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- for Justice:
The Passion and Politics of Phillip
Burton.
The $1,000 award was created
from a bequest left to the Library in
1981 by D. B. Hardeman, long-time
aide to Speaker of the House Sam
Rayburn and, later, House Majority
Whip Hale Boggs. Hardeman wanted
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World Crise Provide
Conference Backdrop
Planning began in January 1979 for "The International
ChaUenge of the 80's: Where Do We Go From Here?" At that
time, the symposium planning committee, composed of members
of the Univer~it) of Texa~ faculty
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pneumonia and influenza, would be much higher. Since
1962, life expectancy has jumped five years, from 70 to
75. Life expectancy for blacks has risen even more, with a
stunning 8 year improvement for black women. This year,
for the first time in America
- for
the Inks and Buchanan dams in the 1920s, fondly recalled
the times "Lyndon helped me out. Ile helped me in just
about anything ... personal problems ... anything. Took
care of 'em too."
Cotten said be met LBJ in the first ear he ran for
Congress.
"I met him
- of the time--Kennedy
and Humphrey because Johnson eliminated one and
selected ,theother as his vice presidential running mate,
Goldwater because he would be the Republican candi
date in the election.
"An Evening With .... "
Frank
Vandiver,
President
- and private
s(h(1ols. nursing ,tn
- and piece of fur
niture has a story attached to it,
such as the , triking Welsh dress
er used as a buffet in the West
Room of the house. The dresser
was a gift of Ms. Jane Engel
hard, and Mrs. Johnson says it
has crossed the Atlantic Ocean
three times
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3
SymposiumProbesTensionBetweenPresidencyand Press
A political phenomenon of recent
times is a growing antagonism
between the White House and the cor
respondents who cover it. In March, a
symposium co-sponsored
by the
Library and the National
- and ready wit.
Ruefully admitting her veteran
status. Roberts noted how the pas
sage of time affects her perspective.
"Each successive election gets
me more upset.... All these beautiful
boys, who do their hair with blow dry
ers. and they call me 'Ma'am
- , his times
and his presidency at
the LBJ Ranch, at the
LBJ Library, in San
Marcos and in Washing
ton, D.C.
In its early years the Library began
serving birthday cake to its visitors
on August 27. One year it decided
to drop the practice-but quickly
- in Wahington, D.C.
On Tue, day, Augu l 27, LBJ
would have been ninety-four.
Just
under f ur hundred peopl visited lhe
Library that day-very good attendance,
for a weekday at that time of year-and
contributed to the celebration.
The
crowd disposed of five ery
- , probing, falling.
resting and trying again") to describe what the e ening's
celebration was all about: "That's why we're here tonight,"
she said. "Inside this building, we have tried to portray for
the future a time when men and women of good will did
- archives
staff has been processing for the past
three years-bring
LBJ to life in a
way no paper document ever could,
dramatically demonstrating his per
suasive ability, his humor, his determi
nation, and at times his frustration.
The conversations
- prosecu
tors; the modern, real-time, invasive
media: aod high-tech communica
tions such as email. Why would
future presidents or their advisors
keep diarie for example, knowing
they are liable to be subpoenaed? The
traditional records used by historians
- told them,
and aplendor
the time would
o( the Presidency
come wlien I would look lack
and !ind it hard
on the majeaty
to believe
that I had actually
in ~r•,
I slept
been there.
But on thh
~
night,
I went to bed then.
And for the first
- by Marvin
Watson, former Postmaster General, and U.S. Represen
tative Tom Loeffler from the 21st Congressional district.
Mrs. Johnson ended the program on a poignant note:
"Tonight is full of memories, a time of reunions and
thoughts of dreams pursued
- . Polk, who
added more to our national empire
than anybody. There is where Daniel
Webster stood and said, ''I know no
north or south, no east or west."
Then I stopped ·rnd said, 'But I know
many of you are here in the Capitol
for the first time and I know
- a place where leaders of the time, representing
all points of view, would come to discuss, to debate, and
to illuminate issues of concern to the American people.
In that spirit, there have been assembled here not onh·
his supporters but nlso those who
-
Society of LBJ. but our best hope in
these more than slightly retrograde
times.'· Even though, he said. his title
is "one grade down from the long
standing, deathless expression which
Lyndon Johnson gave us.'' there
should be "no doubt as to where
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weapons, uniforms, paintings, car
toons and memorabilia lent by a
dozen institutions and individuals
across the country. Also shown
are some newsreels of the time. The
exhibition will run until January 8,
1989.
TO G
i'ERAL
A catalogue of the exhibition
- "' and the 40-some conference
and ymposia that have been held since
the Library's birth.
