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EVENING. I'M DAVID FERRIERO, THE AR KI VIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE THEATER THIS EVENING. TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE...
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HISTORY." MIKE WILL SIGN COPIES OF THE BOOK FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TURN THIS OVER TO -- THE PROGRAM OVER TO AN LBJ HISTORIAN HIMSELF,...
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MUCH. I'M SORRY IF IT WAS A LITTLE ANTI-CLIMATIC, WE JUMPED THE GUN ON THE ENTRANCE. WELL, WE TONIGHT CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ONE OF OUR GREAT...
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HER VERY INDEPENDENT. I THINK THERE WAS NOBODY TO BOSS HER AROUND. FROM WHAT SHE TOLD ME, HER AUNT EFFIE REALLY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO RAISE A CHILD SO...
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ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW BOOK "LADY BIRD JOHNSON, AN ORAL HISTORY." A PHENOMENAL READ AND GIVES YOU A TERRIFIC GLIMPSE INTO WHO LADY BIRD...
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THE NAME ACTUALLY GAMECAME FROM HER TWO YOUNG OONCH PLAYMATES DOODLE BUG AND STUFF. OF COURSE LADY BIRD IS ANOTHER NAME FOR LADY BUG. AND THEY GAVE...
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LADY BIRD IS THE ONE THAT STUCK. THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME. BUT SHE ALSO INDICATED THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IT WAS DEEMED MORE ACCEPTABLE TO ATTRIBUTE...
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BACK TO EAST TEXAS WITH MRS. JOHNSON ON THE OCCASION OF HER 50th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. WHAT DO YOU RECALL ABOUT THAT? >> OH, I
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DID. IT WAS REALLY AN EXPERIENCE IN TIME TRAVEL FOR ME. SHE CALLED ME UP ONE MORNING WHEN I WAS IN MY OFFICE AND ASKED ME, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO ...
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MEMORABLE TRIP. ONE I'LL NEVER FORGET. >> COKIE, YOU GOT TO
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KNOW LYNDON AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THROUGH YOUR PARENTS. YOUR MOTHER IS HERE TONIGHT AND YOUR FATHER, OF COURSE, THE CONGRESSMAN AND EVENTUALLY THE...
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MANY OF MRS. JOHNSON'S FRIENDS ARE HERE TONIGHT AND THAT'S SO NICE FOR LYNDA AND BESS AND ME WHO SPENT SO MANY OF OUR YEARS AND MAMA IS HERE, AND SHES'S...
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WITH LYNDA'S WONDERFUL DAUGHTERS LUCINDA AND JENNIFER AND LUCINDA ROB IS THE MOST RECENT ADDITION TO THE ARCHIVES BOARD. SO THIS IS A FAMILY TRADITION...
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MRS. JOHNSON'S SOCIAL SECRETARY. HOW DID YOU COME TO GET THAT JOB? >> WELL,
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LUCK. ABSOLUTELY. MY PARENTS WERE FRIENDS OF THE JOHNSONS, ALTHOUGH I WAS CONSIDERABLY OLDER THAN LYNDA, -- I'M SORRY. I HAVE A BAD VOICE AND I'M VERY...
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RECIPES, THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW SHE FELT ABOUT HER HUSBAND RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT. WELL, I READ ALL THOSE ANSWERS IN THE NEWSPAPER SO I -- SO I...
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| 00:17:19 |
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LIKE WORKING FOR LADY BIRD? >> IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS
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| 00:17:23 |
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VERY BUSY BECAUSE MY OFFICE WAS A PORTABLE TYPEWRITER ON TOP OF HER DESK AND IN HER DRESSING ROOM AND NEXT TO THE DRESSING WAS THEIR BATHROOM AND...
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WAS WHILE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTLING ON THE HOUSE THAT BECAME THE ELMS AND ANYWAY. >> WELL, WE'RE SEEING BEHIND
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US THERE'S REALLY THE SLIDES THAT SHOW THE LIFE OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON. ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU SAW WAS LYNDON AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON THEIR HONEYMOON...
