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support special ac
tivities
at
the
Library, the only
Presidential library
Rep ...J J p·1ckle
open free of charge
to the public.
Former U.S. Ambassador Edward A. Clark and Rep.
J. J. Pickle said their committee, in response to continuing
contributions, has
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From the Mailbox
Dear Museum Curator,
Thank you for continuing to open the LBJ Museum to the public for free. I work for a charity helping underprivileged
children in Ft. Worth. We provide a hand up in life, not just a hand out. We took 7 children, ages
- the only objective of the policies of a
democracy, it will lead to unilateral disarmament and to a policy
of abdication, which leaves free people at the mercy of those
who do not believe in unilateral measures."
Mrs. Schroeder's point: "One of the things
- at the Library to discuss
the dual-and competing-themes of the rights and respon
sibilities of the media. The symposium, titled "The Press:
Free and Responsible?" was co-sponsored by the Library
and The University of Texas. What follows here is not a
literal
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SymposiumProbesTensionBetweenPresidencyand Press
A political phenomenon of recent
times is a growing antagonism
between the White House and the cor
respondents who cover it. In March, a
symposium co-sponsored
by the
Library and the National
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press conference jointly held by her and six other persons
identifiE>d with the Kennedy and Johnson Administra
tions: Senator Hubert Humphrey, Robert Kennedy Jr.,
Clarence Mitchell, Joseph A. Califano, Kenneth O'Donnell,
and E:sther Peterson
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paign in 1976, he did not go to the traditional place where all
D mocratic campaigns had begun for a generation, Detroit's Cadillac
Square, but to Warm Spring , Georgia, where, surrounded by sym
bol~ ol the Roosevelt presidency, he began his effort
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to speed up that day when all of
God's children ... will be able to
join hands and sing in the words
of that old egro spiritual: 'Free
at last, free at last; thank God
Almighty, we're free at last.'
"And so, Grandson" (conclud
ed the old man), that is why
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energy and the environment, and
'The Press: Free and Responsible?"
Lecturers of every political persua
sion-from
Barry Goldwater
to
Jimmy Carter-ha
e fi lied the LBJ
Auditorium.
The retiring dir ctor says the
thing he is proud st of is that the
Library
- , beginning with the Truman Administra
tion and moving through the Carter Administration.
A major symposium enutled, "The Press: Free and
Responsible?"
will take place April 3 in th LBJ
Auditorium. Co-sponsored by the Library and the Universi
ty of Texas
- to his predeoessor, Mr. Bush
called LBJ •'a towering and passion
ate figure" who "tried with all his
heart to be the best President that this
country ever had for the people who
are pressed against the wall, whose
cries are not heard. But he heard
- by the University of Chicago
Press, the book is the atest 111 a series recording the
admmislrativ
history of the J hnson presidency. Overall
edilor f the series is LBJ School Professor Emmelle S.
Redford.
In selecting his appo111tees, the authors found, President
Jo
- in the southwestern United States.
The Library's Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., closing only on Christmas Day. At. the request of
President Johnson, admission to the Library is free. It is
the only museum in the Presidential Library system that.
does
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the University of Kansas Press,
should be of great interest to anyone
interested in Mrs. Johnson, the envi
ronmental movement, or the impor
tance of first ladies. This is the first
book since the popular biographies
of Mrs. Johnson
- reel that a phone at the Ranch was
on a hundred-yard cord so that when
he was down walking
by the
Ped rnale. they could just re I it our
to him like a garden hos .
George
Christian
( Press
Seaetary to President Joh11so11): I
Company):
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was out
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landmark career of photojournalist
Duncan, who recently donated his
$15 million archive 10 the Ransom
Center. As with all LBJ Library
exhibits, it is free and open to the
public. The exhibition runs through
January 2, 2000.
David Douglas Duncan is one
- recognition in his
own right.
Next, Ward pointed out that
Roo evelt was lucky not to ha e dealt
with today·s intrusive and sensational
press, which would have made hay out
of his relationship with Lucy Mercer
and Missy LeHand. Bul by the lights of
What
- of the rickle down to the
poor will assure Lhe provision of needs lo the poor. Of
course, thal doesn't work."
Like Barbara Ward who spoke the previous day,
th United Nations Executive expressed concern for
the efficacy of the free market system. Strong ob
- , that splendid moment."
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Former Congressman Jake Pickle
made a return to the library to
delight an audience composed of
old friends and former constituents
with tales from his colorful career.
His appearance coincided with the
publication (by the U. T. Press
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electric utilities, juvenile justice, and
family issues.
Hood gets a lot of good press. he was
still a thief. Baxter favored eliminating
the Robin Hood system entirely, and
replacing rhe lost revenues wiU1state ap
propriations.
