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- Among Bob Hope's daughter Linda opened the exhibit honoring her father at the Johnson Library. Story on page 23. Photo by Charles Bogel. An Evening With Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Joe Califano was LBJ's top aide for domestic legislation. He oversaw
- he said "Hello, Bob, how are you, how is your wife Maisy, how are the children (calling them all by name), you haven't been in to see me, I don't know why you haven't ... how's everything out there? But Bob, I've been looking at your registration
- com plete some of the programs of his predecessors. Medical insurance for the elderly had been on the Demo cratic agenda since Harry Truman's time. The hope of federal aid for ed ucation went back as far as Franklin Roosevelt. The Civil Rights law
- often reminisce. B cause we hoped his book would capture the flavor of the essential LBJ, we tried Lointroduce a tape recorder into those reminiscing ses ion . But he was no better with that machine than he had been with a TV camera in the White House
- and know you arc loved." The note was recently discov ered in his personal effects by long time Johnson friend Bob Waldron, who turned it over to the Library. photo by Ccci I Stoughton 2 'l\vo panels address issues the new President embraced as his
- ." The idea for the exhibit actually began with Mrs. Johnson, who expressed the hope to Library staff members several years ago that the museum would one day undertake to show the Mexican influence in her nath·e state. Former Congressman Jake Pickle
- son's legacy of reaching out to everyone, we hope this adds a welcoming di mension for our non-Eng lish speaking visitors." Photos by Charles Bogel Archivist Bob Tissing here shows a group of African French-speakers a few tips on the new device. 2
- government to be a force that could be harnessed for LBJ's Remarks at Library Dedication We are all partners in this hopeful undertaking. The people of Texas built this Library. The national archives will manage the Library. The documents I have saved since
- of the 'Johnson boys' has come home to Southwest Texas." Bob Hardesty, new president of Southwest Texas Slate University, ponders a painting of the University's most distinguished alumnus, which hangs in the Academic Center at the Universily. 2 Library Docents
- include Bill Moyers. Jack Valenti. Registration fee required. Contact Kristie Kimbell, 512-471-3200; www.utexas.edu/lbj/civilrights March 6-April 25 Special exhibit, "Bob Hope: American Pai-riot." April 13 An Evening with Joseph A. Califano, Jr
- for so many years: thank you, thank you, thank you." Library Travels the Information Superhighway by Bob Brewin The following is excerpted from an article that appeared in Federal Computer Week magazine. rt is reprinted with the magazine's per mi ion
- that I wasn't on drugs. [Laughter] That's P-A-S-S- -D. [Laughter] l 've not talked a lot about v hat happened in [the election cri sis in] Florida, but I do in this book. My really good pal, Bob Strauss, for whom you've named the Robert S. Strauss Center
- comfort: "Strom Thurmond is ninety-five years old. And all of his children are younger than mine." And that recollection led her to a not unrelated observarion: '·Bob Dole goes and tells the world that hc'".i on Viagra. Who needed 10 know that?" Ms
- , there was the unconditional love of her Grandpa Patton. a junk dealer and ex-convict. He told her she was spe cial and worthy of God's love. Then there was the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church with its emphasis on respectability, educa tion, and responsibility
- 29, 1963 Bernard Safran 8 MARTIN LUTHER KING February 18, 1957 Boris Chaliapin BOB HOPE December 22, 1967 Marisol LADY BIRD JOHNSON August 28, 1964 Boris Artzybasheff BOBBY KENNEDY May 24, 1968 Roy Lichtenstein BARRY COLDWATER June 12, 1964
- .. The three most cl scly identified with it werr Wilhur Cohen, Bob Hardesty, and Jack Otis, Dean of the University of Texas' Graduate School of Social Work. Each proposal carried the saml' rea~ ing: Th, i;ocial programs C'71aL tr•d in the 196()"s slirrE:d hope
- does not ome into play. But the "nd result. Faulkner hopes, will be roughly the same: increa.-ed minority enrollment. Final! , Faulkner vow d that he would not allow any compromise in UT's high academic stan lards. Since most of the undergraduates at T
- L.B.J. I have enclosed a copy of my essay for you to read. I hope you enjoy reading it. They would only let us write about a page. I had many pages of notes about President Johnson and even have a book of some of his White House tapes. I could have
- and books. Ms. Robb high lighted LBJ's passion for helping people, and concluded with the hope that her new program, uture Forum (see article on page 13), would continue to serve LBJ's memory and dedication to public service. She said, When I see a!I of you
- with smiles on our faces. Those of you who did not know him missed the rarest human being of a lifetime. But I hope that you and the legions of others who benefited from his activities will take pleasure that you, too, share his legacy." Larry Temple
