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Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

, mentsMrs.Johnsononherroleinbehalfof share a moment of mirth preceding the highway beautification awards ceremony be ti'f • g the highways of the state. Thursday afternoon au ym • ~

Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

, mentsMrs.Johnsononherroleinbehalfof share a moment of mirth preceding the highway beautification awards ceremony be ti'f • g the highways of the state. Thursday afternoon au ym • ~

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

physical exams out at Kelly My heartbeat was then at the maximum, but it had come down from Field . 172 to the time I took the physical exam which was about three weeks later- M: Was this due to being struck? B: Yes . M: Caused your heart

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Nebraska State Conference on Natural Beauty, Lincoln, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)

of the great strategists of all time--the Emperor Napoleon, once said that "Where flowers degenerate, man cannot live." The MORE t demise of natural beauty is a baunting challenge in a Nation that is covering over a million acres of ground with aspb alt

Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 R: That's right, '61; this report initiated in '58, presented in '61. So we had the pleasure of meeting him for the first time, and he received our group representing

Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in Westerville, Ohio, in 1924 . B: That's correct . M: Educated at Otterbein University? B: Otterbein College, which is in Westerville, Ohio . school associated with the United Brethren Church . It's a denominational At that time, it was the United

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/1/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

; Mrs. Johnson returns to White House; Lynda Johnson home for Luci Johnson's baptism; article in Herald Tribune;

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

is in his office in the District The date is March 5, 1969, and the time is 11:40 in My name is David McComb. First of all, Mr. Fletcher, I'd like to know about the circumstances of your appointment as deputy mayor. F: that was probably the most exciting

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 2 (II), 5/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the bill, saw to it that the language got incorporated into the act, against the wishes of the Bureau of Public Roads at that time. So in that back-hand, off the record matter, it seems to me that we did have something to do with that aspect

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)

ON NATURAL Wekome. BEAUTY The President joins me in greeting all of you. This is a landmark day. You young people are preparing to join in the leadership of an overriding cause of our time. lt is more than just an issue or a problem. lt !!_a cause

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

through my husband in about 1956. I believe it was then that we perhaps had dinner with them two or three times. F: You didn't have more than a casual social relationship during his early days as a Senator? G: No, we knew them a little bit, but I

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Aimee Semple McPherson? C: Aimee Semple McPherson. She was carrying a program every Sunday night and I think one other time during the week, but anyway she had one, I know, on Sunday night. The minister either followed her or preceeded her

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-time resident and valued its parks and its beauty, but I didn't realize what LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 1 (I), 7/3/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)

-- 2 T: I knew President Johnson when he was on the staff of Congressman Dick Kleberg of Corpus Christi. At the time I represented the national cotton council and endeavored to activate beneficial legislation for the cotton interests of Texas

Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Senate as a staff director for the Labor subcommittee. Is that correct? S: Right. M: And you worked there from 1961 to 1963. From that point as an assistant to the Undersecretary of Commerce and also apparently at the same time a director

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a payment acceleration, and in addition, I think I'm right on this, the postponement of some of the excises. M: Apparently the economy was heating up at that time, is that right? S: Well, yes. All of this really gets into the beginning of the whole

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

programs and in beautification, things which you are associated with--desalination of water, the whole myriad. L: I'm interested in health programs because as a child I had poor health-- F: This is in Wisconsin? L: In Wisconsin. At one time I

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

are a Washingtonian. Yes, I feel I am a Washingtonian. I was born in Maryland, but I lived there only three months and came back, so all my memories are of this city. My mother and her family were long-time Washingtonians, so I consider myself a real native. I

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to go back and see what's happening in the way of population growth to my home State. I came to Washington on my third tour of duty in 1961, as Assistant Superintendent of National Capital Parks. At that time we had a quite different organizational

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh advisor to many of us and was well versed in the history of China at that time. [He] predicted pretty accurately what was about to happen
relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the fact he did something that nobody else can do again." F: Yes. Right. C: You can't run for the third time anymore. F: If he hadn't done anything else, that would have secured his place And that gave him-- in history. c: That's right. Exactly

Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and the Pennsylvania Commission. 0: Pennsylvania Avenue Council . F: Let's talk a little bit about the formation of that . 0: I didn't have any connection with any presidential candidates or anybody aspiring to same . The first time that we really heard about
historic sites; Willard Hotel; J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Building; Lady Bird’s time and attention; Federal Highway Commission; National Plaza; Owings close to the Nixon Administration; Nixon’s interest in the National Plaza; LBJ Library; Skidmore-Owings

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)

for a baven of natural beauty amidst the increasing · -:lamor of modern lüe. 1 would like to share it with you. Dear Mrs. Johnson: I have written to you last Easter and 1 offered you to corne to Connecticut, but Lucy 1 s wedding had ail of y our time. I wish

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 5/24/1965" (Item)

. All our national history proves that a committed citizenry is a mighty force when it bends itself to a de t ermined effort. Ther e is a g rowing f e eling abroad in this land today that ugliness bas been allowed too long, that it is time to say "Enough

Folder, "Beautification Meeting - April 28, 1967," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 3 (Item)

wanted to have this chance to thank you for the time and 8 the conviction and the creativity that you have put 9 into it and to see an hour or two of· the results .this \,'} city. I w a: · z 0 j: . u ::J a 0 ~ a. w n:: .J ..J < 10

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to it. B= All right sir. Have you had at any time during your career any direct contact with Mr. Johnson, either as a Congressman or Vice President or President? W: Yes, I have had some, they've been rather infrequent. While Lyndon Johnson

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this with Kennedy, when he heard that Johnson was ready to do it, had names of people for the Heart, Cancer and Stroke Commission, and he was all ready with the Executive Order. Of course, the Surgeon General at the time wasn't at all in favor

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, relatively, for me to raise hell about it, because what the hell! Dean was deeply involved with Vietnam, an Arab-Israeli war, and with Pueblo , and things like that, and why should I take up his time with things which, in the long run, were not truly

Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Tocker -- II -- 5 G: Do you remember at the time what you thought about why this was occurring

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Syphax School Playground - Washington, 5/25/1967" (Item)

for a long time. Their leadership and their gifts have made the magic begin. It takes that kind of commitment to make a city grow the way we want it to grow a.nd change the way we want it to change. It will take help on your part to keep the magic alive. How

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ALAN L. DEAN INTERVIEWER: David G. McComb PLACE: Mr. Dean's office, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Now, last time we were talking about the task force under Mr. Zwick in which you worked to set up the initial

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968" (Item)

of time and thought tbey represent -- must continue. And they must increase, for population is going to increase; awareness is going to increase; products and their packages are going to increase. Sur ely it is time for Americans to cure the litterbug

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh (Tape 3) January 11, 1969 M: This is the third session with the Secretary of Transportation, Alan Boyd . The date is January 11, and the time is 2 :30. To continue where we left off again, I was asking you about the forming

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, in the Mills Building, in Wash- ington, D. C.; the date is April 2,1969. The time is 11:15 in the morning and my name is David McComb. First of all, I'd like to know something about your background, where were you born, when, where did you get your education

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Luncheon for Conservation Leaders - the White House, 11/13/1968" (Item)

on the air. It is a many-faceted bond we share, And I bellew tb.at in onr time in this ho use all of y ou here have belped that word become a more vital part of the political language. F or all of us that w ord has special rneaning, T o me, it is sometimes

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965" (Item)

bill, then it is because enough of us who care have ~said what we feel in time . But we WILL on another day. Better landscaping a nd good design are also part of the new horizons on the natural beauty front . None of these are abstract causes of purely

Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

members will be the first to assert that their accomplishments are only a small beginning of what ought to be done. • But they are a beginning. In these times of almost paralyzing urban problems, blight and congestion, the accomplishments

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 18, 1968 M: To identify this particular tape, this is the second session with Secretary Boyd of the Department of Transportation . The date is December 18, and the time is 11 :15 . To take up

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

and came back Monday afternoon! And this sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him, and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to. After an hour

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Beautification Luncheon, the White House, 4/17/1968" (Item)

\on, for recreation in the Nation 1 s Capital -- in the mcs t creative way. The project might be called "Mission 1 76." It is an exciting, provocative and hopeful proposal. believe, to set goals and a target time. It is important, I One of the happiest experiences

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