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HOW WAS HE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER YOUNG MEN YOU KNEW AT THIS POINT? WAS THERE ANYTHING DISTINCTIVE ABOUT HIM THAT STRUCK YOU RIGHT OFF? >> WELL,...
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STRONG AND HE WAS VERY DIRECT AND DYNAMIC AND YOU JUST HAD A SENSE OF THIS IS -- I DIDN'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO MAKE OF HIM. >> DID YOU SENSE THAT? >> I
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| 00:21:02 |
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DID. QUITE CLEARLY. AND I DO BELIEVE BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER HE DID ASK ME TO MARRY HIM AND I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST OUT OF HIS MIND. I MEAN I JUST...
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YOU WERE WHEN HE PROPOSED? WERE YOU STILL RIDING AROUND IN THE CAR? >> WE
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WERE. WE RODE AROUND ALL DAY LONG AND DURING PART OF IT WE DID DRIVE AROUND TO SOME OF MY FAVORITE HOMES WHICH WERE THE LOVELY LITTLE COUNTRY ROADS...
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REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE WHEN HE PROPOSED? >> NO, I DON'T. >> IT WAS ON THE FIRST DAY? >> I DO
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BELIEVE IT WAS. IT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY TOO OUTRAGEOUS BUT HE HAS SAID SO MANY TIMES HIMSELF AND I THINK HE IS CORRECT. >> I READ THAT WHEN HE
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PROPOSED, YOU DIDN'T SAY YES, AND YOU DIDN'T SAY NO. >> NO, I
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DIDN'T. I SAT THERE WITH MY MOUTH OPEN KIND OF. # . >>
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VENTURE TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND I HOPE MANY OF YOU DO, WE ARE JUST IN THE MIDST OF FINISHING AN $11 MILLION PROJECT TO RENOVATE OUR...
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REALLY DID. WHAT I COULDN'T GET OVER IN READING MIKE'S BOOK, WAS THE RADIO STATION. I MEAN, HE SENT HER DOWN TO RUN A RADIO STATION. WHAT DID SHE KNOW...
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SAID, ANYBODY WHO GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WITH TWO DEGREES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. AND -- BUT, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS...
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BEATTIC PARTNERSHIP. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> JUST AS YOUR FATHER MADE
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YOUR MOTHER MORE THAN SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN, HOW DID YOUR MOTHER MAKE YOUR FATHER MORE THAN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN? >> WELL, SHE WAS A GREAT
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SUPPORT FOR HIM. HE THOUGHT SHE WAS THE SMARTEST PERSON HE EVER KNEW. AND HE KNEW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED HIM. AND HE KNEW THAT SHE WOULD TELL HIM THE TRUTH....
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NICE. MOTHER ALWAYS WOULD START OFF NICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST -- NO, I THINK YOU SHOULD DO -- YOU KNOW. AND HE WOULD TELL ME ALL THE TIME, HE SAID,...
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| 00:29:05 |
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THREE AUDIO CLIPS. THIS IS ABOUT HER PASSION OF ADJUDICATION. THESE STAND AT THE CENTER OF THE ORAL HISTORY BOOK. THIS RUNS ABOUT A MINUTE. >> OF COURSE...
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| 00:29:22 |
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WAS ONLY ONE LITTLE PEACE IN THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE. WE JUST COULDN'T FIND A SUBSTITUTE. CLEAN RIVERS. CLEAN AIR. THE NATIONAL PARKS, EXPANSION...
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| 00:30:41 |
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INTO BEAUTIFICATION, BUT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT GREAT WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. YOU HAD GREAT-SELLING BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT. WHAT MAKES LADY BIRD JOHNSON...
