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of the conversations in June 1967.
For the first time, the "Hot Line
between the leaders of the United
States and the Soviet Union is put
into use dw;ng a crisis. Later that
month, the conversations tum to
the summit meeting between Pre ident
- for
the Inks and Buchanan dams in the 1920s, fondly recalled
the times "Lyndon helped me out. Ile helped me in just
about anything ... personal problems ... anything. Took
care of 'em too."
Cotten said be met LBJ in the first ear he ran for
Congress.
"I met him
- vious Lhre conferenc s
focu, d on hm
.S. policy toward
Vietnam evol ed in Wash·ngton and
was applied in the Field. This time,
twenty prominent scholar, met to con
sider ho, the Johnson Admini tration
search d for peace in Vietnam.
Pr . ident Johnson's
-
Society of LBJ. but our best hope in
these more than slightly retrograde
times.'· Even though, he said. his title
is "one grade down from the long
standing, deathless expression which
Lyndon Johnson gave us.'' there
should be "no doubt as to where
- to that.
Yet George Christian did what
few White House press secretaries
have been able to do: he conscien
tiously served a President who was
wary of the press; at the same time he
conscientiously served a press that
was wary of the President. And
because Mr
- was wa[kjng down the campus
toward the Student Union Building, and I
looked across at the other sidewalk ... and
I saw the be. I-looking f IIO\ I ever saw
in my liJe ... He had black hair and brown
eyes, and I thought, 'Hm. I wonder what
I can do
- , to restling oil rigs, to football.
there is a myth of the supporting women who fostered these male
enterprises, diminished nowadays t the exhibition of furs and
bangles in the sky boxes, and pompons and pomty bras at half
time on the field. I distrust
- Endowment for the Arts, the Library will host a
majur national Symposium on "THE ARTS: Y ars of
Development, Time f Decision." That evening, as the
major event in this year's program, the Friends of the
LBJ Librar ,,..-it be invited with the symposium
- , 0eft) who
spent time as a lecturer at the LBJ School of
Public Affairs. He was escorted through the
museum by volunteer Susan Dimmick.
2
Early Decisions on Vietnam Discussed
A scholarly conference to explore the
early decisions made by the Kennedy
-
by Museum Curator
Gary Yarrington
and his staff,
the exhibition-temporarily
titled,
"U.S.A. 1963-1969"-depiets
with
photographs, documents and memo
rabilia the major developments of
that turbulent time. The pictorial dis
play is augmented by a sound track
- -2 a distinguished array
f leaders from board room and bureaucracy, congressional
committee, campus and union hall. (See box on page 2 for par
ticipants.) The two-day conference was jointly sponsored by
the Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs
- sails on.'
Mrs. Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson, and long
time LBJ staffer and family friend, Mildred
Photo by Charles Bogel
Stegall.
2
"As we celebrate the 95th birthday of Lyndon Baines John
son. those of us who knew him can reminiscence about him
- , Oregon.
4/11
LBJ surveys labor supply in Portland shipbuilding industry.
4/13
LBJ meets with NYA personnel re: war work centers, leaves Portland via Union
Pacific.
4/15
LBJ arrives in Denver, Colorado, meets with Orren Lull, Colorado NYA director
- leader of the Union armies who
wenl on to become the country'.- 18th
President, the exhibit opened in January and
will run through May 4.
The exhibit is jointl_ ·rxmsored with the
National Portrait Ga lcry in Wa.hingt
D.C .. when~ it \\JS sho,\.n
- of
alien influences. American labor
unions, to their great credit, have
stood resolutely against the incur
sions and influence of communism
s,ince World War II. At the same
time, American business has played
a part much larger than it receives
credit
- llf him A scnil1r
offo:ial of the .Johnson adrrnn1,tration someone in h1 White
Haus~. satd tu me rec ntly that by the time John.on c..ime lll
office his predecessors had created such a myt or inv1m:1blc
communism that Johnson and his adviser-. could
- to the next.
Reedy had previously written a memo saying that without some concessions,
Senate rules would probably be drastically rewritten at the beginning to the next
session of Congress.
1/10
Eisenhower delivers the State of the Union Message to a joint
- to be able
to prevent the other side-in this case, the Soviet Union-from ever
thinking about using their nuclear weapons. To maintain deterrence,
you have to keep modernizing .. You have to simultaneously seek
anns reduction. But in order to do that you have
- . Abon>, Prt•si
dt>nl Johnson addresses the crowd of 4.000
friends,
1H·ighbors, long-time allies and
political opponents.
Although the race to complete last minute details was,
in Mrs. Johnson's words, a ''cliff-hanger," at 11:30 a.m. on
May 22, 197 l
- . On January 2 l he came to
the LBJ Auditorium to share his thoughts
on where the world sta11ds today. and
where it is headed.
