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- who discovered America." Columbus is a discovery for me and a delightful one -- even though 1 do feel at home with you because 1 know you as good. hard working Democrats -- through the people you send to Washington. And, they are your admirers I
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson 'Salute to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson' Luncheon Given by Federated Democratic Women of Ohio, Deshler Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, 9/18/1964"
- will be acceptable to him for the two roles--chairman of the Texas delegation as well as favorite son--only if he renounces “liberal” alliances with groups such as the Americans for Democratic Action, the anti-Shivers Democratic Advisory Council of Texas, and the CIO
- and countryside is high on America's agenda. For it seems to me that one of the most press challenges for the individual is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye. Our peace of mind, our
- ; and it stimulated economic g rowth as well. It symbolizes, too, the par tnership between local, State and Federal governments, between private organizations and public action. This is what took Charleston out of the dark days of the depression. President Roosevelt
- or definitive. discoverlbj.org 1/24 Conclusion of present set of Preparedness Subcommittee hearings lists principal areas on which action must be taken. Interim report of 17 points is unanimously approved by entire subcommittee. 1/26 Prominent Democrats
- ” the Congress by threatening to veto bills. LBJ says the Democratic victory last November was a call for government action, something the Republican administration has not provided. 1/25 LBJ is at the Ranch until 1/27. 1/27 CTJ begins Hester Beale
- and the Americans for Democratic Action will “attempt to muscle in” on the legislative program of Congress. The DNC has circulated an analysis of the President’s State of the Union Message attacking it on certain points. LBJ replies that the Democratic leadership
- "NION, NEW HA VEN, CC~NECTICUT, OCTOBER 9, 1967 0 When 1 received the invitation from John J. 0 1Leary ...... a name no Democrat can reeist -- to corne and talk to the Yale Political Union about beautification, l was delighted to accept. Delighted
- as a filibuster designed to prevent action on the Bricker Amendment and the Eisenhower program. LBJ criticizes Knowland’s statements in a speech on the Senate floor, charging that the Republicans have engaged in lengthy debate, not the Democrats, and that Knowland
- LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) is elected Democratic whip, and Ernest McFarland is elected Democratic majority leader. 1/3 Congress convenes. 1/5 Senator Taft delivers a speech attacking the Truman Administration’s foreign and military policies, saying
- Lyndon Liz Carpenter arrived on the arm of Ben Barnes. The occasion began with a powerful a capella rendition of "America the Beautiful" by Johnny Ray Watson, of Bastrop, Texas. Johnson's book of how to work with the opposition. The rank
- for Wednesday-Friday. May 12-15. Its purpose will be to examine the sea change which transformed America in that turbulent period. and what the change has meant for the nation. "LBJ Remembered.'. a round-table discussion involving several former LBJ staffers
- /1 Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate Truman outside Blair House. 11/2 LBJ speaks at a luncheon meeting of the Theater Owners of America. 11/7 Republicans make significant gains in congressional elections. Senate Democratic Majority
- , one of the symposium keynoters, "is a massive demographic change that may indeed be the biggest stolfy in America in the next century." He pointed out that minority groups under the s,ixth grade in Houston schools and under the fourth grade
- compensation. That is one thing liberals conscr\'anves. moderates. Democrats and RLpubhcans. l think. have ull concurred 1> . . . E\'Cl') study ~hm, ~ that w :,pend too liule too late in education . . . We spend a much lower pcrc magc of our av.iilabh:: dollars
- be compiled with, if possible. If you will advise me of your action in the matter and have the letter returned to me with your reply, I will Appreciate it. Very Truly yours, Isl Lyndon Johnson M.C. Letter to Rep. Lyndon Johnson Dear Mr. Johnson: Why has
- pines, South Korea. South Africa. Haiti and Chile, we mu. I place America's moral. economic and political support tirml) on the side of democratic forces before it's too late. instead of waiting until their politics polarize. the democratic center h
- agrees to call meetings at the request of any senator. The Gore motion is defeated in the Democratic caucus on 1/12 by a vote of 51-12. 1/8 LBJ calls Senators Pastore, Holland, Smathers and Chavez this morning to thank them for their action
- in President Truman’s 1948 budget. Meeting of special session of the State Democratic Executive Committee in Austin, called by Chairman Robert W. Calvert at the request of Governor Beauford Jester, makes plans for taking over organization and financing
