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- ." The reason, he
maintains,
is two-fold: "I have
always been interested in politics
and Texas history," and "LLBJ's] life
Cover: Texas Monthly writer Brian
Sweany and three members of the LBJ
Administration he wrote about: Liz
Carpenter, Bob Hardesty
- , to be shown regularly at
the Library. The event was organized
and coordinated by Liz Carpenter, with
the help of a committee.
Tom Johnson, Chairman of the
BoardofDirectorsofthe LBJ Foun
dation, delivered a birthday gift on
behalf of the individual members
-
tion lines were packed.
impressions of Liz Carpenter, who was the organizer and
driving forcP behind thP meeting. The Conference aKenda and
list of participants are summarized on page 5. The reflections
of the women who attended the Conference, ex1
- on
the highlights of the Library's
activities during its first quarter
century, put together by Staffer
James Watson. The film was pre
sented in three sections. Neal
Speice, Liz Carpenter and Cactus
Pryor introduced each segment in
turn.
NEAL
(Repeating words
- Library
volunteers.
The products featur d in the museum store this spring support our
Power to the People exbjbit.
6
An Evening with Liz Carpenter
On the evening of October 6,
2006, Elizabeth Carpenter came
before a sellout ci·owd in the
LBJ Auditori.um
- the pattern
for so many families in Texas," Liz
Carpent r remembered. "When the
oldest child was ready for the univer
sity, your mother picked everybody
up and you came down here. And so
for 20 years we rented houses on the
fringes of the University of Texas
- was commemorated with
speeches, wreath-laying ceremonies,
and refreshments. The 36th President
would have been 85 on August 27.
Liz Carpenter, with Brig. General
Robert E. Gatliff, Commander of the
12th Flying Training Wing at Ran-
dolph Air Force Base in San
- of General Ser
vices Administration, spoke to Library staff during visit in
December.
After three years away from Washington-during which time
she served as consultant to the LBJ Library-Liz Carpenter
returned to the Capital City in January to become
- to be the answer. We may find
no other way to limit the influence of
these large contributions."
Below: Tom Leonard, Mod
erator Chet Brooks, Karl Rove,
George Shipley
World of Texas Politics: The Writers
"Texas is still the big story," said
Liz Carpenter
- of North
Carolina Press in 1991.
Coming Events
September 8
Ken Ragsdale and his orchestra present "From Calvin Coolidge to LBJ-The
Music of Seven Presidencies.''
September 28
Liz Carpenter launches her new book Unplanned Parenrhoocl.
October 13
- Johnson'."
It was a phenomenon noted by many others
associated with LBJ.
When he came to Austin in October to deliver
the Liz Sutherland Carpenter lecture, President
Clinton broke his long silence on President
Johnson.
Among his comments:
"The rift we see
- wages.
Panel Discussion: Douglass Cater, Liz Carpenter, George Christian, Bill Moyers, Jake Pickle, Elspeth Rostow,
Sargent Shriver and Jack Valenti
6
• A flood of tegislation to improve
living conditions and to "provide
lasting escape from poverty
- : 1947-1983"
"The Defence of Western Europe: A
Study of the Debate over 1ATO
Strategy in the I 960s"
"Mitchell: 101~t LI.S. Senator" 1a
biography)
"The U.S. and Latin America:
Security and the LBJ
Administration"
13
Flanked by Liz Carpenter and Wilbur
- .
Among the guests were ·evera
members
the N tional Comm1tte( for
the Grove: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance
Rockefeller, Mr:. Alberl L skc.-r. Mr .
Charles Enf!elhard, Mrs. incent Astor,
Mr. nsh Castro, and Mr. Gilbert O£>n
man. Liz Carpenter and Mrs. Marshall
- w a
reporter who didn't hav a chara '!er
flaw. What ·s y urs?"
Bonnie Angelo (Cof'f'espo11de11t,
Time maga:::i11e): During the Manila
C nference in 1966, Mr·. Johnson was
getting
wonderful
press. Th
Pr sidenl
c mplain
to
Liz
Carpent r, "How com Lady
- don ·1 know where Moyers
is. H ' probably off with a woman,
r drunk."
Middleton: "He·· in th bar across
the stre l with Liz Carpenter."
LBJ: "I' e got to eliminate you from
the vice president's race. Do you care?"
Middleton: "But you promised
- House
"Cactus" Pryor; Liz Carpenter; Carl Sferrazza Anthony.
"Cactus" Pryor, well-known
Austin radio humorist and person
ality, moderated a discussion that
preceded the symposium's serious
considerations with an evening of
light-hearted reflection
- of Mrs Johnson, Leonard Marks,
Warren Woodward, Jack V lenti, and Liz Carpenter.
DeanRusk LecturesOn Detente
From top to bottom: Rusk an wera question from audi
ence; Rusk flanked by LBJ Library Director Harry
Middleton and LBJ School Dean William
- the
Dome would become the beacon of
hope for all the struggling peoples of
the world. And so it did and so it has
remained.
Elizabeth Crook (above left) and
Marshall De Bruhl (above right)
together presented a program moder
ated by Liz Carpenter, called
- Reagan
Liz Carpenter moderated the First Daughters' reminiscences
10
Life, Political Campaigns, Russia
about her father's ascendance to the
Presidency with the assassination of
John F. Kennedy.
