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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to Omaha Mayor Sorensen and 'Operation Alert,' Omaha, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)

' ·in Los Angeles who told me about an unnamed bus driver who had è'\even minutes to wait at the end of bis line. He used the time, first to pickup trash and litter, and then to bring g rass and flower seeds and plant them. By using just a few minutes

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, San Angelo, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)

touch with San Angelo because my husband like most cattlemen reads the San Angelo Standard Times. I am glad to see San Ange lo looking so prosperous and busy. It has taken teamwork in t he Congress and White House to achieve thi s, and I know you

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award at the Women's National Press Club Dinner, 12/2/1968" (Item)

had ‫ס‬t stand up a:cd say them. You had to write them, lo g‫ ם‬after every one else had gone to bed. WeU, both of us are the better for it -- 1 bope. We bave had great times together -- you and 1. Newswomen are a breed all their own -- hard- wor

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Dedicating the Sylvania Recreation Area, Ironwood, Michigan, 9/22/1967" (Item)

- from tirne to time -- escape bim. That is what makes the creation of Sylvania Recreation Area both necessary and important. For these woods of maple, birch, bemlock and pine and these sky-blue lakes are within reacb of some ten million people who

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Ceremony to Salute George Perkins Marsh, Rockefeller Home, Woodstock, Vermont, 6/11/1967" (Item)

the appalling los ses caused by the destruction of forests and other resources, and the first to propose remedial actions for the future. It gained for Marsh -- rightfully _;,; thè title of ''the mighty prophet of the whole American conservation movement. 11

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

as monetary. " All that is why the President in 1965 called the first White House Conference on Natural Beauty -- why be bas put natural beauty high on t h e national agenda. My own time and energy and thought on this rnatter have been largely devoted

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to National Council of State Garden Clubs and American Forestry Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 9/7/1965" (Item)

hera~ The arrangements co!J'l..mi ttee :f o~ ycu:r next meeting will h"1ve hard time -c.opp:u~g the Tetons? I GI:"• su1·~ there is no more per:!: ect inspi:ratio:1 fer you ladies and gentlc1:i0n -- the veteran workers in the viney

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Buchanan School Plaza - Washington, DC, 5/7/1968" (Item)

an exciting place this is I I have been coming by here ever so many times in the past months, watching Buchanan Plaza grow and take sbape, but not until today could I have imagined the full transformation that has taken place. I remember so weil a couple

Press release, "Text of Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Convocation, Texas Womans University, on Receipt of Doctor of Laws Degree, 3/31/1964" (Item)

of the world were swinging open. That is the feeling of great adventure which you have today. The future of young women like you looms bright. Your horizons are not finite. You wfire born at the right time. It is a good time to be a woman. It is a good time

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)

on this whole tour of the South, said the time to come to Rocky Mount is the time of the June German. I explained to them that dancing is more in L uci's and Lynda's line than mine. I did most of my dancing in t he days when your leadi ng citizen, Kay Kayser

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic Women's Meeting, Laredo, Texas, 10/17/1964" (Item)

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

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Valdosta, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

hope I can come back some leisurely time and try it. This is a campaign visit, but it is also a sentimental journey. From t he time I was six until I was twenty-one, my summertime s were spent in Alabama with side trips to Georgia. Georgia strains run

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 10/27/1964" (Item)

clearly to two different philosophies -- the philosophies of "yes, certainly" and the philosophy of "no, never." As we stand here, we have to ask ourselves some searching questions. Are we to go back to the time when the Federal Govern ment accepted

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Emory University Honors Day Convocation, 1:30 PM, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/11/1964" (Item)

; !·i...:M'Y v•.f •. Grady; Dr. C rawfor d ". Its contributions to the literature of our time has been unexcelled - Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Harper Lee, Eudora

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Tea for Members of the Fine Arts, Painting and Advisory Committees on the Restoration of the White House, 5/7/1964" (Item)

saved with another with another laye .- of wood. By t he time Mrs. Benjamin Harr i son g o t around t o replacing it, s he f o und five successive layers of wood piled atop each other. John f uincy Adams g ot in the "doghouse ," if I may use

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Hermitage in First Day of Issue Stamp Ceremony Commemorating 20th Birthday Anniversary of Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tennessee, 3/15/1967" (Item)

Y OF ANDREW JACKSON NASHVILLE 0 TENNESSEE One senses a great presence in this stately mansion. It bears the mark of a unique man and bis times. There is a peace here, and a feeling of lives well spent -- joined in purpose as well as in love. I have

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Annual Albert and Mary Lasker Awards to Medical Journalists - St. Regis Hotel - New York City, 5/10/1968" (Item)

for fifteen years, and the young woman took care of her all that time. Soon a!ter her mother died, her sister was hospitalized with a malignancy. Her illness would ha.ve meant another burd en -- more years of ensla.vement. Sad as she w as, there is a silver

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House Reception Unveiling the New White House China, 5/9/1968" (Item)

Todd Lincoln in 1861 0 The fashion of the times is weil defined by the purple border -- a color sbe loved -- and by the eagle in the hold wing-spread pose so popu.lar in that erao I feel indebted to Mrs. Benjamin Harrison for two things: First

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, University of Utah Commencement, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8/15/1964" (Item)

of involvement. What good is intelligence, if it is not put to use? This American society can never achieve the destiny that it seeks, can never remove the slums, or the prejudice, or the ugliness, unless citizens join in the great adventure of our time. Brigham

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)