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| 00:30:52 |
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ABOUT THE GREAT SUPPORT SHE GAVE HER FATHER. SHE ALSO WAS A BRILLIANT POLITICIAN. SHE HAD GREAT POLITICAL JUDGMENT AND POLITICAL ABILITIES. SO AFTER...
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DONE OPERATION. THERE WERE SOME NOTES THAT SAID I CAN'T FIND A LOWLE CALL POLITICIAN WHO WILL COME. BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MRS. JOHNSON -- THAT...
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ON THE BACK! THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE LAND. FOR HER TO TAKE THAT POWER AND USE IT AND UNDERSTAND THAT SHE HAS THAT POWER AND USE IT...
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| 00:33:51 |
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HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO MAKE THOSE CALLS TO ALL THOSE MEN AND THEIR WIVES AND ALL THE SENATORS AND GOVERNORS IN ALL THOSE STATES. A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T...
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| 00:34:10 |
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THE TAPES CONSTANTLY PUTTING HER ON THE PHONE, TOO. "TALK TO BIRD." >> HE'D SAY,
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NO, "BIRD WANTED TO TALK TO YOU." MOTHER WOULD JUST RISE TO THE OCCASION AND DO IT. SHE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF ENTERTAINING. OF GIVING A...
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| 00:35:55 |
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CONFERENCE ON FIRST LADIES AT THE LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY LAST MONTH ATTENDED BY LAURA BUSH AND BARBARA BUSH. TO YOUR POINT, COKIE, THEY BOTH...
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SHE DID IT, OF COURSE, HERE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THIS CITY. BOTH THE MONUMENTAL WASHINGTON AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS. HER IDEA THERE...
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| 00:37:28 |
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FIRST LADY SPECIAL. TALK ABOUT WHY IT WAS SIGNIFICANT AT THE TIME. >> THE LADY BIRD SPECIAL? >> YES. >> YOU WERE ON THE TRAIN? >> I WAS. >> WE'LL TALK...
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WHO WERE ON THE TRAIN TALK ABOUT IT. BUT DADDY WOULD COME OUT. HE WAS THE EMCEE. HE WOULD COME OUT AND SAY, WELL, WE HAD GRITS AND RED-EYED GRAVY...
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| 00:39:31 |
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LYNDON JOHNSON SAID THAT WAS PRESCIENT AFTER SIGNING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BILL IS HE TOLD BILL MOYERS FAMOUSLY, I'M AFRAID I HAVE LOST THE SOUTH TO THE...
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DIDN'T HAVE -- IT WAS VERY INVIGORATING. YOU WOULD STOP AT A TRAIN -- SOMETIMES JUST LITTLE TINY DEPOTS. THOSE WERE WITH STILL THE DAYS WHERE PEOPLE...
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| 00:41:43 |
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OF THEIR SCHOOLTEACHERS. >>
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| 00:41:45 |
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THAT'S RIGHT. SHE WOULD SPEAK. IT WAS FASCINATING. WE KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS. AND WE ALL HAD HEARD THE STORIES THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO BLOW UP THE...
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| 00:42:13 |
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RIGHT. BETTER THE CAR THAN US! BUT IT WAS -- IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO BE A PART OF THAT. WE WOULD GET THERE AND MOTHER WOULD SPEAK. SOMETIMES SHE...
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| 00:44:29 |
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THE BACK OF THE TRAIN, GET THE FLOWERS BEFORE THE TRAIN STARTED AGAIN. BUT I WENT HALF THE TRIP. I WENT FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SOUTH CAROLINA. IN CHARLESTON,...
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| 00:45:42 |
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VIVID MEMORIES OF THE TRIP? >> I HAVE A LOT OF
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| 00:45:45 |
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VIVID MEMORIES. BUT ONE THAT STANDS WITH ME, AND I THINK PROBABLY LINDY, TOO, EACH MILE THAT THE TRAIN WENT SOUTH MRS. JOHNSON'S ACCENT GOT THICKER....
