Word: lbj
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lyndon Johnson. We are happy to say that we shall not only "Declare against Johnson" in 1968, we declared against him in 1964, we declared against him in 1960, and some of us (Texas variety) even declared against him before that. If our new colleagues actually once believed LBJ to be "Best for the USA," we cannot condemn for lack of foresight; poor judgment, perhaps. But now that they have finally awakened to the ugly reality their own party flung on us all, we must forget the past and act in a spirit of consensus. Jay B. Stephens '68 President...
...Lowenstein National Chairman of Concerned Democrats, will speak on "Alternatives to LBJ in 68" at 8 p.m. tonight in Burr B. Admission is free...
...strains the mind, however, to imagine that when the United States quashes Ho Chi Minh and the Vietcong, American bodies will be any safer from amphibious attacks from other "third world" powers. But it is not impossible that LBJ has decided to use the Vietnam war budget to provide secret funds for a new network of underwater electronic barriers in the Atlantic, Pacific, Great Lakes, and Rio Grande to halt all future North Vietnamese infiltration...
...LBJ on Vietnam...
...parts to the argument of the article. First, the primary objective is to develop a way to reverse the Vietnam policy represented by President Johnson, Dean Rusk, and Walt Rostow, including, if necessary, the President's defeat in the 1968 election. If the goal were simply "How to Remove LBJ in '68," the title supplied the piece by the New Republic, then Mr. Lardner's jibe about the argument being "internally ridiculous" would be correct, for, if that is one's sole goal, the answer is obvious: vote Republican in 1968. However, things aren't that simple...