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- 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
- (continued) But the m o st im p ortan t thing in m y day w as the b egin n in g of the ABC p r o je c t, w h ich I hope w ill sp ea k to the w h ole cou n try and sow so m e s e e d s o f in te r e s t in nationw ide b e a u tific a tio n . I have n e v e r
- 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
- , or th eir own h a p p in e ss. To try j it fo r at le a s t one y e a r , lea rn in g about life togeth er and r e s p o n s ib ility and ’ in d ep en d en ce, then a lw a y s, alw a y s hope they w ill com e b ack to A u stin by c h o ic e . I i
- 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
- the overriding question for any of us, Texans or Polynesians, is whether there will be anything to transition to." He xpressed the hope that "while preserving and celebrat ing our uniqueness as a state and working together on our present chances and problems, we
- . a completely opposite reaction. She looked. at it as ~uch a painful incident that \\ hen I interviewed her for the txiok she couldn t even bear to bring herselt to lalk about it. I should hope that the letters that my parents v. role to each other during
- an som and the R eg e n ts, and th en in ca m e Lyndon. so m ew h a t d iv id ed . F r o m then on the p r e s s co n feren ce w as Lyndon ta lk ed . Y e s , he hoped the b uilding w ould be fin ish e d w ith in two y e a r s a fter th e plan s w e r
- in the Johnson Library. He was hopeful that there could be a spee y declassification of this material But whereas ¼bite House papers on domestic matters are opened for research in accordance with the wishes LBJ set forth in his deed of gift, the open ing
- A. Califano, Jr. 10:30a.m. ':4.ssessment.What Hvrked? What Failed? Why?" Moderator: Elspeth D. Rostow Panelists: James MacGregor Bums Stuart M. Butler John Hope Franklin Allen J Matusow Charle· A. Murray John E. Schwarz Ben J. Wattenberg Final Word: Bill D
- outlined his own mix of hopes and predictions for the national political process: • Perhaps a hybrid system for n01ni nating presidential candidates, including state caucuses as well as conventions, would be an improve ment. (We are not likely to get
- libraries as educational sites. "If you walk into the Lyndon Johnson Library, you learn not only about Lyndon Johnson and his tim s, but a lot atiout Texas, and Mexican Americans, and these won derful temporary exhibitions that tell you a lot. ... I hope we
- " Henry Ford II, Preston Jone!!, Ed Clark, Linda Tobias, Helen Hayes, Jake Pickle, Mrs. Johnson, Kirk Douglas and emcee Cactus Pryor, after the program. This hope has he n made a reality through the activities of the Friends of the LBJ Library, and now
- :30. I r e a d the p a p e r hoping to g e t i n a w o r d w ith L y ndon, b u t h e w a s too b u s y on the phone. r So a f t e r e n u m e r a b l e c u p s of co ffe e I w e n t to m y r o o m a n d c a l l e d G e o rg e H a r tz o g a n d l
- and helped, both emotionally and in sub stance, to make them the memorable events they were. But perhaps this one, which we inaugurate today, pro vides a better test than any of the strength of President Johnson's hope for this institution. He perceived
- black district in the state of Texas, and the poorest" - voiced his own hope that public opinion would express itseir firmly: "I wish to heck that the people of Texas . . . would rise up and tell their legislators and their executors that it's high time
- of Chicago Law School because of the environment he created. Whenever the history of the Johnson presldency is written, I sincerely hope that this part of that legacy is not dismissed nor forgotten. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER This letter from Senator Carol
- said later. "you never forget what poverty and hatred can do when you see its scar~ on the hopeful face of a young child .... " "lt was extraordi nary skill, combined with extraordi nary moral courage, that made Lyndon Johnson the most effective
- than ordinary people. But it also made him more gener ous, more intelligent, more progressive, and more hopeful for the country. He was. inside, a soft man. 1 saw him weep as he watched television reports from Selma. "My God!" he said. ·Those
- u c e d th e m to th e F o r e m a n , I d e s c r ib e d e v e ry th in g I hoped th e y w ould ta k e p ic tu r e s o f, I hope to do th is tw o o r t h r e e t im e s in th e c o u r s e of th e b u ild in g an d i t w ill n e v e r lo o k w o
- t us c o ffe e an d S c o tc h , th e l a t t e r m o r e p o p u la r , a n d we s p e n t a je w e l of an h o u r w ith L y n d o n r e m in is c in g a b o u t h is life t h e r e , a b o u t w h at h e hoped for th e l i b r a r y a n d th e s c
- the m o st of it ! I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an had d l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill
- a reality." On the Environment: "All my life I have drawn suste nance from the rivers and from the hills of my native state ... I want no less for all the children of America than what I was privileged to have as a boy." On his Presidency: "I hope it may
- an endowment to the LBJ Foundation and a nine thousand lume book collection to the Library m the hope that thes gifts could be used t pr mote a definitive history of Congr ss. The Washington meeting, which was he d in the new Jame·· Madison Building. attracted
- : The Constitution, once adopted, succeeded beyond the hopes of its most ardent advocates; and I hope I'm not overdoing it when I say I think in a broad spectrum we are still part of the Constitutional (onvention, and I think it sort of keeps us in that sort
- and women without resource and without hope. We have come to tolerate the intolerable. --we need you to help us through these difficult times:· the Governor told the graduates. "We need your energy. your ideas and your optimism as we seek to revitalize
- a small swing be nice there! I hope there will be some crocus among the flagstone for early Spring blooming. l think of the spot as the sort of place a First Lady who is a grandmother might wheel a baby carriage and sit in the shade and enjoy her own
- and promise that "We Shall Overcome" -all of that rich memory can still be sum moned to fuel our sat·isfaction ,in what has been achieved, and stir our hope that ,the future will work as well. But if we are realistic, we have to acknowledge a sense
- the president and the CongTess, launching a Great Society whose hopeful purpose was to improve the quality and condition of Am rican life, saw art and literature and history and music as necessary parts of a nation's sustenance." Other landmark legislation
- h a t none o f us gave an y r e a l th o u g h t t o -- t h e m i r a c l e of T e l - S t a r i t s e l f and y e t what hope t h a t m u s t h o l d . I f man c a n d o t h i s ca n h e - 5 - p o s s i b l y t u r n h i s t a l e n t s tos o l
- the "Presiden1·y and Lht>Press m a sym posium co-sponsor d b the Library and the LBJ ~•chool of Puhlic ffa1rs. William S. White DeliversKeynoteAddress ' ' Expressing t e hope that the symposium would re. ult in "improved understanding and a hcii:rhtt>ne
- advocacy, he hoped, would not be obscured by bomb blasts and body counts. Lyndon Johnson never had enough time. It was precisely this realization - that time for him was limited - which caused him to speak to his fellow countrymen so urgently in his last
- opportunity for the distressed, the beauty of our land, the hope of our poor? ...! believe that we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam. But if there are some who do not believe this, then, in the name of justice, let them call