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- that have been
done, [and] preservation of every
thing tbat has gone forward."
During the first year of the
Johnson adminic;tration, as the
President pressed for legislation to
eliminate racial injustices and aid
those in poverty. Mrs. Johnson made
several
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are drying up. If we cannot find ways
to prevent that happening, future his
tories will be written from press
"Accessissues."Robert Schulzinger;John Prados; W. Roger Louis; John Brademas;Martha Kumar; panel chair Hugh
Graham. (The panel is applauding
- . DouglassCater, specialassistant;
17. Tom Johnson, who as Deputy
Press Secretary took notes at the
President's meetings on Vietnam:
18. Admiral Thomas Moorer,Chief
of Navy Operations;
19. General William Westmoreland,
Commander of U.S. forces in
Vietnam;
20. Wil
- , but isn't elusive on the
tapes."
George Christian,
who
served as the president's
Press
Secretary and who was present at the
Library when the transcripts were
opened, echoed that assessment.
"The telephone transcripts,"
he
said, "reflect how he did business
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case, because Ford has tended to be
ignored by historians. . .To some
extent he has somewhat the opposite
effect on his reputation that Nixon
has, in that he has been involved with
things not particularly related to the
press or scholarship
- Yarrington escorts Pierre Salinger, press secretary
in the Kennedy and the early part of the Johnson administration, and the
Honorable Rene Garrec, Governor of Normandy, through the Library's
new permanent exhibition.
Vice President I Gore speaks
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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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and applause. Because of that,
Mamet said, he spent ten years
without giving interviews to th
press, because they are a waste of
time. Once he fell off the wagon
and granted an interview. The
reporter asked him why he had
avoided interviews. "Because
- John L.
Lewis’ striking miners were guilty of high treason.
6/11
LBJ attends Texas Press Association Convention in Galveston, which paid tribute
to Ernest L. Kurth, “Pioneer in the Newsprint Industry.”
6/14
LBJ arrives in Corpus Christi from Austin
- , so this
combination 'welcome back' and birthday party is particu
larly significant this year.''
The major address was made by Liz Carpenter, former
press secretary to Mrs. Johnson. Following are some ex
cerpts from her speech to the gathering
- and appreciation to a person for
a _jobwell done. not face to face. Instead
he would. at an introduction or a special
time. maybe even at a national press con
ference. tell a third person how great he
really thought they were. So the deserving
one heard it when
- of the press and of public opin
ion. Probably the worst distortion is this picture of the
President walled off by his advisers, his courtiers. Well,
perhaps this could happen if a President were blind and
deaf and lazy and a fool as well. I think it is fair
- of Texas Press, presents the
first copy of "Lyndon B. Johnson: A Bibliography" to Mrs. John-
son. With them are Bennie and Joe M. Green, Jr., President of the
RockwellFund, Inc., which funded the project.
•
JohnsonBibliographyIS Published
After years
- 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
- with President John F.
ew York: Rugged Land
Kennedv.
Press).
Mrs. Connally concluded by an
nouncing that she was giving the original
copy of her notes to the LBJ Library.
A member of the audience asked if
she disagreed with the Warren report, the
government
- during his c,u-eer; it was
when Presid nt Johnson was pressing
for support for the Highway Beauti
fication Act, a favorite of Lady Bird
Johnson's.
7
Photo by Charles Bogel
to write more, eventually becoming a
book. Although current times are simi
lar
- at the University of Texas, made
the exhibit the subject of an editorial.
"The exhibit is not only a reminder of
what war really is, but a reminder that
wars begin all too easily ... "
And a columnist from the Minden, La.,
Press-Heral.d wrote, " ... Most of you
have
- .
This was the intention of the
President at the time, and its
significance was recognized by the
press in its reporting of the event.
The passage of more than a decade
has confirmed the assessment.
15
LBJSchool Graduates Coming Events
The Library's major exhibit
- back. "But ever since he got in here;• said
Roy Wilkins, pointing to the Oval Office, "ever since he
got in here it's been rock around the clock."
So it was, and the President never missed a chance to
press it publicly ....
Of course, our faith
- .)
,
5
I
Eveningsat the Library
George Reedy, Allen Drury and
Marijane Maricle provided three
lively and different kinds of pro
grams at the Library.
Reedy, aide to LBJ through the
Senate and vicepresidential years and
the first press secretary
- Foundation Board of Directors,
was special assistant to the President
and assistant press secretary during
the Johnson Administration.
At the LBJ Grove in Washington,
D.C., long-time friend Dale Miller,
in the tradition of LBJ-style racon
teurs, told
- for
reform, unless some crisis mobilizes
the populace, none of the three morn
ing speakers saw any truly funda
mental change in the offing.
George Christian, fo1mer press
secretary to President Johnson, chaired
the afternoon session, which featured
spirited
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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
- that the outcome in Congress
will "reverberate for good or ill through the states,
and the local institutions, and through the lives of
each of us."
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tongress
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As this goes to press, Congress has not finished
the FY ID% budget
- as president. Included
c1re viJeo tapes of network coverage of maior
addresses and press conferences. Researchers
use specially equipped carrels to view requested
capes and films.
The huge still photo collection, which
includes all the photographs raken
- a statement to the press and radio regarding the protests over his
seating: “This seems to be a purely political fight. I regret very much the
embarrassment that has been caused the people of Texas by the effort of my
defeated opponent to find some aid
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- those problems. 1
think we have the will to do it. I think tee har;e the intelligence to
dn it, and I think our record demomtrales that in the past tee hai:e
rt'sponded to challenges.
Nancy Teeters
The most pressing economic problem, not only of today
- 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
- ! afler
Phil's return from the war. A rec nt
article in the Santa Barbara N ws
Press quoted M . Young: "It was
too intense. He'd gone through this
life-altering experience. I wa this
dumb I 7-year- Id."
But Ms. Young saved the let
ters, fifty-four
-
a pressing issue, you are also fostering
the kind of conversation that is needed
to r invigorate our democracy. You are
accepting the responsibility that comes
with being a citizen, and you are creat
ing tl1c opportunity for fellow citizens to
exercise
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good in itself, but ultimately good for our
country.
Today Rostow would have press d
for assistance to countries from which
terrorists come, and for openings to those
societies on grounds that iris their rigidi
ties that drive people into non
