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- to roll u.p their sleeves and get to work. The problems of our environment are great, but they are the kind of problems that the individual and the civic group can help to solve -- whether they live in Mountain View, Missouri or Chicago, Illinois. As you
- MEDAL AWARD FROM THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES NEW YORK, NEW YORK M r. Pace, Your Eminence, distinguished friends: Thank you for your generous wo :rds. I am pleased and honored to accept the Gold Medal Award. It is a n awa rd tbat I
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Acceptance of Gold Medal Award from the Institute of Social Sciences, New York, New York, 12/1/1966"
- FOR RELEASE AFTER 6:30 P. M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 1 1967 Office of the Press Secretary to ""Mr s. Johnson ~THE WHITE HOUSE REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON UPON RECEIVING HEAD START CITATION FROM THE CITIZENS 1 COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Receiving Head Start Citation from the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Hotel Pierre - New York, New York, 5/10/1967"
- .. .· .. ' , FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1965 ...... 12:00 noon REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 12TH ANNUAL MEETING OF KEEP AME RICA BEA UT IF UL, INC. NE W YORK, NEW YORK Mr . Perin, Friends: It is a g reat pleasure for me
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965"
- , where the man made lakes and picnic areas along your own Interstate Higbway #80 are pointed out as an example of excellence, and where Secretary Udall told me just a few days ago tbat Nebraska bas one of the best plans for developing new parks
- FOR RELEASE AFTER 11:00 A. M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1966 REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AT WlilTE HOUSE CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE ISSUANCE OF NEW BEAUTIFICATION STAMP Office of the Press Secretary t o Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE Mr
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966"
- to leave our "dailyness 11 and see what we never saw before in the daily round .--f or art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he woul d never be able to see beyond his immediate world, nor could the world see the man within. We are so often pictured
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Rededication of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 5/25/1964"
- "NION, NEW HA VEN, CC~NECTICUT, OCTOBER 9, 1967 0 When 1 received the invitation from John J. 0 1Leary ...... a name no Democrat can reeist -- to corne and talk to the Yale Political Union about beautification, l was delighted to accept. Delighted
- Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967"
- -----------------------------------------------------------------Mrs. Rockefeller, friends: Let me assure you that this book is going to be in daily demand at the White House Library. It is just the kind of meaningful reference that we have been needing. And I am sure that every fut ure inbabitant of the White House
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966"
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- of realizing it in our time. Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We ail 1Uently thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by experiencing stirring and satisfying sights. Let me sbare with you news of a few of the wonderful projects tbat have
- that it ie harder and harder to get their story in the paper or on the airo The explosion of news reduces their ~ha:ncea to teil the daily s truggle o! life am de~.;::·i which hae such unseen dramatic i·esulta. I am so glad that there are awards as we have
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Annual Albert and Mary Lasker Awards to Medical Journalists - St. Regis Hotel - New York City, 5/10/1968"
- a poverty bill 30 years ago, those former cotton farmers would have been retrained to a new skill, rather than remaining on in an economy that time has passed by. The lasting answer to wiping out poverty in this country is not just charity, but a full-scale
- the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun, Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years; and Norm a Ekdahl
- to the comm\lllity - - t aaching and e?lriching the lives of the people of all ages. . In visiting some of the claesroorns of the se three stateo, I will be glirnpsing classrooms in every state where we are attacldng old problerns in new ways
- to youth educati on. Each of you has added in a visible way t o the heritage of this country. We are daily conscious of the high c ost of blight that derneans people's lives. Ugliness -- the grey, dreary, unchanging world of crowded, d eprived neigbborhoods
- , which I was to m ake in the Museum of Modern A rt t h is v e ry night, on the occasion of the opening of the new wing. She made a couple of suggestions, and v e ry good ones they w ere - and M ary has that rare quality of suggesting th e m i n a way
- Lady Bird's speech for the Museum of Modern Art that evening; to Carlysle Hotel in New York; speech by David Rockefeller; dinner and reception at Museum; party at Adlai Stevenson's home
- new weapons" in the war on poverty. I have been working particularly on Project Head Start which we h ope will be an important breakthrough in edu
- evening I have enjoyed, especially the company of friends frorn past and present. Dr. Reddick who gu.i ded me in journalism school to those two סr three stories in the Daily Tex.an with the by-line -- "By Claudia Taylor. 11 Does one ever read any story
- in those days, tuition was paid with produce - .. or 11with horse and saddle which the student used to reach school. 11 Prayers were at 4:00 a. m. daily ... with compulsory attendance 1 But I think the thing that most impresses all of us who love
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 10/8/1964"
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- daily telephone service to all areas and all continents, not just the moie highly developed major populated areas. Business and scientific computers will be tied together across the ocean by means of satellite data links providing solutions to many types
