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Press release, "Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation First Anniversary Luncheon, Hilton Hotel, New York, 4/9/1964" (Item)
  • one day when she spent t wo hour s helping the 75th Congressional Club give a benefit luncheon to buy a wheelchair for a c rippled boy. Only one person was involved -- where else do you start, but with one person? She thought of the suffering
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968" (Item)
  • .. FOR RELEASE AFTER 6:30 P. M. THURSDA Y, MA Y 16, 1968 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WlilTE HOUSE ----------------- -------------------------------------------------REMARKS OF MRS. L YNDON B. JOHNSON GARDEN CLUBS OF AMERICA
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968"
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Kiwanis Park, Stamford, Conn., 5/16/1968" (Item)
  • . Bletchman {Chairman of the Park Committee of the Kiwanie Club) can teil you just how much effort is involved. But the important thing is tbat it can be done. W e can add that grace note to our lives, we can make and re-make this land of ours into a land
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Tea Given by Mrs. Von Braun and Mrs. Webb in Honor of Mrs. Johnson, Marshall Space Flight Center, 3/24/1964" (Item)
  • of it. As you came down the line, I was so pleased to hear all th e things you are doing in civic clubs, in women 1s organiza­ tions, in your state and local governments to boost Alabama into the space age, making it the gateway to the moon. Thank you for coming
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic Women's Clubs of Kentucky, Sheraton Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, 10/5/1968" (Item)
  • WOMEN'S CLUBS OF KENTUCKY SHERATON HOTEL LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY OCTOBER 5 , 1968 1 am glad tobe herein Kentucky. We Johnsons have strong bonds of friendship and family with the people of this State. Some of the ancestors in whom we feel the greatest pride
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic Women's Clubs of Kentucky, Sheraton Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, 10/5/1968"
Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award at the Women's National Press Club Dinner, 12/2/1968" (Item)
  • THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CANDLESTICK AWARD AT THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DINNER DECEMBER 2, 1968 Thank you from the bottom ‫ ס‬f my h eart for this award, and the words in the citation• Thank all of you for remembering with such hurnor and tenderness all
  • Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award at the Women's National Press Club Dinner, 12/2/1968"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964" (Item)
  • .,._ ., ___ ·. CAUTION FOR USE AT 6:30 p. m. EDT----- Thursday,MAY 21, 1964 REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B., JOHNSON KENTUCKY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS ANNUAL CONVENTION IN LEXINGTON, KY. Thursday, May 21, 1964 I am delighted to share a day with you
  • Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964"
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Arrival at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 9/20/1966" (Item)
  • of these label this state as a front-runner in the natural beauty movement. I know, for another reason, too. I get more mail from mayors, conservation leaders and garden clubs, from California than any state in the union -- not just perfunctory notes. but letters
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 'Head Start Day' Ceremony, 6/30/1965" (Item)
  • that you and your staff and volunteers have done to get Project Head Start underway. And now I want to present a Head Start flag to one of the dir ectors of a Head Start project -- Mrs. Lou Maginn of East Fairfield Community School Club. A project need
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Receiving Head Start Citation from the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Hotel Pierre - New York, New York, 5/10/1967" (Item)
  • Duff, gathered them up and said: ttWhy don't we have a club? " So their energy was directed toward basketball, and discussions on civic problems and responsibilities, and for the next few years they met each Tuesday night and called themselves The Teddy
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968" (Item)
  • in circulation to youth, civic and garden clubs. Today I have come t ‫ ס‬convey a. very special thank-you to seven women and seven organizations whose achievements in litter prevention have been notable. Each ‫ס‬f these ladies has turned her talents to civic
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas, 4/4/1966" (Item)
  • Society, Jeff Davis County, and the Mile High Club deserve special honors for their unflagging efforts to insure that this ceremony would some day take place. Now I wish to join with all of you in this great moment when Fort Davis National Historic Site
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)
  • , they sold the plants they had grown and invested $185 back into the project. They even started a special science class for 32 students organized around the greeohouse. In Geo rgia, the 4-H Clubs have planted over 700, 000 flowering trees and placed litter
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, San Angelo, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)
  • families in Washington and in all kinds of foreign visitors. She introduces them to such Anerican institutions as supermarkets and laundromats and informal buffet suppers at her home, and taking both 4-H Club members and foreigners to see the Department
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, McAlester, Oklahoma, 10/27/1964" (Item)
  • . And they take everyone from foreigners to 4H Club members to see the model kitchen at the Department of Agriculture. MORE They have also given h elp to possibie school drop - outs by sitting hour afte r h our with y oungster s of low-income and sometimes
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to American Institute of Park Executives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)
  • exciting to me -- as it must b e to you -- to see the increased momentum in doing just that -- whether it is the g ar d en club providin~ g reat masses of seasonal flowers in a down­ town area or the res ea rch la bo.r at orie e s eekin 071 to solve pr
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to National Council of State Garden Clubs and American Forestry Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 9/7/1965" (Item)
  • C· - ~· :: • ·' ·1 ?..Ui.1tR1\S 3Y. i'~fl . !,YNDON B. ,JOHNSON ... TO ~~A'l'IC ~'.A1 ~UVHCIL OF STATE GA~.DEN ~\!·~F.ICAi\J FO?.ES'i.'RY ASSOCI ATION CLUBS .!UID J:~r;~·:~;);·! ~OTJ? : \'1"!01'1It~G '. ?n.c..nk you fer asking me 2
  • Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to National Council of State Garden Clubs and American Forestry Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 9/7/1965"
Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson before the Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 10/1/1965" (Item)
  • time to read you the thousands of se r ious letters from c i vic beautification committees, ga r den clubs and conservationi s ts who report their activities. They a re thrilling -- filled with ideas which we try to p ass on. And t hey are evidence
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, American Road Builders Association, Denver, Colorado, 2/23/1966" (Item)
  • of the broaci right..of- way, a long sweep of bluebonnets and then a roads ide park, golden with daisy- like wildflowers, and picnic tables under the live oaka. Eve?"ytime I see that sight, I bless the garden clubs that started the wild.flowe r program in Texas