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- of nations
TR ·ent America's Gr at White Fleet
of battleships around th world. But
Congress would only appropriate
half of the mone • ne es-.,an. Quit all
right, niffcd Ro c\·elt. I"II only
send them halfv,a): C n""ress can get
them ba ·Ii..
Lu kinbill R's
- . world policy in a 40minute presentation, then answered
questions from the audience.
The 1,000-seat LBJ Auditorium was
filled 1. minute before the doors wen
scheduled to open. Closed-circuit le e
vi ion was set up in an adjoining lec
ture hall
- not only in the bustling cities along
the routeg but also in the sl1Jal.l rural towns where the super highwa,s and airlines
do not always go .
This was, however, not only a sentimental journey, but a political trip.
1 eame because I wanted to say
- is the best in Lhe land,
It comes to us in a little brown can.
o teats to pull; no hay to pitch,
Just poke a hole in the son of ab __ ."
When the World War I exhibit
open d with a gathering on the
Library plaza, perhaps thirty veter
ans of that conflict
- we have literally gone
backwards.")
• control of inflation.
• developing the ability to compete effectively in the
world markets and end our trade deficit - which
means, among other things, the construction of a v"ahle
transportation system
- you and through you I have an
even deeper sense of re ponsibility
to all the other children, their
mothers and fathers and their
grandparents, not just in America
but throughout the world. And I
devoutly wish for them the happy,
fruitful and ennobling
- (maybe Late 1943)
LBJ worked with Gus Mauerman, mayor of San Antonio, trying to get a West
Texas airline linking Houston, Austin, San Antonio and El Paso. Their efforts were
unsuccessful.
2/18
FDR vetoes anti-subsidy bill, then wins enough support
- with significant
increase~ of government regulation, both by law as well as
1 executive
mandate.
The ,urge f (social) legislation in the late 1930s, which is
the hallmark of the New Deal, continued to a le ser degree in
the post-World War II period in the Truman
- congressional leaders meet with Eisenhower at the White House
for a briefing on the world situation and security problems.
1953 Chronology ● p. 5 of 26
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- to Durfee because of his age (63) and because he
feels he violated the Code of Ethics as CAB chairman by accepting “unusual
hospitality” from airlines.
1960 Chronology ● p. 7 of 55
07/2024
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- . Braniff vs. Eastern Airlines.
Spring
LBJ has no opposition for re-election in primary.
June
CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson) and Rebekah Baines Johnson travel from Washington to
Texas, visit Monticello and the Hermitage en route.
LBJ works for farm parity.
June
- from other lands to corne to America and see only
our big cities~ which lie along onr major highways and airline routes. But to
truly discover America -- to leave '\vith the feeling that "I've been the re" -
''1 know that country" -- visitors
