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- . And it certainly is a day I've looked forward to. Coming here , meeting you, and seeing your schools with their new dress of greenery . It look s so nice n ow and you and I can remember how it looked last September when there was no g r ass a nd no plants a t all
- on Erwin\ nght are Henry row/er and Lew Wasserman. Library Names New Chief Archivist Christina Lawson John Wickman, D,recwr of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, spoke at th Library tn May lO a University of Texas group, joined together
- . President, Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation. He describedWashingtonas a "politi cal genius" who "was able to per suade almost everyone, including himself, that he was no politicianat all." oven door and pulled out two pecan pies
- Among Photo by Charles Bogel Wearing historically correct uniforms, these bluejackets from the USS Constitution heave a gun into battery. Story on page 3 Future Forum Rings In New Year . .. The invitation read: Future Forum. l.ocation: Matt's
- leaders. film stars, educators, entertainers, friends and neighbors from the Texas hill country - and representatives of t.hc highcsl echelons of the American political scene from the New Deal to the ixon Administration. At President Johnson's request
- in Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle’s office. 1/3 Congress convenes. New senators are sworn in, including Price Daniel, who replaces Senator Tom Connally. Republicans control both houses of Congress. The party breakdown in the Senate is 48 Republicans, 47
- for persons of all ages. That evening at 10 p.m. LBJ speaks on a nationwide CBS broadcast, introducing him and eight other new senators, about Truman’s foreign policy. 1/6 Speaker Rayburn’s 67th birthday. President Truman pays a surprise visit to the Capitol
- appointee in a new Richardson Fellows Pro gram for Distinguished Public Officials in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Supported by grant from the Sid Richardson Founda tion to the LBJ Foundation, the new program will bring di tingu1shed past
- ,° In his r tirement LBJ had me to lunch on cla . The Dallas Morning New had published a story saying LBJ wanted to be chancellor f The niver:;ity of Texas. H glared at me and asked. '·Why in the hell would I want be the chancellor nf The University of Texas
- Dir1'clnr of tht• LRJ Library. Corkran, who joint·d th1• Library staff in 196H, is a naliw of El Paso, Tt•xas. 111·is a past dirl'1·tor of thl' Tt•xas State Arrhiws. Corkran assumt'd his new position on April 12. A very special occasion for the Library
- , in the New York Times, notes that Caro weighs the evidence to get the picture he wants and confuses the function of a biographer wilh that of a Judge "-and in this case, a hanging judge." For those seeking to understand Johnson, Donald says, "Mr. Caro's book
- and books. Ms. Robb high lighted LBJ's passion for helping people, and concluded with the hope that her new program, uture Forum (see article on page 13), would continue to serve LBJ's memory and dedication to public service. She said, When I see a!I of you
- talks. This is his last visit in Texas before returning to Washington for the opening of the new session of Congress. 1/7 Henry Cabot Lodge announces that he is entering Eisenhower’s name in the 3/11 New Hampshire primary. The next day Eisenhower
- is true of ycur unive re ity is true of our nation, too. When John and Abigail Adams -- the first occupants of the White House .... liv.sd the re, ours was a bra.11d new republic~ - , Washington was a tiny, sh aky, cou!'ageous little c a pital in a mudhole
- here. For at every beach, there are new shells to find, new dunes to paint. And I believe you who hold Padre Island in your hand will feel very much as the survey party of Colonel Parilla did in 1766. Two hundred years ago, they paid the highest tribute
- restoration in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Miss Dorothy Vaughan, who first bad the idea of turning an urban renewal project into a whole living history of an early New England seaport town, is sitting in this room. Strawbery Banke does not He along a super
Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Restoration Luncheon, the White House, 10/15/1968"
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- OC'I'OBER 15, 1968 It is a pleasure to have each and every one of you here ! As I have traveled about the country, I bave seen your handiwork from Salado, Texas, to Tarrytown, New York. Many of you 1 know through vieits to your restoration project
- school. Lynda will be a junior in colleg e. T h ey are intensely interested and very g rateful for the work of the Young Citizens for Johnson and have met with them in Wisconsin, California and New York and Washington. I believe
- New Jersey
- predicting: 11Sam Rayburn has served this district well in the Texas legislature. In the halls of Congress, he will go far. 11 Two days later, he sat with other new members of the House to hear the inaugural address of the college president who had entered
