00:00:03.940 - 00:00:27.450

How do you do? Ladies and gentlemen, I know that it's highly dangerous to ever make comparative statements about individuals. However, in this case, I can say without hesitation or reservation. During the twelve years that I've been privileged to serve you in the Congress, there has been one man who has stood out above all others with respect to ability and certainly with respect to efficiency.

00:00:27.940 - 00:00:52.560

And I speak of my good friend, the senior senator from Texas, a great majority leader, Lyndon Johnson. I'm delighted to have you on our program. Linden. Once again, I'd like to start off this interview by asking you real tough question. What do you think will result from a summit conference meeting that might be held between Khrushchev and our leaders and the British and the French people first?

00:00:52.560 - 00:01:22.770

George, I want to thank you for your undeserved comments regarding my service. Undeserved as they may be, I appreciate them nevertheless, now, in direct answer to your question, I don't think anyone can foretell what the results what results will flow from such a meeting. Mm. I think it's reasonable to assume that we haven't been too successful in recent years and summit conferences.

00:01:22.780 - 00:01:45.430

What success we have obtained has usually come at the ambassadorial level. However, no one can refused to be willing to sit down. Reason thing, things out with the leaders in all parts of the world. Senator, what was your view about the movement of troops and eleven Lebanon?

00:01:45.430 - 00:02:09.360

Did you approve of that? For now? Uhh. I was not consulted until the action had been taken. I think that we were in pretty bad shape. And perhaps, uh, under the circumstances, the president, uh, could do little else. The president made the decision. The Marines were ordered in.

00:02:10.130 - 00:02:37.560

Once that was done, there was no choice but for us to unite, we could not abandon our people. We must speak to the world with one voice. And as soon as I returned to Washington the next day and the Senate opened, announced to the American people that we should all you close ranks, unite and support the commander in Chief.

00:02:38.600 - 00:03:00.450

Senator, let me just shift the questions for the second out of the United States Senate Majority Leader. Do you believe that we have thus far had a constructive record? Yes. George, I think this is the most constructive Congress that I have observed since I came to Washington twenty seven years ago.

00:03:01.140 - 00:03:14.060

And, of course, that was a very leading question, and I want to get on your side real quick. Certainly in the time that I've been here, I think it's been the most. If not one of the most constructive Congress is that we've had, and it's due to your leadership.

00:03:14.810 - 00:03:41.680

Georgia. We have forty nine Democrats in the Senate. I sometimes think they're forty eight leaders and one follower, and I'm the follower. But most of the constructive legislation we passed, and that involves some very big bills, very important bills, very comprehensive legislation. It's been passed by a bipartisan vote to support of members of both parties, the defense reorganization bill fast this week by a vote of eighty two nothing.

00:03:41.680 - 00:04:01.260

And that's a great tribute to send a Russell of Georgia, as well as to the Republican members of that committee who helped him fashion the legislation has brought to the floor. Well, I'm sure from that statement, the people of Florida can see one of the reasons why you're so successful is that you encourage others to assume responsibility and make them feel that they're important in it.

00:04:01.440 - 00:04:16.880

Well, no one has done more George to help me than you have. And I'm very grateful for your support. You've been a tower before. Time runs out. I want to ask you one more personal question. Now that Texas is no longer the biggest state in the union, how do you Texans feel?

00:04:16.880 - 00:04:37.420

Has it given you an inferiority complex? Were neighborhood people. And we welcome Alaska to the union. We Texans think we're big people. We think we think big. Try to act big. We certainly welcome the biggest state in the union, Alaska. And we're glad that she's come in.

00:04:37.660 - 00:04:46.050

Thank you very much, Lyndon Johnson, for being with us today. And thank you very much, Ladies and gentlemen, for looking in. I hope you're looking again at the same time next week.