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- with President John F.
ew York: Rugged Land
Kennedv.
Press).
Mrs. Connally concluded by an
nouncing that she was giving the original
copy of her notes to the LBJ Library.
A member of the audience asked if
she disagreed with the Warren report, the
government
- during his c,u-eer; it was
when Presid nt Johnson was pressing
for support for the Highway Beauti
fication Act, a favorite of Lady Bird
Johnson's.
7
Photo by Charles Bogel
to write more, eventually becoming a
book. Although current times are simi
lar
- reel that a phone at the Ranch was
on a hundred-yard cord so that when
he was down walking
by the
Ped rnale. they could just re I it our
to him like a garden hos .
George
Christian
( Press
Seaetary to President Joh11so11): I
Company):
1
:
was out
- session of Congress
about coming in to see Roosevelt. He had a project in
Florida he was really very worried about and he needed
some help. And he said he rather got the feeling that
Roosevelt didn't want to help him but he was going to press
him. He
- of the Great Society,
In April, the LBJ Library and LBJ
School of Public Affairs joined with
the Texas Young Lawyers Association
and the Texas Bar Foundation in a con
ference held at the Library to . urvey
the status of the program.
Panelists Dan Morales
- those problems. 1
think we have the will to do it. I think tee har;e the intelligence to
dn it, and I think our record demomtrales that in the past tee hai:e
rt'sponded to challenges.
Nancy Teeters
The most pressing economic problem, not only of today
- ! afler
Phil's return from the war. A rec nt
article in the Santa Barbara N ws
Press quoted M . Young: "It was
too intense. He'd gone through this
life-altering experience. I wa this
dumb I 7-year- Id."
But Ms. Young saved the let
ters, fifty-four
- back. "But ever since he got in here;• said
Roy Wilkins, pointing to the Oval Office, "ever since he
got in here it's been rock around the clock."
So it was, and the President never missed a chance to
press it publicly ....
Of course, our faith
- and appreciation to a person for
a _jobwell done. not face to face. Instead
he would. at an introduction or a special
time. maybe even at a national press con
ference. tell a third person how great he
really thought they were. So the deserving
one heard it when
- \, \\ 1·re ,',-pressed
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Unh·cr)ilt,• -rite
< h:irlcs M. Unrr. Prnfti~ur of l..t1\\ :it
1,, ,r m.11ont~ n( m 1~ur~ \\ ho t.'ng 1gcd in
prmCJpal diffil•uhv , . ~tt:m, fr~m th,
Hal\ nrd l ni-1:cr~ll\. sui:~cstoo: no
- is to be misunderstood.
And when we say we stand or snmc things wc must never be
seen to have done che opposite. And people associated with
!hat have to leave. It doesn't matter which party.
As an ambassador you use back-channel communications
occasionally to get
-
a pressing issue, you are also fostering
the kind of conversation that is needed
to r invigorate our democracy. You are
accepting the responsibility that comes
with being a citizen, and you are creat
ing tl1c opportunity for fellow citizens to
exercise
-
committees, trade associations, and
others with vested interests in gov
ernment operations."
One reform needed, Rove sug
gested, is "fuller disclosure ... es
pecially as to the source of money
[and] the principal occupation [of
the donor]. Shipley agreed
-
good in itself, but ultimately good for our
country.
Today Rostow would have press d
for assistance to countries from which
terrorists come, and for openings to those
societies on grounds that iris their rigidi
ties that drive people into non
- .
The Rockwell Fund grant was made by Mr. Joe M.
Green, Jr., President, for the specific purpose of financing
the bibliography.
Symposium Probes Role of Press
In March, a distinguished assembly of journalists, jurists,
and scholars (see box below) met
- by 12
prominent sculptors from the museum's collections, were displayed
in the Library's Greal Hall
1975
1976
Leaders from the world of the arl
- , published by
the University of Kansas Press,
should be of great interest to anyone
interested in Mrs. Johnson, the envi
ronmental movement, or the impor
tance of first ladies. This is the first
book since the popular biographies
of Mrs. Johnson
-
Smith, of United
Press Internationat-··Jeak
it to him first.
lt gets home first that way, and when old
Judge Moursund reads this, he'll know
what we're trying to do out here with his
money."
He taught us ... that a nation of two
hundred million
- was President Johnson's last
press secretary spoke to the Library volunteers in Sep
tember, Excerpts from Christian's comments about
LBJ follow:
. . . More than likely, biographers and critic-, and
admirers of Lyndon Johnson arc going to be mining ..illthe
lore
- for kitchen help,
blacks ,vere still barred from the
Forty Acres when we planned our
party there on December 3 I, 196 .
