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overriding question for any of us, Texans or Polynesians,
is whether there will be anything to transition to." He
xpressed the hope that "while preserving and celebrat
ing our uniqueness as a state and working together on
our present chances and problems, we
- . a completely opposite reaction. She looked.
at it as ~uch a painful incident that \\ hen I interviewed her for the
txiok she couldn t even bear to bring herselt to lalk about it.
I should hope that the letters that my parents v. role to each other
during
- in the Johnson
Library. He was hopeful that there could
be a spee y declassification of this
material But whereas ¼bite House papers
on domestic matters are opened for
research in accordance with the wishes
LBJ set forth in his deed of gift, the open
ing
- A. Califano, Jr.
10:30a.m.
':4.ssessment.What Hvrked?
What Failed? Why?"
Moderator: Elspeth D. Rostow
Panelists: James MacGregor Bums
Stuart M. Butler
John Hope Franklin
Allen J Matusow
Charle· A. Murray
John E. Schwarz
Ben J. Wattenberg
Final Word: Bill D
- outlined his
own mix of hopes and predictions for
the national political process:
• Perhaps a hybrid system for n01ni
nating presidential
candidates,
including state caucuses as well as
conventions, would be an improve
ment. (We are not likely to get
- libraries as
educational sites. "If you walk into the
Lyndon Johnson Library, you learn
not only about Lyndon Johnson and
his tim s, but a lot atiout Texas, and
Mexican Americans, and these won
derful temporary exhibitions that tell
you a lot. ... I hope we
- "
Henry Ford II, Preston
Jone!!, Ed Clark, Linda
Tobias, Helen Hayes, Jake
Pickle, Mrs. Johnson, Kirk
Douglas and emcee Cactus
Pryor, after the program.
This hope has he n made a reality through the activities of the
Friends of the LBJ Library, and now
- and helped, both emotionally and in sub
stance, to make them the memorable events they were.
But perhaps this one, which we inaugurate today, pro
vides a better test than any of the strength of President
Johnson's hope for this institution. He perceived
- black district in
the state of Texas, and the poorest" - voiced his own hope
that public opinion would express itseir firmly: "I wish to
heck that the people of Texas . . . would rise up and tell
their legislators and their executors that it's high time
- of Chicago Law School because of the
environment he created.
Whenever the history of the Johnson presldency is written, I sincerely hope that this part of
that legacy is not dismissed nor forgotten.
PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
This letter from Senator Carol
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said later. "you never forget what
poverty and hatred can do when you
see its scar~ on the hopeful face of a
young child .... " "lt was extraordi
nary skill, combined with extraordi
nary moral courage, that made
Lyndon Johnson the most effective
- than ordinary
people. But it also made him more gener
ous, more intelligent, more progressive,
and more hopeful for the country.
He was. inside, a soft man. 1 saw him
weep as he watched television reports
from Selma. "My God!" he said. ·Those
- a reality."
On the Environment: "All my life I have drawn suste
nance from the rivers and from the hills of my native
state ... I want no less for all the children of America than
what I was privileged to have as a boy."
On his Presidency: "I hope it may
- an endowment to the
LBJ Foundation and a nine thousand
lume book collection to
the Library m the hope that thes gifts could be used t pr mote a
definitive history of Congr ss.
The Washington meeting, which was he d in the new Jame··
Madison Building. attracted
- :
The Constitution, once adopted, succeeded beyond the
hopes of its most ardent advocates; and I hope I'm not
overdoing it when I say I think in a broad spectrum we are
still part of the Constitutional (onvention, and I think it
sort of keeps us in that sort
- and women without
resource and without hope. We have
come to tolerate the intolerable.
--we need you to help us through
these difficult times:· the Governor
told the graduates. "We need your
energy. your ideas and your optimism
as we seek to revitalize
- a small swing be nice there! I hope there will be some crocus
among the flagstone for early Spring blooming.
l think of the spot as the sort of place a First Lady who is a grandmother might
wheel a baby carriage and sit in the shade and enjoy her own
- and promise
that "We Shall Overcome" -all of
that rich memory can still be sum
moned to fuel our sat·isfaction ,in what
has been achieved, and stir our hope
that ,the future will work as well.
