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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Gonzales, Texas Concluding Trip with Foreign Journalists, 4/9/1968" (Item)

grew up in a uaii rural tonn. This was the important pl a ce and S aturday afternoons wer e the important time. You drovc to to1m, circled. the sc;_u a re over and ove r to see what was happening in the world • iLrid yo u probably bought a double-dip

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

of time and thought tbey represent -- must continue. And they must increase, for population is going to increase; awareness is going to increase; products and their packages are going to increase. Sur ely it is time for Americans to cure the litterbug

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Press Breakfast in Honor of Mrs. Johnson by Mrs. Richard Hughes and Mrs. John Bailey, Shelburn Hotel, Atlantic City. N.J., 8/27/1964" (Item)

am glad and grateful to have the opportunity to play a role in this campaign. The writer, E. B. White, has remarked: "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. 11 This is our faith

Folder, "7/4/1966, Statement by the President Upon Signing the 'Freedom of Information Act'," Statements Files, Box 195 (Item)

time, the welfare of the Nation or the rights of in!ividuals may require that oorne documents not be made available. As long as threats to peace exist, for example, there must be military secrets. A citizen must be able in confidence to compla in to his

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Reception for Delegates to Urban America Conference, 9/12/1966" (Item)

-- and where -- do young people, ar1d mothers, and little children, and weary executives use their precious hours of leisure time ? A little over a year ago, some of you wèze here for the White House Conference on Natural Beauty which was called by my huaband

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona, 9/22/1966" (Item)

is lurninous and delicate. It is found in chambers and arches and tapestried canyon walls. lts texture is ancient. It conaists of eons of time laid bare -- on stone pages or in the treasure troves of Indian mythe and artifacts. It is these attractions

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Arrival at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966" (Item)

have visited here many times with my brother - - Tony Taylor - but because both he and your Senators keep me informed of the exciting development and growth of the state. Let me say right now that what I have seen in the past few hours bas left me

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Beginning of 'Adventures in Learning' Trip and Showing of 'Pancho' Film - the White House, 3/13/1967" (Item)

. It shows that Head Start tackles the problem at the most crucial age - when the difference for good or ill can be made, when the most can be done, when the investment in time and money brings the most telling results. ldeally, we would hope that Head Start

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Columbia Community College, Nashville, Tennessee, 3/15/1967" (Item)

that this time is as full of hope as Jefferson•s or Polk1s -- let tbem come to this spoto Foi- Columbia Colloge is an admonition to any pessimist: stop wringing your bands for a moment - and list en td the ringing of eie school belle in our new country

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication Ceremonies of Women's Pavilion Hemisfair, 4/6/1968" (Item)

there is a Women's Pavilion at Hemisfair, and delighted this facility will have a strong purpose in future years. Here on this platform are many women I have known whose lives have e x panded with the exciting challenges and opportunities oî our times. Women

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Luncheon for Conservation Leaders - the White House, 11/13/1968" (Item)

on the air. It is a many-faceted bond we share, And I bellew tb.at in onr time in this ho use all of y ou here have belped that word become a more vital part of the political language. F or all of us that w ord has special rneaning, T o me, it is sometimes

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Naturalization Ceremony, East Room, the White House, 11/22/1968" (Item)

are graspi‫ם‬g tbe lirnitless opportunities tbat present themselves in our time • - 1 MORE In Denver, we will see in action a way that aU Americans can have good health care in their neighborhoods -- and in the renaissance of a blighted downtown area

Press release, "Mrs. Johnson's Remarks at Jackson Lake Lodge Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, Wyoming, 'Salute to Women Reception' Given by Senator and Mrs. Gale McGee, 8/16/1964" (Item)

in the Nation's Capitol along with other heroic men and women who took giant steps for progress. They rightly call Wyoming "the Equality State". There never was a time in Wyoming's history when woman wasn 1t man 1s full partner. She had to be. In your early

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

gave my husband his Silve r Star in the South Pacific during World \Wlir II. Just last January, General Mac Arthur said: "If I'd known Lyndon was to become President, I would have looked after his welfare better than I did, but at the time he seemed

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

at the Navy Yard. So the partnership means jobs and a better community to live in. It spells prosperity for Charleston, and at the same time greater economic and defense strength for the whole country. This partnership takes Federal resources. And it takes men

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mobile, Alabama, 10/9/1964" (Item)

to be in that part of the country where, although you might not like all I say, at least you understand the way I say it. From the time I was six years old, summer meant coming back to Alabama. As I think back to my girlhood, I have so many memories filled

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Worth, Texas, 10/19/1964" (Item)

and pioneered by people of foresi ghi: spi::ited "can - do people - - should unde rstnad this better than a nyone . And you say i t every time you elect men like John Connally and Jum Wright . I am a Democrat and proud of i t . I am a Democrat from the White

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

bill, then it is because enough of us who care have ~said what we feel in time . But we WILL on another day. Better landscaping a nd good design are also part of the new horizons on the natural beauty front . None of these are abstract causes of purely

