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- in recreation opportunitie s for the people. Vermont, for exarnple, is abundant with water -- and under the leadership of Governor Hoff, you have used and improvcd these water resources. ln my parched home country of the southwest, we are not so fortunate
- airplanes rated very bigh. Young people -- through Operation Trail Blazers - - went t o work p ainting up the place, high school girls sewed the c urtains for the s t age where prog r ams are now held r egularly. The boys cleaned up an ad joining debris
- and no youngster to go unschooled. There are those of you here today who remember Franklin Roosevelt's sad recounting of the one-third of our nation who were ill-clad, ill-housed, and ill-fed. Today, we are still shamed by the one-fifth of our citiz ens who live
- . Recently, when my husband was here in Oklahoma, he said that both Okfahoma and the nation need Fred Harris in the Senate. I believe I can tell you why the President feels so strongly. It is because Fred Harris has acqui=ed the experience and legislative
- - 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
- , leBs than three years after your pioneers entered this valley, the embodiment of your dreams and hopes, a place where you can acquire t b.e tools to strengthen this region a nd thi.:J nation. The spirit of the pioneers who opened up this beautiful
- remember the moment when Omaha won the 1965 National Cleanest Town trophy. It is thrilling for me today to be able to visit your fine city and see first hand all the work you have done. Today's meeting is proof that beautification is sweeping the country
- . It is a people's world. It is a cou.ntry where all of us can stand on our own two feet. My husband has increased our opportunity to make our voices heard and our contributions count. Your Governor has followed his lead. I hope you will accept the challeng e. Your
- Petersburg National Battlefield Park and the Crater. I'd like to see the streets where those jaunty volunteers of 1812 turned out in smart dress uniforms to honor President Madison and won from him for Petersburg the title of "Cockade City of the Union." I
- go, people tell me all about their cities and states. On this particular trip, I've had the good fortune to be escorted by Secretary and Mrs. Hodges who not only know all about North Carolina, but have played a great part in making it the prosperous
- , too. It's good that he was a big enough man to be shared not only in the South, but by the Democratic Party all across the country. You have much to be proud of in this oldest part of the nation. You have demonstrated valor and perse'C'erance from
- personal greetings to all those good people. 11 And so, I called back and accepted again •• ••once for him , and ' once for me . The President remembers, and I remember , all the years that yo"J. have been his friends through times that were good and times
- -- National Head Start Day -- is a wonderfully happy day . Not only for me personally, but for more than 2300 cities and towns where Head Sta:-t flags will be flying . It is, I know, a long - awaited day for the thousands of volunteers men and women across
- .· ~ · ' : F On. nELEJ\~iJ!: J\'l' '1 :OO P . M. , EDT 'fU ESDAY , SEl?TEMnEn zo. 1966 R~h1AIUÇS OF lv1ns. LYNDON B . JOHNSOH AT THE DEDICATION OF POINT REY ES NATIONAL SEASHOHE Office of t he P r ess Sec1"etary to Mr o. J ohnson
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Point Reyes National Seashore, 9/20/1966"
- visions. And with the looking ahead, it has produced a booming city in the New South. -1 .. .. We need, this one common country of ours needs and ever rising national prosperity. an ever- sustained It requires leadership .. - local and national
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 10/8/1964"
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- will occur in many areas: scientific, political, cultural, military, and commercial. They will help join together the peoples of many nations of the world in an atmosphere of great er understanding . Confusions can be eliminated through communications. Before
- are familiar with people who are the partisans of departed virtue, but are afraid to defend an unpopular truth today. Mrs. Roosevelt neve r stood with this timid company. Her con science was her counselor, and she followed its commands with unfaltering courage
- common life which is education, it has been that lead. The evidence of this is impressive beyond dispute. Thie was the first state in all the Union to open the doors of a State University to the people. Here in Greensboro, learning has been encouraged
- 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
- Institute and I thank you. For me, this past year has been on e of discovery of so many new facets to the whole business of enhancing the beauty of our country, and making it available to the people. Yours must be a very satisfying profession, for you
