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LYNDON B. JOHNSON

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LYNDON B. JOHNSON
(1908-1973) Thirty-sixth President of the United States and creator of the "Great Society" social welfare programs. America's growing involvement in Vietnam led to his declining a renomination as president. Good content T.L.S. on his Senate letterhead, 1p. 8vo., Washington, Sep. 23, 1958. In part: "...There is one silver lining to the dark clouds that gather when a loved one passes away. It is the revelation of the warmth that lies in the hearts of friends...one of the factors which fortified us during the trying hours that surrounded my mother's death. I will always be grateful...". Fine. Rebekah Baines Johnson was especially close to Lyndon and relentlessly coached him to improve his indifferent schoolwork and encouraged him to be ambitious and idealistic. The strength of her influence on the future president is evident in his letters and reminiscences; they reveal Johnson's strong attachment to his mother and a persistent desire to fulfill her hopes for his greatness.