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Published remarks, Remarks of Lyndon B. Johnson at the Civil Rights Symposium, 12/12/72 (Item)

District of Texas Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Director, Washington Bureau, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Robin M. Williams, Jr. Professor of Sociology, Cornell University Vicente T. Ximenes Former Commissioner, Equal Employment

Folder, "5/22/1948, Speech by Congressman Johnson, "The Challenge of a New Day"," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)

in the House was promoted to the Senate. tinguished Ria name is !om Connally. spokesman on foreign my record working. getting I have worked hard and I'm for advancement. is On in every congressional People like us who believe that Today he is a dis

Record copy, Remarks to the Oklahoma Press Association, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 7/2/60 (Item)

, rather This is a fateful to advance. for our people and for the people of the world. Whether we are going to strengthen want to travel we in on the basis of than what America can do. choice because of the times in which it is being made. We
Record copy, Remarks to the Oklahoma Press Association, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 7/2/60

Folder, "Johnson Administration - 1963–1966," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

assistance programs. The proper purpose of these programs is but to «)nable the peoples not to buy gratitude or to recruit mercenaries, of these awakening, devoloping nations to make their own free choices. As they achieve a sense of belonging, of dignity
National Security Files

Press release, Remarks by Vice President, Conference of Federal Executive Board Chairmen, State Department Building, Washington, D.C., 7/25/63 (Item)

. There are now 2-1/2 million civilians working for the United S~tes Government. More than 90 per cent are outside the National Capital area. These public servants outside Washington provide the chief source of day-to-day contact between government and the people

Reading copy, 1964 State of the Union Message, 1/8/64 (Item)

and lqv~ toward and all its people. I ask you now, i n the Congress in the country, expressing to join and fulfilling with me in that faith and -- 35 in working for a nation that is free from want and a world is free from hate a world

Press release, Remarks of the President regaring the Cease Fire Vote of the Unied Nations Security Council, 6/6/67, 8.00 PM (Item)

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
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Press release, Remarks of the President regaring the Cease Fire Vote of the Unied Nations Security Council, 6/6/67, 8.00 PM

Record copy, Transcript of Recorded Remarks of Radio Broadcast on Civil Rights, 4/11/60 (Item)

. not primarily aur- about what has happened in Congress It is a Democratic victory. It is not a Republican victory. tor this or that candidate tor the Presidency. It is not a victory It is a victory tor the nation, tor the United States ot America

Excerpt, From Transcript of Recorded Remarks, National Report, Austin, Texas 4/18/60 (Item)

. We know that our immediate deciaiona concerning the uses ot outer space technology tor the good of mankind can, and will, halt any advances into apace as merely adding a new dimension to warfare. COOPERATION NEEDED But this is not a one nation Job
Excerpt, From Transcript of Recorded Remarks, National Report, Austin, Texas 4/18/60

Press release, Address, Denver Mining Conference, Denver, Colorado, 4/22/60 (Item)

, This is a conference on mining and energy. Next to the human resources of our nation, and the freedom our people have hatl to help themselves advance, it has been the development of our mineral and energy resources which contributed most to the growth of our economy

Reading copy, Remarks of the President Before a Joint Session Congress, House Chamber Capitol, 11/27/63 (Item)

-- and to write it in books of law. I urge you_ again, as I did in 1957, and again in-19.60, to enact a civil rights law so t~at we can move forward to eliminate from this nation every trace of discrimination and oppresiion based upon race or color. r

Record copy, Speech of Senator Johnson, 1/3/53 (Item)

, with out on new we do not as yet know. There is only one certainty. have sent us here to solve problems are looking to us for service partisan It is that the American people - - not to invent problems~ to our country - - not just service

Record copy, Senator Johnson Announces His Candidacy for U.S. President, Auditorium, New Senate Office Building, 7/5/60 (Item)

between in November for you at the two national conventions. -- by all the people. will be decided I know this responsibility weighs heavily on the 6, 000 Americans who are delegates. I am sure they have the prayers of the 179 million Americans for whom

