President Johnson Speaking with Eric Hoffer
(Original Caption) Personally Conducted Tour. Washington, D.C.: Anti-intellectual Eric Hoffer, a dockside philosopher-author-nonconformist (left) got a personally conducted White House tour by Pres. Johnson today and is shown chatting with the chief executive in the Rose Garden. Hoffer, just forced into retirement at age 65 after 25 years as a longshoreman even while enjoying a comfortable living as a social critic, was invited to the White House after Johnson watched a recent television program featuring him.
