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President Johnson
LyiiJon Rumen Johnson, ,‘ltitli President of the United
Stnlcs m'1 forth his political philosophy in 1!I58. John
son said :
“I am a free man, an American, a United States Sena
tor and a Democrat, in that order . . .
‘‘I am also a liberal, a conservative, a Texan, a tax
payer, a rancher, a businessman, a consumer, a parent,
a voter, and not as yonii^; as I used to lie nor as old as I
expert to he and I am all these tilings in no fixed
order.”
At .'tats KST on Friday, Nov. 22, UKU, Johnson made
a very significant addition to this list when he stood
in the cabin of a giant airliner and recited the oath of
inangn ration.
Itefore becoming Vice President in HlfiO, Johnson
was considered one of the most skillful Senate majority
leaders in modern times, lie accepted the truism that
politics is "the art of the possible” and became a mas
ter at I his art.
Although he has been attacked
as a foe of civil rights, Johnson
was instrumental as Democratic
majority leader in obtaining con
gressional approval in 1057 and
RM50 of the first two civil rights
hills enacted since Reconstruc
tion.
Johnson, r»f». was the youngest
Senate floor leader ever to be
elected by a majority party when
he was 44. lie was inexhaustable.
Ilis leadership technique was to
leave no stone unturned, to test
all the Senate power centers, to
compromise when necessary, and
tin'll to make his move when the
necessary vote margin was in
hand.
In 1055 the rugged pace finally caught, up with him
and he suffered a severe heart attack. Currently, how
ever, the President's health is described as good, and
he puts few restrictions on bis activity.
\Vith his wife, the former Claudia Alta (Lady Bird)
Taylor, and their two daughters, Lynda Bird, 10, and
Lucy Baines. 15, the President makes his permanent
home at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, Texas.
After teaching school in Texas for a brief time, John-
mon entered polities in 1001 as secretary to former
Democratic Rep. Richard M. Kleberg. During this time
he befriended the late House Speaker Sam Rayburn,
who guided Johnson’s political career.
In 10J7 Johnson entered his first political race and
Von a House seat in bis home district, lie won on nil
nll-out New Deal platform and thus attracted the at
tention and interest of President Franklin D. Roose
velt.
Johnson made an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat
in 1041. but ran again successfully in 1018 after serv
ing seven months as a Navv lieutenant commander in
World War II.
In the Senate he became a member of the Armed
Services committee beaded by Georgia's Richard B. Rus
sell. who appointed Johnson chairman of the prepared
ness subcommittee during the early part of the Korean
War.
In 1051, after only two years in the Senate, lie was
installed, with Russell’s help, as assistant Democratic
floor leader. Two years later he moved up to the leader
ship when F.rnest W. McFarland of Arizona, the pre
vious Democratic leader, was defeated in his campaign
for reelect ion.
In 1060 Johnson made a bid for the Presidential
nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
Despite the efforts of Rayburn and other powerful
backers such as the late Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma.
Johnson was unsuccessful and the nomination went to
John F. Kennedy, the youthful Senator from Massa-
chussetts.
Despite his disappointment, Johnson supported the
man selected by the Convention. In fact, he brushed
aside the misgivings of Rayburn. Kerr and others and
accepted bis party's Vice Presidential nomination the
very next morning
As President. Johnson can be counted upon as a
strong man with the Congress by virtue of his record
as a Senate leader His capability as the U.S. spokesman
in foreign affairs, however, is questioned bv some.
But Johnson is no stranger in this field. During Pres
ident Kennedy’s administration he became the Presi
dent’s goodwill ambassador, pursuing what he called
a "win” policy on the farflnng battlefields of the Cold
War.
Berlin, Africa. Latin America and Asia were all on
the Johnson calling list This year he traveled in Senn-
danavia. the Netherlands and Luxembourg. As Vice
President Johnson attended cabinet meetings and im
portant sessions of the National Security Council, not
ably during last fall's Cuban crisis, when he became a
familiar figure ip the White House offices which he
now calls his own.
Lyndon B. Johnson's merit as a President is yet to
be discovered, but already the confidence of the Demo
cratic Party is evidenced in their preparations to cam
paign for his return to the White House in 1964,
JOHNSON
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR'
Stovall Coverage Hit;
JFK Death Is Weighed
Let’s Sturt Our Own Bowl’
CLIFF CHENEY
To 4 be Editor:
We were very much dis
pleased to notice that a re
cent issue of the K«n1 and
Black proudly boasted, on the
front page, the arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. Stovall’s bouncing
baby girl.
We believe that the space
could have been used for
something of interest to all.
In case you are wondering if
we are showing prejudice or
discrimination, you are cor
rect.
Andy Mays
William Peers
(Silts: We did not “proudly
boast" the new arrival, tee
merely printed a fartual news
story which we felt would he of
interest to all. Anything of in
terest is XhJWR, and as a news
paper we try to print news re
gardless of whether or not we
are in agreement with it—Ed
itor)
• • •
To the Editor:
Ever since learning of the
sickening assassination of our
President, I have been read
ing and bearing statements
implying that the Southern
people are an accessory to
this dastardly crime.
Conservatism and the Leeches
Senator Barry Gold-
water's appearance at
vy,- t h e IFC-—sponsored
Uampuswide Forum
last winter caused the
,J0 first stirrings on cam
pus of a political movement which lias
become one of the major forces of national
political thought.
The emergence of a federal political
philosophy which dictates daring, unpre
cedented “liberal” government entry into
new and sometimes dangerous areas has
produced a counter-action, the resurgence
of conservatism.
