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- .. .· .. ' , FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1965 ...... 12:00 noon REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 12TH ANNUAL MEETING OF KEEP AME RICA BEA UT IF UL, INC. NE W YORK, NEW YORK Mr . Perin, Friends: It is a g reat pleasure for me
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965"
- , where the man made lakes and picnic areas along your own Interstate Higbway #80 are pointed out as an example of excellence, and where Secretary Udall told me just a few days ago tbat Nebraska bas one of the best plans for developing new parks
- FOR RELEASE AFTER 11:00 A. M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1966 REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AT WlilTE HOUSE CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE ISSUANCE OF NEW BEAUTIFICATION STAMP Office of the Press Secretary t o Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE Mr
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966"
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966"
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- of realizing it in our time. Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We ail 1Uently thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by experiencing stirring and satisfying sights. Let me sbare with you news of a few of the wonderful projects tbat have
Press release, "Opening Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Meeting, 5/18/1966"
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- ~g litter problem, and to the new subway system for Washlng!:on and what can be done to make it more - sceni~ . Everytime I look out the window of the White House, I realize t1:e tourist season is already upon us., Americans will be traveling
- AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS LUNCHEON BILTMORE HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY NOVEMBER 19, 1968 Thank you, Mr. Perrin. It is a pleasure to be with Keep America Beautiful -- its officers and members -- on this day of tribute. 1 am touched and grateful
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968"
- the winter snows. We will be driVing around after lunch to see some of the golden-fringed forsythia, the red and pink tulips, and yellow daffodils bursting forth. And, ringing Hains Point, will be the old and the new cherry trees which will one day make
- you could corne up this spring and go on that old stagecoach road that I mentioned in my letter. I bave been there recently and l have seen a new family of beavers. The maple sap will be running pretty soon and the maple trees will be tapped. I can
- for their new emphaeie on design and lanqscaping. But today we are recognizing what ree!dent• here in the diatrict have been doing. A c!ty does not speak to you because it le big but because it is beautiful, and it is YOU. the citizen, who make• it so. National
- years; to dare to dream of a national park in the redwoods, or a recreation park in the Potomac Basin, or high- speed ground transportation and subways for our cities, and of new cities and new towns. But -- quite apart from the big endeavors
- that leads one to the Capital. In the heart of our city 0 Pershing Square hurst forth in a blaze of colorful glory0 And certainly all of us are pleased that so many of the big government buildings are winning architectural awards for their new ernphasis
- a wonderful display of art work about the playground which you have clone with Mrs. Schulson. Out here, you have cverything from a play giraffe to the new trash cans given by your, neighbor. Of course the se thing s don 1t just happen. They are here be cause
- , and J. heartily congratulate you on what you have done . At the parking lots, I loved seeing the ingenious bright new plantings t hd.t relieve the solid asphait and c ernent style of those essential parts of a city. B right geraniurns and petunias
- lin g s and th ere w as too m uch p u b licity fr o m h is end of it and I f e e l sa d a ll around. A tto rn ey G en era l. - I talked to C lark about the new H e told m e quite sim p ly and stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly that h e w ould not a c c e p t
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- last sumrne r 1 - 1 MORE A variety of projects have been carried out in the schools. ranging from tbe topographical map of the new Braille Trail at the Arboretum which the children of Webb School made , to the forcing and plant'lng of bulbs
- of our guesta - who in quite different ways have tried to do s omething about the cause of conservation. .. ·. „ 1 have asked Mrs. Helen Fena.1i:e to teil ua tbe graes roots story of why the people of New Jersey wanted to preserve a place called
- that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K ck arn in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r . She i s v
- im p r e s s e d a s I to g e t i t ! A nd My sp eech w as j u s t to c o n g r a tu la te New Y o rk o n s e ttin g a n e x a m p le and le a d in g -i 1965 F r id a y , M ay 7th (c o n tin u e d ) th e w a y , bu t s a y in g , "D on't r e s t
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York to shop for clothes at the Carlyle; Lady Bird chooses clothes by Mollie Parnis who loans her own shoes; "Salute to Spring" in the rain; ceremony in front of New York Public Library with entertainment--all cancelled and moved
