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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1964 - 9:30 a. m . EST
REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
I have had a delightful morning traveling over the lovely
autumnal Virginia counti"yside. It is easy to see
- the States devoted his life to education and did everything in
his power to dissipate ill feelings and forge a new basis for unity between
North and South. He advised his fellow South erners: "Make your sons
Americans . "
Here in Virginia, and particularly
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But -- because this is the beginning of a four - day trip that will
take me down the railroad track 1, 682 miles to New Orleans, I would like
to tell you some of the reasons 1 am going.
For me , this trip has been a source of both anxiety and
anticipation
- state legislators see
the new opportunities in education and vote their needed support.
For all these reasons the President is proud of you and I came
here to say to you that to this democratic President and his wife, the South
is a respected, valued
- t he olcl a nd the new South
are so vividly joine d .
I understand Ahoskie began as a railr oad town and I was advised
the best thing I could do fo r it was to bring in a trainload of passengers .
I've done my best.
I ' m so rry we can 't stay long