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

of the Chiang horses of the Ming dynasty I believe Kai-sheks. overwhelming. And an exquisite piece of jade for me. And another piece of jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
National politics

Reading copy, Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union, 1/4/65 (Item)

- -TheGreatSocietyasksnot only howmuch, but how emptinessof leisure. -- - - - •- a good;not only howto createwealthbut howto use it; not only howfast weare going, but whereweare headed. 1t proposesas the first test for a nation: the quality aw • of its people

Record copy, 1948 campaign kickoff speech, "The Challenge of a New Day," 5/22/1948 (Item)

in the House was promoted to the Senate. tinguished Ria name is !om Connally. spokesman on foreign my record working. getting I have worked hard and I'm for advancement. is On in every congressional People like us who believe that Today he is a dis

Record copy, Remarks to the Democratic Conference, 1/7/59 (Item)

the nation's superiority: the era we have entered is too young, its ultimate dimensions too far beyond our vision, for us to anticipate so fruitful a result from our labors. We can, however, by hesitation, by dissension, by narrow partisanship do much to build

Record copy, Statement of Democratic Leader Johnson to the Meeting of the Democratic Conference, 1/7/58 (Item)

of this session, assure the nation's superiority: the era we have entered is too young, its ultimate dimensions too far beyond our vision, for us to anticipate so fruitful a result from our labors. We can, however, by hesitation, by dissension, by narrow

Record copy, Remarks, Democratic Convention, Spokane, Washington, 5/28/60 (Item)

Social Security Laws. We must evolve a progr8DI.for our people, including a National Aid Program for the aging. I could spend the afternoon outlining for you what we ought to do for the young, for the old, for our farmers, for our workers, for all our

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)

. Per's for a shampoo and set. Desk work these days is happily sprinkled with pictures for autographing. Because the end of our Administration is near at hand, people in the government, people in the White House, old friends far and wide are sending

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

by the go vern o rs conferen ce jointly, with the national go vern o rs association of Japan and the State Department. T a ll, s e v e ra l-tim e s -g o v e rn o r of D elaw are, E lb e rt C a r v e ll, who’ d made s e v e r a l trips to Japan

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

Order 12356'governing access to national security information. (8) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/31/1968 (Sunday) (Item)

in the even in g, ^e w as to m ake h is talk oi^ w ar. T he MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE ■■WASHINGTON Sxinday, M arch 31, 1968 sp e e c h w a s n ot y e t fir m . P age 2 T h ere w e r e revision s^ ^ people to see^»* so he b egan to put on h is c l o t h
National politics

Record copy, Remarks of the President in Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10/29/1964 (Item)

long as there has been an American nation, the American people have been devoted to the principles of prudence, to the practice of frugality_ and thri~t, and to ·the purposes of conservation and renewal. We have made this Nation strong by warring

Press Release Upon Death of President Harry S. Truman, 12/26/72 (Item)

of this country during in the face of crucial the course of human events the world. When him that JOHNSON ~ ~ruman choices throughout Few men B. Independence. one of its national LYNDON his vision in the health programs I told President which

Record copy, Speech by Senator Johnson at Farmers Home Administration Meeting in Dallas, Texas, 10/9/52 (Item)

that the strength of a nation can be no greater than the self-reliance or its individual citizens. By that standard, we are truly a country that need not fear the tuture. This is a land built upon the sturdy be4rock or human initiative and human indepemence. Our

Folder, "7/4/1966, Statement by the President Upon Signing the 'Freedom of Information Act'," Statements Files, Box 195 (Item)

principles: a ·democracy works best when the people have all the information that the security of the nation permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest. At the same

Record copy, Address, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 5/7/60 (Item)

in the House. You people General and a He 1s one of for years. Americans men of West Virginia advocate is due to the presence Bailey. that bank of dedicated of this gathering was born son, one is going to which -- Louis is the Johnson

