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NEW DUTIES BEGIN President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) confers with Secretary
of State Dean Rusk (top photo) and wifh former President Dwight Eisenhower
(bottom photo) early Saturday ai ha began his new task as President of the United
States. UPI Telephoto
Highlights Of Johnson's Life
AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI Ilifih
lights in the life of President
Lyndon B. Johnson:
1908 Born Aug. 27, near John
son City, Tex., eldest son of
Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr., a
school teacher, and member of
the Texas Legislature, and Ite
bckah Baines Johnson.
1I)1! Entered public school at
Johnson City, was graduated In
spring of 11124.
1924 Began work at $1 per
day on a road-bialdins gang.
Had urge to travel and wanted
to see the West. Worked his
way to California where he
worked in Imperial Valley. Lat
er returned to Texas and re
sumed work on road-building
WASHINGTON UPI' Lyn
don B. Johnson, the nation's
new president, is a hard-driving
Texan who lost the I960 Demo
cratic nomination to John F.
Kennedy, but then served as his
younser rival's vice president
with unflagging loyalty.
Friday's tragic assassination
of Kennedy in Texas elevated
the 55-year-old Johnson to the
post he sought and lost in a bit
ter convention fight three years
ago.
Johnson, who suffered a near
fatal heart attack eight years
ago. is possibly better prepared
legislatively and administrative
ly than any vice president in
history who has been called
ujjon to lake up the task of the
presidency.
And in his service as vice
.president with the slain Presi
dent, Johnson showed a humil
ity and devotion that was new
to many political observers.
The hate-killing of Kennedy
came ironically only six months
alter Johnson, in paying lavish
tribute to Kennedy, had said
"seeds of hate . . . have fallen
on stony ground and withered
in (he sunshine." The reference
was to Uw way he said Ken
nedy had won the hearts of
many people who formerly dis
liked him.
Johnson has close to three
decades of Washington experi
ence behind him. He became
president with infinitely greater
experience for the job than
Kennedy, Wwight D. Eisenhow
er, Harry S. Truman or even
Franklin D. .Roosevelt.
Not only in Congress, how
ever, did Johnson accumulate
the background that will stand
him in good stead at the White
House since becoming vice
president a job he said he
would never accept while he ac
tively opposed Kennedy for the
nomination Johnon has added
to his wealth of experience.
In turn, Kennedy refused to
assign Johnson to the back of
the political shelf, even though
their political beliefs were often
sharply contrasting when they
were in the Senate together.
Johnson took a major hand in
many domestic and foreign af
fairsand knows many of the
world's leaders.
Kennedy sent his vice presi
dent around the world where
Johnson and his wife. Lady Bird,
won warm popularity. He vi.-it-ed
sections of Europe as re
cently as early this month.
Foreign Power
Not Connected
WASHINGTON UPI - A
State Department official said
Saturday that to his knowledge
there was no evidence that
Russia, Cuba or any other for
eign power was involved in the
assassination of President Ken
nedy. Other officials conceded that
the alleged slayer. Lee H. Os
wald, had a record of Commu
nist utterances, had once lived
in Russia, had tried to re
nounce his U.S. citizenship and
more recently made speeches
supporting Castro.
But they said there was no
thing in government files to
show a direct link between
Communist powers and the as
sassination of Kennedy Fiiday.
Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini
was canonized in
gang.
1927 Decided to go to col
lege. Enrolled in Southwest
Texas State Teachers College,
San Marcos, Tex., In February.
Worked as janitor, door-to-door
salesman and other odd jobs to
pay for education.
1928 Had to leave college
when money ran out. Took a
job teaching school at Tulia,
Tex. Used first pay check to
buy athletic equipment for un
derprivileged Latin American
children.
1929 Returned to college.
19:t0 Graduated from South
west Texas State in August.
Took job teaching school in
Houston, Tex.
