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- got here.
C:
Okay, Joe.
The route wasn't very circuitous.
I should say that I am a native of Arizona.
First of all,
I teamed up with
the National Park Service in 1939 at Grand Canyon National Park
and, except for four years I spent flying
- Natural resources and national parks
- Biographical information; National Park Service
- to be
the deputy mayor.
I want a city manager for that job."
Horace Busby then called
Pat Healy of the National League of Cities, John Guenther, U.S. Conference of
Mayors; Mark Keane, the executive director of the International City Managers
Association; and Mr
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had the congressional committees on our side.
Even the city organiza-
tions like the National League of Cities and the Conference of Mayors,
which some HUD people thought would oppose the plan, refused to opposed
the transfer.
I say a few hard
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T:
I knew President Johnson when he was on the staff of Congressman Dick
Kleberg of Corpus Christi.
At the time I represented the national
cotton council and endeavored to activate beneficial legislation for
the cotton interests of Texas
- Natural resources and national parks
- Desk work & phone calls; plaque from National Recreation and Park Association; 220 dogwoods for Columbia Island from 1965 Inaugural Committee; tea for Beautification Committee who donated 2500 dogwoods; 1 million daffodils; hike & bike trails
- in particular .
One other point about this .
Where did the idea of the National
Transportation Safety Board come in?
B :
The NTSB was a development in the course of the legislative process ; I'm
not sure who came up with that particular name, but it became
- of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War
- Natural resources and national parks
- dinner with Harry McPherson and Joe Califano; Indira Gandhi was name India's Prime Minister; Inaugural Committee completed its work LBJ talks about hostility in newspaper stories, including one on Tony Taylor
- Johnson's Diary May 16-June 6, 1965 [Book 21]
Folder Title
Box Number
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Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C
- Presentations in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden to companies who donated landscaping at schools in Washington; Lady Bird fills in for LBJ to greet group from North Carolina; Committee for a More Beautiful Capital meets on the SEQUOIA; tour of Washington
- v e r y m uchr-^ow g r a te fu l I w a s.
■:iA■
O ver the p a st th ree y e a r s , the people in th is room h ave p rod u ced n e a r ly
"
two and a h a lf m illio n d o lla r s to take step s tow ard m aking th is nation*s
ca p ito l m o r e liv e
- of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
- ith A r t h u r Kr i m .
hav e b e e n .
And a d i s t u r b i n g one i t m u st
Krim h ad been a n a l y z i n g t h e s t a t e o f a f f a i r s
a t t h e D e m o c ra tic N a t i o n a l Committee and th e y a r e
bad.
H e a v i ly i n d e b t
- LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady
- Natural resources and national parks
- for Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty where Lady Bird makes statement and helps Alan Boyd present awards; Laurance Rockefeller speaks; LBJ joins reception; LBJ swims; Lady Bird reads Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement"
- LBJ has Congressional Leadership Breakfast; Lady Bird meets Ladies Committee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; planning for the Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; photos with the National Association for Retarded Children and their poster child
- Natural resources and national parks
- Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice; arrival ceremony for President Tombalbaye of Chad; Luci & Lyn Nugent are photographed by the press; LBJ signs bills creating Wild and Scenic Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and two National Parks; LBJ gives
- FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1966 -- 12:15 p. m.
REMARKS BY MRS. LYNIDN B. JOHNSON
LUNCHEON FOR MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL AND
BEAUTIFICATION DONORS
No one more than you gathered here today are truly
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Luncheon for Members of Committee for a More Beautiful Capital and Beautification Donors, 4/13/1966"
- JONES SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH ALAN BOYD ON HIGHWAY SAFETY BILL, DECISION TO SEND BILL TO HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE; JONES SUGGESTS LBJ CALL GEORGE FALLON ABOUT BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING SUCH CALLS, PRESS LEAK FROM FALLON
- FALLON TELLS LBJ THAT HOUSE COMMITTEE CANNOT ACT ON SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL UNTIL SENATE SENDS BILL TO HOUSE TODAY; LBJ EXPRESSES SHOCK OVER THEIR POSITION AND DELAYS, DISCUSSES PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES, BILLBOARD LOBBY'S
- the Great
Swamp in its natural state. Mrs. Fenske was director of the Great Swamp
Committee for eight years and now ia director of the North Jersey Coneer„
vation Foundation. She haa been descrlbed aa a "one woman army" that
saved the ewamp, but 1 believe
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Wednesday, May 17, 1967
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in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for
invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life.
Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
- Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
- Bird taking home movies; back to Schornhorst; Okamoto takes photos for Beautification Committee; boating at the Haywood Ranch; helicopter to West Ranch for dinner
- Lady Bird with Carl Rowan to Smithsonian's USIA exhibit, "Architecture USA;" meeting of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capitol; Lady Bird mentions members of the Committee, agenda and beautification projects ; Lady Bird meets with Horace Busby
- Lady Bird looks at portraits of FDR and a photograph album for the White House; Lady Bird visits with Usher about decorators for White House; subjects for meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Nathanial Owings invited
- Tea for and meeting of the Committee on Beautification; the second Congressional reception; dinner with the George Mahons, Hubert Humphreys, et al; Buford Ellington to head the Office of Emergency Management
- Meeting with Madam Shoumatoff about FDR portrait; Lady Bird, Nash Castro and Mary Lasker visit award-winning beautification sites; Beautification Committee meeting; Lady Bird mentions attendees and agenda; award ceremony in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
- Second Beautification Committee meeting; participants take tour of Washington for possible beautification projects; office work; nap; Selma, Alabama, and Voting Rights; ninth Congressional Reception; Selma incident
- Lady Bird watches Chancellor Adenauer's funeral on television; annual meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Oveta Culp Hobby donates Waterford Crystal chandelier; Lady Bird is in receiving line at Senate Ladies Luncheon
- ; bus tour & dedication of Haines Point fountain; remarks by Lady Bird; LBJ gives remarks to Committee; Beautification booklet; Lady Bird meets with Charles Maguire; LBJ to reception given by African-American appointees; LBJ awakens ill and goes