Ms. Bales, daughter of President
and Mrs. Gerald Ford
- store, now in its 91st
year, opened the Library's Sep
tember-to-May year. Introduced
by Liz Carpenter, he traced the
highlights of his 92-year-old life.
Later, he wrote, "I think the audi
ence to whom I spoke was proba
bly the finest audience I have
- America First''
campaign, which was designed to
help with our foreign balance of pay
ments cleficil. The files at Lhe
Johnson Library document these
trips. but at a recent symposium at
the LBJ Library, Liz Carpenter told a
story about the wilderness
- Lyndon
Liz Carpenter arrived on the arm of Ben Barnes.
The occasion began with a powerful a capella rendition of "America
the Beautiful" by Johnny Ray Watson, of Bastrop, Texas.
Johnson's book of how to work with the
opposition.
The rank
- .
"FIVE FUN~Y WOMEN," who jointly gave this year's
Liz Carpenter Distinguished Lecture at the University of
Texas posed for a group photo at the Library. They are:
writer Nora Ephron, actress Carol Channing, writer Shana
Alexander, writer Florence King
- mastectomy, and
it saved a lot of lives. . . . And I
think that [ my husband] was a great
sobering and balancing factor in the
presidency at that time.
Getting Better All The Time is Liz
Carpenter's account of some of the
experiences she has had and "wis
- President.
The anniversary committee which
worked with Chairman Mar lo put the
event together included some of those
former members of the Johnson and Hum
phrey taffs: BessAbell, Horace Busby, Liz
Carpenter, Bill Connell, Harry Middleton,
Eiler and Edna
- activities with children
and education. induding her Chairmanship of Project Head
Start. is scattered throughout Liz Carpenter\ Press Secretary
fiks. Tho ...e files also contain drafts and final copies of Mrs.
Johnson's weeches. trip files. and biographic
- Buren, Tyler and Polk-who play d
a part in Texas' arly history. Exhibit will run until
July 27.
March 10. An evening with General William
Westmoreland.
March 19. An evening with William Bundy.
April 17. Liz Sutherland Carpenter Distinguished Visiting
- reminiscences from former LBJ staffers George Christian, Liz Carpenter, Harry Middleton and Walt
Rostow.
U.T. Professor Lew Gould gave an
historian's view of the Johnson
Presidency.
Eleanor Butt Crook, wife of former
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, Wil
liam H
- the Johnson Adminl ·tration.
AMONC
FRIENDS OF LBJ is a publication
of the Friends of the LBJ Library
Editor: Lawrence D. Reed
Re earch Asmtance: Charles Corkran, Marlene White, Liz Carpenter, Philip Scott, Tina Lawson
Photography: Frank Wolfe, Paul heva
- , 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
- diplomacy ... "
When Liz Carpenter launched her
new book, Unplanned Parenthood,
she brought with her her singing
group, caliled G-Batts (named for
her previous book, Getting Better
All the Time).
2
Stravinsky
upset people; Picasso
upset people; Ibsen
- Row at the White House
An Evening with
Veteran Reporter
Helen Thomas
She came to Washington in
1942 the ·ame year that Liz
Carpenter arrived. One of nine chil
dren in a family of Lebanese immi
grants. Helen Thomas began her
career in journalism
- , child and
maternal health. national parks, the
environmental laws. But of course
Vietnam was his denouement."
Ms.
Thomas
credited
Liz
Carpenter with a story of LBJ scanning
the first draft of an addre.s he had
a signed to asp echwriter. As he: read,
he
- 10 and
11. The Conference on Women in Public Life will be jointly
hosted by the Library and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs. Liz Carpenter will coordinate the event.
The program will feature a variety of women prominent in
national
- Today
Monday Afternoon, September 26
Topic: THE SOUTHERN RIM AND THE WEST PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL CHANGE
Liz Carpenter, author, colum
nist, speaker, and press secre
tary and staff director for
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson dur
ing the White House years
- pre
sented by Frank C. Erwm, Jr., President of the Foundation
Board of Directors.
AMONG FRIENDS
F LBJ is a publication of the
Friends of the LBJ Library
Editor:Lawrence D. Reed
Research Assistance: Liz Carpenter, Charles Corkran,
Mike Gillette, David
- .
Lady Bird Johmon paid tribute to ~1eanor R osevelt,
saying, "Few people have marked the world and our con5cience as E:leanor Roosevelt" . . . he "taught U5 that
sometimes silence is the greatest ~in."
Uz Carpenter remimled the audience of anotht.:r
- ,
particularly IJ1e20th century.
Photo by Kendra Mayer, LBJ Library Web Assistant
Liz Carpenter, former press secretary to
Lady Bird Johnson, examines the exhibit.
Photo by Charles Bogel
Official White Hou e gift
print for 2003. Personally
signed
- of America representative John Miterko addresses the
luncheon group in the Brown Room
Docent Dorothy Carter welcomes a veteran to the Library
'.25
Photos by Charles Bogel
From the Photo Archives
January 17, 1969: Almost time to go home to Texas. Liz