The Conservative Philosophy
The conservative believes that govern
ment, partieularv federal government,
should not he allowed to assume more
power than is necessary to preserve the
stability of the state. He believes that re
sponsibility of the electorate is preferable
to control by the state.
Conservatism is a healthy movement.
It reflects an awakening to the need for
individual responsibility and should not
he discouraged.
Its effectiveness as a dynamic move
ment, however, has been blunted bv the
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Cliff Cheney
Editor-in-Chiet
Margaret Smith
Managtng Editor
George Watts
Business Manager
News Editor
Sports Editor
Women's Editor
Society Editor
Andrn Taylor, Nick Bun ten,
Pat Taylor Asst. News Editors
Milton MInlet- Circulation Mgr.
Sanders Camp Jr. Office Manager
Nancy llubin. Susan Shank, Oonnls
Mollenkamp. Betty Johnson, Betsy
Smith, Mike Wise, IMane Townsend,
Nellie VNowler, Nancy Andrews News Staff
Billy Warren
Coke Ellington
Carolyn Jackson
Katy Harrell
Volume 1. XXII
Number 30
Published semi-weekly at the Inlverslty of
tieorgia. Athens, Georgia.
Entered at the Post Office In Athens. Georgia
as Mull Matter of the Second Class. Subscrip
tion rntes: M..V1 first year, fS renewal.
actions of several reactionary, right-wing
extremists who insist upon dogmatically
calling themselves “conservatives”.
The Racists
Most notable among these are the ra
cists, the Klansmen and Citizens’ Councils,
the Roy Harris’s and Ross Barnett’s.
Since conservatism, of all the available
political movements, can best serve their
ends, they have jumped aboard the band
wagon.
They rely on catchwords such as “states
rights” and “constitutionalism” to enhance
the respectability of their position.
Under the guise of conservatism they
have unequivocally equated the U. S.
Supreme Court and the NAACP with
Communism, so that today responsible
conservatives must face charges of being
“racists”, “fanatics”, or worse.
The Super-Patriots
The second group, and perhaps the
hardest to define, is the conglomeration
of right-wing fanatics, the super-patriots
who see everything in terms of black and
white, or more specifically in terms of
either Red or red-white-and-blue.
These are the John Birchers, the Young
Americans for Freedom, the Minutemen,
the Robert Welch’s and General Walker’s
and assorted other witch-hunters who sec
Red whenever there is a taint of liberal
ism. whether constructive or not, in any
endeavor.
The most radical of this group are the
extremists who spat on Adlai Stevenson
in Dallas and hit Earl, Warren with pla
cards in New York. Tlieir catchwords are
“get the U.S. out of the U.N.”, “end di
plomatic relations with the U.S.S.R.”,
“impeach Earl Warren”, “stop foreign
aid”, “do away with the income tax”,
etcetera.
Must Be Weeded Out
Sane and perspective conservatives are
being all but bled dry of their effective
ness by the arch-raeists and super-pat
riots. the leeches who identify themselves
with this conscientious political move
ment.
Even Goldwater, the champion and
spokesman of conservatism, has allowed
the fanatics to associate themselves with
the movement in his failure to disavow
their support.
It is fact, however, that they must be
weeded out before a meaningful “grass
roots” campaign can succeed.
Even though the shots were
fired by a confirmed Marxist,
there are some who would
like to link this incredible
act to the racial issue. It has
been said that the people of
the South are "breeding hate
and violence,” and, therefore,
are contributing to such acts.
Even the self-appointed con
science of the South. Ralph
McGill, has indicated that we
are responsible.
There are those who would
like to convince the world
that Southerners thrive on
bombing innocent children in
Sunday School and ambush
ing Presidents. What right
have these people to judge us
by the acts of a few deranged,
psychopathic killers that live
among us? Are we the only
people on earth who have
such in our midst? I think
not.
Such prejudiced thinking
only revives the monster im
age of the Southern people
that was created over a cen
tury ago. Will the South ever
be allowed to forget the curse
of Undo Toni’s Cabin?
Gerald Ij. Stokes
• • *
To the Editor:
It is a known fact that
Georgia recruits some of the
most talented athletes in the
nation. Surely, no team in
the South can boast a better
stadium than Sanford. Larger
maybe, but being Well kept
and picturesque; we have a
place of beauty. There needs
to be nothing said about the
mignificence of the Coliseum,
the size of the pool, nor the
track and baseball field un
der construction.
It is evident that the Uni
versity has all the ingredients
necessary to he a strong con
tender if not the leader of
athletics in the South. Why
are we not?
It is not our intention to
answer why. The Athletic As
sociation at the University Is
big business, and it is a known
fact that big business is run
by experts. These experts
should be an authority on the
"why’s” and “how’s.”
Since the students and state
are stockholders in the Uni
versity, many would like to
know why the facilities and
manpower haven’t been co
ordinated into a finished
product: Success.
J, W. Meredith
A. B. Strickland
• • •
To the Editor:
There is a certain question
that is looming through the
minds of University students.
We want to know why we
are no longer able to hitch
rides to classes. It is practical
ly impossible to walk to clas
ses twice a day and still feel
like studying.
Furthermore, what about
the mornings it's 30 degrees
or lower and raining? Are we
still expected to walk in this
type weather? Believe us, its
no fun! ! !
There hasn't been any
trouble with hitching In the
past or now. Students have
hitched on the University cam
pus for many years, why
should it suddenly be stopped
now?
Bingusted and Tired
• « •
To the Editor:
A White House correspon
dent who had been on the Job
for 22 years said that he fur-
vently hoped the assasination
of President Kennedy would
reactivate in the American
people a revulsion of violence.
To make an obvious under-
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