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  • - - and still have spare time during the working day t_odo something else. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote 'The Scarlet Letter" while working in the Custom House in Salem, Massachusetts. Herman Melville wrote ''Moby Of.ck" while holding down a government job in New
  • New York
  • with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
  • Syracuse, New York
  • 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
  • LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
  • OFFICIAL USE ONLY the new nations of the world, we join them in a reaflirm­ Addressing ati.on of our comm.on goals: that hunger for freedom. and recogDition can be stronger We understand than hunger Lor peace. But we call upon tho ~ea.dora of the new
  • 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
  • Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
  • n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too. D avid u. M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o e le c
  • LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • stop the bombing and they shell the cities, or abuse the DMZ. r I • r ! !.. -4­ When I got back to Washington from New York, I w.e nt back to the Soviet Union and pointed out that I did not want to deceive anybody and didn 1 t want them
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • Miss Hasek ccs Honorable Richard J. Hughes Governor of New Jersey d-
  • Letter from the President to Mrs. Lewis S. Thompson, Red Bank, New Jersey, 2/24/66
  • and the subsequent discovery North America and the New World. (more) of -2THENE.llWORLD OF SPACE Outer space 11, in fact, the NewWorld of perhaps the next 500 to 1,000 years. What we do now will have profound etfect hereafter upon the earth tor many years
  • New Mexico
  • Record copy, Speech, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 9/18/60
  • Speech of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson January 3, 1953 /C COfY (D-Tex.) {®A) Mr. President: We are on the threshhold of a New Year and a new Congress. We have a new Commander-in-Chief will arrive and soon a new administration to take over
  • BURNET,Texas, November 2, 1947 -----of at least 154 civic minded citizens south central The unanimous opinion of counties all over central and Texas is that the soil conservation movement has been given a new lease on life. The opinion
  • Folder, "11/2/1947, Burnet, Texas - News Release on Soil Conservation Movement," Statements Files, Box 6
  • of those with whom I disagree. We must frankly face the fact that the Democratic Party, as well as the Nation, is stepping out into new and untried courses. Twenty years of Democratic administrations have come to an end. New issues are arising and new
  • good and I want you to look good. I am not going to recommend a bunch of new programs. going to review what we have done in a relatively brief address. hope I can say we have a surplus of between 2 and 3 billion. from an 8 billion deficit. I am I
  • . They Then, about six weeks ago, they entered a new and critical phase. As an agreement began to take shape, I conducted a series of intensive discussions with our allies, and with the senior military and diplomatic officers of our own government, on the prospects
  • Presidency has been filled by men who had or quickly won great international prestige and influence. Now the Communists are moving the new Presidency as a world influence. in -- to kill off, downgrade. If they can destroy the world's trust in this office
  • Record copy, Senator Johnson Announces His Candidacy for U.S. President, Auditorium, New Senate Office Building, 7/5/60
  • said the announcement is "expected. I will be surprised if it is not on evening news. Bunker says he needs 24 hours. Secretary Rusk: The President: Smathers called on me. a "political trick" is planned. He said Nixon people think General Wheeler: 1
  • and asked him what about it. He said: "~don, these are newspaper tolka and it you want to make news, the best way to make it is Just announce your candidacy." CANDIDACY Well, I am going to make that announcement today. I AMANAV
  • the boa.rd members from the ten counties consult with their communities a.nd. recommend wha.t needs to be done in the several such a.s research rice for $2 a.n hour. on new uses for cedar in the Hill fa.rm.a of the lower vo.lley of weeds. Country
  • Folder, "9/1/1947, News release on soil productivity," Statements Files, Box 6
