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- can't sing for the Prime Mmister who's t.>ndingBritish
presence east of Suez. "On the Road To Mandalay'"' And you
can't sing for the President who just devalued the British pound.
"I've Got Plenty ofNothin!" Well. the British and the American
press w re
- buy with $50) held over his
breast and the perfectly pressed long
coat covering most of the striped
trousers. The whole scene was per
fectly framed by the ivory-colored
Doric columns which line the curved
drive. The music was marvelously
clear
- ": Birth of a Symposium
It began with a notion that the
Library organize a symposium to
examine LBJ's relationship with the
press. Then George Christian sug
gested broadening the focus to
include other themes from the sixties.
A special committee of Great
- Press relations
- LBJ has a fever; Lady Bird and Liz Carpenter work on beautification; lunch and discussion about presidential libraries; Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell; LBJ has press conference; representatives chosen for Churchill funeral; Nicholas Katzenbach
- Press relations
- Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to Smithsonian for "Reading is Fundamental;" welcoming speech by Dillon Ripley; speeches by Lady Bird & Margy McNamara; LBJ Library meeting covered by press; Lady Bird bowls with Muriel Humphrey & Jane Muskie; press take
- , but isn't elusive on the
tapes."
George Christian,
who
served as the president's
Press
Secretary and who was present at the
Library when the transcripts were
opened, echoed that assessment.
"The telephone transcripts,"
he
said, "reflect how he did business
- .
In Memoriam
George Reedy, 19J7-1999
Of
President Johnson's press secretary, 1964-1965
·oy JR.
When the Library staff learned of the tragic loss of John
Kennedy, Jr., they searched the archives for items to
assemble a remembrance to him in the Library foyer
-
and applause. Because of that,
Mamet said, he spent ten years
without giving interviews to th
press, because they are a waste of
time. Once he fell off the wagon
and granted an interview. The
reporter asked him why he had
avoided interviews. "Because
- Press relations
- LBJ & Lady Bird to Hemis Fair, San Antonio; gun control legislation; ceremony at Hemis Fair; speeches by Ed Clark, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, John Connally & LBJ; LBJ & Lady Bird tour exhibits; LBJ receives questions from the press; painting for LBJ
- Press relations
- Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
- Press relations
- 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
- Press relations
- some of the guests, the press, and the entertainment for the night; Lady Bird visits with Erhard about Germany; toasts; LBJ mentions Vietnam & Great Society in toast; visits with houseguests upstairs; Lady Bird introduces entertainers
- Press relations
- LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady
- Press relations
- Lady Bird and Luci Johnson have clothing trip to New York; possible trip by Lynda Johnson to Spain; press stationed in hotel; tea for Mrs. Diaz Ordaz of Mexico; Elizabeth Arden hair stylist does Lady Bird's hair for party; Lady Bird to Mary Lasker's
- .)
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Eveningsat the Library
George Reedy, Allen Drury and
Marijane Maricle provided three
lively and different kinds of pro
grams at the Library.
Reedy, aide to LBJ through the
Senate and vicepresidential years and
the first press secretary
- Foundation Board of Directors,
was special assistant to the President
and assistant press secretary during
the Johnson Administration.
At the LBJ Grove in Washington,
D.C., long-time friend Dale Miller,
in the tradition of LBJ-style racon
teurs, told
- for
reform, unless some crisis mobilizes
the populace, none of the three morn
ing speakers saw any truly funda
mental change in the offing.
George Christian, fo1mer press
secretary to President Johnson, chaired
the afternoon session, which featured
spirited
- as president. Included
c1re viJeo tapes of network coverage of maior
addresses and press conferences. Researchers
use specially equipped carrels to view requested
capes and films.
The huge still photo collection, which
includes all the photographs raken
