Discover Our Collections


  • Subject > LBJ speeches and statements (remove)
  • Tag > Digital item (remove)

Limit your search

Tag Contributor Date Subject Type Collection Series Specific Item Type Time Period

213 results

  • SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION
  • "TO MARY RATHER"; "WM. S. WHITE FROM NEW ORLEANS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT AND CONDITIONS ENEMY MUST MEET TO CONTINUE SUCH A HALT; LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS; REPORTS OF INCREASED SOUTH VIETNAMESE
  • 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
  • LINCOLN PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES REACTION OF ROBERT ANDERSON AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN TO SPEECH, REMINISCES ABOUT NEWS STORY LINCOLN WROTE IN 1932 ABOUT LBJ'S ELECTION TO LITTLE
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
  • EISENHOWER PRAISES LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT, SUGGESTS US STUDY WAYS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT BY VIETNAMESE POPULACE OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ DISCUSSES FOREIGN REACTION TO SPEECH; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES NEED FOR NEW ASIAN
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE WILL HAVE GALL BLADDER SURGERY, WILL NAME NEW YORK STATE JUDGE JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT; RFK DISCUSSES PAPAL NUNCIO'S CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CURRENT SITUATION THERE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH POPE
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
  • CLIFFORD REPORTS ON CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT RFK, VIETNAM, BUNDY'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; JOHN LINDSAY'S CALL FOR WAR RESISTANCE; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH; NEED FOR NEW PEACE PLAN BALANCED WITH MILITARY EFFORT; PERCEPTION OF LBJ AS WAR
  • 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
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER; CLIFFORD PRAISES SPEECH, URGES LBJ TO ATTEND DINNER; RUSSELL LONG'S INTEREST IN MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; NEW GALLUP POLL FAVORABLE TO HHH; LBJ'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT
  • . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • • ,. - : ■. 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