For all his concern with Viet Nam, President Johnson had plenty of time for politics and pet projects at home.
His preoccupation with education continued. Addressing 40 high school student-winners of a Westinghouse Foundation science contest, he proudly announced that Daughter Luci had been admitted to Georgetown University School of Nursing, quoted her as saying: "Daddy, there is just nothing more 'in' than brains." Later the same day, he delivered a rousing sermon before some 200 delegates to a National Education Association conference.
"You can sit in your rocking chair," he said. "But I am going to use every rostrum to...
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