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Today in this moment of new
. resolve,
I would say to my fell ow
Amer.i,c an s , Le t J!§.. Con t i n.ue .
This 1s our challenge
-- not to
hesitate,
not to pause, not to turn
about and linger
over this evil
moment
- lutr.dou. He ta tile odae• way U yn want
Mm lO be.
B • J p11 I haY•n't knowa that. l dllak lal1hly of him. Some of
the people ta New York • J he doen•t P"· He It.ten•
polltelr, bat doe1a•t 1lve.
A - That la tru becau•• he could llOI • J aaftldnl to tbem
- described the new process and how i t had become
the very popular thing today.
He spoke casually, authoritatively, of
other Administrations, whole decades of them.
strong Republican.
Obviously he was a very
I think we had between the three of us a sense
- Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
- they
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Tonight
hands
In that
l speak to them as well
• •• 1•t
for relleotion
the
and mine.
the destiny
and asked your vote
Texans •••
launoh111g a new dq
have pas1ed since
years
are those
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2!_ knowledge.
grow•~
your 8eJJ1.tor, y012 give
sit
- See all scanned items from file unit "5/22/1948 Speech by Congressman Johnson, "The Challenge of a New Day""
- Folder, "5/22/1948, Speech by Congressman Johnson, "The Challenge of a New Day"," Statements Files, Box 6
- thought out, well-balanced statement.
- Let's explore ways to strengthen our ways
militarily and diplomatically; let's find new.
ways to strengthen our society and our nation.
-You..are people of good+x~11X±r.I! experience,
imagination and initiativeo
- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- New York
- New York
- r i v e d a t the White H o u se a little l a t e , h u r r i e d into m y b e a u t ifu l
/
i\
new y e llo w d r e s s , ( b y G a l a n o s !) , but s t i l l w a s a litt le l a t e w alk in g to the
E a s t R o o m fo r the fo u r o ’ c l o c k r
- e s to r s that I would h ave sw o r n w e r e
a u th e n tic.
When I com p lim en ted the v e r y old, v e r y handsom e p ian o, sh e
sa id that i t had c o m e fro m New O rlea n s by r iv e r b oat up the M is s is s ip p i
and the R ed R iv e
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of
champaign;
ever done.
o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has
L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is
t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- , there appearsto bea new
climateof thought in which somechant slogansthat
are
not merelyextravagant
but tot.allyillusory -- and
r--,
.
Jangerous·toour existenceas a free people.
---.
8
Thepathcifresponsibilityis describedas appease
ment High-sounding
- r t s a n d in p a r k s on o u r f iv e s ta te
to u r of New E n g la n d .
A d ay lik e th is is a n e x h a u s tin g s e m in a r on the
g e o g ra p h y , e c o n o m y - - the lo o k of the la n d a n d the p eo p le th a t m a k e up
o u r
- New York
- Johnsons make a five-state New England tour; crowds at airports; LBJ gives speech at Rhode Island University in Providence; anti-war demonstrators; LBJ speaks at Navy League luncheon in Manchester, NH; birthday party for Senator George Aiken
- Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, New York
- suppose h i s l a s t ap p earan ce i n
th e h i s t o r i c a l House Chamber i n an o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n .
I t began i n New York in th e P i e r r e .
Lyndon had gone back
a f t e r th e p a r ty l a t e th e n ig h t b e fo re and I had s
- New York
- Hotel Pierre, New York City
-
h a d c o n d u c te d th a t o n e - d a y to u r th ro u g h the old 10th D i s t r i c t to s e e
g r a s s r o o ts u rb a n ren ew al and T exas re s to ra tio n s .
M rs.
E. T . X im e n e s of San A ntonio.
And D r . a n d
H e 's a new R e
- guests visit upstairs & receiving line; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; new strain of wheat for underdeveloped countries; entertainment is Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass introduced by Lynda Johnson; former Mexico President Mateos in coma
- r e s s e d fo r the Jo h n so n C ity High School
co m m en cem en t, d riv in g in with J e s s e and A, W ., fo r 8 o’ c lo c k c e re m o n y ,
which w as a c tu a lly a d e d icatio n of a new High School building ju s t co m p leted
by B r o o
- Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ gets sunburned; Lady Bird buys clothes and lunches with Dorothy Parker and Mary Griffith; LBJ and Lady Bird ride to Lewis place with the Bob Massies of Saturday Evening Post; dedication of the new Lyndon B
- New York
- Syracuse, New York
- e r a tio n A r t, b e c a u s e
on M onday I w ill be going to New Y o rk and I w ill b e h a v in g lu n c h w ith
M a ry L a s k e r an d p o s s ib ly M r. F o s s b u rg h .
A nd I w an t to b e a lit tle b it
p r e p a r e d f o r how I'm
- Lady Bird meets with Sen. John Sparkman and Liz Carpenter about Lady Bird's trip to NASA in Huntsville, Alabama; tea with Clifford & Virginia Durr and daughter, Ann Lyon, Helen Fuller of "New Republic," and Anita Williams; LBJ to New York to address
- thinking
that
s omehow
she has r i s e n l e s s to the tide of o p p o r t u n ity ,th a n Diana, and
MEMORANDUM
THE WHI TE HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
T hu rsd ay, A p r il 16, 19 6 4
Page 3
me
Dr. Blake Smith brought m
ethe unw elcom e news which I
- amproudto beamongmy colleagues
of the Congress
--
whoselegacyto their trust is their loyaltyto their Nation.