1932 Went to Washington,
D.C., as secretary to Rep. Rich
ard Kleberg, D-Tex., remaining
in that post until .1935.
1!W4 Harried Claudia lLady
Bird! Taylor on Nov. 17. Attend,
ed night scliool at Georgetown,
Tex., law school.
1935 Named Texas adminis
trator of the National Youth
Administration by President
Roosevelt.
1937 Successfully sought 10th
congressional seal without oppo
sitlon and remained there until
elected to U.S. Senate in 194a.
1910 Masterminded congrcs
sional campaign and instrumen
tal in retaining Democratic
leadership in House.
19-11 Sought seat in U.S. Sen
ate vacated by death of Sen.
Morris Sheppard. lyist to Gov.
W. Lee (Pappy) O'Danicl by
1,311 votes.
1941 Within hours after cast
ing vote In declare war on Ja
pan and Germany, was in uni
form. Ho was first member of
Congress to enter active duty.
Received Silver Star for gallan
try in action on a flight over
New Guinea.
1942 Returned to Congress
when FDR ordered all mem
bers of the Congress in the
armed forces to return to their
offices.
1948 Made second try for
Senate. Defeated Former Gov.
Coke Stevenson in an unusually
light election. Out of about one
million votes cast. Johnson won
by a majority of 87 votes.
1950 Became chairman of the
armed services preparedness
subcommittee.
1951 Unanimously elected
party whip. Won praise of col
leagues for his work and ability
as a "can-do" man.
1953 Named minority leader
when Democrats lost control of
Senate by a single vote.
1954 Re-elected to U.S. Ken
ate for second term.
1955 Elected majority lead
er of Senale, the youngest 4fil
majority leader in Wstnrv.
Steered Senate to impressive
record. Suffered heart attack
July 2. After hospitalization in
Washington, recuperated on his
Texas ranch and returned to
Senate Dec. 12.
1956 Southern Democrats
launched a drive to win presi
dential nomination for Johnson
at national convention.
1957 Steered through passage
of first civil rights bill in 75
years.
1958 President Eisenhower
invited Johnson (o go before
United Nations to throw his sup
port behind the U.S. resolution
calling lor peaceful exploration
of outer space.
1959 Texas legislature pass
es so-called "Johnson for Pres
ident" hill, a statute permitting
him to have name on ltwo Tex
as ballot for re-election to Sen
ate and for president at the
same time.
l!MiO Lost out in bid for pres
idency to Kennedy. Accepted
vice presidential nomination and
won re-election as senator from
Texas and the vice presidential
post.
19iil Resigned from U.S. Sen
ale and took nalh as vice pres
ident of United Stales.
ll.l Became Mil President
of United States when Kennedy
was assassinated in Dallas.
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But Johnson now has been
thrust in'.o the world's biggest
job only after pulling one of the
biggest surprises of the decade
when he said 'yes' to Ken
nedy's request that he be his
running mate.
Johnson's health appears
good. There has been no recur
rence since he was felled by a
severe heart attack in July,
1955. It was tlie most serious
cri.is of his life but he recov
ered. Johnson the eighth vice
president to become the presi
dentserved as a House mem
ber, as a senator and as what
many congressional veterans
call the greatest Senate major
ity leader in current political
memory.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was
born Aug. 27, 1908. in a frame
house on the banks of the Ped
ernales River, near Stonewall,
in the scraggly hill country of
central Texas. Sam Ealy John
son, a Texas legislator, and Rc
bekah Baines Johnson, a gen
tle, education-minded woman,
were his parents.
At the age of 27, Johnson
made a bold bid for a seat in
Congress. He defeated nine op
ponents as an cut-and-out New
Deal backer.
President Roosevelt, fishing
in the Gulf off Texas, sent for
the youngster, liked him, and
invited him to ride back across
the state on the presidential
train. Jchnson was on his way.
Even as his first House term
began in 1937. Johnson began
building a record with an eye
on the White House.
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