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...Accompanied Vice President Hubert Humphrey to National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters for a progress report on the Mariner IV rocket, launched in November on an eight-month flight to Mars. To hear Humphrey talk, Johnson practically invented space flight. Cried the Vice President: "He has put his heart into it, his spirit into it, his hands and his mind into it. And the fact that he was the author of the space act, and not only authored it but shepherded it to success and then nourished it into fulfillment, is, I think, the real strength, the real underpinning...
Still Smarting. Turning to Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the President told the council that in its efforts to fur ther medicare it would "have not only the blessings of this Administration, but the very active understanding and cooperation of this virile young Vice President. He will be here on the job working with you every minute of the day, north, south, east and west." Then, apparently still smarting from criticism for failing to send Humphrey to the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, the President added: "If he is not out of the country attending some funeral, he will be here...
...relevance of that vision was summed up by Vice President Hubert Humphrey at the opening session. "John XXIII presented to the world a public philosophy for a nuclear era," said Humphrey. "It represents not a Utopian blueprint for world peace, presupposing a sudden change in the nature of man. Rather, it represents a call to leaders of nations, presupposing only a gradual change in human institutions. It is not confined to elaborating the abstract virtues of peace, but looks to the building of a world community governed by institutions capable of preserving peace. We honor Pope John XXIII on this...
...Enjoy That." Hubert himself is the most gruntled of men, and he even manages to make a joke about all the talk. "There is," he quips, "less to this than meets the eye." Indeed he insists that he has never been happier, worked harder, or been given greater responsibilities...
...dinner, the President toasted him: "The office of the Vice President is now held by a man who has long been in the forefront of America's mighty effort to lead the world toward lasting peace, a man who is valuable to our nation and invaluable to me, Hubert Humphrey...