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| 00:50:31 |
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BESS. MIKE, MRS. JOHNSON WAS MARRIED TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON FOR 39 YEARS. SHE WOULD LIVE ANOTHER 34 YEARS AFTER HIM -- A VIRTUAL LIFETIME. HOW DID SHE...
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| 00:50:46 |
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CHANGE? WELL, SHE TRAVELED A GREAT DEAL. SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WOULD TAKE TRIPS AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SHE WAS VERY FOCUSED...
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| 00:51:47 |
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THOSE HOURS OF TAPES -- EXCUSE ME, MARK. >> PLEASE. >> I CAN'T
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RESIST. FIRST OF ALL, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY TO SIT DOWN WITH HER FOR ALL THOSE HOURS AND JUST LISTEN WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SHE WOULD CORRECT...
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| 00:53:12 |
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TRAVEL. DADDY NEVER WANTED TO GO ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO THE RANCH. SO WHENEVER THEY HAD A BREAK. NO MATTER WHAT, HE WANTED TO GO BACK THERE. HE GOT THE...
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| 00:53:39 |
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NO. THEY WERE NOT. BUT SHE WOULD GO AND BE WITH HIM. THE FUNNY THING IS AFTER HE DIED I'D COME TO VISIT HER AND WE WOULD GO LOOK AT THE DEER. SHE HAD...
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| 00:55:28 |
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THING ABOUT THE PRELIBERATION. >> OKAY. >> I WAS DOWN
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| 00:55:35 |
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IN TEXAS DOING THINGS FOR YOUR PARENTS. I WAS DOWN HERE LONGER THAN I HAD PLANNED TO BE P -- DOWN IN TEXAS LONGER THAN I'D PLANNED TO BE AND I HAD RUN...
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| 00:56:29 |
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CHECK THAT SHE PAID ME FOR WHATEVER I WAS DOING DOWN THERE AND I GOT BACK TO WASHINGTON AND I OPENED UP MY BESS ABELL CHECKING ACCOUNT. >>
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THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. SHE TOLD ME THE SAME THING. IT MUST HAVE BEEN TRUE. >> MIKE, WHAT
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MOST SURPRISED YOU WHEN YOU HEARD THESE TAPES AGAIN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS? >> GEE, THAT'S A
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TOUGH ONE. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SENSATIONS I HAD WAS, OF COURSE, HOW EFFORTLESS HER -- >> PROSE. >> -- SPEAKING, HER PROSE
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WAS. HOW RELAXED, HOW COMFORTABLE SHE WAS IN HER OWN SKIN, IF YOU WILL. IF IT WAS EFFORTLESS FOR HER TO REMINISCE. SHE WAS SO HONEST ABOUT MANY THINGS,...
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| 00:57:30 |
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IDEA OF GRADING LBJ. SHE ALSO GAVE HERSELF BLACK MARKS WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE DESERVED THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ALWAYS THE MOST GRACIOUS PERSON THAT...
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| 00:58:03 |
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UNIQUE. I REMEMBER ONE TIME I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH A VERY PROMINENT ALUMNUS OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE AND A FAMILY MEMBER, TOO. WE GOT READY, INTERVIEWED...
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| 00:58:45 |
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HOW ELOQUENTLY SHE SPOKE. THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO JUST SEEM TO BE BORN WISE. LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS ONE OF THEM. I WONDER, COKIE, WHAT'S THE MOST...
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| 00:59:02 |
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SEPARATE HER FROM MY MOTHER. THEY WERE SO CLOSE. MAMA WAS ONE OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TRAVELS IN THE LATER YEARS. THEY USED TO GO TOGETHER ALL...
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| 00:59:15 |
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CHAPERONE. I TOOK THESE TWO LADIES TO WALES. WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. THE THREE OF US. I TOOK THEM TO THIS OLD HOTEL WHICH LOOKED LIKE A VERY OLD...
