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  • with great reluctance when she moved to Washington. But be­ ing a student of history, she decided to make the most of things by learning what famous people had lived in her room. Former President Eisenhower told her that he believed that the lady-in-waiting
  • by these artists. What compels them is a necessity to Back Row: Torkwase Dyson, Arleen Polite, Lillian Blades, David Newton, Channel Guice, Roy LaGrone, Marie Cochran, Robert Pruitt, Rejina Thomas Middle Row: Harry Middleton, Janine Jackson, Angelbert Metoyer
  • of President Dwight D. Eisenhower pamted by J. Anthony Wills in I 969, acquired through purchase in 1969; (3) a bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln by Augustm Saint-Gaudens, presented to LBJ by a group of special friends from Illinois, "Land of Lincoln
  • , "If God had created the world in si. days, He could not have then rested. He would have had to explain it to Helen Thomas." Jimmy Carter made human rights a global issue, and produced the Camp David Accords, bringing peace between Israel and Egypt. And M
  • speeches by Harry Tru­ man and Dwight Eisenhower are heard from a radio of around 1950. The exhibit opened on July 4. Scholars get grants for Library research Twlnly-one scholars have been select­ ed as lhe I 978 recipients of grants to study in the LBJ
  • taught at Trinity College there for eight years. He has been a frequent participant in Brookings Institution conferences and an occasional lecturer for Eisenhower Fel­ lows. Hardeman is currently living in San Antonio, where he is a professor of political
  • , and then G o vern o r H a rris o n o f V irg in ia gave a little talk. Next G en era l B ra d ley h im s e lf, and then G en era l Eisenhow e r - and a ll day long, people r e fe r r e d to him as G en era l E is enhow er, not P re s id e n t Eisenhow e r
  • Dedication of the George Marshall Research Library; to Virginia Military Institute; ideas for LBJ Library; Lady Bird describes ceremony with speeches by Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower and LBJ; dinner at the Fortases; Lady Bird mentions Abe Fortas
  • wrote a little note and sent some flow ers to M rs. Eisenhower, w h o's out at Walter R eed taking some tests. And then the dinner f o r the Eshkols. We m et them on the front steps a little b e fo r e eight, and went upstairs fo r the usual get
  • State visit of Israeli Prime Minister & Mrs. Eshkol; Lady Bird's speeches for Georgetown Visitation and Radcliffe; Lady Bird sends flowers to Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed; State dinner for Eshkols and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions
  • casualties. Thus. supported by the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Eisenhower decided not to race the Russians for the capitol city. ·'Perhaps we could have got there first," Blumenson concluded. "Perhaps." [n his opinion, he was asked by a member
  • from the collections of the Library of Congress, the National Ar­ chives, the Ohio Historical Society, the Chicago Historical Society, and the Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy Presidential Libraries. From March 15 to April 25, 1976
  • /show/loh/oh LBJ Retrospective -- 24 sought President Eisenhower's advice all the time. He kept him informed; he had him briefed constantly by the top people. So when he talked to Eisenhower, Eisenhower would know where he was coming from, would
  • Lady Bird travels to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, to help plan the LBJ Library; Lady Bird received tour of Truman Library from President Truman and Phillip Brooks, Director; lunch
  • to the LBJ Library; meeting about script for West Hall filming; bridge game with Lynda Robb; Lady Bird mentions headlines; President Eisenhower is critically ill
  • , and all future chief executives. Consequently, there now exist librnries bear­ versity of Texas anJ are operated by the :..1tiunal Services Archives of the General ing the names of Presidents Hoover, Roose­ velt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy
  • Lady Bird to hair salon in Austin; Lynda Johnson to Dallas shopping; Lady Bird and Jessie Hunter to Denison to Eisenhower birthplace; lunch at Holiday Inn; to Fort Worth for tour by Ruth Carter Johnson of Museum of the Southwest; view Museum
  • & Mamie Eisenhower greet guests in receiving line; Lady Bird names guests; Lady Bird loses pearls during hugging; new White House chine used; LBJ stops by to greet ladies; Lady Bird bowls with Dr. James Cain & school friends; dinner; massage
  • ; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ meets with advisors about Vietnam; LBJ meets with and gives speech to White House Conference on Education participants; dinners with aides and James Hagerty; Lady Bird's tv show on beautification; Dwight Eisenhower
  • isn't it? But nee ssaT1Jso my guards thought - and they are the ones exposed to danger. 14 A draft of Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech on February 29, 1956, announcing his dedsion l seek reelection, addresses itself m part to the matter