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  • REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, WORLD FOOD EXPOSITION YOUTH DAY ­ MADISON, WISCONSIN FOR RELEASE AFTER 10:00 A.M., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1967 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE In the past three days, l have traveled
  • is more tban 17 jet bours from Washington. On our trip to Asia last fall, four of the countries we visited -- New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and Tbailand ... had never been visited by a President of the United States. In 17 days, we traveled 31, 500
  • - .. to travelers from near and far. l'm particularly glad that I could bring some forty journalists from Europe who are here on a "Discover America" trip, for I wanted them to see this island of white sand dunes and o ur plans to keep it very muchas it is now
  • .~' Hl!ll~ ~-:hen much :Xtl! travel in[;; --" ~fo c-~ t ~µrud.:mi c omp
  • playground equipment was alive with children from all over town. An .:old man was fishing in the sun. Family after family was picnicking -- one, a group of travelers from the Philippine~ shared their rice cake with me under your cherry trees. „. There were
  • . McAlester can be truly proud of its native son. I'm glad to have traveled here with your Senators Mike Monroney and Howard Edmundson and their wives. These men, too, were an important part of the "can-do Congress." Another reason I am glad to be here
  • , that the University of Texas is more than just a g ood school. As I travel this land and visit other campuses, I am proud when educators tell me that my University already is one of the best and is const&ntly becoming even better. This Round-Up Showcase demonstrates
  • in this audience -- more fortunate than any women in any nation in the world will not settle forless than all your talents demand. MORE - 3 ­ Perhaps you know the lines from Robert Frost: "Two roads emerged in a wood and I took the one less traveled
  • each day has touched our own on many occasions. When we have traveled on assignments abroad--to Greece, Turkey, The Philippines, the letters Y- W-C-A are a common tongue and they s eem to say -- "this is an outpost of democ:-acy". In Washington. just
  • to the sum of society. I wish that each of you could have been with me in recent months ae I have travelled throughout this land to see the surge of efforts of people to improve tbeir cities and countryside. It is no small d r eam, and there is a chance
  • came from Kentucky. They traveled many years ago to the Texas frontier: people like Eliza Bunton of Russellville, and John Huffman of Bourbon County; proud names like DeSha and Perrin. And in these past five years, we've had other reasons tobe grateful
  • ?" In my travels the past couple of years, 1 have seen ex.amples of that "kinder treatment. 11 They demonstrate that the arts and the sciences, civic conviction a nd old-fashinned pride, can overcome blight, decay -- and even traffic jams. - 3 ­ MORE