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Show DESERET January 15, 1969 NEWS, Wednesday, And Lady S' penly WASHINGTON (UPI) ending to feet of his mother, tugged at his that . . . wasnt there? Somejthe emotion-packeShe said she was caught up" congressmen sang "Auld Lang the political career of Lyndon grandmother and was soon hustled out of the gallery. when the president ticked off Syne. Lady Bird Johnson cried IB. Johnson, Nineteen - m o n t h old Lyn.J It was the First Lady who the accomplishments openly. Luci Nugent and her of his sister Lynda Bird Robb dabbed little blue suit, was expressively articulated the "Great Society program . . . their eyes. Muriel Humphrey an added starter in the family feelings of the family, Head IMedicare, conservation, bowed her head. I was touched and moved Start. gallery in the House because his Only the Presidents grandson history grandfather when they burst into Auld Iang Wearing a pretty pink dress, she told newswomen. and tugging at her pearls, Mrs. Lyn, there for the opening wanted him there. Lyn nuzzled Syne, moments, was unimpressed by his bottle, stomped around the 'There was an undercurrent of Johnson made her contribution j minded -- A3' to the speech when she told the President to hit hard his personal tribute to the fightiqj , men in Vietnam. Her daughter there'. are whose husbands approved. .i1' In a sense it was goodbye for Mrs. Johnson, too, and the '' Capitol Hill she loved. I ( " of RCA TV, STEREO . . . Whirlpool Appliances SAVE NOW AT LOW, LOW CLEARANCE PRICES as............ BIG SCREEN Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson wipes a tear. Daughter, MViVViViiVViViViViVrsVV e Check the Price on this Fine Wood Grain Big Screen Color TV (23"j , : RCA COLOR TV Mrs. Charles Robb, watches. Contemporary walnut Lowboy styling. "Jt Push Social Reforms, Elegant fine-furnitu- 1. re hardwood cabinetry e Two 6" speakers a Big 295 sq. in. picture tube. duo-con- LBJ Continued from ent $30,000 Urges Congress first Page a year to As forecast, plained that Johnson "didnt tell us where to find the to finance the money programs he proposed. White House aides made it clear that all of Johnson's proposals will go to Congress in the form of draft bills from the Budget Bureau, and said it will be up to the Democratic majorities to determine that such programs as Head Start for under privileged preschool children are here ' to' stay. $42,500. Johnson also asked for continuance of the 10 per cent income surtax to permit the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 to show a $3.4 billion surplus. The President said he and Nixon agreed that the tax ought to end as soon as possi-tii e. i Nixon said in a statement should end "as soon as requirements for the war, the budget outlook and conditions will that the tax economic I "However, until the new administration and the Congress can ascertain that the facts we face justify permitting the surtax to expire or to be reduced, I will support the Pressuggestion that Surcharge be continued. Congress gave Johnson a good sendoff with a lengthy standing ovation at his appearance in the House chamber and rousing applause when he left with a backward glance at his wife and two d daughters who stood in the gallery. It was an affectionate farewell for a man who first came By GORDON ELIOT WHITE the Desaret Ntwi Washington Bureau 'WASHINGTON President Johnson went out as he came in, a sentimentalist In his first State of the Union address, in 1964, he spoke of his boyhood in the Pedemales River country of Texas. Tuesday night, in his last address to a Joint session of Congress, he spoke of his young manhood, spent in the halls of the Capitol. He declared his hopes as and catalogued his President Kennedy, newly-electe-d Sen- successes urging his congresDemocratic whip of the sional listeners to continue ate, said there is "a heavy re- Great Society programs, to apSenate on the sponsibility propriate the needed money to and the House to carry forthem to fruition, and he bring ward Democratic programs others, such as an suggested for the good of all Ameriurban development bank. cans. PUBLIC LANDS ; Sen. Alan Bible, one mysterious departure In Skid Johnson had charted "a from his prepared text, the his course for progressive President promised to permannation, but added that he set aside for the ently didnt agree with continuance benefit more land beforepublic this other some and of the surtax administration leaves office. proposals. Some Utahns wondered after Muskle, the 1968 Democratthe speech if he was hinting ic vice presidential candidate, that the Interior Department qaid that Johnson had made would create, administratively, dn honest estimate of what new national monuments in the country needs to do. areas such as the acreage I Some were adjoining Utahs Caryonlands Republicans complimentary; others were National Park or Antelope Island. dot. j Johnsons charter for Democratic action in Congress while the party is out of dower in the Whita'iHaube drew favorable reaction from ? his partys leaders. v House Majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma called it a 'forthright statement of both e nations problems and its Assets, its strengths and its ' weakness. The Republican-dominate- d Utah congressssional delegation generally treated the speech kindly. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, - Senate Leader Minority Everett M. 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( Tit MEDINA Model 23 diet 295 aq. ces made in education, conservation, civil rights, and scientific achievement "Everywhere we look on the domestic scene, we see progress and development for which Lyndon Johnson deserves and accolades of history. Laurence J. Burton, observed, "there were several Interesting facets to President Johnsons address. First, it was partially a recitation of the accomplishments of his administration. Second, It was an appeal for continuance and enlargement of Johnson domestic and foreign policies. Third, it was a nostalgic farewell from a man who has served his country with dedication for 38 years. I am pleased that Congress gave him a cheerinto retirement as ing send-of- f he lays aside the burdens of the toughest job in the world. His call for an increase in Social Security benefits I support, but I am opposed to the congressional proposed pay raise. I would rather see our ofinfice expense allowance creased and the pay remain at its present level. TRIED HARD Sherman P. Lloyd, Rep. commented: "The message could be said the be Lyndon Johnsons sentimental journey. On social programs he reported we had mere than doubled our expenditures In eight years, and he suggested vastly more. "He gave no new hope for the end of the war, except the customary statement that he was optimistic for the achievement of peace. "Certainly encouraging and mildly surprising was the revelation that we will not only end this fiscal year with a $2.4 billion surplus In the national budget, but also with a surplus in our balance of payments. This of course remains to be locked-i- n ed time! to the Capitol 38 years ago as a House doorkeeper, and now had reached as the President said, the "time to leave. go to President Johnson in this final valedictory. During his stewardship he was long an activist sending forth a great many messages and programs, some of which I defended, some of which I opposed. Tonight in counsel and cooperation in its farewell statement he con efforts to bring peace and jus- his to propose new and ex tinued tice both at home and pensive programs that will have abroad. to be studied at great length to ' But Sen. Strom Thurmond, determine their feasibility and of architects the one cost. of the Southern contribution to NOT WINDOW DRESSING said electoral Nixon's victory, Sen. Bennett did note that he doesnt agree that the natrust fund seen. tion ought to continue the poli"While the real message to in increases the budget more cies and progress of the last nation will be given by the the than accounted for the projfive years. 1969 and 1970 surpluses, Incoming President, there Is no ected "We need a change," ThurJohnalso, "his referece to question but that Lyndon mond said. The people want saying son has, in his words, tried the and the of balance budget a change and we expect to get payments bothers me. 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