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The America John Boehner grew up in? Check out the GOP platforms at the timeWashington Post (blog)The outlines of today's GOP became more visible in the Republican Party platform of 1964, which makes sense, since it came after Lyndon Johnson assumed the ...and more »
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Richard Russell & LBJ November 28, 1963 (WH k6311_06_16) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson pressures Sen. Richard Russell to serve as a member of the Warren Commission to investigate the then-recent assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Russell objects strongly to serving on the Commission, but Johnson has already announced that he would be member of the committee without even telling him beforehand. Note: This is a partial recording. The first approximately ten minutes are included here. The quality of much of the second part of the tape is inferior and hard to understand. It is somewhat hard to hear Sen. Russell throughout the entire conversation. (Photo: Richard Russell and Lyndon Johnson, December 1957.)
Part 1 of 2. Friday, November 29, 1963 -- New President Lyndon B. Johnson talks over the telephone with Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. This interesting phone call puts on full display the type of strong-arming tactics that President Johnson employed quite often as the 36th US President, as LBJ can be heard pretty much forcing the very hesitant and disgruntled Senator Russell to serve as one of the seven members of the "President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy" (aka: The Warren Commission). PART 2: www.youtube.com RUSSELL DISCUSSION: google.com google.com RELATED LINK: www.youtube.com
ARC Identifier 29713 / Local Identifier 111-LC-48433. [Note: DVD from Amazon has no ARC identifier. We are guessing this is the right one. DVD says "128.1"]. Summary: VS, dignitaries filing to their seats on the Capitol portico. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, New York, arriving. LA, American flag flying from staff. Back to dignitaries including Adlai E. Stevenson, Ambassador to the United Nations; Dean Rusk, Secretary of State, Robert S. McNamara and others. Mrs Johnson walks down steps. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. President Johnson followed Senator B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina and House Speaker John W. McCormack, Massachusetts president Johnson walks to the front of stand as crowd applauds. Tilt down from press photographer's stand to crowd. RV, woman singer. RVs, Vice President Humphrey and then President Johnson being sworn in. Crowd applauds. RV, President Johnson speaking. Crowds; spectators applauding. HLSs, crowds at the Inaugural stand. Crowd stands and applauds. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. US Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) Made possible by a donation from John and Paige Curran.
Lyndon B. Johnson Let Us Continue Address taken from Great Speeches Vol. 10
Sen. Clinton Anderson & John Connally & LBJ September 24, 1964 (8:50 PM) (WH 6409_15_5688) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Clint Anderson discuss the Medicare provisions of the Social Security Bill pending in Congress, including Sen. Wilbur Mill's position. After telling Anderson a dirty joke to illustrate a point, the two men also talk about health policy, a pending Foreign Aid Bill, Johnson's upcoming trip to El Paso, TX, and general campaign strategy for the upcoming 1964 election against Barry Goldwater. Texas Governor John Connally, who was then meeting with Johnson, also talked to Senator Anderson. (Photo: Lyndon Johnson and Clinton Anderson at the 1960 Democratic Convention.)
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The infamous "Daisy" TV ad that Johnson ran against Goldwater in the 1964 US presidential campaign. It was shown only once, but that was enough to inflict significant damage on Goldwater. I'd say this was an enormous piece of irony, because it's intent was to portray Goldwater as this unbalanced lunatic intent on dragging the US into war. In reality, LBJ was one of the most unbalanced and mentality skewed presidents we've ever had, and his lying about the Gulf of Tonkin DID drag us into the war. Along with McNamara, he continued to lie about the war, including fighting in Cambodia, US war causalties and our general progress. History has shown that the man with true principles and ethics was Goldwater, not LBJ.