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, YWCA National Convention Cleveland, Ohio, 4/20/1964" (Item)

, she found a place to live comfortably while she filled out the inevitable Form 572 dozens of times and looked for a job in the vast and sometimes--alas--impersonal employer -- the United States Government. ~onvenient in the ~eart of the city for her

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic Women's Clubs of Kentucky, Sheraton Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, 10/5/1968" (Item)

these beginnings -- to bring down the curtain on a time of energy and movement and compassion in America? 1 believe that would be a tragedy. Hope and progress and compassion can be kept alive in America; they can prevail in the future we hope to build. "'AIT

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 6/3/1965" (Item)

faculty mea and women, and above all, to yourselves who have recognized the opportunity and acted upon it. You now have a precious educational equipment and the question is: What are you going to do with it? In times past, in a number of countries

Press release, "Remarks of the President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of Eufaula Dam, Eufaula, Oklahoma, 9/25/1964" (Item)

. That development will go ahead, and as President, I am here to promise you that it will go on schedule. just had to break my budget one time this year. I had ::il billion less in the budget this year than last year. I was determined to keep it that way until ~-1ike

Record copy, 1948 campaign kickoff speech, "The Challenge of a New Day," 5/22/1948 (Item)

are your fate decide tor the faoes or faithful their faces peace••• Into Congress. J. Time for !. ~• interests!!!!_£! pitted of these corporate Tonight the man you make higb•d0111.ed Senate first I atood, the park's same park, in thi1

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, American Road Builders Association, Denver, Colorado, 2/23/1966" (Item)

. It is 35 times as large as the Panama C anal , Grand Coolee Dam and St. Lawrence Seaway combined. Above that, in the next six yea r s, you are planning to build halt- a-million miles of road. Your creations, your works a.re as public as any can

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Nebraska State Conference on Natural Beauty, Lincoln, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)

of the great strategists of all time--the Emperor Napoleon, once said that "Where flowers degenerate, man cannot live." The MORE t demise of natural beauty is a baunting challenge in a Nation that is covering over a million acres of ground with aspb alt

Folder, "9/1/1947, News release on soil productivity," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)

. prosperity, Johnson said, district to increase its productivity - - Since the- Authority's - finc.ncia.l •. he said the time ho.a come for the District it was set up. l. Director now show o. substantial reports ·• ~ He specifically . surplus

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson B'nai B'rith Luncheon -Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, 3/26/1968" (Item)

our own good achievements. VIe must not be complacent -- never ! We must be struggling always. But certainly we do not have to spend our time on a collective psychiatrist couch. -z .. Skepticism is val.id, but cynicism -- the kind of doubt which

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Women Doers Luncheon on 'What Citizens Can Do to Improve the Health of the American Child' - the White House, 4/2/1968" (Item)

its results. Their loving care and supplementary, e nlightened atten tion is vital to the progress of a patient. There are many groupa which give their time and devotion to this service. One is the Jaycees Auxiliary. Seventy- eight percent

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

\on, for recreation in the Nation 1 s Capital -- in the mcs t creative way. The project might be called "Mission 1 76." It is an exciting, provocative and hopeful proposal. believe, to set goals and a target time. It is important, I One of the happiest experiences

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

and triumphs : 12 Presidents, 15 signe rs of the Constitution, 15 Se cretaries of State from Thomas Jeffe r son t o Dean Rusk. > I . . .. . . .. . ·. . ..... ., ..--" Yet in recent times, we re c ognize the strain in the South from national life

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Greensboro, North Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

the largest enrollment in North Carolina and perhaps in the Southeast. . - l \ . . " ' . ; l fl This accent on education in Greensboro has given the world such men as 0 1Henry and Wilbur Daniel Steel&, four - time winner of the 0 1Henry award

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Sam Rayburn Statue, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1/6/1965" (Item)

sight. Often, afterward he would recall the moment and envy others who experienced this sight for the first time. The freshman congressman checked in, received his office space, and carefully clipped from a country newspaper back home an editorial boldly

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Vista Graduation, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2/26/1965" (Item)

already made your mark here in St. Petersburg. The petition of the people of Ridgecrest and Old Baskin 's Crossing asking for you to stay is evidence of your success. That -- in this brief time -- must be a special source of satis faction. You men

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Redwood National Park Dedication, 11/25/1968" (Item)

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

despair in their eyes . The~ e cecories of depression cay seec part of the past to those who live in prosperous times, but no one who has traveled as the President and I have traveled -- can fail to recognize that there are still c any places left behind

Press release, "The 'B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture' by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Convention of the American Institute of Architects, Portland, Oregon, 6/26/1968" (Item)

: a challenge to provide such pleasant Ungering places wherever they are needed. The Land and Water Conservation Fund whicb is before Congress at the pl.'esent time is offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire vanishing open space, both in the city