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FOR USE AT 6:30 p. m. EDT----- Thursday,MAY 21, 1964
REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B., JOHNSON
KENTUCKY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS ANNUAL
CONVENTION IN LEXINGTON, KY.
Thursday, May 21, 1964
I am delighted to share a day with you
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964"
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I am proud and excited by what I have seen here today
in Eastern Kentucky l We who come from other states think
of its great pion e ers of the past when we think of Kentuc ky ·
of bold and hardy folk, braving dang e rs, surmounting difficulties
- . Through it, they
have acquired a surer grasp on their sometimes-shc-.ky heritage
which promises them the right to the 'pursuit of happiness". They
are ppor; their families are larg e; there is usually one or no parent.
But this summer they have come
- as here twice in the spring and just a few weeks
a go my dau gfrie r, Lynda, cam e back from here full of praise and
admiration for Kentucky ' s famed hospitality.
Of course, we always fe e l clos~ to Kentu-:ky becaus e your
charming native daughter, Bess
- . Right. Jill Hut·kelshaus. \\ ho led the L. s_ dl'lt•gation
lo \I •x1co City: "Each of us must mah the rh,ky, indhidu,,I acts of
affirmation and courugt•, rhallcnging definitions ,n ll•arncd in
childhood. oftt-n challenging bl'ings in our liH~!-.\\horn
- Pickle reminisced about his experiences
with President Johnson at the luncheon which was attended by 100
volunteers. In May, 40 of the volunteers toured the National Wild
flower Research Center.
David M. Oshirn,ky, professor of history at Rutgers
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Universit~ of Te,a,; al Au. tin; Michael B. , lot'f. l'niHr-ity of
Texas at Austin.
frank Freidel: "FOR
transformed a nation."
MelYin l rof,ky.
conference coordinator
A member of the audience question.- lhe panel on "The New Deal and Minorit,· Groups."
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- said. We
labored for an hour, while Marshal Ky,
President Thieu, Dean Rusk, and other
assorted perplexed personages waited in
the next room.
Another time he made another offer,
in secrecy, and Ho said no. '·J don't un
der. tand it," LBJ said