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Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)
  • of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital will serve as models for many cities across the land• T hey are chronicled as they happened in the pages that follow: Mrs. James Rowe, Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, and friend of the First Lady
  • Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ~ or was it nationally based? Johnson~ I should say? L: David Lloyd was a director of the committee, and he had been an administrative assistant of President Truman's. You may remember him, I don't know. He was a highly intelligent person. He and I both felt
  • Castro; Committee for National Health Insurance; beautification stamps; 1968 campaign; dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredricksburg; Laurance Rockefeller and Mrs. Aston; how to spread beautification around a city.
Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • make some rather elaborate efforts . I know that Dick Maguire stayed on, for example, at the Democratic National Committee because Johnson specifically asked him to and said that he needed him . M: Robert Kennedy stayed on for a while . B: Yes, Bob
  • Biographical information; impressions of LBJ when he was majority leader; covering the Democratic National Convention in 1960; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 2 (II), 5/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 sion in the study for national recreation ways and we pioneered that concept in a sense on a national basis, although the Forest Service had built some recreation ways
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Truman on the phone and talked to Truman and told him what I had done, that I had appointed the chairman of that committee a Republican national committeeman from West Virginia. Now to tell you to be honest and true, this is exactly the way I ran
  • measures under Eisenhower; relationship with LBJ; 1944 Democratic National Convention; Adlai Stevenson; Eisenhower; LBJ's leadership; McCarthy period; Johnson for President Committee, 1960; ethics; Johnson
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Johnson. I worked for Jackie in the National Committee. He had such high expectations of himself, and he had the same of other people. ILthings didn't go right, I'm sure he didn't like it a bit. But I can't tell you firsthand any [campaign stories). G
  • ; Walter Jenkins; Bobby Baker; Mrs. Johnson’s and Rowe’s work on the Beautification Committee; taking Mrs. Johnson on a tour of Washington D.C. public housing; Mrs. Johnson’s personality and role as wife; visiting LBJ at the Ranch.
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the commission? L: Oh, I think it was the President's. After all, DeBakey was the famous heart specialist; he was a Democrat--and there aren't all that many Democratic doctors who are well known--and he was from Texas. G: You had worked with him before? L
  • The genesis of the Heart, Cancer and Stroke Commission; Dr. Michael DeBakey; goals of funding national clinical research; influence of the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health; Dr. James Shannon; LBJ’s interest
Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of Pennsylvania Avenue, which was set up by Kennedy on- :the recom­ mendation of Arthur Goldberg, who had headed up a presidential ad hoc committee designed to set some policies for the nation as to the architectural standards of the country, with particular
  • ; GREEN BOOK; LOOK magazine feature; Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue; John Saylor; Lady Bird’s Committee for the Beautification of Washington; THE AMERICAN AESTHETIC; reflecting pool at the Capitol; Pennsylvania Avenue and the Mall or national
Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)
  • several months, June, July and August 1965, proceed on the basis of the understandings that you reached in the spring of 1965. T: That's correct. G: You testified and issued statements to the various congressional committees that met to consider
Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Johnson? S: Yes. Pat McNamara was, even though somewhat junior in status in the Senate, nevertheless by the fortuitous set of circumstances that resulted in the selection of the right committees when he came in in '54 had already advanced
  • Furness; National Transportation Safety Board; renewal of Highway Act; need for expansion of DOT to include economic and regulatory functions; inter-modal approach key to future of transportation.
Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . The National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts very frequently, in fact, almost always testifies before congressional committees on legislative or appropriation matters of interest or concern to them. Not only does the Soil Conservation
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 1 3 of the full committee . George and John Kluczynski, Bob Jones [Democrat] from Alabama, who
  • of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • we were so democratic I traveled with my maid, who was Spanish and had at that point joined me. It took forty-one days to go from Portugal to Buenos Aires, because the British decided there were a lot of spies on the boat. They stopped us--I forget
  • relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • prob bi-partisan group, and I was appointed as an honest Democrat, which I was and am . M: How did they happen to select you for that, do you know? B: No, I don't really know . When I first started practicing law in Miami, I went into George
  • of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . You whip up sentiment; you play on hate; you wave the flag; unconditional surrender, nothing is too good for our boys, this whole business. And it was no problem at all in turning a nation on into an uncontrolled war. But it is difficult
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • not only would remember those moments and he would remember Johnson at that time, but I think he saw him several times recently. Of course, he has worked with him in those last three months when he was at the United Nations, so I certainly would see him
  • ; Russ Wiggins; 1960/1964 Democratic convention; meeting of JFK and Graham regarding the VP nomination; Home Rule; LBJ’s attitude toward the press; beautification; press relations; civil rights; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • campaign. Truman to the extent that he supported Truman in that He went out to Butte, Montana, and took a national broadcast for us on a national hookup and made a speech for President Truman. And he did that to everybody's surprise because he had been
  • measures under Eisenhower; relationship with LBJ; 1944 Democratic National Convention; Adlai Stevenson; Eisenhower; LBJ's leadership; McCarthy period; Johnson for President Committee, 1960; ethics; Johnson
Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)
  • ~· . Around the Big Country Edited by Kim Hope ·1 :I Beautiful roadsides i don't go unrewarded ..I -- - TEXAS PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU DALLAS Amarnlo. TX News (Cir D 74.319) ( No~,..ation deserved As drivers p'ls through the nation's cities on major
Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)
  • ~· . Around the Big Country Edited by Kim Hope ·1 :I Beautiful roadsides i don't go unrewarded ..I -- - TEXAS PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU DALLAS Amarnlo. TX News (Cir D 74.319) ( No~,..ation deserved As drivers p'ls through the nation's cities on major
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Reception for Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty, 3/29/1968" (Item)
  • Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty. The President's Council bas led the nation's concern for quality in the se six years since its establishment. The Citizens Advisory Committee bas been tackling some of the really challenging issues: how
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Reception for Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty, 3/29/1968"
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, the White House, 6/11/1968" (Item)
  • , to improve this cit y -- our Nation 1s Capital. You al'e the doers „„ you do not dream idly nor give up in despairl You are showing all7f~ how each person ca!l coutribute something of positive v alue. Your accompliahments ar e impo!i: ant -- to your families
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, the White House, 6/11/1968"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Meeting to Discuss Formation of a Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 2/11/1965" (Item)
  • implement what is already underway, supplement what should be underway, a nd be the catalyst for ac tion. I have never received such truly thrilling mail as was p rompted by the announcement of this committee. Their.ghtful sugg estions of "what wa have don3
  • Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Meeting to Discuss Formation of a Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 2/11/1965"
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)
  • - THE WHITE HOUSE Mr. Secretary, Friends ­ l'm so happy that all of you could be with us today to honor the Citi zens Advisory Committee on Recr6ation and Natural Beauty and to mark another stride forward in the efforts to make our Nation more beautiful. You
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967"
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • more knowledge of the physical planning of the city than I would have had from any other place. G· It led to things that followed, I suppose. R: That's right. G: Now what about the National Capital Planning Committee. I learned. He put you
  • The Washington D.C. Auditorium Committee/Commission; being asked to fill a Washington D.C. commissionership; Rowe’s work on the Beautification Committee
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Beautification Awards Ceremony, Washington, DC, 6/28/1966" (Item)
  • of its visitors. Our nation 1 s cëp ital has a history of beauty, a record of questing for grace and symmetry and vbtas that canpel the eye. We are indebted to L'Enfant in designing a city for posterity when Washington was a village almoet lost in the mud