Not long after
lapsed. Dr. Bobbitt
ars proposed that
an end. The great
the Soviet Union col
recalled. s me schol
history had come
- attend a reception in his honor
at the Women’s National Democratic Club. They also attend the traditional
birthday dinner in his honor given by long-time friend and recent widow, Mrs.
J.L. Aston. In the late evening, Rayburn and LBJ attend the annual stag
- the four of us. But
Lynda and I understood that time
was precious and there was a
BIG family to help.
Tomorrow Daddy's political par
ty and ours, the Democrats, will
formally choose Barack Obama
as their presidential candidate.
Senator Obama is a man
- Ce111etery, LBJ Runch.
Judith and I were deeply honored to
be asked by Lady Bird to be here today.
lo take part in and preside over these ac
tivities.
I wrote this in an essay Lhat appeared
in the New York Times on the day after
President Johnson was buried
- to undertake extensive new exhibit on the life, time
and programs of Lyndon Johnson.
The new orientation theater will be carved out of the area
which now contains large transparencies of rooms in the
White House. Those transparencie will be moved to a ne,"
lo
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When President Lyndon Bainesjohnson sig11ed
the National Foundalion on the Arts and the Humani
ties Act in EHiS, it wa.~a time of limitless possibilities.
The economy
- , his times
and his presidency at
the LBJ Ranch, at the
LBJ Library, in San
Marcos and in Washing
ton, D.C.
In its early years the Library began
serving birthday cake to its visitors
on August 27. One year it decided
to drop the practice-but quickly
-
elected Speaker of the House.
1/6
Eisenhower delivers his State of the Union Message before a joint session of
Congress. In foreign affairs Eisenhower promises that “America’s response to
aggression will be swift and decisive” and calls for a military
- Burnham
of the
University of Texas led off the morn
ing session, with Robert Strauss, for
mer Chairman of the Democratic
Party and one-time Ambassador to
the Soviet Union. The three joined in
agreeing that, overall, the political
culture in Washington
- , and the cook has
recovered. . . . For the time being we seem to be getting along very well.”
4/26
On FDR’s orders, Army troops take possession of Montgomery Ward and
Company after Sewell L. Avery, company chairman, and company directors
refused to obey
- of Hartford Times,
,Hartford ·
page iour
CO'NNECTICUT, continued
Carnpaign Speech, Constitution Plaza, Hartford
September 2 8, 19 64
. Meeting with New England Governors,
. Windsor Locks (Speech}
May 15, 1967
DELAWARE
Campaign Speech, Old State House
- Stassen.
1/9
Truman delivers the State of the Union Message. [?] is appointed to the
committee to escort Truman to the chamber.
1/11-1/12
LBJ, Estes Kefauver, Lester Hunt and John Stennis conducted hearings in New
York City, checking on the cost
- prosecu
tors; the modern, real-time, invasive
media: aod high-tech communica
tions such as email. Why would
future presidents or their advisors
keep diarie for example, knowing
they are liable to be subpoenaed? The
traditional records used by historians
- Congress, he said, is "bigger and busier. It's better educated and
more experienced. It is more ethical, regardless of what you read, and more
open. It is more democratic and more accessible. It is too accessible, I might
add, at times. It is more
- administrations has implemented the commission's
recommendations. They spent considerable time 111reinvent
ing the wheel.
- C. Girard Davidson, former
Assistant Secretary, Department
of the Interior
Lee White
The Histo11·
Truman Administration. The Paley
- , a movement,
it.h your interest and your
time. Y u can be useful."
Following Mrs. Carter's
presentat10n, a reception
was held in the Great Hall of
the Library.
Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Johnson
greet guei;tRin the Great Hall.
Ms.Jordan
M . Jordan said she
- a place where leaders of the time, representing
all points of view, would come to discuss, to debate, and
to illuminate issues of concern to the American people.
In that spirit, there have been assembled here not onh·
his supporters but nlso those who
- with Texas delegation. During afternoon
meets with Walker Stone, talks with Thornberry re: Will Wilson wire (?), and later
to Lee White and Arthur Goldberg re: Bobby Troutman.
1/11
Talks with Goldberg re: Troutman. At 12:30 Kennedy delivers State of Union
- : One Artist's
Engaging Look at Life is an
eye-opening look at the life
and times of America and
the world, through the peri
od covering much of the first
half of the twentieth century.
Throughout his life,
Butler's observant eye and
scalding wit
- . Senator Douglas is going to attempt to tack an
anti-lynching amendment onto the natural gas bill.
Eisenhower delivers State of the Union Message to Congress, outlining foreign,
farm, tax and other major election-year issues. He calls for payments
- discovery
shocked the western world in the early
days of the cold war and who were the
subject of a recent book written by
him ....
. . . Nan Robertson (below), Pul
itzer-prize winning former reporter
for the New York Times, whose own
just-published book