  • be respected. For months, there was no movem ent in the talks. were deadlocked. .· l J... . VK, Then, about s-ix weeks ago, they entered a new and t ~µ esitie al pha ~ e. h~e, As I conducted a series of intensive discussions with our allies
  • they ••• 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 ••• 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""
  • Record copy, 1948 campaign kickoff speech, "The Challenge of a New Day," 5/22/1948
  • personnel w.wr,.....,._ ~ It will full it wi 11 call number of civilian •• n'IGllR-• the the RI ■I• new obligational 1.rtl,Q,!l -- a of more than year's request ll)llstM1B11at $4 billion of $107.9 below billion. Wre:J:ltiMfWCMMlttM'llit
  • will promptly act upon it. We believe that a cease-fire is the necessary "first step," in the words of the resolution itself -- a first step toward what we all must hope will be a new time of settled peace and progress for all the peoples of the Middle East
  • must review and reevaluate what we've done and what we're doing. In specific areas we must set new goals, new objectives, and new standards. Not merely what we can do to try to keep things quiet, but what we must do to make things better. Now how much
  • is going to show next Tuesday. •• Since Sunday evening I have been in New England and in the New South, from -Boston to Los Angeles, from MORE • (Philadelphia) Page 4 Philadelphia to Miami. I have been in the Far West and the Midwest, and tonight I am
  • and Disarmament. The President then outlined the Job Program: 1. America Today: 75 million Americans are working. In the last 4 years 7. 5 million new jobs have been created and t he unemployment rate has dropped from 5. 7% to 3. 8% lowest in a decadeo 2
  • into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night. don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?" And then he sa id , "Why '^• V' r^ ... - ■■■■',." '’)jn MEMORANDUM ' ■ _ THE WHITE HOUSE 'W A SK
  • New York
  • LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
  • New York City
  • MEMORANDUM THE W H ITE HOUSE W ASH ING TON Tu esd ay, M ay 26, 1964 P a ge 1 I le ft New Y o r k at a le is u r e ly llj3 0 , a r r iv in g a t the W hite H ouse, to find out that Lynda B ird had fin ish e d h er la s t exam - Oh, jo y ! And had
  • New York
  • New York
  • ork. And then at noon I flew to New Y o rk with W arrie Lynn, L iz and B e s s , We went to the C a rlis l e ^to that b eau tifu l s u ite w h e r e I a lw ay s fe e l that I ’m in trudin g on the a p a rtm e n t of the fa ir y p rin c e s s , Je a n K
  • New York
  • Lady Bird's desk work; Lady Bird to New York; Lynda Johnson returns from 5-state trip with LBJ; Lady Bird to Metropolitan Opera; lunch; performance of "Il Trovatore"; LBJ speech in Atlanta about race barriers
  • New York
  • Director Helms: In the local draft board in New York there is a sworn statement by Aristotle Onassis that he was born in 1900 -- making him 68-­ not 62 as now published. MffTlt45 NOTES COPVRtOHTIP. Pwalieatieft Req"'9 .. el Cep)'right .Permiuie
  • for th e Prirr.e New Z :~ Mini~:L
  • Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
  • • ,. - : ■. 1965 V ' W EDNESDAY. APRIL 7 W ednesday, A p ril 7, began at the C a rly le in New Y ork. A little p a st ten B e s s and I w ent w ith M r. F o sb e r g to s e e the F r ic k M useum w h e r e the ligh tin g s y ste m m ad e dark
  • New York
  • New York City
  • •• '' le t us b eg'.l~ll• 9 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
  • of the committee's work is a direct result of the splendid direction afforded by our counsel, Mr. Edwin L. Weisl and his partner, Cyrus R. Vance. Mr. Weisl and Mr. Vance are distinguished New York lawyers, members of the firm of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, and we
  • of the committee's work is a direct result of the splendid direction afforded by our counsel, Mr. Edwin L. Weisl and his partner, Cyrus R. Vance. Mr. Weisl and Mr. Vance are distinguished New York lawyers, members of the firm of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, and we
  • they ••• 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 ••• 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
  • ~~-quite the flare of a State Dinner. ' . . ¥1 ~ ' cAt my table I had the pxa:x1u1k President, the Ambassador, T£~J.are , Virginia, Frank Pace who had been my host when I had been given an award in New York last December. It was so good to get