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- historic
photographs of famed photographer
Robert Capa, half of which had never
before been displayed.
The exhibit, a tra eling sh w titled
" obert Capa: A etrospective, 19321954,'' wa sponsored by the Internation
Cente f hotography.
Capa, who overed some
- to Santa Claus, who gave
each child a toy, students of the
Slavin-Nadel School of ballet pre
sented an excerpt from "The Nut
cracker Suite'' (right) and juggler
Jack Byrd amused the children with
his skill (below). Another entertainer
was piano player
- of his continued hospitalization at Mayo’s.
Juanita Roberts writes LBJ at Mayo’s and reports on the progress of the
redecoration of LBJ’s office.
1/30
LBJ is released from Mayo’s and goes to Austin for a 2-3 week recovery period at
the Ranch.
February
- is sworn
in as vice president. Senators Byrd, Russell, Stennis and LBJ postpone a meeting
they held after the inauguration regarding Wilson’s nomination hearing, because
Russell wanted to watch the parade. LBJ returns to his office, and Mary Rather
noted
- -elected. Senate votes to
override the veto the next day.
2/26
Democrats meet Saturday night at Hotel Adolphus, call for continuation of
national Democratic leadership, lash out at Republicans. Headline speaker:
Robert E. Hannegan, chairman of Democratic
- Employment Opportunity
RFK - Robert F. Kennedy
S212 - LBJ’s Capitol office
UT – University of Texas
VM – Vicki McCammon
WH - White House (but not always; sometimes it is spelled out)
WJ - Walter Jenkins
Please be aware that there may be misspellings of proper
-
(By permission)
6
Cokie Roberts Continues Her Series On American Women In History
Newswoman Roberts Follows
Her NYT Bestseller, Founding
1lfothers.
There must be some connection
between first-class journalism and
writing good history. The talents
- on Equal Employment Opportunity
RFK - Robert F. Kennedy
UT – University of Texas
WH - White House (but not always; sometimes it is spelled out)
WJ - Walter Jenkins
Please be aware that there may be misspellings of proper names.
07/2024
1
lbjlibrary.org
- Director of the Robert C.
Byrd Center for Legislative Stud
i s at Shepherd University; and
John Sides of the Political Science
Department at George Washing
ton Univer ity.
Bess Abell Recalls Social Events at the Johnson White House
Bess Abell has been
- constituent
votes? There's also a third element
here: the politico, which means
sometimes one is a delegate and
sometimes one is a trustee."
Photo by Martha Grove
Raymond W. Smock, Robert
C. Byrd Center for Legislative
Studies. "My former boss, Speaker
Tip 0
- , on duty in Paris as NATO
commander, announces he will run for president as a Republican if he receives a
“clear-cut call to political duty,” but will not actively seek the nomination. The
other Republican candidates are Robert Taft, Earl Warren and Harold
- in 1968, and Joe
Namath, the quarterback
of the unlikely New York
Jets in their Super Bowl
victory over the Baltimore
Colts.
7
Remains Not Viewable: An Evening With John Sacret Young
By Robert Hicks, Communications Officer
Award-winning
writer, director
-
on the topics disc~-that
a sec
ond volume, The Johnson Years,
Volume Two, plumbing seven other
areas, has just been published.
Robert A. Divine, prominent histo
rian at the University of Texas, is
editor of both volumes. Recently,
Dr. Divine and two of his U.T
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- for
much of the three days of debate.
1/16
LBJ reports that Eisenhower’s budget is nearly $6 million above the goal the
President set for this year as a candidate in 1951.
1/17
LBJ meets with Walter Reuther, Hubert Humphrey and Robert Oliver.
1/18
LBJ
- , Richard Baker, Historian of the U. S. Senate; Don
Bacon, former correspondent, U S. News and World Report; Raymond Smock, former Historian of the U. S.
House of Repres__,ntatives and Director of the Robert C. Byrd Center for L gislative Studies at Shepherd
- :
marshals, customs collectors and Sarah Hughes. Dinner at the Thornberrys.
8/11
10:20 meeting at RFK’s office with RFK, Yarborough, Clark. Attends funeral of
Paul Johnson at 11 a.m., lunches with Wesley West, Baker, Dodd, Bible,
Smathers, Robert Byrd
-
senators receive choice assignments: Robert Byrd, Thomas Dodd, Gale McGee on
Appropriations; Clair Engle, Bob Bartlett and Howard Cannon on Armed Services.
The Johnsons’ dog, Little Beagle Johnson, is returned home after being lost for 2
days. He apparently
- have
withdrawn their troops and therefore the U.N. cannot make exceptions for Israel.
2/22
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Hill attempts to deliver Dulles’ reply to LBJ’s
letter of 2/11 to LBJ’s Senate office. LBJ meets Hill as he is leaving his
-
Eisenhower delivers the State of the Union address at 12:30; afterward LBJ
meets with JFK and Robert Kennedy.
The Democratic Conference meets at 3:30. At the conference, Gore introduces a
motion to expand the Democratic Policy Committee from 9 to 15 members
- column and radio broadcast. LBJ wants to see the memoranda to see
who has come up with ideas.
1/25
Robert E. Lee is confirmed as a member of the FCC by a 58 to 25 Senate vote,
despite the controversy which arise because of Lee’s association
- in President Truman’s 1948 budget.
Meeting of special session of the State Democratic Executive Committee in
Austin, called by Chairman Robert W. Calvert at the request of Governor
Beauford Jester, makes plans for taking over organization and financing
- successor. Truman also
accepts Robert Lovett’s resignation as under secretary of state, and replaces him
with James Webb.
1/7–1/12
In Three Rivers, Texas, an Anglo funeral director refuses to hold services for Felix
Longoria, a Mexican-American soldier
- on 5/27.
March
Juanita Roberts suggests that someone interview Mrs. Rebekah Johnson to record
her voice as a permanent record in a history of LBJ.
3/2
In an interview, LBJ says he doubts that Eisenhower’s prediction of an economic
upturn in March
- , for which there was some hope of Senate acceptance. A second
cloture attempt fails on July 12.
5/21
CTJ and LBJ are invited to Rosemont, the home of Harry Byrd, for a luncheon.
5/22
81st Club luncheon.
5/23
CTJ attends Mrs. Truman’s luncheon
