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Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award at the Women's National Press Club Dinner, 12/2/1968" (Item)

is your stories of these trips that will be cherished most and read and r e -read. And let me confess sornething right now. The President is going to have a b (J.rd time talking me out of this citation and candlestick for the Library• I want th ~ m with 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)

. No one knows tbat promise better than the teacbers of Appalachia fo r the g reat transformation of the reg ion i s taking place in their schoolr ooms. Scbools don't close thei r doors at 3:30 a!ly more. Late into the night they a're beaconlights

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Women Doers Luncheon and Panel Discussion on What Citizens Can Do to Help Ensure Safe Streets,' the White House, 1/18/1968" (Item)

to grips with it. None of us who read or hear the news can escape the shock of the headlines. A group of hoodlum s rnug an old man and leave him to die. A grocer is rnurdered by a strongarrn robber. The taxi driver is knifed. The quiet man murders hie own

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson 'Salute to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson' Luncheon Given by Federated Democratic Women of Ohio, Deshler Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, 9/18/1964" (Item)

the other morning as he strode through our little family sitting room on the second floor of the White House on his way to the office -- arms loaded with envelopes marked, ''Night Reading". I said, "Listen. You had better fortify me with some facts for our

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Lamar State Technological College, Beaumont, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)

, helpng them wi th remedi a l reading so tha t they have a better chance to become self - sustaini ng , useful citizens . They have worked in the Widening Horizons pr ogram to help t eenagers find summertime jobs and part- time jobs. MORE . l

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

and no farther. The search for a lasting people together. .2E!.!!!.wbioh binds all Only this week came word from a lonely Pacifio Eniwetok:. of the test matters peace is the were eiaouased, of a more powerful atomio weapon. you could read in another -4

Folder, "Pamphlets Master File," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

Folder, "5/22/1948, Speech by Congressman Johnson, "The Challenge of a New Day"," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)

and no farther. The search for a lasting people together. .2E!.!!!.wbioh binds all Only this week came word from a lonely Pacifio Eniwetok:. of the test matters peace is the were eiaouased, of a more powerful atomio weapon. you could read in another -4

Reading copy of statement about meeting with George Wallace, 3/13/65 (Item)

Reading copy of statement about meeting with George Wallace, 3/13/65

Press release, "Opening Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Meeting, 5/18/1966" (Item)

cents. If people realize that the cost of throwing a paper cup out of the car window is 34 cents~ this alone should be a deterrent. .. Newspapers are sponsoring anti..litter campaigns. I just ?no-~ read where the N,"'=~..:ee News Advocate

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Calvin Coolidge Home, Plymouth, Vermont, 6/11/1967" (Item)

what 1 have heard and read of President Coolidge, his devotion to duty, his capacity for hard work, his dislike of ostentation and hie ability to express himself in terse phrases. . ln fact, 1 frequently hear a paraphrase of his quotation "Let men

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

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

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson for Dedication of Big Sur Scenic Highway, Bixby Creek Bridge, 9/21/1966" (Item)

of the coast who took action to safeguar d the land along whi ch this scenic road now travels. For, this coastline lies here in the afternoon sun - - the western boundary of our continent. Inscribed on this plaque - - we can read the words of Robinson Jeffers

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

('. A TIOH A W ARDS CEREMONY T HE WHITE HOUSE Hearing those citations read , and se~i:'!g the satisfaction in your fa ces has been a very special treat for all of us. Yesterday I drove around the city to see sorne of your accomplish rnents f L s t hand

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

weekends driving over the country side to come here. One of my favorite visiting places was elegant Kenmore, so laden with history, eating gingerb read as I strolled across the lawn. Often I walked down to James Monroe 1s law office, stopping by Mary Was h

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Horticultural Domes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)

FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1965 -- 2:00 p. m. CDT REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON DEDICATION OF HORTICULTURAL DOMES MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Ever since I read about Milwaukee's exciting new astrodomes for nature I have wanted

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication Ceremony, Breathitt County Museum, Jackson, Kentucky, 5/21/1964" (Item)

busied herself to find out why, and learned his home folk s could not read any message he would send, and he could not r ead anything they r.ai ght sendto him. i:It always has seem.ed sad to n1e , she s aid, ' 'that t here could exist any where

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 10/8/1967" (Item)

setting of America.il lüe will be pleasant or s qualid. If that question is not given a lively and enlightened answer , all our otber efforts could be in vain. Everything I read and see convince s me the Nation is geared for action to attack the problems

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 10/24/1967" (Item)

other e, as you may have read. While I was preparing to corne here, 1 had the fun of reading some of the early history of ·southwestern in the Texas handbook. Several intriguing highlights caught my eye. - l learned, for example, tbat the university