- movies are in the Johnson Library. This wealth of unique material is drawn upon by people from a variety of backgrounds, from scholars researching biographies to producers of news documentaries, from photo editors to members of the public who simply want
- A New Portrait of LBJ LIBRARYVOLUNTEERSBEGIN SIXTH SEASON The LBJ Library program hegan in 1980 \\ ith 16 dcxcn1s (those who prm 1de guided tours) and ha!-.stcadtl) grown to 105 volunteers-both men ,rnd \ ·omen-working in four different areas
- a factor in a successful membership drive in Austin which recently brought in almost 600 new members of the "Friends of the LBJ Library." The total number of members of that organization now stands at 2,575. THE LIBRARY WITH ROBERT FLYNN, author
- Library, and Dr. William S. Livingston, UT Austin Vice-President and Dean of Graduate Studies. Middleton says he is confident the proposed encyclopedia "will repre sent the best congressional scholar ship of the last 30 years." Livingston New members
- Hyman, Professor of History at Rice University; Dr. Morton Keller, Pro fessor of History at Brandeis Univer sity; Donald Bacon, formerly senior legislative editor of U.S. News and World Report and co-author of Ray burn: A Biography; Dr. Raymond Smock
- Douglass, which played to a full auditorium at the Library. 2 OtherProgramsAt The Library.• • . . . included Verne Newton, new Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York (below right), who discussed "The Cambridge Spies," whose
- . E, c:r>girl there must have kissed me! h. la la' What a vari ty of lip tick:· "That co ral gc l u nght ab ut New )brk Ci on that d.t>:· General Powell aid. ··r knov. h • ,;
- Jimmie Allred writes LBJ letter of thanks for treatment LBJ gave him in Washington when he was there and for “wonderful gathering out at your home.” 2/16 Banquet of New Dealers in Austin, attended by Texas federal, state and county officials
- . Former U.S. Ambassador Edward A. Clark and Congressman J. J. Pickle, Co Chairmen, originally set their goal at $1 million. However, public interest spurred them to double that effort. Announcing the realization of the new goal, Am bassador Clark said
- majored in journalism and became sports editor of the student newspaper. the Daily Texan. After a stint as capitol corre spondent for International News Service, he became press secretary to Texas Governors Price Daniel and John Connally. ln 1966 he
- !Plfj. 4 ' u. J am uvzi.i:1..ng, M /Ji.Aedo11. o/. t.Ae Natwnal !ln.v~M CorrmU.i:.ee on F. O-:1. (!]ff 1fledi..on aAiAM /Mm ma.nu pM an4, ·i?p,i 'CJJnmerd:✓.J . . made b!J, t.h.e 'Pll.e44 and. oih.eA new-:1 medi.o.. AILe !JOU adve.lt.4e
- THEECONOMY: As The Cartoonist Saw It Then Inflatiun and rrcession command a stronghold on today·.- nl'WS spotlight. A. they struggle with the eronomy. President ford and the new Con gress are faking more an a few ja s rom e powerful pens of editorial
- included vivid references to nature in love letters to Lyndon Johnson.Several of these lel'ters were released recent ly in connection wirh rhe new "First Lady's Gallery .. exhibit. One of them Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor. 6 includes this passage
- THING . END QUOTE. YOU AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE MY CONTINUED LOYALTY, AFFECTION AND IN SAN FRANCISCO, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT QUO TE FULL SUPPORT GREGORY PECK. 3 2 ----- 45 Wellington Road Delmar, New. York 12054 January 21, 1968 Dear Mrs. Carpenter
- ~~AmongFriends ofLBJ 1ssue NUMBER xi, JANUARY 24 1978 NEW§LEIJEREUIEUP§ PETHE PETHE LBJ8RAQY b1 ; :,;~;;~- ..~ ,_./!~ .... A National Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson (See pages 2-41 A National Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson It was a tribut
- ranging across th experiences a.-, ·1 Harvard stuJcnt. rough rider in the Spanish American War. rancher. New York Police Comnm,sioncr. Gov ernor of i\ew )nrk. Vit:c President President. and in rctire mc.nt The text comes main!· from his diaries
- 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
- to grips with it. None of us who read or hear the news can escape the shock of the headlines. A group of hoodlum s rnug an old man and leave him to die. A grocer is rnurdered by a strongarrn robber. The taxi driver is knifed. The quiet man murders hie own
- -- emotionally, as weil as physically. They must be attuned to the tempo of our time s -- and how fortunate we are to have the people who see this need and are filling it. This kind of round-the-clock community playground is a new and constructive answer
- find them. I hope we can encourage them and give them o pportuni ty. more , . The experiment has worked. The stars in their eyes matcbed tbe stars in their new flag. They brought tbeir genius as well as tbeir hearts. Albert Einstein, Andrew Carnegie
- last sumrne r 1 - 1 MORE A variety of projects have been carried out in the schools. ranging from tbe topographical map of the new Braille Trail at the Arboretum which the children of Webb School made , to the forcing and plant'lng of bulbs