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Awards Ceremony Washington, DC., 6/28/1968" (Item)
  • visitorso Our nation's ccp ital has a history of beauty, a record of questing for grace and symmetry and vistas that canpel the eye. We are indebted to L'Enfant in designing a city for posterity when Washington was a villa.ge almost lost in the mud. lt has
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Nebraska State Conference on Natural Beauty, Lincoln, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)
  • and outdoor recreation facilities of any state in the Nation. And I appreciate, Governor, your taking your know-how to the recent state beauty cenference in my native Texas. Nebraska is truly "Big Sky" country! There is no inspiration more rewarding than
Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • members of the committees would encourage each other to rise and take on some particular project. Of course Mrs. Lasker ended up by giving us a fountain which still doesn't work, but I'm sure that it will! The National Park Service of course did
  • Role and activities of the Citizens Committee on Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission; LBJ and Lady Bird's role in beautification; Mr. Henry Diamond was present and spoke during the interview
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)
  • foundations. You have the ear of the Nation, and the Nation needs your action. The next three days will be a time of self-testing for each of you. Your steering committee bas given you a fine framework. It is up to you to build on it. You will feel
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • acro ss to any m em bers of the Committee who might care what labor thought, th eir hopes in favor of the beautification legislation, and that he would think about a donation to the National Capital, and he wanted me to think about being chairman
Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Service to give equal consideration to the various resources of the national forests, recreation being one of them, water, timber, grazing, wildlife being the others, and to administer all of those on a sustained yield basis. The people who were interested
Folder, "Capital Beautification," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 30 (Item)
  • ) Aggreaai-n aupport for auch 'Vital pendiag prc,J.ct• •• the excitiD.1 Downtowa Mall of Dowatnwn·~ ?roar•••• lac., the Pena­ aylYallia Aq_nae Plaa. aacl the National Park Servic.e' • new plan to add excitin& amemtiea to the Mall ttaelf. How would au.ch
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Beautification Luncheon, the White House, 4/17/1968" (Item)
  • LUNCHEON, THE WHITE HOUSE Welcome to this house 1 This morning you saw some of tbe charms -­ and the challenges -- of this city. This is the third luncheon that bringe us togetber: the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, and its generous
Folder, "Beautification Meeting - April 28, 1967," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • be catalysts and set the examples for things to be done as the years roll around, in this and other cities. 3 I thought you might enjoy hearing a few remarks l ~ from three of the distinguished members of the Committee for 3 a More Beautiful Capital: 4
Folder, "[A Report from Lawrence Halprin & Associates to Mrs Johnson's Committee for A More Beautiful Capital January 1967]," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • . GREE'T MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE: Express regret over death of a member--Mrs. Coiner, President of the National Capital Oarden Club League--was instrumental in · generating much enthusiasm for the beautification program. Announce the gift of 500
  • Folder, "[A Report from Lawrence Halprin & Associates to Mrs Johnson's Committee for A More Beautiful Capital January 1967]," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 2
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • got here. C: Okay, Joe. The route wasn't very circuitous. I should say that I am a native of Arizona. First of all, I teamed up with the National Park Service in 1939 at Grand Canyon National Park and, except for four years I spent flying
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Biographical information; National Park Service
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to be the deputy mayor. I want a city manager for that job." Horace Busby then called Pat Healy of the National League of Cities, John Guenther, U.S. Conference of Mayors; Mark Keane, the executive director of the International City Managers Association; and Mr
Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • had the congressional committees on our side. Even the city organiza- tions like the National League of Cities and the Conference of Mayors, which some HUD people thought would oppose the plan, refused to opposed the transfer. I say a few hard
Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 1 (I), 7/3/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)
  • -- 2 T: I knew President Johnson when he was on the staff of Congressman Dick Kleberg of Corpus Christi. At the time I represented the national cotton council and endeavored to activate beneficial legislation for the cotton interests of Texas
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/12/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Desk work & phone calls; plaque from National Recreation and Park Association; 220 dogwoods for Columbia Island from 1965 Inaugural Committee; tea for Beautification Committee who donated 2500 dogwoods; 1 million daffodils; hike & bike trails