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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Women Doers Luncheon, 2/5/1965" (Item)

, the pursuit has transformed cement into flowers, trees, lights. She put it this way: ''Flowers in a city are like lipstick on a woman; you have to have some color." So Mary bought the lipstick -- 20 blocks of tulips and daffodils to start

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Beautification Awards Ceremony, the White House, 6/6/1967" (Item)

to banish neglect and ugliness -- who combine on an anti - litter effort or a block program of planting. B ut -- I do not think any of us can rest on his laurels, --For the m ore these bright att active corners of our city that show up -- the more c leady we

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Reception for Delegates to Urban America Conference, 9/12/1966" (Item)

and its fulfillment. Can we doit? Dare we do less ? The clamor of city victime is a spur to progress. You have seen the beacon of achievement in small and large measure. In a downtown plaza, along a waterfront, in a city block program. You know how much

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mobile, Alabama, 10/9/1964" (Item)

, to serve their neighbors and their nation with such distinction. These are the men my husband depends on and we count them old and valued friends. I am delighted to b e here in this lively City of Mobile. By coming just a few blocks from the station, I have

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Beautification Luncheon, the White House, 4/17/1968" (Item)

last summer. There are other wonderful playgrounds and neigbborbood facilities in tbe planning and construction pbase now: at Anthony Bowen School; at Bryan; and at Kingsman. These are the building blocke far a better Washington; tbey signal a pattern

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, YWCA National Convention Cleveland, Ohio, 4/20/1964" (Item)

four blocks from the White House are the busy facilities of the Y WC A residence. I have cut the ribbon for their International Food Fair and like their stream of visitors carried away honey from Mt. Olympus and Scandanavian chocolates. Often, I have

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967" (Item)

-.. Let me tell you the tale of two citie s in Minnesota. the beautification is good busine se. Both illustrate ln Minneapolis, a city of half a million people, businessmen have created a ten-block mall wbere the pedestrian is king -- with ample parking

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson before the Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 10/1/1965" (Item)

stories can mean in helping along the clean-up. p;;.int-up campaigns that get underwa.y in many cities. Recently, in Wa ..hington, some members cf my committee helped organi-ze 37 blocks in a low-income neighbc:rhood. They pers~aded rne:-c.hau.ts ~o cor!t1