Recalling the 1960s, Ramsey Clark
said. --Youcan say that [theyJ were the
best of times or the worst of times and
maybe they were both." The burgeon
ing fear of crime
- on her time and her
country. The event was Lady Bird
Johnson's 80th birthday, celebrated at
the LBJ Library on December 4-5
(three weeks before the actual date of
December 22). Family members,
friends, associates stretching deep into
the past
-
ab ut Vietnam and how
ever politician shrink from
the liberal label, it i time to
recognize the reality of this
revolutionary's
remarkable
achievement . To the point
of nagging, he reminded us
that raci m and poverty amid
unpr cedented affluence
- . Abon>, Prt•si
dt>nl Johnson addresses the crowd of 4.000
friends,
1H·ighbors, long-time allies and
political opponents.
Although the race to complete last minute details was,
in Mrs. Johnson's words, a ''cliff-hanger," at 11:30 a.m. on
May 22, 197 l
- sixth from
the left on the front row. Loaned by Mrs. Ava Cox, Johnson
City.
2
Blacksmith shop in nearby Blanco, circa 1808.
Loaned by Mr. W. L. Bayars, Blanco.
THE ARTS: Years of Development, Time of Decision
Th weather was magn.ficent
- making. So the \A/ashing
/on Post called him and asked, ·ts it trne
thal Califano made half a million dollars
practicing law')' And Ed Williams said,
'Yeah, we had a terrible year.'
"Not satisfied with that. A Time re
porter called him and said
- to undertake extensive new exhibit on the life, time
and programs of Lyndon Johnson.
The new orientation theater will be carved out of the area
which now contains large transparencies of rooms in the
White House. Those transparencie will be moved to a ne,"
lo
- IssueNumberL August1, 1991
"It's all here-The story of our
time, with the bark off!'
-LBJ at dedicationof
Library,May 22, 1971.
20 years of Library faces,
pages2-3.
"20 Yearsof
The faces on these pages and the
cover are some of the leaders
- and memorabilia
of servicemen who the day before
their deaths had been part of peace
time America are among the most
poignant items in the display.
Visitors study a mock-up of desert
tank action.
3
Lifesize figures add interest to the
exhibit
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T{D
GllTlNG~.
{DITO~
DOUG
m~~rnmL
PUIGN
~ND
P~OPUCTION
T~e
~limate
T~en
...
When President Lyndon Bainesjohnson sig11ed
the National Foundalion on the Arts and the Humani
ties Act in EHiS, it wa.~a time of limitless possibilities.
The economy
- Endowment for the Arts, the Library will host a
majur national Symposium on "THE ARTS: Y ars of
Development, Time f Decision." That evening, as the
major event in this year's program, the Friends of the
LBJ Librar ,,..-it be invited with the symposium
- , 0eft) who
spent time as a lecturer at the LBJ School of
Public Affairs. He was escorted through the
museum by volunteer Susan Dimmick.
2
Early Decisions on Vietnam Discussed
A scholarly conference to explore the
early decisions made by the Kennedy
- administrations has implemented the commission's
recommendations. They spent considerable time 111reinvent
ing the wheel.
- C. Girard Davidson, former
Assistant Secretary, Department
of the Interior
Lee White
The Histo11·
Truman Administration. The Paley
- Among
Issue
um ber LX'Vlll ' July 2002
What If: No Socrates?
No William the Conquerer?
No FDR?
Victor Hanson: For want of a Socrates, a Plato was lost. ..
2
On Ma L. for the e nd time in
the LBJ Library' Evening With series, a
panel
- special intere\t. I don't think
at that time the Founding Fathers really understood what spe
cial intere
- as if
you'reeavesdroppingon history."
So finally we've hecked off the last thing on the list that there ·s time to do! I've
just walked down to sec the tiny little garden which we want to leave for White House
children and grandchildren of day· to come.
I like the way it's
- the American lune
"Danny Boy," for instance-delight
ed the audience, which soon gave up
resisting the urge to keep time.
Ms. Miller, a prize-winning clog
dancer, demonstrated the form which
she learned in Appalachia and per
fected on her own. She and husband
- sails on.'
Mrs. Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson, and long
time LBJ staffer and family friend, Mildred
Photo by Charles Bogel
Stegall.
2
"As we celebrate the 95th birthday of Lyndon Baines John
son. those of us who knew him can reminiscence about him
- .· .\l,·i.
andcr
As•l•ssm
- . That was a
big advance; it was so nice he didn't bury alive with him
6,000 people and horses to commemorate his death and to
accompany him into the next life! That habit had existed
prior to his time. After him there was less burying concu
bines, soldiers