- -~· n America and for ')eace in the ;vorld arc his first ·b usiness . No-one is seeking . t ha"t peace ~rnd that calm for a troubled nation more than he is . l have talked to the President and he bas asked me to keep the c ommitrnents I have made
- only to look around us to see the evi aences of this spi r itj the massive McGee Ben Dam and reservoir dedicated to our beloved Sam Rayburn, the i mproved ports and waterways , the advances in hurri cane protection . I am proud that my husband as your
- was dedicated in this ve r y t own by one of the e reat women of our nation -- M rs . Eleanor R oosevelt. On January 28, 1938 -- twenty-fi ve years a go - - M rs . Roosevelt stood near this very spot to be introduced by a bri 3ht young hi3h school s t udent
- Clinical Research Center -· a kind of hospital within the hospital, a very special island within this very special place. This is the 92nd clinical research center to be establisbed in the United States by the National Institutes of Health. The city
- positions in the United Nations, women amhassadors, educators, officials, writers all have added to the rich hemispheric heritage we celebrate today. Now the Women's Pavilion at Hemisfair throws open its doors, and says, corne one and ail, from far and near
- your sons Americans . " I t was advice Virginia had taken l ong before it was given. Virginia holds the national record fo r supplying native sons for the Preside ncy and also for Secretaries of State. Here in Virg inia, and particularly in Richmond
- -man, a builder-man, a gc~ng-ahead man; a man unafraid to run that race with racing time that must be run by all men and all nations who do not wish to be left in the slack waters of history like solitary, grounded ships in the restless, unstayable flow
- of ourselves as a very young, very new nation. It is sometimes difficult for us to realize that among the nations of the world we ha-Ye the oldest democ ratic constitution in existence. Surely the exper iences of your years here at school have brought you very
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Redwood National Park Dedication, 11/25/1968"
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- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Redwood National Park Dedication, 11/25/1968"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 6/15/1966"
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- and offer cooling shade, I find it hard to believe that the site of Old Fort Cook was one of barren prairie. Years ago someone--many someones--had the foresight to plant these trees. Years from now, other people are going to be grateful that we planted
- PARK, STAMFORD, CONN. MA Y 16, 1968 lt is signüicant and symbolic that one of the first places ready in Stamford' s new downto\vn area is this gracious little park. Too often in America, the places for people have come only as afterthoughts
- )om and see so many participants of that one w0rd, c o nservation „„ people who l ove to climb mountains fc r the aheer joy of it, people who fight the o rganized battles t o preserve gr&anery or roadsides, people who give voice t o it in books o r
- care experts is evidence that there is a great desire of so many people to do something about it. One of these letters says so well what a lifeline of hope the War on Poverty has brought. It is from a settlement house worker in ? border town: "Day after
- comes to mind: " Nature -- where order in variety we see Where all things differ, yet all agree. 11 Now you have in these three domes many climates all year round. They are an exciting new dimension in dramatizing nature for the people of Milwaukee
- , civil rig hts , the education bill, the arbitrat ion of the railroad strike, the poverty bill. 11 And then - - the telephone interrupted us - - before he could continue . s All of these measure/ affect people directly. In terms of dollars and cents
- . Secretary -- friends: There are 17, 000 towns across the country with less than 6, 000 people -- but 1 am esp~cially glad to corne to this one, because Montevideo has taken action which makes it an example to the others. 1 have enjoyed this morning
- enjoy? She was a wise and skilled adviser in every pbaze of the Plaza 1 s develop ment. Sbe selected designers of talent and imagination who could invent a world of high adventure and challenge -- child- s ize. Many people bad a hand in making Buchanan
- witbin the reach of everyone. None of these programs is perfect, but they are vital and they mean a fuller lüe for many, many people born with the odds stacked against them. These prog rams were not easily a chieved and will not easily be protected. But ü
- WOMEN'S CLUBS OF KENTUCKY SHERATON HOTEL LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY OCTOBER 5 , 1968 1 am glad tobe herein Kentucky. We Johnsons have strong bonds of friendship and family with the people of this State. Some of the ancestors in whom we feel the greatest pride
- that only yesterday in the long calendar of time, an undaunted people drove wagons across the se plains and mountains and settled here. •. ' ' They put their brand o f optimlsm on the American character. It is a strain that runs deep in the Congress