- that the cities r each out for you - to help people in the public housing units and the crowded slum areas who do not know how to cope with the new and unaccustomed conditions of city life. Indeed, as I consider your pr ofe ssion, there are so many ways in which
- 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
- , 000, 000 and create 13, 000 new jobs. I am a Democrat and proud of it. I have - - for 29 years - had a front row seat on what the government and the m en and women who play the hard, daily role in it, do about the problems that come before them. And I
- when this tree gr ew to c aturi ty it wo uld s hade gener ations ye t m born and that a President rs daily wo rk, like this tree , e;hould be f o.r cor e than his own tiae. This was no t t he e xpression o f a philos o phy new t o c y husband . It has
- ~ . rr - : ,.. () - .. . FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY FRIDAY. MAY 7, 1965 -- 8: 30 P . M. REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON "SALUTE TO SPRING" CEREMONIES NEW YORK, NEW YORK Mr. Mayor• Friends: Thank you so much for the honor you have
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 'Salute to Spring' Ceremonies, New York, New York, 5/7/1965"
- ".. , ..· ... . ~. Suggested remarks for Mrs . Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of new Science Center at Wilkes College, Wilkes - Barre , Pa . , Saturday , January 11 , 1964 . I have just had a whirlwind tour of so~e Area Redevelopment
- "Suggested remarks for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of New Science Center at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1/11/1964"
- and Faculty of Columbia College: I am delighted to visit Columbia State Community College, which tells so much about the new vitality of education in our country. Consider this story: The people of a county provide Z04 acres of empty land, some seed money
- ROOM, THE V/HITE HOUSE NOVEMBER 22, 1968 Welcome to your house -- for it is your house now. And welcome to your country -- for frorn this moment, America is your country. It is appropriate, I think, to begin our trip around the New America of 1968
- FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY SCHEDULED AR RIVAL - 2:30 P. M. , MS'l' 5:30 P. M., EDT REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO Septernbe r 22, 1966 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson
- New Mexico
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966"
- -------~--- - ---------- ---- -- - - ------ ------ - ------ --- -- - ------------ This is a great glittering golden night to remember ! And I am proud to be here at the opening of this new opera bouse in its magni fiçent Lincoln Center setting, Truly, the Metropolitan ie living up to the tradition of Caruso, Scotti, Melba and all the other
- CULTURAL CENTER, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Like you, l'm on an educational field trip today; I'm visiting three states to learn about exciting new developments in our schools. You know, we used to look up at the stars and think, "How tiny and insignificant
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on Arrival in Atlantic City, N.J, 8/26/1964"
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- REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON ON ARR IVAL IN ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. WE DNE SDAY, AUGUST 26, 1964 How wonderful, Governor Hughes, to receive such a warm welcome here on the beautiful shoreline of New Jersey. The eyes of Texas have been upon you
- New Jersey
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Akron Municipal Airport, Akron, Ohio, 9/17/1964"
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- hearing about the peaks of achievement the citizens of this city reach in community life -- the new buildings, new convention center, urban renewal and miles of new expressways. Akron is a city of the future any way you look at it. Great things
- • • .,_,,;r-..._ • FOR RELEASE AFTER 10:45 A. M. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1967 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE REMARKS OF MRS.. LYNDON B.·· JOHNSON AT THE DUNAWAY GENERAL STORE, STRAWBERY BANKE, PORTSMOUTH, NEW
- New Hampshire
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dunaway General Store, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 6/10/1967"
- that be was then willing to die• • •• " This was the spirit widespread in that electiono Andrew Jackson by bis deeds bad excited the new nation. In bis heroic defense of New Orleans, he had confirrned a young nation' s confidence in itself. For the first time, a rugged man
- RECEPTION UNVEILING THE NEW WHIT E HOUSE CHINA Today is a proud occasion for me. a new set of state china. We celebrate the arrival of For the artisb·y, we are grateful to many in this room - - to Tiffany' s and Castleton -- and for the gift we
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House Reception Unveiling the New White House China, 5/9/1968"
- the States devoted his life to education and did everything in his power to dissipate ill feelings and forge a new basis for unity between North and South. He advised his fellow South erners: "Make your sons Americans . " Here in Virginia, and particularly
Press release, "Opening Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Meeting, 5/18/1966"
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- ~g litter problem, and to the new subway system for Washlng!:on and what can be done to make it more - sceni~ . Everytime I look out the window of the White House, I realize t1:e tourist season is already upon us., Americans will be traveling
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Lincoln School, Columbus, Indiana, 9/21/1967"
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- of the kind Abraham Lincoln loved. lt is a pioneering into planning our public buildings - - in deed our cities for excellenceo Unless this bold new pattern succeeds. the alternative is a growing wilderness of haphazard ugliness. This scl:ool and this city
- AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS LUNCHEON BILTMORE HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY NOVEMBER 19, 1968 Thank you, Mr. Perrin. It is a pleasure to be with Keep America Beautiful -- its officers and members -- on this day of tribute. 1 am touched and grateful
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968"