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- opinion so much.' Later his
mother succumbed to typhoid- ·he
too was only 46-on the same day
that his wife died of complications r
her first childbi1th.
Luckinbill/TR recalled staiting in
politics in the New ~ rk A sernbl
when he was fre·h from Harvard. s
-
son's legacy of reaching
out to everyone, we hope
this adds a welcoming di
mension for our non-Eng
lish speaking visitors."
Photos by Charles Bogel
Archivist Bob Tissing here shows a group of African
French-speakers a few tips on the new device.
2
- Cohen conducts a tour of the Library for Congressmen Frank Guarini from New Jersey, Jake
Pickle of Texas and Charles Rangel of New York. The group was here for an informal public discussion sponsored by the
House Oversight Subcommittee on Ways and Means
- , Betty Ford. Bottom:
Beverly Sills, Earl Warren, Nelson
Rockefeller. Among the speakers
have been many of the leaders of the
Johnson administration.
2
Library Faces"
3
Initiating a new program to feature ex
hibits in the lobby commemorating a
local
- to me.... "
But she did know long-time LBJ
aide Horace Busby, a childhood
friend of hers. So when Ms. Smith
was working at Cosmopo!ita11 maga
zine, and its new owner Helen Gurley
Brown asked her to do a story on the
Johnson girls, she said, "Okay, 1
- appointee in a new Richardson Fellows Pro
gram for Distinguished Public Officials in the Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Supported by grant from the Sid Richardson Founda
tion to the LBJ Foundation, the new program will bring
di tingu1shed past
- Douglass, which played
to a full auditorium at the Library.
2
OtherProgramsAt The Library.• •
. . . included Verne Newton, new
Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library in Hyde Park, New York
(below right), who discussed "The
Cambridge Spies," whose
- . E, c:r>girl there must
have kissed me!
h. la la' What a
vari ty of lip tick:·
"That co
ral gc l u nght ab ut
New )brk Ci on that d.t>:·
General
Powell aid. ··r knov. h • ,;
- and books. Ms. Robb high
lighted LBJ's passion for helping
people, and concluded with the
hope that her new program,
uture
Forum (see article on page 13),
would continue
to serve LBJ's
memory and dedication to public
service. She said,
When I see a!I of you
- charge of introducing new
gods and corrupting the youth of
Athens. He didn't do ither ... but he
did bring on the wrath of powerful peo
ple in Athens, because he questioned
them; he made them look silly, he
humiliated them. . . . And then in that
great
- as a photojournalist at the age
of 18. While a student at the
University of Arizona majoring in
archaeology, he snapped the fleeing
victims of an early-morning
hotel
!"ire, using a 39-cent camera, a
birthday gift from his sister. He was
later surprised to learn
- ~~AmongFriends
ofLBJ
1ssue
NUMBER
xi, JANUARY
24 1978
NEW§LEIJEREUIEUP§
PETHE
PETHE
LBJ8RAQY
b1
;
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....
A National Tribute
to Lady Bird Johnson
(See pages 2-41
A National Tribute
to Lady Bird Johnson
It was a tribut
-
Service Commission and as LBJ's "talent
scout;' sets new guidelines for opening the
voluminous Macy files in the Library's
collections.
3
War Art RecordsImpressionsof Those Who
"Profile of a Vietnam Veteran: Old Soldiers Never Die,
They Just Fade Away
-
but to lift each person to a new and higher degree of per
sonal dignity and life.
He believed in a divine destiny for this nation. Not that we
should rule the world, but serve as an example and friend to
the other societies. We do not live alone. We do n t
- at the news, saying that
there were only two jobs in the White
House that were worth taking, that of
ational Security Adviser. already filled
by McGcorgc Bundy, and the other as a
senior domestic adviser, a position that
did not even exist. But LBJ insisted
- .... "
3
Reflections
ofLBJ(continued)
The Observations of a Young Idealist
Reston
The last few months brought re
flections on Lyndon Johnson from
several different sources. James
Reston, Jr., a writer like his New
York Times-man-father, is currently
- of McCaiihy
ism. More successful in shap
ing the for ign policy f the
1960s and early 1970s were
the "new internationalists a
group of influential member
of Congr s • that included Stu
art Symington, J. William Ful
bright, Frank Church and Wi l
lian1
- and such Washington
journalists as Ray Scherer, Hugh
Sidey, Sid Davis. Marianne Means.
and Bonnie Angelo. will open the
event Wednesday night.
Thurstiay morning the confer
ence itself will begin with a keynote
address by Arthur Schlesinger. Jr.
Sheldon Hackney
- of a master politician at
work," Burka noted that the passage
of time and a new appreciation of
Johnson's social programs clearly
contributed to !his new look. But
without the release of the tapes at
this time, a quarter-century before
the schedule set
- to the public on
June 5. On the evening before, 800 members of the Friends
f the Library gathered for a preview of the new displays, a
buffet supper on the plaza and a gala program of entertain
ment by Opera Diva Leontyne Price, Broadway star Carol
Channing
- -namely,
that money wage in
creases in excess of productivity are bad for labor and
the country."