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 10/27/1964" (Item)

somehow finds the time to teach remedial reading to boys and girls whose reading handicap cuts them off from educational opportunity and coul d easily cause them to drop out of school and blight their entire lives -- the wife of our Secretary of Defense

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

of these freshmen was asked to give a tribute at a dinner in Washington. I would like to read from that tribute now, and in doing so, to dedicate this statue to all new members of the 89th Congress and all future Congresses in hopes that -- like Sam Rayburn

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

travel over this land of ours -- the more I see bow much man can do with bis own surroundings. We read a great deal about the onslaught of the city • • • and what the great population invasions are doing to trample out so much of the vinta ge of good

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Acceptance of Book, 'The Living White House,' the White House, Washington, DC, 11/28/1966" (Item)

the White House read in th eir daily newspapers of the problems faced and the decisions made in the President's Executive Office. But tbere is a less familiar and more intimate aide to this building that is home as well as the hub of administrat ive leader

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Downtown Urban Renewal Area of Montevideo, Minnesota, 9/20/1967" (Item)

towns or coal mining communities, but by populations that simply moved to payrolls and excitement in the city. These towns have literally been dying on the map. There are no tombstones for them. might read: But if there were, the tombstone "Here lies

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, University of Utah Commencement, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8/15/1964" (Item)

valley was the spirit of tremendous vitality. Because I was to travel o\·er this route in a few hours that they so laboriously crossed in 3 1/2 months, I recently read about your pioneer ancestors. It is hard to conceive of the phye.ical torment

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)

what we can do to make our ccipital more beautiful. Perhaps some of you read. as I did, recently the statement of a BritiEJh diplomat back in 1913 who had just spent six years in Washington. He wrote: "Your admirable river, the Potomac, is quite

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, 6/3/1964" (Item)

-- gotten part-time jobs. That is an important part of learning. But don't let the next three months just waste away. You can do all kinds of thing s . You can, for instance, g o down to the Urban Service Corps where Mrs. Annette Read will be g lad toagn you

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson before the Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 10/1/1965" (Item)

.:\•eryone started doing som ething about it. And, if you think your l etters-to- the - edi tor columns bring a varie ty of opinion, I invite you to c ome read mine. But, let me point out, all you have to do is print them. have to answer them . I

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Padre Island National Seashore, 4/8/1968" (Item)

Christi Caller-Tirnes who helped edacate the reade rs to the advantages , and won an award for it. It takes surveys, and then it takes legislation - - the tedious process of seeing-it-through the subcommittees and cornrnittees of the Senate and the House

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, the University of Texas Ex-Students Association Distinguished Alumnus Awards Banquet, 10/16/1964" (Item)

have a continuing obligation to their alumni, offers a course that shows a 45 year-old graduate who wants to get back into the labor market how to refresh her skills. I am glad to read in the ALCALDE that our own Ex-Students' Association is converting

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10/27/1964" (Item)

of Art, or Beltsville to see a model kitchen. And they have given special attention to possible school drop-outs by sitting hour after hour with youngsters of low -income and sometim es b roken families, helping them with remedial reading so

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Henderson, Kentucky, 10/27/1964" (Item)

-income and sometimes broken families, hel ping them with remedial reading or helping during summertime to introduce t eenagers to jobs and educational opportunities. They are typical of the women in this administration who are concerned with their country

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, University of Alabama and American Association of University Women Leadership Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2/25/1966" (Item)

beautiful. Things happen when -- up in the mountains of Appalachia - women take the bookmobiles back into the forks of the creek -- carrying the miracle of good reading to people who never before knew the joys of a library. Things happen when women support

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

crossed my desk in recent months. They will give you an idea of some of the things that youth bas done; they may be stepping stones on which you can build. After reading their letter, I could just see tbose 70 boys in the Neighborhôod Youtb Corps

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Little Rock, Arkansas, 10/27/1964" (Item)

special attention to possibl e school drcp-outs by sitting hour after hour with youngster s of low income and sometimes broken families, helping them with remedial reading so t hat they have a better chance to become self-sustaining useful citizens

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967" (Item)

with the townspeople to shape new patterns of hope for the town. I read, not long ago, tbis judgment of a cynic: "The National purpose of the United States, from the very beginning, bas been to let everyone make as much money as be possibly can. If they found oil under

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, National Convention of American Home Economics Association, Detroit, Michigan, 6/24/1964" (Item)

program geared to the family without modern equipment, th e family that can read, perhaps not well or , not in English, may offer these people the lifeline they need. Your president, Florence Lowe, t ells me of the El P aso Project in which a bi-lingual

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

and they all have oany o ffictal duties. But they go far be yond those in giving service t o t heir cooounities. Aoong the things th0y do are t each~ ing r eoedi al reading t o boys and girls who oight other wis e drop out of school, the y help find j o bs f