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- ' ·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
- ■I' 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th . W as lik e a cam p aign d ay. I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n . We ch o se New J e r s e y b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
- Angeles Times reporter; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule; the Johnsons fly to Texas to LBJ Ranch
- MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE W A S H I N G T ON P a ge 1 M o th e rs* Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964 A ctu a lly , it [th ed a y]began rig h t a fte r we got home from A tlan tic C ity, about a little p a s t one o 'c lo c k at night, with Lynda, L
- 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
- 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
- - 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
- something of it. And lo and behold, in the course of the whole evening, never once did I encounter F r ank and Ruth Stanton, I must rem em ber to te ll him Lyndon's famou s story MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE W A 3H I N O T ON Monday, May 25, 1964 Page
- house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
- lo c k with Lyndon Baines Johnson in Hebrew around the face of the c lo c k , and the hour them selves w ere m arked with sym bols of the twelve tribes of Isra el. MEMORANDUM T H E W H I T E HO U SE Monday, June 1, 1964 W ASHIN GTON But m in e
- young Tony and with Diana's h o u s e k e e p e r, f o r a tour of the ground s , a glim pse of the sw im m ing pool, and then to rid e hom e. Gerry w as aglow , with h e r adventure--this t r i p - - and high time it is , b ecau se you can't avoid
- ith the w e lc o m in g s p e e c h r I h a d p la n n e d . She h a d ty p e d a n o p en in g s e n te n c e an d I w r o te o u t in lo n g h a n d ,^ ^ y fe e lin g s on w h at I sh o u ld sa y . A ^ ^ : h e n i t w a s tim e to g e t in th e c
- ; Lady Bird, staff & friends discuss press visit & riots in Washington; Lady Bird talks on phone with Lynda Robb; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter work on speeches & talk to John Connally about Hemis Fair visit; the Secret Service change Lady Bird's arrival time
- 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
- DUM * »THE W H IT E HOUSE WASHINGTON Thursday, A p r il 30, 1964 p^ge 3 while C u r ti s L e M a y crowned Luci, beaming. Lyndon as tal l and straight as he usually is^li s tenmg to the na tional anthem in an a irp o rt, but this time sm iling so sw
- " -" . I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski", and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- 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
- with his own hands w here they now liv e . MEMORANDUM THE W H ITE HOUSE W A S H IN GTON Thursday, May 21, 1964 P age 4 Th ree of their children w ere born in the log cabin. He now has a part time job on the Unemployed Parents P rogra m , setting out
- o m a n d I r e a d m y P o r t l a n d s p e e c h , the B , Y. M o r r i s o n l e c t u r e f J f o r the A m e r i c a n liistitu te of A r c h ite c ts . lo n g , lo n g t i m e . l a s t ^ I s w e a r s p e e c h a n d p u b lic a p p e a r
- t io n was in the M a y flo w e r and was like m any o t h e r s . In the Chinese Ro o m , the C h iefs o f M is s io n and the D ip lo m a tic C o rp w e r e r e c e i v e d w h ile we stood in line with the E s h k o ls , and then we a ll m o v e
- g e n t s . M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r . We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
- Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
- 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
- l t h e v e r y d a y I go o u t - - " C a r e s s I n f a n t i n e " . This w o u ld b e f o r the b ig 4 - p o s t e r b e d a n d f o r the curtains^ in c o m b in a ti o n w ith the lo v e ly , c l e a r , yello w b r o c a d e - - soft a n d
- At 10:33, the time Lady Bird says is "11:30" rather than "11:00"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ; !·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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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"
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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"
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- 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
- 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
- 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