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| 00:59:41 |
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WHAT MIKE WAS SAYING IS RIGHT. EVERYBODY WAS IMPORTANT TO HER. THERE WERE NO GRADATIONS OF PEOPLE. SHE ALWAYS TRIED TO REMEMBER SOMETHING SPECIAL...
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| 01:00:46 |
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WERE AT THAT MOMENT. >> PROBABLY. >> THAT'S THE WAY SHE OPERATED. >> WE HAVE ONE LAST AUDIO
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| 01:00:52 |
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CLIP TO PLAY. I WILL ASK A FINAL QUESTION OF THE PANELISTS AND OPEN IT TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. CAN WE HAVE THE LAST VERY SHORT AUDIO CLIP? >> WELL, HE
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| 01:01:06 |
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WAS AN EXCITING PERSON TO LIVE WITH. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY. >> WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO
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| 01:01:16 |
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HAVE LADY BIRD JOHNSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FIVE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS THAT SHE WAS THERE. I WONDER IF I CAN THROW THIS OUT TO THE WHOLE PANEL....
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| 01:02:19 |
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WHAT? >> '68. >> '68. MRS. JOHNSON SAID EWE HAVE ALREADY MADE OUR GIFT TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT FITS HER. SOMETHING...
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| 01:04:15 |
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ARE UPSET THEIR PAW PRINTS ARE ONLY IN CEMENT BECAUSE THE BUSHES CAME IN AND THEY JUST HAD BOFFO GRANDCHILDREN. SO THEY'RE ALL IN BRONZE. DO YOU THINK...
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| 01:04:37 |
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KNOW. BUT LYNDON, WE WENT OUT THERE AND IT WAS COLD. WE TURNED AROUND FOR ONE SECOND AND LYN WENT AND GOT IN THE GOLDFISH POND -- IN DECEMBER! >>...
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| 01:04:58 |
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LUCINDA WAS ONLY TWO MONTHS OLD. >>
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| 01:05:01 |
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THREE. BUT, OH, YES, WE HAVE BEEN BACK. LAURA BUSH AND THE PRESIDENT LET US COME BACK AND WE WENT DOWN THERE TO LOOK. THE LITTLE AREA IS STILL THERE...
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| 01:05:50 |
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100th BIRTHDAY IS DECEMBER 22. HOW SHOULD SHE BE REMEMBERED? >> WELL, CERTAINLY THE
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| 01:05:58 |
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ENTIRE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT WAS REALLY STARTED BY MRS. JOHNSON. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A CONSERVATIONIST BEFORE THAT. I WILL GIVE TEDDY ROOSEVELT...
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| 01:06:31 |
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NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOME OF THE BILLS, A LOFTT OF THOSE THINGS WERE IN OUR TIME. DADDY TALKED ABOUT CLEANING UP THE POTOMAC SO FISH COULD SURVIVE...
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| 01:06:50 |
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HUGE. THE OTHER IS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. WE HAVE COME TO KNOW THE WHOLE WAR ON POVERTY WAS A VERY NOBLE ATTEMPT. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM IT. THERE...
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| 01:07:42 |
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JOHNSON IS THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR OF THE 20th CENTURY. NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE GIVE HIM HIS DUE. CERTAINLY NO ONE IS THANKING HIM TODAY FOR THE ELECTION OF...
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| 01:08:18 |
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NO. MOTHER WAS WILLING TO LET HISTORY DO THAT. SHE RECOGNIZED THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T APPRECIATE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. FORTUNATELY...
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| 01:11:51 |
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KNOW EACH OTHER AND THAT'S A GLUE THAT'S IMPORTANT -- >>
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| 01:11:54 |
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PART OF THE REASON WE ARE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH. SHE THOUGHT THE SPOUSES WERE SO IMPORTANT WHEN MY MOTHER CALLED HER TO SAY -- THAT...
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| 01:12:19 |
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SAW AN IMAGE OF LYNDON AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON IN FRONT OF THE JOHNSON LIBRARY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. I THINK THEY HAD CONFIDENCE -- BOTH OF THEM -- THAT...