- er for his alma mater. where hi~ friends have endowed a $500.000 professorship in his name. He was vice chairman of the Bob Bullock State Museum Foundation, and served on the boards of the Vice Chairman,Passes Away PhOlos hy Yoiclti Okw11010
- , in the Senate part1cula 1 , was heels of the election, the matter which I and have long hoped to be able to assist that they never knew where the votes were. He knew, they didn't. ne of his wish to call to your attention is just a bit him in advancing hi
- in Austin. I'd been around the capitol a lot, edi tor of The Daily Texan. and to hear a man talk this way three days after I left [ there] was kind of boggling. And he said, 'We're in a race with time, and I hope we can succeed be cause if we don't
- in class for a more meaningful visit to the Library. The staff hopes to complete several brochures in the near future. ow in preliminary stages are an "ABC Book" and a coloring book on the library in general. Also planned is a guide to the political
- of their proposed projects are: Emmanuel N. Ama dife, "Official Humanitarianism and the Politics of Conquest: U.S. Policy & the Nigerian Civil War 196770"; Nancy Brendlinger, "Presi dential Influence on the American Space Program"; Bob Buzzanca. "U.S. Military
- voice and sing. .. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on till victory is won. -Jam.es Weldon Johnson, 1900 The LBJ Library and Museum's major exhibit for the year featured
- ~siclentialappointee and secure thei1· alone could not solve social problems. In agreement to two conditions of appoint earl I mnnhood. yndon 8. Johnson had a ment: "One, to retire no later than age sev burden that became a vijon of hope for ev enty, so a. to make
- Johnson's Mailbox: A Young Fan Writes February 2, 1967 Dear President, I and my friends Bob and David would like to go up into a space a week from next Monday. We always wanted to go up into space. Do you have space suits that would fit us? We would fit
- by Antonia Handler Chayes, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, at opening ceremony Hope for a lasting peace did emerge [out of World War I]. Yet here we are, some years rPmoved from our last and painful war, not content with peace, nor with the institutions
- ." And "this 1s where our special e hibits, ever changing, capture for a time some past but significant events in our national story.'' "As I look into the future," she said, "I hope this Library will be always animated by those words-'always trying and always
- ticket in the forlorn hope of attracting "liberal Republicans and Bull Moosers still mourning [Teddy Roosevelt], \ ho lt didn't had died the year before." work. Harding and Coolidge cru ·hed Cox and Roosevelt but the defeat gave FDR national name
- challenged his philo; ophy and opposed his programs and his actions. The result has been a decade of lively, often exciting, sometimes con tentious, and I hope useful conferences, culminating in this one. That is part of his legacy. Academic Conference
- him in stature and in wisdom. ln early man hood, he had a burden that became a bright vision of hope for every man, woman, and child. This dedicated young teacher of the children of migrant farm workers became the champion of the poor, the sick
- the degree to which Pres idents have been "teacher-and-preacher-in chief' for their country ... hoping, in the words of President Wilson, "to get things done." Bailey isn't quite sure whether "great times make great Presidents" or whether great Presidents
- like eternal spring to them in their thirst for knowledge. Except for that one bleak decade from 1966 to 1976, there just seems an awful lot of unity, of national will, pride and cohesion, and a sense that "we are really going to charge ahead." I hope I
- birthday cake, decorated \\ith mldflowers, was cut by Mrs. Johnson with the help of Texas Governor Ann Richards. Later, the cake was served to visitors to the Library. 6 Liz Carpenter remembered that the lady being feted once expr~ed the hope of seeing
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Children in Crisis, 18-19 September 1992," LBJ Library
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- Symposium A CALL TO CONSCIENCE: CHILDREN IN CRISIS By Martha Angle America's chi'ldren are :in crisis, and we can no longer escape the consequences. We have w~iitedtoo long to build the only lasting securi1ty our nation can hope to achieve
- the Dome would become the beacon of hope for all the struggling peoples of the world. And so it did and so it has remained. Elizabeth Crook (above left) and Marshall De Bruhl (above right) together presented a program moder ated by Liz Carpenter, called
- Society of LBJ. but our best hope in these more than slightly retrograde times.'· Even though, he said. his title is "one grade down from the long standing, deathless expression which Lyndon Johnson gave us.'' there should be "no doubt as to where
- and traditions urge upon us a special mission in this world to help and to lead. The new revolution should be our revolution. Our interesl\ demand it. In the course of the 20th Century, America has grown up, or we hope it has. We have turned in some spectacular