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- years of LBJ.
To the press, a few days before the opening of the
renovated area, Library Director Harry Middleton explained:
"No museum should go more than 10 years without taking a
look at itself and revising and updating its exhibits." The
new exhibits
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SymposiumProbesTensionBetweenPresidencyand Press
A political phenomenon of recent
times is a growing antagonism
between the White House and the cor
respondents who cover it. In March, a
symposium co-sponsored
by the
Library and the National
-
press conference jointly held by her and six other persons
identifiE>d with the Kennedy and Johnson Administra
tions: Senator Hubert Humphrey, Robert Kennedy Jr.,
Clarence Mitchell, Joseph A. Califano, Kenneth O'Donnell,
and E:sther Peterson
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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
- to his predeoessor, Mr. Bush
called LBJ •'a towering and passion
ate figure" who "tried with all his
heart to be the best President that this
country ever had for the people who
are pressed against the wall, whose
cries are not heard. But he heard
- , 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
- public! Women
ar n w in centerstage. You owe it to the movement not to
shun that spotlight. that mike, that printed page, but to use il
as a benchmark. Maybe to run for office, maybe to manage a
campaign, mayhe to press for an appointive position, m ybe
- on White
Houses past and present.
The evening panel featured
Liz Carpenter, former press secre
tary to Lady Bird Johnson; Carl
Sferrazza Anthony, authority on
First Families; Mark Shields,
moderator of CNN's "The Capital
Gang" and Richard Norton Smith
- Among
Issue Number LXX, January 2003
George Christian,Former Press Secretaryand LBJ Foundation
George Eastland Christian died
of lung cancer on November 27. His
illness had been diagnosed as termi
nal a year earlier. After a brief try
-
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
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the Swedes, the Poles. tJ1 French,
Professor Lloyd Gardner has organ
ized three scholarly conferences on
the Vietnam War for the LBJ
Library. The proceedings of the first
two have been published: Vietnam:
The Early Decisions (University of
Texas Press
- 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
- , sponsored by U. T.'s His
tory Department and College of
Liberal Arts. His book, scheduled for
publication in the spring by Oxford
University Press, is titled Lyndon B.
Johnson, A PoliticalLife, 1908-1960.
lit will be the first of two projected
volumes.
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- 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
-
and hopeless effort.'· But he ex
pressed '·deep regret" over ·'the way
in which we allowed the Vi tmlm War
to become the totally defining vent
of those years and likewise of the his
tory. Jn the Johnson years it was the
Vietnam War and nothing else. And
so
- , lowered productivity, higher
and higher taxes, reliance on short-term debt to avoid facing
tough issues, hidden liabilities in the form of unfunded pen
sions and social security."
Rohatyn's experience with public-private institutions to ad
dress pressing
- 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
- for research at the Library. (The
figure does not include students
who come into the research room
on tour or school groups for whom
research packets are prepared.)
Mr. Leeman 's project, for a jour
nahsm class, was "LBJ and the
Press."
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Library in May
- 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
- news
photographer for the Houston Press. ov ring the years 19591965, ox's photograph, document national political cam
paigns. th earl days f the space program, and social and
ultural de lopmen
s seen from
Houston perspective.
1ong the political
- released. The press continues Lo
pay considerable
att nlion to the
tapes, and historians such as Michael
Beschloss are making good use of
lhem lo get insights into LBJ's per
sonality
and
leadership
style.
Nowhere else cloes the "Johnson
treatment" come
- , and George
Christian. Carpenter was press secre
tary to Lady Bird Johnson; Hardesty
was a speechwriter, and Christian was
LBJ's press sectretary.
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is kind of a cap ·ulation of Texas his
tory in this century ....
The oth r
thing is the release
-
they addressed ...
No one .:an doubt the Roosc\(:lt virtuosity in speech, in
ealing with the press. and above all on che radio, but none
of thi" talent would have \Urvivcd and scr\'cd for lhll e
tweh· int nse year
- 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
- toured the
Library in October did not noti e the
fountains or the panoramic view of the
University of Texas. They ignored the
size of the Great Hall and were unim
pressed by the thousands of red docu
m£>ntboxe behind four levels of glass
walls. They were
- 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
- on "The Women's Movement
Through the Eyes of the Media." Panelists will include Sey
Chassler, Editor of Redhook Magazine; Peggy Simpson,
President of the Washington Press Club; and Isabelle Shelton
with the Washington Star.
Tuesday will be devoted to state
-
affect us all. We must face and deal with the energy
crisis on a truly national basis if we are to solve it. The
pressing need is to devise national policies which will at
tack our several problems in a total way - national pol
icies which will unify
- of
Texas A&M Press' re-publication of
her Ruffles and Flourishes, a best
selling account of her service in the
Johnson White House.
RichardNorton Smith, directorof
the Herbert Hoover Library,
brought his just-publishedbiogra
phy of the first U.S
- 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
- , that splendid moment."
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Former Congressman Jake Pickle
made a return to the library to
delight an audience composed of
old friends and former constituents
with tales from his colorful career.
His appearance coincided with the
publication (by the U. T. Press
- at The University
of
Texas; Elspeth Rostow, former dean
of the LBJ School of Public Affairs;
and George Christian, former press
secretary to LBJ. The audience was
encouraged to submit questions to
Dr. Dallek as well, and the discus
sion which ensued was lively
- with
the Associated Press and The ew York Times for many years
in the Far East, especially in Japan and Korea. He was chief of
The Times' bureau in Moscow in the mid-1950's and then was
that paper's diplomatic correspondent in Washington.
When he entered Governments
-
and/or the Library, there is a pressing need for a major
modification of several ar as of space ... in order to make
those areas more usable and effective."
I
'
Along the north wall of the building on the first floor will be 11
new !>etof display cases
- 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
