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- on Georgia for bats made of Georg ia hardwood. Savannah itself is typical of the American melting pot. It grew from the English under Ogl ethorpe, Salzbugers under Baron von Reck, a colony of wealthy and cultivated Jews, a body of New England Puritans, French
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 10/8/1964"
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- and women home to the towns and cities of this state with a new thrust of ideas. We hope that you will put into the business and political community of Florida and your zest and intelligence. Surely a nation and a state which masters all the intricacies
- New Jersey
- described the new process and how i t had become the very popular thing today. He spoke casually, authoritatively, of other Administrations, whole decades of them. strong Republican. Obviously he was a very I think we had between the three of us a sense
- Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
- as long as there are communities like Allentown and public servants l ike your late b e l ove d , Mayor John T. Gross. The lampost ga rdens, the hand some town bourses and t he new Civic Center eloquently testify to the £.act t hat h e was not only
- that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K ck arn in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r . She i s v
- ay 9» 1964 P a ge 3 Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r . The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity. fie ld , w ith
- New York
- New York
- im p r e s s e d a s I to g e t i t ! A nd My sp eech w as j u s t to c o n g r a tu la te New Y o rk o n s e ttin g a n e x a m p le and le a d in g -i 1965 F r id a y , M ay 7th (c o n tin u e d ) th e w a y , bu t s a y in g , "D on't r e s t
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York to shop for clothes at the Carlyle; Lady Bird chooses clothes by Mollie Parnis who loans her own shoes; "Salute to Spring" in the rain; ceremony in front of New York Public Library with entertainment--all cancelled and moved
- New York
- en t. And a s the New Y ork T im e s sa id , . "The golden w h ite sp len d or of C arn egie H all sounded m o re lik e a Union h a ll. ''^,^ . / "^ u n io n s. \ the au d ien ce of th e 50 yea r or so stru g g le of the la b o r ; ^ - ; L
- New York
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- New York City
- of ourselves as a very young, very new nation. It is sometimes difficult for us to realize that among the nations of the world we ha-Ye the oldest democ ratic constitution in existence. Surely the exper iences of your years here at school have brought you very
- of this remarkable ins titution, a n d here you are today -- ready to turn y our knowledg e and skills to new fi elds o But with a ll you&.· per c ~pt:ion, with all your brainpower, I w m1der if you know h ow gr eat i s the pride in you of those who are i n th i s
- , and M r s . H a rris o n , on th e ir way to New Y o rk , m et us the re , and we had a ceremony dedicating th is v e ry complete fa c ility fo r the to u ris t -- picnic tables under an a ttra c tive lit t le ro o f, a barbecue p it, w ater fountain
- k e lin g . F ir s t I tr ie d the a llo v e r m a sk and the f in s . ^ b e s t e x p e r ie n c e s - - a new w o rld . It w as one of l i f e ’s S ea fa n s, fr a g ile a s la c e , g r e y ■ and p u rp le and g r ee n , w avin g g en tly
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of champaign; ever done. o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- with water. Every drpp is precious. Yeste1·day, I dedicated a new, man-made lake in Hartland which embodies tllo concept of Water Harvestin[, Local, state, and national agencies have cxciting plans for the development of that lake. As 1 drove into Woodstock
- , thr ough Head Start, many t housands of children are receiving the help and the challenge they need to enable them to enter school with hope. From the resaarch laboratories, new vaccines bave been created to p revent measles and German measles. - 1
- an America~ you have to know them, as well a s the cities like :New York, Francisco, and ';/auhing ton. It i s ver:1 appropriate the. t we end our trip in just the kind of set ting whe:!:' L our democracy b cgins. Over the past five da ys . I have had
- in the van of the progressive spirit of the New South, historically it has unfailingly been in that vanguard. North Carolina has not only seemed to take the lead in pro viding to its boys and girls, young men and women that indispensable way to a better
- . U11ore jobs than there otherwise could have been. Wirtz 1s In Oklahoma alone, when the tax reduction is totally effective, it will generate an increase in total income of $315, 000, 000 and create 21, 000 new jobs. The poverty bill is helping us
- t o its nati ve Indians has come late but it haa come. And new we all face the hop eful but challenging fut ure togethe r. Not long ago , t he President t old a delegation of visitors: "Every night when I go t o bed I ask myself wh at did we do t
- a y b u r n s ta tu e in th e new R a y b u r n H o u s e O ffic e B u ild in g . de W e ld o n and i s a g if t o f th e T e x a s S ta te S o c ie ty . I t was by F e lix T h e o utc o m e o f th e lo n g , lo n g c o n v e rs a tio n s and in v e
- Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue at new Rayburn House Office Building; Lady Bird gives short dedication speech; Lady Bird stops at Inaugural Committee office to thank staff ; Lady Bird works on Inauguration planning; Lady Bird starts new diet
- MEMORANDUM THE W H I TE HOUSE WASHINOTON M onday, M a rch 30, 1964 An e a r ly c a ll fro m B e s s ^ had the am azing news that there was a six inch snow in Washington and it was s till snowing. - T h e r e fo r e the egg r o ll was out
- ashington C hannel, the new a q u a r iu m fo r H ain es P o in t, the in d u str ie s on th e G eorgetow n W aterfron t, th e h op es fo r an even tu al p ark th e r e , and the p ro p o se d 1965 W ed n esday, M ay 19th (continued) d ev elo p m e n t o f
- in d e d m e o f the H ans C h r is tia n A n d e r se n s to r y a b ou t the e m p e r o r 's new c lo th e s . If you can g e t enough p e o p le - - en ou gh r e v ie w s - - to s in g , "Th is i s g r e a t, th is i s w o n d erfu l, th is is n e
- New York
- Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- thinking that s omehow she has r i s e n l e s s to the tide of o p p o r t u n ity ,th a n Diana, and MEMORANDUM THE WHI TE HOUSE W A S H I N G T ON T hu rsd ay, A p r il 16, 19 6 4 Page 3 me Dr. Blake Smith brought m ethe unw elcom e news which I
- a lm o st a ll day with L iz , wo rkin g on the m ain sp e e c h of the evening b e fo re the K entucky F e d e r a tio n of W om en's C lu b s , and the s m a l l e r on es a t the Wood U tiliza tio n C e n te r, and the d e d icatio n of the new high
- heard a woman tell me that she was saved from financial bondage because a new government program -- Medicare -- covered the staggering expenses of her mother's l t!.St long illness. That program bas touched the lives of 20 million otber Older Americans
- , 000, 000 and create 13, 000 new jobs. I am a Democrat and proud of it. I have - - for 29 years - had a front row seat on what the government and the m en and women who play the hard, daily role in it, do about the problems that come before them. And I
- e r the d e s e r t. As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it, looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how I v e r y we s t e r n this i s . so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h . So new, pro b ab
- aging n ew s w as that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci, c w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
- Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
- n o t to u ch i t f o r two d a y s . T h e n on m y w a y to New Y o rk , I sto p p e d in the R o s e G a r d e n f o r p i c tu r e s w ith N an cy G a te s H a y e s a n d h e r h u s b a n d B ill a n d J e ff a n d C h ip a n d C indy a n d C
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird visit; LBJ has been swimming every day for two weeks; office work; photos in Rose Garden with houseguests; Lady Bird leaves for New York City; outfit for 1969 Inaugural; Lady Bird is fitted for new clothing
- when this tree gr ew to c aturi ty it wo uld s hade gener ations ye t m born and that a President rs daily wo rk, like this tree , e;hould be f o.r cor e than his own tiae. This was no t t he e xpression o f a philos o phy new t o c y husband . It has
- Page 2 M o th e r's Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964 out b ird s n ests, that the m other b ir d had flow n away w heneve r he c ame around to put out new plants o r put in fe r t iliz e r ,- o r cu ltiva te. But it alw ays/ ^ a ith fu U y/ ^ ^ tu rn ed
- speeches; office work and walk around White House grounds; the Valentis to dinner; LBJ's diet; news stories about Luci Johnson in New Orleans and Lynda Johnson at royal wedding in Athens
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York City; signs photos for Christmas; meeting at Mary Lasker's home on beautification; Lady Bird mentions Mary's art collection; possible television program about beautification in cities; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Carlyle Hotel
- New York City
- ^ .^Somehow f o r m e h e j u s t f its th e d e lig h tfu l S ta te of V e rm o n t th a t he r e p r e s e n t s ! b r a n d new G o v e rn o r of M a ry la n d an d M r s , A gnew , I b e lie v e t h e i r I n a u g u ra l i s th is w e e k en d , Sol L
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- d th e F D R c r y s t a l - - v e r y e le g a n t a n d seldo m u s e d now. A n d th en u p s t a i r s in to m y new p in k w ool a n d one l a s t b o n in g -u p on the g u e s t l i s t , an d th en b a c k d o w n s ta ir s to the G r e e n
- a b l e to look a r o u n d a n d s e e W a r r e n W oodw ard now in his new r o l e w ith A m e r i c a n A i r l i n e s , b u t s t i l l s o m e b o d y t h a t I can s o r t of go up a n d le a n m y head on his s h o u ld e r . W e w e r e going
- then, the only p o s s ib le new a s p e c t o f the speech w a s som e s ta tis tic s on how our cou n try is turning into an urban s o c ie ty ; that the annual g ro w th o f the m a j o r c it ie s in this co u n try is 8% g r e a t e r than the gro w th
- -Cleveland Hotel for speech at YWCA convention; Lady Bird refers to "War on Poverty"; reception for Cleveland women-doers; back to D.C. via car; dinner at a Howard Johnson's; LBJ to New York
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s . And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o