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  • in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The Unjversity of Texas at Austin, and is a senior scholar of the Levy Economics Institute in New York. On this evening he met in the LBJ Library Auditorium with his famous fa­
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • General of the United Nations. and Konstantin Kolev of Bulgaria. chairman of the U. N. Functioning under the aegis of the U. N. Commission on Transnational Corporations. th pand h•ld public hear­ ings in New York in September to examine the cxt~nt to which
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • will be the publication of a book, LBJ: Die White House Years, by Harry Abrams, Inc., of New York. The book is based on some 340 photographs taken by Yoichi Okamoto and his team during the Johnson years. The text is by Harry Middleton, Director of the Library. Bill
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • . UN General Assembly convenes at prewar World’s Fair Grounds at Flushing Meadow, New York. Late October CTJ in Alabama with Aunt Effie, who is desperately ill. 10/28 Truman names David Lilienthal, then chairman of the TVA, to head the new Atomic
  • ’, then leave for Texas. 4/11 CTJ has been ill with cold and fever but is better now. Ray Roberts in Washington working on LBJ’s subcommittee. 4/12 LBJ just back from New York City. FDR dies of cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia; Harry Truman sworn
  • ( 1961 ). In 1972 Duncan set a new stan­ dard in photographic achieYement, becoming the first photographer to hold a one-person exhibition New York's prestigious Whitney Museum of Art. His career was apt I_ described by the esteemed foreign c rrespon­
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • to their own wages. •"Husbands could will children to someone else. If you died. your husband could decide he wanted to give your children to his best friend down the road. •"Widows in New York State could not live in their house more than 40 days after
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • on LBJ In a recent letter 10 the New York Times. former Senator George McGovern, another staunch opponent of Pre. ident J hnson 's policy in Vietnam, agr ed that a fresh look at LBJ's legacy is need­ ed. He wrote: John Kenneth Galbraith called recently
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • on the front page of the New York Times that came fr m somebody i the Justice Department and I want you to find ut who it is and I want you t fir him." I said, " can't d that," and he said, "Wha do ou mean you can't d that?" I said, "Only you can fire him. I
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • commitm nt to educa­ tion began with his post high school education at Southwest Texa State Teachers College. During an internship in Cot­ ulla, Texas, he saw first-hand the hardships U1at lower-clas and immigrant children fa ed trying to get an education
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Morse and Langer, who voted with the Democrats. LBJ accused Knowland of not informing him about plans for the night session. The next day, The New York Times publishes a statement made by Knowland characterizing yesterday’s vote to adjourn the Senate
  • 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
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • . for whitetie dinner honoring Grand Duchess and Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg. May 5/1 A.m. meetings with Bobby Baker and Lee Atwood; and Cabell Phillips of the New York Times. Cong. Teague phones re: Dallas post office matter. Lunch at Luxembourg
  • Administration?). 2/5 LBJ, CTJ, Moyers, MMW to New York where LBJ addresses B’nai Zion dinner. 2/6 Phone calls with RFK, Speaker and Tom Clark re: Ramsey Clark (appointment in Justice Department?). 2/7 White House leadership conference at 8:45. 2/8
  • . Executive Director of the Theodore Roo evelt Association in Oyster Bay, New York, and Dr Lewis Gould of the Department of History, University of exas at Austin Kathleen Dalton: "Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed being the center of attention so much that members
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Calcutta. And the re ·ult fwas) Vietnam ... Lyndon Johnson inherited it and was su,pi­ cmus of it. but he couldn't pcrsuaJc hims If that he 1-..new more about the suhje t than the people whos good fortune it was to know more about such things than the likes
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • : governor’s race, Ray Roberts and Slagle race, and Goodfellow AFB; with Mr. Dreyfuss of New York Times re: inaccurate story of VP supporting Slagle; with Henry Gonzales; with Lew Deschler re: National Indignation Congress petitions. 1/31 Meets with Sen
  • of June 17, 1967, President and Mrs. Johnson hosted Prime Minister and Mrs. Harold Holt of Australia. The weekend was originally scheduled for the Johnsons' Texas ranch, but at that time, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin was in New York and President Johnson
  • of June 17, 1967, President and Mrs. Johnson hosted Prime Minister and Mrs. Harold Holt of Australia. The weekend was originally scheduled for the Johnsons' Texas ranch, but at that time, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin was in New York and President Johnson