President Lyndon B. Johnson Address before the General Assembly of the United Nations December 17, 1963 ''The greatest of human problems, and the greatest of our common tasks, is to keep the peace and to save the future. All that we have built in the wealth of nations, and all that we plan to do toward a better life for all, will be in vain if our feet should slip, or our vision falter, and our hopes ended in another worldwide war. If there is one commitment more than any other that I would like to leave with you today, it is my unswerving commitment to the keeping and to the strengthening of the peace. Peace is a journey of a thousand miles, and it must be taken one step at a time. We know what we want: The United States wants to prevent the dissemination of nuclear weapons to nations not now possessing them; The United States wants to press on with arms control and reduction; The United States wants to cooperate with all the members of this Organization to conquer everywhere the ancient enemies of mankind--hunger, and disease and ignorance; The United States wants sanity, and security, and peace for all, and above all. President Kennedy, I am sure, would regard as his best memorial the fact that in his 3 years as President the world became a little safer and the way ahead became a little brighter.'' On August 2, 1964 North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the destroyer USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. August 4, a second North Vietnamese PT boat attack was reported on ...
Lyndon B Johnson sworn in in 1965.
Bobby Kennedy & LBJ April 1964 (WH 6404_12_3126) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson and Attorney General Bobby Kennedy discuss upcoming congressional legislation, including the Jury Trial Amendment and Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Kennedy also compliments LBJ on his recent appearance on TV. (Photo: President Lyndon Johnson and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.)
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Lady Bird Johnson& LBJ March 25, 1964 (WH 6403_15_12_03) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson calls to ask his wife Lady Bird Johnson if she had eaten dinner yet. He is disappointed to learn that she had. (Photo: Lady Bird Johnson and Lyndon Johnson at their ranch in Texas.)
Gerald Ford & LBJ December 20, 1963 (WH k6312_11_12) White House Telephone Democratic President Lyndon Johnson calls future president Gerald R. Ford to ask him to support a larger monetary amount for a Foreign Aid Appropriations Bill that the Congress was then considering. Ford, a Republican congressman at the time, hedges on giving Johnson his assurances on the bill and in return brings up how important the Republicans consider a Wheat Amendment (to discriminate against the USSR in wheat sales) to the appropriations bill. Johnson feels that such an amendment would only antagonize the Soviet Union, and he refuses to consider it. This conversation illustrates LBJs involved style in dealing with the Congress. (Photo: Gerald R. Ford.)
Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States 99 minutes after the death of President John F. Kennedy. The video includes the audio of the swearing in and photographs taken inside air force one.
You can view the full speech here: millercenter.org President Johnson speaks about significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. April 11th, 1968
You can view the full speech here: millercenter.org Johnson restates his offer to the North Vietnamese to begin talks for making peace, and he discusses the economic problems and solutions in the United States. After urging both Congress and Americans to end their divisions, the President announces his decision not to seek reelection so that he may focus on executing his presidential duties instead of partisan politics.
You can view the full speech here: millercenter.org President Johnson details the US' policy in Asia, particularly in Vietnam. July 12th, 1966
You can view the full speech here: millercenter.org In his inaugural address to the American people, Lyndon Johnson outlines his plan for the coming years, and announces that he will work to transform America into a "Great Society."
You can view the full speech here: millercenter.org The President notes the discrepancies between the freedoms outlined in the Constitution and the reality of life in America before praising the Civil Rights Bill for outlawing such differences. Johnson also sets out his plan for enforcing the law and asks citizens to remove injustices in all communities. July 2nd, 1964
Harry S Truman & LBJ April 1964 (WH 6404_12 3128) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson invites President Harry S. Truman over for lunch and a couple of drinks. The conversation begins with Truman talking to the White House operator. After a pause, the two presidents speak. Truman had called to let Johnson know that he had arrived back in Washington after representing Johnson and the United States at the funeral of the King of Greece. (Photo: Presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and Harry Truman (Vice President Hubert Humphrey is to the right).)