The ensuing con ersalion
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to be mined for years to come; it is a national
forum for the free exchange of ideas; it is a
splendid museum-the
visual record of a
tumultuous era. An extraordinary
range of
activities flourishes within the Lyndon Baines
Johnson Library and Museum
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Issue Number LXX, January 2003
George Christian,Former Press Secretaryand LBJ Foundation
George Eastland Christian died
of lung cancer on November 27. His
illness had been diagnosed as termi
nal a year earlier. After a brief try
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and/or the Library, there is a pressing need for a major
modification of several ar as of space ... in order to make
those areas more usable and effective."
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Along the north wall of the building on the first floor will be 11
new !>etof display cases
- the scars of centuries by say
ing, "Now you are free to go where
you want, and do as you desire,
and choose the leaders you please.
You do not take a person who,
for years, has been hobbled by
chains and bring him up to the
starting line of a race
- was President Johnson's last
press secretary spoke to the Library volunteers in Sep
tember, Excerpts from Christian's comments about
LBJ follow:
. . . More than likely, biographers and critic-, and
admirers of Lyndon Johnson arc going to be mining ..illthe
lore
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the Swedes, the Poles. tJ1 French,
Professor Lloyd Gardner has organ
ized three scholarly conferences on
the Vietnam War for the LBJ
Library. The proceedings of the first
two have been published: Vietnam:
The Early Decisions (University of
Texas Press
- protection t mpcred the 111herent
hardships and cruelties of\\ hat is still, by some, called the
free enterprise system ..
The R osev It Revolution, the New Deal, to this day is
both celebrated and not quite forgiven The poor ;.ire still
though! y the -.tern
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the destroyers to make their way out of
the Gulf of Tonkin."
As a young lawyer at the Pentagon,
I prepared a chronology of events for
the White House shortly after the
episodes occurred. I was given free
access to the cables and records of the
Joint Chiefs
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In Memoriam
George Reedy, 19J7-1999
Of
President Johnson's press secretary, 1964-1965
·oy JR.
When the Library staff learned of the tragic loss of John
Kennedy, Jr., they searched the archives for items to
assemble a remembrance to him in the Library foyer
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Smith, of United
Press Internationat-··Jeak
it to him first.
lt gets home first that way, and when old
Judge Moursund reads this, he'll know
what we're trying to do out here with his
money."
He taught us ... that a nation of two
hundred million
- , University of
isconsin; Donald Ritchie, enate Historical ffice; Joel Silbey,
Cornell University; and Margaret Thompson. Syracuse Uni er-
sity. epresenting the press 1/ere Donald Bacon, U.S. News and
World Report; Paul Duke, W.E.T.A.; Nick Kotz, free lance
- on "The Women's Movement
Through the Eyes of the Media." Panelists will include Sey
Chassler, Editor of Redhook Magazine; Peggy Simpson,
President of the Washington Press Club; and Isabelle Shelton
with the Washington Star.
Tuesday will be devoted to state
- Accords of
1954," he reads, "and the establishment
of political condit10ns that will permit
the South Vietnamese - all the South
Vietnamese - to chart their course free
of any external domination or in
terference."
He looks to his left and says, "Gosh
- session of Congress
about coming in to see Roosevelt. He had a project in
Florida he was really very worried about and he needed
some help. And he said he rather got the feeling that
Roosevelt didn't want to help him but he was going to press
him. He
- a wild scene of wadded
handkerchiefs, frantic gesticulations,
windows thrown up, and finally the
dick of the damper puUing free.
Then the awful realization that
smoke was pouring out of the dining
room, too, and our little company
making a dash across
- of race and religion and
language. and will affect much larger nt1t1c~and ar much
more dungerou . as we ~ee in Southern Africa rn the Middle
East and in the Gulf.
The press is doing its job. You know, there's a pretty
good rule as you tra,·el around
- to be a politician and proba
bly became th mayor of a naturally
rich and culturally diverse southwest
ern city.
Free public di cus ions of Bless
Me, Ultima.
led by Humanities
lnstitute fa ulty. continue at a number
of branch librarie in Austin through
October 22
- , lowered productivity, higher
and higher taxes, reliance on short-term debt to avoid facing
tough issues, hidden liabilities in the form of unfunded pen
sions and social security."
Rohatyn's experience with public-private institutions to ad
dress pressing
- Lo attend the
garden's dedication ... The newspa
per· reported the incident as a case of
Mrs.
Kennedy
snubbing
the
Johnsons.
"I suppose again that's where
the press makes things very diffi
cult," said Mrs. Onassis. " That was
so generous of Mrs
- the confidence that a
campaign is not being unduly influ
enced ... "
Should there be limitations on
spending as well? Only Rove ex
pressed himself on th,is question, and
to him the answer is no. "As much
as I'm horrified by the huge sums of
money we have