Record copy, Speech Before Fund Raising Dinner, Democratic Advisory Committee of Texas, Whitney, Texas, 11/21/55 (Item)

its The American people are tired of wrecking crews. They want builders - people who construct. They will entrust their affairs to the Party that is construc tive. They will tum their backs on the Party that is destructive. We are here because we

Reading copy, Remarks by Vice President at Graduation Exercises, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 6/5/63 (Item)

Republic. TheDynastiesandCrownsandThronesand Seatsof Empirewhich stoodwher:1 this younglandwas born havepassedinto oblivion. Our governmentof the people,by the peopleandfor the peoplehasrisen ,. 16 to the pinnacleof history. Our nation has

Record copy, Address to the University of Nebraska Student Convocation, Lincoln, Nebraska, 9/22/60 (Item)

be to our ll'a4ua,e a q. than to latca ~• • ovi tor a nation that bu tood e0\11.d ot A~ c " 1110n Fa to a be\'MI' ideal.ha progru111 ~ to our P"a4Ute• in uy bnncb lNnd.q people of tbe WI\Yof 11.fltt la no Ol>Upt1n of oar can wlutMr

Folder, "11/2/1947, Burnet, Texas - News Release on Soil Conservation Movement," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)

statements Orvillo Buttery, Chairman of the LCBA: "Our board wo.nts to by the speakers: leave something to remember us by when we1 re daad and gone." Mr. Marshall: "If in each Congressional District of the na.tion, people would unite to save the soil
Natural resources and national parks

Record copy, Statement by Senator Johnson at the Senate Democratic Conference, 1/2/53 (Item)

be made by this conference. No man of integrity can live constantly in the majority. We have all been sent here by our respective states and we all owe a primary allegiance to our constituents. Since this is a nation made up of states, I have never felt

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. · !::. ,·:=-- .... . . .. -_ • ... - · "'- ·- • "'-' ... ~-:- ... - · ,.._ ~.... ;··-· :..~- ·~- ..--- ......!. - ... :· ... ..:...,. ... ' · Attorney General Clark advised the President that he had an 11 onen · line'' to Secretary Vance and Mr. - Christopher in Detroit. 11 Two ·. __more National Guardsmen have been wo~~9-~d, _and .there are spotty ~[r;J~f:;~;'~"~;~#f~':s ~:·~ h_~ rep

Folder, "[March 20, 1968 - 5:08 p.m. VP, Rusk, Clifford, Fortas, Bundy, Bundy, Jorden, Rostow, Christian, McPherson, Goldberg]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

thought out, well-balanced statement. - Let's explore ways to strengthen our ways militarily and diplomatically; let's find new. ways to strengthen our society and our nation. -You..are people of good+x~11X±r.I! experience, imagination and initiativeo

Folder, "Speech, October 29, 1968," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

April. The discussions began shortly a fter I announced that the United Statee -- in an effort to get talks started on a settlement of th e war -· had stopped the bombing of North Vietnam in the area where 90% of its people live. Our representatives

Folder, "Ex SP 2-3/1965/HU 2-7/Pro/K [SPECIAL MESSAGE / 1965 / VOTING RIGHTS]," WHCF SP, Box 68 (Item)

' President Johnson Salutes j THINK THAT, when all but one of us is gone, that last one of us will be telling children about the speech Lyndon Johnson made last night and that, in such a moment, he will be proud again of his people and of himself. I

Telephone conversation # 12916, transcript, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 4/10/1968, 4:06PM (Item)

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
National politics

Folder, "Speech -- October 30, 1968 1:45 p.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

where 90% of its people live. At . /\Our representatives and Ambassador Vance mbassador Harriman "Af~ ~ ~ 1 1 {~ --1\ hatie. ~i:ns-bs.ted 1 · throughout these discussions k~u:-~'lr that the legitimate Government of South Vietnam rn.ust

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1964 (Monday) (Item)

, but I would say it would be pretty poor pickin 1 G for such as us in Dallas. At seven was the big event of the day - - the Am
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