Pres. L. B. Johnson good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am glad to take your questions. Guest do you think that at this point, our force levels in vietnam will begin to level off . Or do you think more troops may be needed in the future . Pres. L. B. Johnson we have previously considered and approved the recommendation of joint chiefs of staff for our force level. General west moreland general westmoreland discussed with me, and he anticipates no increase in that level. Guest we are getting close to the end of your fourth year in office. You are being subjected to a regular personal criticism, ranging from senator young a preacher in williamsburg. Pres. L. B. Johnson it is not a surprise. I am aware of the 35 men who preceded me. No public official, certainly not one that has been in public life 35 years, as i have, would fail to expect criticism. There is a different type of criticism. There is a difference between constructive dissent and stormtrooper bullying and howling and takin
Thing 22 different times. In high school when you have to be in class eight hours a day and you want to be in a sport and you get home at 8 00 and you terry the democrats would have been elected. Kent state would not have happened. Ellsberg would i have faced 105 years in jail. A whole lot of other history would be different if this war had been stopped, not to mention the thousands and millions of lives that were killed after 1967. It is a shame 14,000 u. S. Ondiers died in 1967, when 58,000. Went on to this war could have been over and history could have been seriously changed. We remember 1967 for that. Panels one and two talk about the context and digitization of the Antiwar Movement that could have made a lot of this dihi different had that happen. The next number is 50. Here we are 50 years later, and art has the summer of love on its culture. This is a change. Npr on july 1 said if you are member this, you werent there. [laughter] much i assume means too drinking, drugs, and may
First speaker. Our topic is the fascinating friendship between two towering figures. The conservative torchbearer william f buckler and norman baylor. At the risk of sounding too cheerful, i must say that beginning with friendship kicks off the possibility of Common Ground between progressives and conservatives. It does seem unlikely that the buckleymailer relationship has an equivalent today. Seeing as we have historians and public intellectuals such as our speaker writing eloquently and persuasively about such friendship, the prospect seems far from lost. Our speaker, Kevin Schultz is the author of buckley and mailer. He is an associate professor of history, catholic studies at illinois in chicago, winning several awards for his teaching on the ethnoracial and intellectual history of america. Receiving his phd from berkeley in 2005, he began an academic and public intellectual career. He has published articles in journal of American History and american quarterly as well as essays in
[inaudible] welcome to the 27th, i dont how to turn it up. Is that that better . Okay good. Welcome to the 27th annual southern festival of books. We appreciate you being here so very much. Without you, it wouldnt be any fun at all. But it is free to the public, if you would like to go by and make it donation at the main booth that is on the plaza, we would just love it, and no donation is too small. We love to have you come by and visit, regardless. We will close approximately five minutes to the hour and pat conway will be signing along with Catherine Seltzer and will be signing on the plaza. And we can follow right up there. I think i have taken care of business and i am going to read what catherine thought was needful. Pat conroy is one of the south beloved writers, his books which include the great santini, the lords of of discipline, the prince of tides, and most recently the death of santini, explore issues of southern identity. They focus on the complex Family Dynamics and ofte
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