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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Meeting to Discuss Formation of a Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 2/11/1965" (Item)

- 1 MCRE '· .. Washington has never been short of committees. And Washington has never been short of imagination and planning. But, what I would hope that we could do together, - is perhaps to lift our planning and our imagination off

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)

know, sometirnes the simple and sinçere words of a young ste r can best express our hopes and dreams. The other day a letter frorn a boy in Storrs , Connecticut, carne across my desk, and because 1 think it embodies the yearning within us ail

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 12th Annual Meeting of Keep America Beautiful, Inc,. New York, New York, 10/7/1965" (Item)

million dollars, and I think any official who has had to s ign the check for litter clean up becomes a dedicated spokesman for a positive beautification campaign. Ugliness breeds u gliness. It seems to m e that our two-prong ed hope is, first, good taste

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Beautification Awards Ceremony, Washington, DC, 6/28/1966" (Item)

, who keepe rlght on thinking up more things for us all to do. i~ The awards we are about to present, we hope, will be happy reminders of your success. But please don•t rest on your laurels. These newly planted areas are like new-born hables. They take

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Ceremony Commemorating the Issuance of New Beautification Stamp, 10/5/1966" (Item)

of hope, as well as of beauty. It joins the Audobon Stamp and the John Muir Stamp of the stately redwoods in proclaiming America's priceless asset of natural beauty. You can be sure tlat the mail I send f rom now on will bear this stamp

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on the Occasion of Tulip and Daffodil Plantings, Charles Young Elementary School, Washington, DC, 11/18/1966" (Item)

of the joys of gardening -- and the rewards -- corne from planting . with one's bands. I hope that many bands will take part in these plantings so that you will dis cover bow fulfilling this can be. Flowers give life to one's dream of a better world. I know

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

that have e ntere d , Here -- lies the great hope for m aking our entire city beautiful. T wenty-one citizen associations have been recognized today. There is n o gre ate r force for wide spread progres s than like-min ded neighbors w ho are determined

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Awards Ceremony Washington, DC., 6/28/1968" (Item)

for us all to do. The awards we are about to present, we hope, will be happy reminders of your success. But please don 1t rest on your laurels. These newly planted areas are like new-born babies. They take awhile to grow, with loving care. What you ha

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

! This is a large - scale solution to one of the greatest needs of our city. I hope everyone of you read the Washington Post last Sunday which proposed we celebrate America•s bicentennial in 1976 by a great effort to achieve our goals for houGing, transportat

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

and the Empire. Vienna is the handiwork of the Hapsburgs , and Florence of the Medici. Can a g r eat democratic societ y generate the concerted drive to plan, and havin:g planned to execute great projects of beauty? I not only hope so - - I am certain that it can

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

the vi.llage green, the courthouse square, the mali, the most beloved place in town. - 3 MORE Wberever you go, whatever you atudy, 1 hope that many of you will aeriouely consider ma.king America•s beauty a full-time vocation. Seldom have 1 had a keener

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968" (Item)

a.nti-litter efforts during the past four years• I am convinced we must find packaging that wiU disintegrate or is worth re deeming. A number of packaging concerns are represented on the Board of Keep America Beautiful, and 1 hope son‫ז‬e day soon