1 am not unawareof the inner emotionsof the new
membersof this body.
-
-
Twenty-eightyearsago, I felt as you do now. Youwill
-
soonlearn
-
The Upper Colorado Basin project
The Washita-Oklahoma
project
The Ventura California project
The Passamoquoddy
Tidal Survey project
A New England development project
10.
A program to relieve critical depressed areas on the basis of Federal
and State
- p h o n e;
each.
T h e re w as a lo t of
In th e m o rn in g a long ta lk w ith L y n d a B ir d in New Y o rk .
She
is h a v in g a g ay tim e - th e a tr e s an d good dining s p o ts and p a r tie s
a n d b r ig h t p e o p le , an d sh e is s
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and make plans for Camp David with friends; Lady Bird talks with Lynda on phone; phone calls to Horace Busby about LBJ exhibit, Bill Walton about New York Avenue, & Mrs. Paul Mellon about White House grounds and Lafayette
- e r the d e s e r t.
As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it,
looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how
I
v e r y we s t e r n this i s .
so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h .
So new, pro b ab
- is.
churning
with change and growth - - not when we have within our grasp the
chance to create the new America.
an America
that will be the world's
best
assurance
that it can live in peace and provide
its -people with decent lives.
###
- s t of w a lk in g
o u t lo o k in g m u c h m o r e a t t r a c tiv e an d on top of the w o rld .
c
A t 2 :0 0 w a s m y m a in m e e tin g of the day .
M a ry L a s k e r h a d c o m e dow n fro m New Y o rk a n d N ash , G e o rg e H a rtz o g
- .
My good
f r i e n d , S e c r e t a r y U d a l l , M i s s S y l v i a P o r t e r , th e G o o d w i n s , a nd h e l i c o p t e r e d
o v e r to S a n M a r c o s to a t t e n d th e I n a u g u r a t i o n of t h e new P r e s i d e n t of the
C
- m e to so m e new A f ric a n country, an d h e d id n 't know the
la n g u a g e .
She w a s w o r ry in g a littl e b i t a b o u t how h e w ould g e t a lo n g in
s c h o o l a n d e v e ry th in g - - how
aken ew f r ie n d s .
tm
S o lic ito
- T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til
.it
;'
■„
.^
i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n
o b s ta c le , a m o u n
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
-
to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y .
W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t .
A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new
A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a
P h ilip p in o ,
C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e
Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r,
T h ere w as H ale and
Liindy B o g g s
- o d e in w ith M u r i e l a n d O p al - - L yndon a h e a d w ith H u b e r t
a n d th e S e n a to r o v e r a new high w ay th a t w a s o pen ed to d ay f o r the
f i r s t ti m e .
And th en t h e r e w e r e g a th e r in g c r o w d s a n d
- staff; Johnsons fly to Houston Astrodome for Humphrey rally; new Houston highway; Lady Bird reminisces about 1941 campaign; Lyn Nugent walks with grandfather; speeches by Ralph Yarborough, LBJ & Hubert Humphrey; return to LBJ Ranch; LBJ's speech on tv
- G rou
n o u sk i, s a id h e w a s fo llo w in g in the f o o t s t e p s of Ju s t ic e
G o ld b erg in tak ing on th is new a s s ig n m e n t an d s a id
h is m i s s i o n i s to b u ild new b r id g e s , h o t ju st to P o la n d , b u t
- k a n d M r s . W illia m T y l e r , w ife of t h e A s s i s t a n t
W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 22 (Continued)
M r s . R ib ico ff, an d th e n I had M r s . H u g h es, th e w ife of th e G o v e r n o r
of New J e r s e y , down b e c
- ^
.^Somehow f o r m e h e j u s t f its th e d e lig h tfu l S ta te of V e rm o n t th a t he
r e p r e s e n t s ! b r a n d new G o v e rn o r of M a ry la n d an d M r s , A gnew ,
I b e lie v e
t h e i r I n a u g u ra l i s th is w e e k en d , Sol L
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- a t she h a d s p e n t h e r . l i f e t i m e c o l l e c t i n g .
g iv e n h e r o th e r c o l l e c t i o n s to
o f A r t i n New Y ork.
y ear.
She h a d
the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum
T h is one she d o e s f o r us e a c h
She h a d
- , when the
sw itch w a s p u lle d .
M ean w h ile , in the 100 y e a r s , the i n t e r c o a s t a l c a n a l h a s gone
a l l the w ay f r o m New J e r s e y , down to/\ I t h i n k / \ a p p r o x im a t e l y J a c k s o n v i l l e
an d m e a n w
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s .
And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s
of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand
in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
- of th e C o m m itte e th a t h a d
in v e s tig a te d c r i m e an d M r s . C a r l M undt and th e w ife of o u r new C h ie f
of P u b lic S a fe ty h e r e in th e D is tr i c t, M r s . P a t r i c k M u rp h y .
p e rfe c t nam e.
W h at a
- News stories about State of the Union message; Women Doers' Luncheon on "Crime in the Streets;" Lady Bird mentions gist of speakers' remarks; LBJ greets women; Eartha Kitt confronts LBJ about childcare; outburst by Eartha Kitt on welfare & high
- in g to g eth er in a sp a c e sh ip
to new a d v en tu re, to con q u er a new w orld , than to shoot down
ea ch o th e r 's p la n es a s w e had to la s t nigh t.
to a c tiv ity o v e r V ietn a m la s t n igh t.
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z
T his tim e it r e f e
