stand-up comics both veterans and newcomers, share the spotlight in 90 minutes of laughter taped in Las Vegas. Topics range from politics and ethnic problems to the woes of perpetual losers and inept magicians.                      

             A SPEICAL half hour addition of CBS REPORTS airing in prime time, bringing to light what happened on October 25, 1973 when President Richard M. Nixon ordered U.S. military's mobilization of two million men in the armed  forces on a world-wide alert in response to the conflict in the Middle East. 
Implications of the action  leading up to such event, and beyond, are reviewed.