But if we are realistic, we have to
acknowledge a sense
- the president and the CongTess,
launching a Great Society whose hopeful purpose was
to improve the quality and condition of Am rican life,
saw art and literature and history and music as
necessary parts of a nation's sustenance."
Other landmark legislation
- the "Presiden1·y and Lht>Press m a sym
posium co-sponsor d b the Library and the LBJ ~•chool of
Puhlic ffa1rs.
William S. White DeliversKeynoteAddress
'
'
Expressing t e hope that the symposium would
re. ult in "improved understanding and a hcii:rhtt>ne
- advocacy, he
hoped, would not be obscured by bomb blasts and body counts.
Lyndon Johnson never had enough time. It was precisely
this realization - that time for him was limited - which
caused him to speak to his fellow countrymen so urgently in
his last
-
opportunity for the distressed,
the beauty of our land, the hope
of our poor? ...! believe that we
can continue the Great Society
while we fight in Vietnam. But
if there are some who do not
believe this, then, in the name
of justice, let them call
-
During th
the Ln p
Lone. ht: l
L have
a
great-great-grandclaclcly at the Alan o,
and I hoped the press pool had no
Texans in it.
T had to tell the President, "Mr.
President, you said up there that your
great-great-granddaddy
died al the
Alamo."
He
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dinary? It was simple. Lyndon
Johnson believed that every citizen
was entitled to as much respect and
dignity as every other citizen ... Laws
testify to his commitment. He left us
a legacy of hope."
Two other departures:
• Homer Thornberry, who suc
- is available to visitors for
the first time. It is hoped that eventu
ally the patio will take on the look of
a sculpture garden.
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Foundation Awards Fall Grants
FoUowing the LBJ Foundation's poli
cy of giving grants twice a year, a
University of Texas
- any real hope
that something could come of it? And
who was President Johnson·s 'spe
cial" person in lran?
Someday an enterprising histori
an will pick up this thread and run •
to earth. In the meantime it is
intere:ting anecdote from a contr
vcrsial
- 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
- and will continue through
November 3.
"Ruth Harding," by Thomas Eakins was a gift to the White House
in 1967 from Joseph Hirshhorn. (In her diary, Mrs. Johnson
recorded: "I hope ... that one of the 32 Eakins Mr. Hirshhorn
owns will come to rest in the White House
- Education Act is all about.
And I hope we never forget it.
COMING EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY
February 28. Opening of exhibition. "Texas and the Ameri
can Presidency." Observing Texas' sesquicenten
nial tt will featur the four U.S. Presidents
Jackson, Van
- must see it. By recalling this vivid
selfless courage-full part of our past,
we make our current lives more mean
ingful, and we make our future more
hopeful. We come to understand more
fully what we owe to the generations
that went before us and what
- years with
excitement and great hope.
r
To an early gatherin,g of scholars and public uf
ficials at the Library, President .Johnson delivered
this challenge: "We are not here to eel brat the
breakthrou.ghs of yesterday, but to try to chart
- 1:P11lr.il
dtl,·, ..
E:1.1·111th,Di11l'!111 of th1· l . S. Conln
• Trn,1s Co11111, C.011rt )111!~1 ~1.uy
r•m·,• of \l,l\ors. \\Ith Bid,.ml C. Le,·,
'I Ire mosl hopeful note \\ as :.II11d, h>
l'l'arl \\ illi.uns: ''The l'l lllll11,il
-
a('repting our unfair share, with our serving as willing
In her welcoming remarks, Liz Carpenter set the tone for the
Conference: " ... I would hope that you "ill find perhaps a
ne • Acnse of destiny \ltithin yoursehes. If \H' can do that.
then this year has
- the reasons for the shortage. W really didn't
have any authority to do anything in the voluntary alloca
tion program. What could you possibly do other than call
oil companies up and jawbone and hope they got the
message?
- Duke Ligon, former Assistant
- . the environment. and
the lum.bcapc iL,clf. and that is a very basic and very powerful rcaltty
on which to build and it is to me a sign ol hope and promise.
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Charles Moore, Architect
Our problem I think. we have as we try to make the future. we hav
quite vivid
- " about their income security,
Cisneros said. And yet, as speaker
after speaker affirmed, the hope and
health of our national) future depend
on our ability to open the doors of
education and opportunity to all
American youth. The alternative,
Barbara