- New York
- , and M r s . H a rris o n , on th e ir way to New Y o rk , m et us the re , and we had a ceremony dedicating th is v e ry complete fa c ility fo r the to u ris t -- picnic tables under an a ttra c tive lit t le ro o f, a barbecue p it, w ater fountain
- ashington C hannel, the new a q u a r iu m fo r H ain es P o in t, the in d u str ie s on th e G eorgetow n W aterfron t, th e h op es fo r an even tu al p ark th e r e , and the p ro p o se d 1965 W ed n esday, M ay 19th (continued) d ev elo p m e n t o f
- in d e d m e o f the H ans C h r is tia n A n d e r se n s to r y a b ou t the e m p e r o r 's new c lo th e s . If you can g e t enough p e o p le - - en ou gh r e v ie w s - - to s in g , "Th is i s g r e a t, th is i s w o n d erfu l, th is is n e
- New York
- Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- n o t to u ch i t f o r two d a y s . T h e n on m y w a y to New Y o rk , I sto p p e d in the R o s e G a r d e n f o r p i c tu r e s w ith N an cy G a te s H a y e s a n d h e r h u s b a n d B ill a n d J e ff a n d C h ip a n d C indy a n d C
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird visit; LBJ has been swimming every day for two weeks; office work; photos in Rose Garden with houseguests; Lady Bird leaves for New York City; outfit for 1969 Inaugural; Lady Bird is fitted for new clothing
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York City; signs photos for Christmas; meeting at Mary Lasker's home on beautification; Lady Bird mentions Mary's art collection; possible television program about beautification in cities; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Carlyle Hotel
- New York City
- d th e F D R c r y s t a l - - v e r y e le g a n t a n d seldo m u s e d now. A n d th en u p s t a i r s in to m y new p in k w ool a n d one l a s t b o n in g -u p on the g u e s t l i s t , an d th en b a c k d o w n s ta ir s to the G r e e n
- r e and:ajcciBix a r c h i t e c t u r e . I ’ve h a r d l y w o r k e d a s h a r d on a s p e e c h a n d i t w a s the l o n g e s t one I th in k I‘v e e v e r d e l i v e r e d . I spoke of the new c o n s e r v a t i o n w h ich m e a n s f
- New York
- with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas
- New York
- new m a n t e l . Should th e s a m e i n s c r i p t i o n t h e n b e p e r h a p s e n g r a v e d on th e m a r b l e ? We d e c id e d t h a t th a t d e c i s io n sh o u ld b e l e f t up to m y s u c c e s s o r , and I w ould n e i t h e r r
- Lady Bird rides through New England countryside to Shaker Village near Pittsfield, MA; stop for lunch at roadside park; to home of Yale President Brewster in New Haven, CT; Lady Bird is greeted by anti-war protestors; Lady Bird rests; to Yale's War
- so m e good We did n o t h av e tim e to go out New Y o r k A v en u e - - the m a j o r e n t r a n c e f r o m the n o r t h a n d e a s t an d the s h a b b ie s t o f a l l . So th a t a w a it s a n o t h e r t i m e , a n d M a r y fle w off
- Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC
- Astor; pupils use new playground; Lady Bird to White House & lunch with Brooke Astor; office work in bed; Judicial Reception; Lady Bird views new state china; Lady Bird names guests at reception & visits upstairs with houseguests
- e n c e . . ( - T h e r e h a d b e e n j ^ ^ 'm o s t " a m a z i n g !new s o n th e t i c k e r , in th e l i s t o f b e s t d r e s s e d w o m e n I sh o w e d u p l h ' f if th p la c e a lo n g w ith tw o F o r d s a n d tw o V a n d e r b
- of W om en. A nd the r a in w h ich h a d h e ld off fo r u s w a s c o m in g , so w e h a d it in the E a s t R oom - - g r e e tin g s b y L yndon, th a n k s to th e o u tg o in g p r e s id e n t, a w e lc o m e fo r th e new on e. A nd th e n
- th e w a rm th o r p le a s u r e o f the TU ESD A Y , S E P T . 20, 1966 - p ag e 7 ev e n in g an d th e M ille r s I found e s p e c ia lly d e lig h tfu l. It w as veryd if f e r e n t f r o m th e New Y o rk o p e n in g . th is one w as in e v
- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined. T h ere a r e now 163 ^ lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
- for it em inate from the neighborhood and its p eo p le . And then I d e sc r ib e d the p o ss ib le new d ev elo p m en ts'th a t could m ea n a lo t for the r e c r e a tio n a l opp ortun ities to the a m e n itie s of th is ca p ito l c ity . The d
- the new c o n s t r u c t i o n , a n d then d r e s s e d an d left fo r K e r r v ille for 3 - 1 /2 w o n d erfu l h o u r s seeing s o m e th in g g r e a t h a p p e n to the h ill c o u n try . - M r . a n d M r s . H o w a r d B u t t a n d a w h o
- n e d h e r little h e a d f r o m s id e to s id e . H e r f in g e r s a r e e x t r e m e l y long an d d e lic a te . I s e e no l i k e n e s s to an y b o d y - - j u s t a new li t t l e p e r s o n in t h i s w o rld . L y n d o n a n d I
- r u a r y 25, 1966 Page 7 Of a l l the th in g s we th o u g h t m ig h t h a p p en in A la b a m a , th is w ould h a v e b e e n th e l a s t one. A nd th e n fin a lly , one c u te la d y le a n e d o v e r a n d s a id , " I 'v e got good new
- ill of R ig h t of o u r ow n •r i'" ' ^ ‘ ‘ . ' " . . d a y . So t h a t t h e s e th in g s th a t w e a r e s e e in g .-- th e T e a c h e r s C o r p s , F e d e r a l '^’S’ i-'-; fundso r H u n te r L i b r a r y , an d new s tu d e n t