When we announced in the
press that the new President,
Lyndon Johnson, would be flying to
the BJ Ranch for Lhe holidays, we
knew that Horace
- for centuries is re-created in the panoramic displays which are part of the exhibition.
During a press preview of the exhibit, Lady Bird Johmson
observed, "I think it explains us to ourselves. It's sort of
an introduction of some of us to the rest of us
- mater,
Southw st Texas State University,
in
November. Hardesty, who was one of a
small group of aides who came to Texas with
the President at the end of his administra
tion, served as press secretary to Gov. Dolph
Briscoe and then recently as Vice
- by the University of Chicago
Press, the book is the atest 111 a series recording the
admmislrativ
history of the J hnson presidency. Overall
edilor f the series is LBJ School Professor Emmelle S.
Redford.
In selecting his appo111tees, the authors found, President
Jo
- awarded to
David M. Barrett, for his book The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy (University
Press of Kansas). Don Bacon former editor of the Encyclopedill of the Congress and a member of the award
committee, had this to say
- Lo attend the
garden's dedication ... The newspa
per· reported the incident as a case of
Mrs.
Kennedy
snubbing
the
Johnsons.
"I suppose again that's where
the press makes things very diffi
cult," said Mrs. Onassis. " That was
so generous of Mrs
- recognition in his
own right.
Next, Ward pointed out that
Roo evelt was lucky not to ha e dealt
with today·s intrusive and sensational
press, which would have made hay out
of his relationship with Lucy Mercer
and Missy LeHand. Bul by the lights of
What
- ministers, advisors, and the press.
The other rooms of the West Wing - the Cabi
net Room, Situation Room, and Little Lounge - are
depicted in similar fashion. Included among the origi
nal manuscripts and documents on display are pages
from President
- all the present wars are
civil wars in which, by almost a IO
to- I margin, it is the innocent who
perish.
... At a time where for many people
the most
important
issue
1s
cyberspace. for other people in the
world, the most pressing concern is
firewood
- can't sing for the Prime Mmister who's t.>ndingBritish
presence east of Suez. "On the Road To Mandalay'"' And you
can't sing for the President who just devalued the British pound.
"I've Got Plenty ofNothin!" Well. the British and the American
press w re
- buy with $50) held over his
breast and the perfectly pressed long
coat covering most of the striped
trousers. The whole scene was per
fectly framed by the ivory-colored
Doric columns which line the curved
drive. The music was marvelously
clear
- ": Birth of a Symposium
It began with a notion that the
Library organize a symposium to
examine LBJ's relationship with the
press. Then George Christian sug
gested broadening the focus to
include other themes from the sixties.
A special committee of Great
- , but isn't elusive on the
tapes."
George Christian,
who
served as the president's
Press
Secretary and who was present at the
Library when the transcripts were
opened, echoed that assessment.
"The telephone transcripts,"
he
said, "reflect how he did business
- .
In Memoriam
George Reedy, 19J7-1999
Of
President Johnson's press secretary, 1964-1965
·oy JR.
When the Library staff learned of the tragic loss of John
Kennedy, Jr., they searched the archives for items to
assemble a remembrance to him in the Library foyer
-
and applause. Because of that,
Mamet said, he spent ten years
without giving interviews to th
press, because they are a waste of
time. Once he fell off the wagon
and granted an interview. The
reporter asked him why he had
avoided interviews. "Because
- .)
,
5
I
Eveningsat the Library
George Reedy, Allen Drury and
Marijane Maricle provided three
lively and different kinds of pro
grams at the Library.
Reedy, aide to LBJ through the
Senate and vicepresidential years and
the first press secretary
- Foundation Board of Directors,
was special assistant to the President
and assistant press secretary during
the Johnson Administration.
At the LBJ Grove in Washington,
D.C., long-time friend Dale Miller,
in the tradition of LBJ-style racon
teurs, told
- for
reform, unless some crisis mobilizes
the populace, none of the three morn
ing speakers saw any truly funda
mental change in the offing.
George Christian, fo1mer press
secretary to President Johnson, chaired
the afternoon session, which featured
spirited
- as president. Included
c1re viJeo tapes of network coverage of maior
addresses and press conferences. Researchers
use specially equipped carrels to view requested
capes and films.
The huge still photo collection, which
includes all the photographs raken