ON NATURAL Wekome. BEAUTY The President joins me in greeting all of you. This is a landmark day. You young people are preparing to join in the leadership of an overriding cause of our time. lt is more than just an issue or a problem. lt !!_a cause

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks on Arrival at Billings, Montana, 8/14/1964" (Item)

whether the lights are turned out around the house. It i s a special treat to me to come to Billings on the occas ion of your Centennial , a time of heightened interest in the history and the character of Montana and the West. I am very conscious

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

first. So, I am coming to visit some of the states I know best, in many of which I spent summer-times and vacation-times of my childhood. Ten months ago on a dreadful day that shook our country, my husband became your President. Since then he has tried

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Thomasville, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

I ,"f"'- • FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1964 - 5:15 p . m. EST REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B . JOHNSON THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA Mrs. Sanders, the wife of your governor , tells me this is great quail country. I don't have time today

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Barter Theater, Abingdon, Virginia, 5/11/1965" (Item)

it is with the live theater , which unfolds befo1·e us scenes to be arr..uaed by, to be saddened by, to give us excitement, melanchol y, pleasure, to heighten our spirits and to make us think. I remember so well the last time I was in thia theater. It was too long ago

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 'Head Start Day' Ceremony, 6/30/1965" (Item)

this country - - who have b een giving time and tal ent to get the prog ram underway. You volunteers are living exampl es of the philosophy that "we are here to give to and not to get wha.t we c an from life." Half a milli on child ren in th e next few days

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Horticultural Domes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)

well to look to Milwaukee 1s record: 134 park locations, used nearly 12 million times each year. Those are the statistics. But I know to the city's children, those 134 parks have meant Sunday afternoon strolls in the spring and coming upon the first

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of 'The American Drawings of John White, 1577-1590' by the British Museum and the University of North Carolina Press, 4/7/1964" (Item)

they will occupy a place of honor in the White House Library for all time to come. One of the most intriguing mystery stories of the United States is the story of the Lost Colony. But though the colony was lost, the scenes, the animals, and the Indians

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Women Doers Luncheon on 'Rediscovering America' - the White House, 5/2/1968" (Item)

this nation. To explore the side roads -- to take the time to travel to the pockets of charm -- that is the essential part of the process of discovery. We must be willing to take the hour' s side trip off the interstate. I remember visiting the Strawbery Banke

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. L. B. Johnson at the Fund Raising Dinner, Detroit, Michigan, 6/26/1964" (Item)

everybody else who goes there, I want to go back, especially in lilac time. You have no idea what it does t o a Texan who is used to just 28 inches of rainfall per year to see all of that water . Last night we sat and watched the lights come

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Ashland, Virginia (Randolph-Macon College), 10/6/1964" (Item)

Washington's Alexandria, to have been welcomed in tradition rich Fredericksburg, and now to be at Randolph-Macon College whose roots go back to our historic beginnings. You are fortunate young men. You have come on stage at a time when your country needs you

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, 6/3/1964" (Item)

this ceremony has an added dimension -- a senti mental one. The President and I have shared the joys and strengths of long time friendship with the proud parents of Beth Jenkins. Today is, therefore, a very special and proud day for us too. And to you parents

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)

for a baven of natural beauty amidst the increasing · -:lamor of modern lüe. 1 would like to share it with you. Dear Mrs. Johnson: I have written to you last Easter and 1 offered you to corne to Connecticut, but Lucy 1 s wedding had ail of y our time. I wish

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of American Museum of Immigration - Statue of Liberty, 5/17/1968" (Item)

OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION STATUE OF LIBERTY I have been to the Statue of Libe rty many time s - - but 1 can neve r come here without a lift of spirit or a catch in my throat. The few acres of this little island are as sacred to Ame rican history

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

of the Presidency doesn 1t stop day by day, and it is what be must put first . So, I am coming to visit some of the states I know best, in many of which I spent s ummer-times and vacation-times of my childhood. Ten months a g o on a dreadful day that shook our

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Savannah, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

were alive today, I wonder what she would think of my standing up here talking to you. In her day candidates' wives were seen but not heard. But times are changing and I'm happy to have moral support today from Mrs. Sanders, the wife of your Governor

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Waycross, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

much of the Southern countryside. We have come through the hard times when Southern farm people could earn . "''· '• . ....._,.-, ,, ,. ... . an average gross income of only $186 a year to this new time in which Georgia's per capita income exceeds

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 5/24/1965" (Item)

. All our national history proves that a committed citizenry is a mighty force when it bends itself to a de t ermined effort. Ther e is a g rowing f e eling abroad in this land today that ugliness bas been allowed too long, that it is time to say "Enough

Press release, "Excerpts from Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at Morven, Princeton, N.J., 8/12/1965" (Item)

? It is something close to a miracle today to feel and observe that Juanita r ealizes that she will have her turn to ring the clean-up bell, }\er turn to serve the milk, or to paint at the easel or take her time to finish any project she starts because it is hers

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas, 4/4/1966" (Item)

Davis is in what it says about the character of the American people. Although Gemini Eight has taken us one step closer to the moon, we still have time to walk back in our past. still have time to pa:eserve our heritage for the guidance of future

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Art Museum, Atlanta, 5/11/1964" (Item)

. that r obb ed you of 121 of your high-heart ed men and women. For a long time after that s ummer of 1962 p the very m ention of your city's name evok ed s ym pathy th1·ougho~t th e world. That you plan to tu rn this loss to inspiring n e w pr ogress seems