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| 01:12:33 |
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JOHNSON DEDICATED THAT LIBRARY, HE SAID FAMOUSLY, IT'S ALL HERE, THE STORY OF OUR TIME WITH THE BARK OFF. THIS LIBRARY WILL SHOW THE FACTS. NOT...
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| 01:12:57 |
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WAS VERY EMPHATIC ABOUT RELEASING THE TAPES. >> YEAH. >> SHE TRUSTED THE PEOPLE. >> THOSE TAPES, I THINK,
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| 01:13:09 |
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HAVE ENHANCED LYNDON JOHNSON'S REPUTATION IN HISTORY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> IT WAS A VERY BOLD MOVE. >> SHE DIDN'T KNOW
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| 01:13:15 |
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WHAT WAS ON THEM. >> HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO
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| 01:13:20 |
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ONE SINGLE MINUTE OF THE TAPES AND CONSENTED, SIGHT UNSEEN, THAT THEY BE RELEASED. AS WE HAVE SEEN -- BY THE WAY, THE TAPES STAND AT THE CENTER OF...
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| 01:13:44 |
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A WHILE ABOUT THE SOUTHERN TRIP. FROM THE WHOLE DISCUSSION, I GOT THAT IT WAS VERY BRAVE, THAT SHE PUSHED FOR THAT. BUT DID IT ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH ...
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| 01:13:54 |
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WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. >>
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| 01:13:57 |
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SURE! WE WON VIRGINIA. WE WON VIRGINIA. WE WON NORTH CAROLINA. >> IT MIGHT HAVE HELPED IN
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| 01:14:06 |
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SOME CONGRESSIONAL SEATS. >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. >>
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| 01:14:09 |
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THEY DIDN'T WRITE OFF AN ENTIRE PART OF THE COUNTRY THAT AT THAT POINT WAS ALIENATED BECAUSE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. >> IT WORKED BECAUSE
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| 01:14:18 |
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OF THE JOURNALISTS ON THE TRAIN. THEY WERE FILING STORIES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND THERE WERE LOTS OF CAMERAS AND I MUST SAY THERE WAS ONE -- A PAIR OF...
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| 01:14:47 |
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EXCITING. WE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHER, STAN TREADIK. HE GOT ON AND HE WAS WITH "LIFE" MAYBE? >> "LOOK". >> "LOOK" MAGAZINE. >> HE GOT INTO A FIGHT
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| 01:15:01 |
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WITH WITH ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER. PEOPLE HAD TEETH BROKEN. DORIS FLEESON, A GREAT COLUMNIST. SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND WE HAD TO TAKE HER OFF THE TRAIN....
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| 01:15:16 |
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WAS A SMALL TOWN ON THE MOVE. >>
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| 01:15:29 |
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EXACTLY. NOBODY WAS HURT BUT WE DID GET AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PRESS OUT OF IT. >> GOOD PRESS. >> YES, GOOD. ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY...
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| 01:15:55 |
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OUT BUTTONS AND CANDY AND EVERYTHING. THEY SAID F YOU DON'T MAKE THE TRAIN JUST REGISTER AND VOTE. >> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE
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| 01:16:15 |
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MORE QUESTION. >> I WOULD JUST LOVE
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| 01:16:18 |
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TO HAVE THIS PANEL COMMENT ON WU OF MRS. JOHNSON'S GREAT LEGACY. THE WILDFIRE RESEARCH CENTER. THE IMPACT BOTH ECONOMICALLY IT'S HAD AND THE RESEARCH...
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| 01:16:35 |
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70th BIRTHDAY -- AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS BECAUSE I'M ALMOST THAT AGE NOW. SHE GAVE LAND TO START THIS CENTER. IT IS NOW A VERY ACTIVE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY...
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| 01:18:40 |
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THEIR YOUTH ABOUT HOW TO PRESERVE THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. EDUCATED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY...
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