SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1963 Johnson Political Career S > < i Covers 26-year Period ! Lyndon B. Johnson, now President of the United States, visited the Penn State campus as vice president April 10, 1962. At that time, Johnson told his audience in Schwab that when he took office he did not realize what the future of his career as vice president would hold. He said he had become vice president “of a going concern, operating under bril liant management, offering a product in popular demand around the world.”, Now Lyndon B. Johnson, 55, is presi dent of that "concern.” As he assumes the chief position in the national government, Johnson has behind him a long career in politics that started with his election to the House of Representatives in 1937. After his re-election to the House with out opposition in 1938, the Texan retained his seat until 1946. In the intervening years, however, he was once defeated for the Senate by Texas Gov. W. Lee O’Daniel. After this defeat, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy three days after Pearl Harbor. While in the service, Johnson was awarded the Silver Star. When Franklin D. Roosevelt ruled that national legislators could not serve in the armed forces, Johnson returned to his* duties in Washington. There he became a member of the House Naval Affairs Com mittee. Subcommittee Chairman He was named chairman of the affa.irs investigating subcommittee in 1943 and in that capacity he offered a seven point program for expansion of the nation’s bombing, missile, rocketry and research forces. After World War 11, he became a mem ber of the Post-War Military Policy Com mittee. In House actions of 1946, Johnson opposed retirement benefits for members of Congress and price control measures. He supported federal aid programs, and the Taft-Hartley bill. Johnson became a successful candidate for the Senate in 1948 even though he had violent opposition from former Texas Gov. Cole Stevenson. In the Senate, Johnson became a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Committee of Inter state and Foreign Commerce. During the 81st Congress, he supported federal aid to education, revision of the Taft-Hartley bill, the North Atlantic treaty and a foreign military aid bill. Johnson became the youngest Senate member to attain party leadership when he was chosen minority leader in 1953. He became the majority leader in 1955 and held that position until his x-esignation from the Senate in 1960 after he was elected to the vice presidency. * Achievements as Majority Leader One of his main achievements as ma jority leader was his influence in 1957 in the passage of the first civil rights bill in 80 years. The bill guaranteed' voting rights and gave the Attorney General the power to seek in injunction against anyone inter fering with the right to vote. On July 5, 1960, Johnson announced his candidacy for president. 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He ga t ve his political philosophies as a $\ sum of life's experiences. He said even -J though he doesn’t think there are always M two sides to a problem, there is a national ;; answer. (•. The most pressing responsibility of » government, according to Johnson, is the ;• prevention of waste—lives, resources and f opportunity. % In his years as vice president, Johnson • worked towards a closer association with President Kennedy, Although he found it :■ difficult to switch from a position of im- ■ mense senatorial power, .such as he had as : majority leader, to one of legislative in- •' activity, he assumed the traditional duties ; of office. Duties as Vice President He presided over the Senate and oc cupied a seat in the National Security Council. He also assumed an active duty in the executive branch, following in the foot steps of his predecessor Richard M. Nixon. In view of his previous prominence in the Senate,- Johnson was given an honor never befoi'e given a vice president—he was invited to preside on occasions over the Democratic caucus of the Senate. Johnson was requested by the Presi dent to act as chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council. He was also made chairman of the. National Advisory Council of the Peace Corps. But of all his duties, Johnson devoted himself mainly to his position as chaix - - man of the Committee for Equal Employ ment Opportunity. He followed Kennedy’s civil rights’ policies closely and worked with most of the large industrial leaders. Johnson succeeded in persuading the leaders to provide equal employment op portunities and appointed Hobai't Taylor, a Negi : o, to the position of vice chairman of the committee. Good-will Ambassador The vice president also followed Nix on’s lead in serving as a good-will ambas sador to foreign countries. In 1961, he was sent by President Ken nedy on a good-will tour of Southeast Asia where he succeeded in soothing the ruffled feelings of the Asian countries. Social reform was urged by Johnson in a long conference with former President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet Nam. When Diem replied that his country could not afford reform, the vice president, who was armed with the power to do so, offered increased financial aid from the U.S. Kennedy then sent him to Berlin when the Berlin wall was being built to appease the German people. Strongly anti-communist, Johnson sat in on all the plans during the Cuban crisis. He was then willing to risk nuclear war to settle the dispute. Johnson has strong feelings on mili tary policy and on foreign policy. In the office of President of the United States, face the biggest responsibility he will now of his life. :a* UrtSsL. .V;,/,1XV,.v.r.::- . /....