Vietnam Report: Humphrey Back, LBJ Outlines Aims
Vietnam Report: Humphrey Back, LBJ Outlines Aims
Hubert Humphrey returns from a 14 day Asian trip and is greeted on the White House lawn by President Johnson. He reports that he found full confidence in Freedom's ultimate triumph. Later in the day, Mr. Johnson flies to New York where he receives an award from Freedom House --- a bronze sculpture of himself. He promises that there will be no "blind escalation of the war" and says that the U.S. is not neglecting any peace efforts, but sees no early end. Washington DC Vice President Humphrey's White House helicopter landing on the White House lawn. Lucy and President Johnson walk up to the helicopter to welcome and greet Vice President Humphrey. MS - President and Vice President patting and giving each other a bear hug. CU - Media snapping pictures of President Humphrey's return. MS - President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and his wife Muriel, Dean Rusk and other White House staff members walking back to the White House. New York, NY LS President Johnson accepts an award from Freedom House. MS The award of President Johnson is a bronze head with an engraving . MS - Audience applauding. President Lyndon B. Johnson "If the aggressor persists in Vietnam, the struggle may well be long. Our men in battle know and they accept this hard fact. We who are at home can do as much because there is no computer that can tell the hour and the day of peace, but we do know that it will come only to the steadfast and never to the weakened heart."