- , judgment it we hope to pr serve I e ,ocial nd e ..onom1L gain, America ha, ma e o, er thl'. pas 40 year. and -: p the great commitrr tnt, madt b) at least !iv ad mini. tratiom during those decade,, we're g ng to ha,c 10 ta e act1on-t ugh, painful, action
- carried in government service as a soldier in action. An interesting and heartening note is the barrage of mail he has received in the aftermath, much of it from the general public, which seems so understanding of a man who had, indeed, reached the end
- carried in government service as a soldier in action. An interesting and heartening note is the barrage of mail he has received in the aftermath, much of it from the general public, which seems so understanding of a man who had, indeed, reached the end
- Johnson was dis covering America." An elocution teacher, and a jour nal.ist with a sense of history, "Miss Rebekah," as she was known to friends, felt the need to record this most momentous mo ment in her family's life. From the beginning Lyndon Bain
- , and added that From the very beginning, there was never a disagreement on the committee between Democrats and Republicans, or conservatives and liberals, about one proposition: Washing ton should never have the power to be able to determine what
- and economic action. But not all of them. The white America ·s almost total ignorance of Black culture-and the Black America's resentment of that insensitivity-are Il()t matters for leg islation ... a11y more than are the Gentile's appreciation of Jewish tra
- and competitive steel industry. ("We've got to re-tool America," sai Jack Conway.) • holding down unemployment, and in fact creatrng millions of new jobs - particularly for the hard core unemployed in the ghetto (thereby defusing- a "social time bomb.") Rohatyn
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- History of the Johnson Presidency Series (UT Press) Adolphus Hotel Incident (1960) Advance Men Advise and Consent (Allen Drury) Advisory Bodies Advisory Committees - Commissions Advisory Committee on Presidential Libraries Affirmative Action see also Civil
- , demonstrating what American artists thought and felt about World War II, are shown together for the first time in almost forty years. In 1943 the organization Artists for Victory, Inc. assembled a compet"tiv print exhibition entitled "America in the War
- for reflection before action. Robert Strauss, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, does not envy future presidents. "Today," he declared, "a president has a helluva time just marginally influencing the course
- CORPS. THOSE WHO DOUBTED HIS SINCERITY. IT CAME IN THAT ELECTRIC MOMENT TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DEMOCRATS IN THE PENTHOUSE BALLROOM OF THE JUNG HOTEL, WHEN LBJ OUOTED AN UNAMED SOUTHERN SENATOR CONFIDING IN SAM RAYBURN ABOUT HIS CONSTITUENCY."ALL THEY EVER
- CORPS. THOSE WHO DOUBTED HIS SINCERITY. IT CAME IN THAT ELECTRIC MOMENT TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DEMOCRATS IN THE PENTHOUSE BALLROOM OF THE JUNG HOTEL, WHEN LBJ OUOTED AN UNAMED SOUTHERN SENATOR CONFIDING IN SAM RAYBURN ABOUT HIS CONSTITUENCY."ALL THEY EVER
- rights for very body. II we re trying to do is to make this government of the United States of America honest. We only ask that when we i;tand up and talk about ·one nation under God, liberty. justire for ever bod;,' Lo be able t look at that flag and put
- Electoral Politics Douglass Cater, in a second lecture co-sponsored by the Library and the LBJ School of Public Affairs during 1980, took a searching look at the way America elects its Presidents and uggested the following reforms for Presidential campaigns
- a k them: Who will Photo by Charles Bogel Johnny Ray Watson gives a memorable a cappella rendition of "America the Beautiful." Speaking under the live oaks at the family plot, Joseph Califano reminds the crowd that LBJ's spirit lives
- of the education legislation so dear to Lyndon's hean-legislation and appropriations that woulJ underscore America's belief in investing in the minds and talents of its young people. Those were heady days of action for we believed that a civil ized soci ty is best
- will significantly strengthen and enrich the educational programs in which that great institution is engaged. I would also hope that your action would enhance the opportunity for improving the academic endeavors of all institutions of learning, and provide addi
- in 1940, in order to wrest from Rayburn the leadership of the Democratic forces in Texas. Former Congressman Ray Roberts, who was on Rayburn's staff at the time, disputed the charge. "I know that the action that LBJ took was after full concurrence
- to the White House. As presid nt, TR oversaw the constru lion of the Panama anal, that stupendous feat of engjneering. (It was a dm-ing and perhaps unscrupulous exploit in int rnational politics as well.) To dramatize America's com ing of age in the family
- memoir. On ep temb r 27 he came to th LBJ Li brary Auditorium to comment on his career as Secretary of the Trea sury, Secretary of State, and White House Chief of Staff, which includ ed dealing with the Iraqi crisi , the conflicts in Central America
- 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