-Part 2- Katharine Graham & LBJ December 1963 (WH k6312_01_19) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson talks with Washington Post editor Katharine Graham. After he initially flirts with her, she asks if he would be willing to speak at a gathering of newspaper editors. Johnson then goes on to talk about a speech he had recently given before Congress, and the falling out he had had with John Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorenson over it. Johnson in particular did not want only to eulogize the recently assassinated Kennedy, but also to use the speech to lay out his own agenda, including the promotion of the Civil Rights Act. Johnson gets worked up at the thought of the Congress not working on this bill, and instead taking long vacations and doing nothing. President Nixon and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had a much different opinion of Mrs. Graham, as can be heard at: www.youtube.com (NIXON TAPES: "Old Bag" Editor & Pentagon Papers (Hoover)) (Photo: President Lyndon Baines Johnson on the telephone.)
-Part 1- Katharine Graham & LBJ December 1963 (WH k6312_01_19) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson talks with Washington Post editor Katharine Graham. After he initially flirts with her, she asks if he would be willing to speak at a gathering of newspaper editors. Johnson then goes on to talk about a speech he had recently given before Congress, and the falling out he had had with John Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorenson over it. Johnson in particular did not want only to eulogize the recently assassinated Kennedy, but also to use the speech to lay out his own agenda, including the promotion of the Civil Rights Act. Johnson gets worked up at the thought of the Congress not working on this bill, and instead taking long vacations and doing nothing. President Nixon and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had a much different opinion of Mrs. Graham, as can be heard at: www.youtube.com (NIXON TAPES: "Old Bag" Editor & Pentagon Papers (Hoover)) (Photo: President Lyndon Baines Johnson on the telephone.)
Gerald Ford & LBJ November 1963 (WH k6311_06_01) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson calls future president Gerald R. Ford to ask him to be on the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination earlier that month of President John F. Kennedy. (Photo: Chief Justice Earl Warren (in center) presents President Lyndon Baines Johnson with the findings of the Warren Commission, 1964. Ford is to Warren's left in the back.)
Recording of an actual White House phone call from August 9, 1964; LBJ orders some pants, with humorous results.
Dwight Eisenhower & LBJ October 3, 1966 (WH6610-02 10916) White House Telephone President Lyndon Johnson talks with his predecessor Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. After talking about Ike's health, Eisenhower explains to Johnson his public opinions about the Vietnam War. Johnson mentions future President Richard Nixon's criticism of the course of the war. Ike also compares his positions on the Vietnam War and the Korean War, including his position on nuclear weapons. (Photo: President Lyndon Baines Johnson.)
Joe Haggar (Tailor) & LBJ (WH6408-16 4851) August 9, 1964 White House Telephone In an entertaining conversation, President Lyndon Johnson calls his tailor in Dallas to describe somewhat graphically exactly how he wants his pants made. (Photo: President Lyndon Baines Johnson howling with his pet dog.)
At the White House, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Bill in July 1964 after a short speech to the nation.
Lyndon Johnson taped almost all his phoneconversations in the White House. Right after the assassination of President Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson several times phoned Jacqueline Kennedy. (Mordet på John F. Kennedy)
For you JFK conspiracy theorists, it doesn't look like LBJ had much to say that was incriminating...
View the full speech here: millercenter.org Johnson states that every man should have the right to vote and that the civil rights problems challenge the entire country, not one region or group. The President asks Congress to help him pass legislation that dictates clear, uniform guidelines for voting regardless of race or ethnicity and that allows all citizens to register to vote free from harassment. March 15th, 1965
View the full speech here: millercenter.org President Johnson gives his second State of the Union, which was also his first as the elected president. January 4th, 1965
View the full speech here: millercenter.org President Johnson reports to Congress and the American people on the now infamous Gulf of Tonkin incident, which had occurred off the coast of Vietnam. August 4th, 1964
Controversial ad showcasing the endorsement of Barry Goldwater by the Ku Klux Klan
US President Lyndon B. Johnson , 1908 - 1973 Speech to Congress March 15th 1965
Taken from a documentary called The "N" Word
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Sen. Hillary Clinton, in this interview with Major Garrett, seems to imply that President Lyndon Johnson was more of a "doer" for the civil rights movement than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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