//V : MAN THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA ( I Nuclear, Domestic Crises 1 I Mark 3-Tear JFK Tenure j 1- ' b | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the nation’s i 35th president, was the youngest man ever || to hold that office. If Born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, 1 Mass., Kennedy was the son of Joseph and tp Rose Kennedy, and descended from a long p line of Boston politicians that included for !j mer mayor “Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald. | He was the second son in a family of || nine children. .Educated in Brookline public | schools and the Choate School, he attended I the London School-of Economics from 1935 | to 1936. He then attended Harvard College p and graduated from that university in 1941. | Commanded Boat |f During World War 11, Kennedy com | manded a PT boat. In August, 1943,' his ship was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. If The President escaped and helped others iff to safety. He first ran for Congress from the || 11th Massachusetts district and served for | six years, from 1947-53. In 1952 he de j feated a Republican army man in the Sen s' ate at the same time an army general was 5 elected President, In 1953 he married the former Jacque ; line Lee Bouvier.-They have two children, Caroline, born in 1957 and John, Jr.,- born . i just after his father was elected president. Lost to Kefauver li He came-within an eyelash of winning | the vice presidential nomination in 1956, .if losing to Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee. ;/i He won the nomination for democratic s presidential candidate in July, 1960 and was chosen on the first ballot. ,; He defeated former Vice President ;. Richard Nixon in the race for president by a slim 113,000 votes. ■; John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the first J; American chief executive to face the pos sibility of nuclear war and to risk it with a show of force to protect American in . terests. But later he succeeded in achiev ing an accord with Russia limiting nu \ clear tests : Domestically, he was confronted by a ' racial problem that epitomized a contempo rary world issue—the relationship between the black and white races. ,j There were foreign problems old and ' new during his administration. Inherited ; from previous administrations was the cold ; war with Soviet Russia. Held Troops v Despite Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush '' chev’s determination to rid West Berlin of 1 Allied occupation troops, Kennedy held Ameircan forces there. He kept American troops in Southeast '• Asia to thwart Communist penetration in ! that area. Through economic help he sought to aid Latin America, a target of propaganda from Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, avowed disciple of Khrushchev. And he acted in similar - fashion in Africa where Death Shocks World-- (Continued jrom page one) for the announcement. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York said “Mrs. Eisenhower and I share the sense of shock and dismay the entire nation must feel at this despicable incident.” Harry S. Truman’s wife an nounced to newsmen that the former President was over come and was not available for statement. Former Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon said: "The assas sination of the President is a terrible tragedy for the nation.” Gov. Nelson Rockefeller de clared a 30-day period of mourning for New York state and said that all state offices would be closed for the day of the funeral. “The incident was a shock ing and terrible tragedy for the nation and the world,” the governor said. Sen. Barry Goldwater of Ari zona called the incident a “pro found loss to the nation and world” and noted that he and Kennedy had been personal Student Tickets PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT Nov. 27 Rec Hall will be distributed starting at 1:30 P.M. SATUP.DAY General ticket sale opens 9 a.m. Sunday Hetzel Union Bldg. §»' .' is “emerging” nations groped their way un- 1 steadily toward stability, often with vio-'jj lence. ' tj Domestic Problems 1 At home, in addition to the integration' I crisis, Kennedy became embroiled with the f| steel industry over a price increase which 1 he halted, faced a' nation-wide railroad 1 strike which resulted in Congressional ac- | tion, fought for a tax cut which he called | necessary to spur the economy and to avoid a possible recession and watched avidly the | United States race into space with the Rus- | slaps. | The nuclear crisis broke in the waning @ months of his second year in office when || he confronted Premier Khrushchev with a f demand to remove Russian missiles set up |j in Cuba and pointing at the United States | 90 miles away. S To a West Berlin throng he described 3 himself as “a Berliner,” asserting that “all § free men, wherever they may live, are cjti- ri zens of Berlin.” West Berlin was not' Kennedy’s only worry. The United States was involved with the Communists in such far off places' as Laos and South Viet Nam in Southeast Asia. At home Kennedy found himself deep in the civil rights problem from the. very start of his administration. In the spring of 1961, his first year in u office, Negro