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- Democrats
would v te for it, too. That would ut it back to 35,000, and he
said, "Lyndon, I'm going to rub your nose in it this time." Poor
Hom r. I'll never forget when they started lo call the roll and
[Virginia Democrat] Harry Byrd voted against Homer
- to Santa Claus, who gave
each child a toy, students of the
Slavin-Nadel School of ballet pre
sented an excerpt from "The Nut
cracker Suite'' (right) and juggler
Jack Byrd amused the children with
his skill (below). Another entertainer
was piano player
- ... and is grateful.
Happy Birthday, President Johnson.
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The 2007 Harry Middleton Lecture: The Origins of the Universe, by
Steven Weinberg
Th Harry Middleton Lectureship
is endowed by Lady Bird Johnson
in honor of the long-time LBJ
Library Director. On March 27
- , Richard Baker, Historian of the U. S. Senate; Don
Bacon, former correspondent, U S. News and World Report; Raymond Smock, former Historian of the U. S.
House of Repres__,ntatives and Director of the Robert C. Byrd Center for L gislative Studies at Shepherd
- said, Tve got it down to
!01 ½. That's got to satisfy y u.'
l said, 'No, Mr. President. That
won't satisfy us, either. The Senate
won't pass your bill. You know Harry
Byrd's not going to cut.' He called
me then just before he submitted it;
he said
- ancient dictabelts.
With some effort. a Dictaphone was
found, transcripts were made, and Harry
then suggested to Mrs. Johnson that the
time had come to release all the tapes,
not just those that involved Westmore
land, even though the requisite 50 years
- remarks at that
time.
Noted Playwright David Mamet Gives Middleton Lecture
Lady Birdfohnsonestablished the
annual Harry Middleton Lectures
in honor of long-time LBJ
Library and Museum Director
Harry Middleton. Among the
distinguished speakers who have