  • of them thirty years from now? What kind of faciliti s will they be, in this very new age of high-tech c mmunications? ''Thirty years ago little attention was paid to their museums. Today the museums are an integral part of the libraries and perform
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • ".. , ..· ... . ~. Suggested remarks for Mrs . Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of new Science Center at Wilkes College, Wilkes - Barre , Pa . , Saturday , January 11 , 1964 . I have just had a whirlwind tour of so~e Area Redevelopment
  • "Suggested remarks for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of New Science Center at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1/11/1964"
  • • • .,_,,;r-..._ • FOR RELEASE AFTER 10:45 A. M. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1967 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE REMARKS OF MRS.. LYNDON B.·· JOHNSON AT THE DUNAWAY GENERAL STORE, STRAWBERY BANKE, PORTSMOUTH, NEW
  • New Hampshire
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dunaway General Store, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 6/10/1967"
  • experiences of the last two days in Big Bend National Park - - to enjoy with you this remarkable restoration of Old Fort Davis and the con­ struction of the new visitor center. My delight in seeing this land of the Davis and Chisos Mountains has been
  • thing s for the youne sters ; and 1 threw the switch int roducing electricity into the school. Now , we come to Jackson to dedicate a bran~ new gymnasium replacing the one built by the "!.J•! . P . A . I am so proud to k now that the old gymna­ s i um
  • . 1 lbjlibrary.org REFERENCE: LBJ CHRONOLOGY Drafted by LBJ Library archival staff from oral history transcripts and other sources as a service to our researchers. Not intended to be complete or definitive. 1/22 News report: LBJ notifies House
  • eighty hours of recordings of President Johnson's telephone con­ versations, covering the months of January through March 1964. This new opening, along with the record­ ings for November 22 through December 31, 1963, which previous­ ly were opened
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • a wonderful display of art work about the playground which you have clone with Mrs. Schulson. Out here, you have cverything from a play giraffe to the new trash­ cans given by your, neighbor. Of course the se thing s don 1t just happen. They are here be cause
  • . And it certainly is a day I've looked forward to. Coming here , meeting you, and seeing your schools with their new dress of greenery . It look s so nice n ow and you and I can remember how it looked last September when there was no g r ass a nd no plants a t all
  • the Roosevelt Administration, would select delegates who would support Garner as “favorite son,” and vow not to join a “Stop Roosevelt” faction at the national convention. 5/17 CTJ goes to New England for a few days. 5/23 House passes $1,111,754,916.00 Relief
  • 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
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • a very special place. One of our Congresswomen -- Julia Hansen -- teils me how. proud she is that your climbing posts are made from Douglas Fir timber from the woods of the great northwest. There is lots a.nd lots of soft sand -- two feet of it, I believe
  • . in the post-cold war era. Betty Friedan, who a generation ago was a leading force in the women's movement with her book, The Feminine Mys­ tique, is now ploughing new ground with her just-published, The Fountain of Age, which poses the proposition
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • El Rancho, 2613 S. Lamar Blvd .. Austin, TX. When: Thursday, January 23, 7:00 pm. Happy New Year! Please come join other Future Forum members for a post-holiday season Re-Gift Party at Matt's El Rancho. Bring your least favorite holiday gift, that old
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • 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
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • with a call for a "cultural re­ volution" in the stern nations. Conceding that this possibility seems "far removed from present political realities." he stated that present conditions must compe ex1stmg political realities themselves o give ay to new
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • !Plfj. 4 ' u. J am uvzi.i:1..ng, M /Ji.Aedo11. o/. t.Ae Natwnal !ln.v~M CorrmU.i:.ee on F. O-:1. (!]ff 1fledi..on aAiAM /Mm ma.nu pM an4, ·i?p,i 'CJJnmerd:✓.J . . made b!J, t.h.e 'Pll.e44 and. oih.eA new-:1 medi.o.. AILe !JOU adve.lt.4e
  • . President, Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation. He describedWashingtonas a "politi­ cal genius" who "was able to per­ suade almost everyone, including himself, that he was no politicianat all." oven door and pulled out two pecan pies
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • welcomed shade and that comfortable feeling of deep roots. There was a marveloU.:s; swimming hole off the campus that must by now be lost t c-; the forces of progress. But the center of life was the Union Building. We all gathered there at the Post Office
  • 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
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • wars of the 20th century." 1n J991, al the first LBJ Library symposium on Vietnam, McGeorge Bundy asserted that there had never been any prospect of meaningful negoti'ttion • with Hanoi: "The J ew York Times ... told us that we must go to the bargaining
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)