5
News from the Archives
Library Acquires New Collections
General \\'estmoreland with President Johnson, 1968
The Library recently acquired two sets
- .
The new improvements are part of a construction pro
gram to be undertaken by the University of Texas, which
owns the Library building. The proposed renovations -the
result of a study commissioned by the LBJ Founda
tion-were approved by the University
- Issue Number LXIX September 18, 1998
Balcony Sculpture Garden
(See story on page 2)
The Balcony Sculpture Garden
Gary Yarrington, former curator
of the LBJ Museum and a sculptor by
avocation, furnished the inspiration
for this new showpiece. Set
- Issue Number L Vlll August I, 1994
America in the Sixties
Library Opens Permanent Exhibit
Whar rhe nation looked like in the
years of the Johnson Presidency is
rhe subject of a new permanent
exhibit at the Library. Designed and
constructed
- the Biggs Chair in Military History at the Virginia Military Institute; author,
The Years of MacArthur
WILLIAM J. JORDEN, Correspondent, Associated Press, 1948-1952; Correspondent, New York Times,
1952-1955; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1974-1978
Panel
- ½. The
State of New York/Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr., State Office Building
Collection.
2
Bal Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden
Collection of Dr. Meredith Sirmans
Meta Warrick Fuller. Talking skull.
1937. Bronze, 28x40X15. The
Museum of Afro-American History,
Boston
- of American for
ces to Vietnam. President Lyndon
Johnson maneuvered the measure
through the House and Senate with
astonishing speed. The vote in Con
gress, with only Senators Morse and
Gruenjng dissenting, was to mark the
beginning of a new phase
-
son Chair in Public Affairs at the Lyndon
B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. His
appointment was approved on Octo r 12
by The University of T xas Board of
Regents.
Prof~or Cohen will assume his new
post in January. He will teach seminars on
weUare
- , entertainers, and Hill
Country neighbors. Among them were repre
sentatives of the American political scene from
the New Deal to the Nixon Administration.
ln a nationally televised ceremony the
University of Texas, which built and
continues to own the Library
- the Endowments for Len years, and he
sponsored legislation that established th Institute of
Museum Services, which provides modest 6'Tants lo
museums of every kind. Now president emeritus of the
nation's largest private university, New York University,
Brademas
- -=-;
_Among
Friends
ofLBJ
ISSUE NUMBER XXI,JANUARY15, 1981
A NEWSLETTEROF
TH£ FRIENDS OF THE LBJ LIBRARY
Mrs. Johnson greets new Board member George Christian.
Foundation
Board Meets in Special Session
Members of The Lyndon Baines John
son
- leaders. film stars,
educators, entertainers, friends and neighbors from the
Texas hill country - and representatives
of t.hc highcsl
echelons of the American political scene from the New
Deal to the ixon Administration.
At President Johnson's request
- movies are in the Johnson Library.
This wealth of unique material is
drawn upon by people from a variety of
backgrounds, from scholars researching
biographies to producers of news
documentaries, from photo editors to
members of the public who simply want
- A New Portrait of LBJ
LIBRARYVOLUNTEERSBEGIN SIXTH SEASON
The LBJ Library program hegan in 1980 \\ ith 16 dcxcn1s
(those who prm 1de guided tours) and ha!-.stcadtl) grown to 105
volunteers-both men ,rnd \ ·omen-working in four different
areas
- a
factor in a successful membership drive in Austin which
recently brought in almost 600 new members of the
"Friends of the LBJ Library." The total number of
members of that organization now stands at 2,575.
THE LIBRARY WITH
ROBERT FLYNN, author
-
Hyman, Professor of History at Rice
University; Dr. Morton Keller, Pro
fessor of History at Brandeis Univer
sity; Donald Bacon, formerly senior
legislative editor of U.S. News and
World Report and co-author of Ray
burn: A Biography; Dr. Raymond
Smock
-
THEECONOMY:
As The Cartoonist
Saw It Then
Inflatiun and rrcession command a stronghold
on today·.- nl'WS spotlight. A. they struggle with
the eronomy. President ford and the new Con
gress are faking more
an a few ja s rom
e
powerful pens of editorial
- , and therefore
his inactivity has deprived him of the
boost in his reputation that might
have come had he made more of an
effort to show [historians l the better
side of that period ... This may
change, however, because a new life
of Gerald Ford has just been
- .
Former President Jimmy Carter
inaugurated the series last year.
Luckinbill, currently appearing
in a play, "A Fair Country," in New
York, flew to Austin to make his
Darrow presentation on the one night
of the week when his play is not
given, to honor
- halfway." Caro's first
book, The Power Broker, appeared in
1974. It was the story of Robert Mo
ses, the man who virtually created New
York City as it appears today. Caro
necessary to tell the story of New York
City. The resultant book won both