and white groups, calling f' themselves Freedom Riders, sought to ~ break down bus station racial barriers and ran into violence in Alabama. There were ? = incidents at Anniston, Birmingham and h Montgomery, among others. The worst was at Montgomery. , ; j The unrest spurred the President to send a special message to Congress in June asking it to help end “rancor, violence, : j disunity and national shame” by passing t : what was described as the most sweeping : ■ civil rights bill since Reconstruction days. The President called its enactment “im perative.” He chided Congress for not enacting earlier proposals and said, “The result of ; continued federal legislative inaction will . be continued, if not increased, racial strife.” • At the sgme time he appealed to Negroes •’ to rein their demonstrations so Congress can “freely work its will.” ! In a move to impress Congress, Negro ; leaders called for a “March on Washing- , ton." On Aug. 28 more than 200,000 Ne- ; groes and whites arrived in the capital by ; plane, train, bus, car and on foot. > Kennedy asserted “the cause of 20 mil lion Negroes has been advanced” by the assembly. But Congress did not hurry en actment of the Civil Rights bill. friends, in a statement made in Chicago. Gov. William W. Scranton issued this statement: "This hideous crime with all its tragedy leaves the heart and soul of America lifeless and in sorrow. Pennsylvania joins all Americans in. prayer for our President, his wife and his family and for our nation. "All the world stands still, stunned to silence by this evil deed.” "Stark tragedy,” was the re action of the leaders of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Dr. Eugene Carson Blake said. “We pray God that John Kennedy’s death, tragic though it is, will be the turning point for which we have been work ing and praying; that the American people in revulsion against all nate, violence and bitterness will move forward together into a new era and across a frontier of freedom and justice for all Americans.” Designed for you, forever This is the look college women adore...styling as timelesa as love itself, yet with a knowing contemporary flair that makes it very much “today." It's the kind of look we’ve designed into Desert Star... newest of the famous Artcarved engagement rings. Like all Artcarved rings, it’s styled to stay beautiful...guar anteed in writing for permanent value. See new Desert Star now at any Artcarved jeweler listed here. It’s designed for you. "Berliner" Racial Strife Asked Legislation Theatre Plans Tryout Tonight Combined tryouts will be held for University Theatre's two scheduled productions of the winter term, “Dinny andj the Witches,” and "A Mid-i summer Night’s Dream” at 7:30| tomorrow and Monday nights! at the Pavilion Theatre. ! Students are invited to comp and see the theatre and to sign up for its crews. “We need students for scene and lighting design, we need actors, we need technicians, but most important, we need in terested students,” publicity director Jack Shaheen said. “Dinny and the Witches” is a satirical comedy, written by the author of “Two for the See saw” and “The Miracle Work er.” This play will require actors with the ability to carry a tune. It’s not primarily a musical, but some singing parts are included. [ - Kennedy Family Has History of Tragedy The. death of the President Is the latest of several tragedies to strike the Kennedy family. The family of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, originally consisting of nine children, is today mourning itsdhird death. The oldest brother, Joseph P., Jr„ was killed in World War II in an airplane explosion. At the time he was piloting a craft on a raiding mission over a German rocket site. Family Politician The older Kennedy was said to be the "family politician" ex pected to rise to political circles. His younger brother Jack sup posedly inherited this role after Joseph’s death. Three years later, in 1948, the eldest Kennedy daughter Kath leen, who was married to the Marquess of Hartlngton, was killed in a plane crash, In the President’s own family, tragedy struck with the loss of three children. First Loss The first baby was lost by mis-1 carriage in 1953. Three years j later another child was born, dead following an emergency! Jawbone JZ Folksinging tonight featuring g Sandy Hershman 8:00 p,m. to 12:30 ft 415 E. 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Another sister, Rosemary, is currently committed to a mental institution in Wisconsin, Brushed With Death Kennedy himself brushed with death on at least two other oc casions. A World War II incident in volving ’a PT boat he piloted almost cost Kennedy his life. In the early 1950’s when a bafck operation, which resulted from injuries from this episode, was performed on Kennedy, he once again barely evaded death. NEW COLLEGE DINER , Downtown Between the Movies ALWAYS OPEN' Sermon by 256 E. College Ave. McKeesport— GOODMAN'S JEWELRY STORE Meadvllle—DEAN'S JEWELRY Millersburg—LElTZEL'S JEWELRY Mliton—FlSK JEWELRY STORE Monessen—SEYMOUß'S JEWELRY CO. Scranton-SCRANTON TALK Sharon-TALLY JEWELERS Sunbury-WALKER'S JEWELERS Topton—MEßTZ JEWELER Tyrone-JOHN F. MOLNAR Union City—ANDY'S Union Clty-THE GIFT SHOPPE Washington—McNAßY JEWELERS Washington—TAPEß JEWELRY STORE Waynesburg— JAMES HENNEN JEWELERS Waynesburg-HARBAUGH JEWELRY West Reading—WlLLlAM H. NAGLE York-FUTER BROS. York—ARCHIE K. 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