>> the white house naval photographic unit produced monthly reports on the activities of president lyndon johnson. up next, from 50 years ago, the president, june 1960 7 -- event's to pick did in this half film include the six-day war in the middle east, the nomination of thurgood marshall to the supreme court'. the navy phones are archived at the lbj presidential library and you can watch many of them on their youtube channel. ♪

narrator: on the second of june, prime minister wilson of great britain was welcomed to the united states. thater, a crisis, one developed with dramatic and stunning suddenness would be given priority. the explosive middle east situation. anotherme here today in time of trouble when peace and justice are again in the balance, and it is on occasions like this that the council of an old and trusted friend is most welcome. narrator: israel with another climactic point in her struggle for survival sought not only the threat of a maritime blockade, but the threat of extinction.

with the united nations ,eacekeeping force withdrawn solutions through diplomacy and united nations intervention seemed increasingly remote. the time for talk was over. together, great britain and the united states drafted a declaration to be distributed among the world's seagoing nations. internationaln waterway. all nations have the right of free passage. the hoped to challenge egyptian blockade of these of the strait of durand. wilsonrime minister declared, is not on our side. ♪ [gunfire] narrator: the president received

the first word of the fighting at 4:00 in the morning the fifth of june. in the situation room of the white house, the now familiar maps of southeast asia were replaced with those of the mediterranean. the president had given every effort to diplomacy. war, theit had gone to goal was to tempered out. foreign, as one columnist observed, for whom the crises had become the coin of daily living. in progress, it was imperative to avoid misunderstanding.

the soviet premier and the president of the united states exchanged teletype communications emphasizing they would not intervene with direct force. worldt moment, the realized that they could keep the conflict from spreading. following the initial conflicts, the president asked secretary rusk and secretary mcnamara to brief senate and house leaders. was an exchange of statements on the floor of the united nations security council. the council had been called into session on the outbreak of hostilities. it was through this forum that the united states would concentrate its energies to bring about an immediate cease-fire. the questiony in

of troop withdrawal. under the leadership of the acurity council president, draft resolution would be drawn up on the following day. to containgreement and limit the conflict, the key layhe additional cease-fire in the compact of the united states and the soviet union. the news flashes clarify the situation. it became clear that the decade was being changed in a matter of hours. military analysts called it a lightning war. the verdict of the battlefield had been rendered in the opening round. far more issues were raised by the fighting then were settled. and theinate policies aftermath of the conflict, president johnson established a committee. he asked george bundy to serve as the executive secretary.

it involves far more than governmental concerns. [chanting] >> no peace without justice. no peace without justice. no peace without justice. jordan agreed to

accept the cease-fire resolution. at the moment but the president was drafting -- word was passed to the white house that egypt, too, agreed to the cease-fire. [applause] [chanting]

narrator: on the 10th of june, syria, the last arab holdout, agreed to a cease-fire. the fighting was now stopped. it would let the people of the area in the world realized what had just happened. the tensions that had built during the first 10 days in june were welcomed with around of old-fashioned partisan politics for returning to texas, lyndon johnson was greeted by incumbent congressman jake pickle. it was a good time to meet a whole new generation of thatituents, including one is a little unsure of his political convictions. however, a little persuasion

from the number one party leader was all that was needed. the main event of the evening was a southwest democratic dinner. also sharing in the festivities, daughter lucy, soon to be visited iv stork. there was a democratic party -- visited by the stork. there was a democratic party event. it was a chance for the president to relax in a down-home atmosphere. after threehnson: weeks of wrestling with the middle east, it's a real pleasure to come home to the piece of texas politics. in case there should be any differences of opinion, i want to make my own position abundantly clear in the beginning -- i am for peace, territorial integrity, political independence, and the did

navigation -- the unrestricted navigation of the channel. the president returned to the white house for the midmonth round of duties. he had often remarked that one of a chief executive's most important jobs is attracting able and talented executives to washington. the president introduced mr. marshall to a group of 121 teenagers and presidential scholars. each a demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and was awarded a special battalion in a white house ceremony. lyndon johnson, perhaps more atn any other president, is

his best when challenging the use of a nation and he does so at every opportunity. >> if you are looking for energy and enthusiasm, courage, fearlessness, you can find it with our young people. i have seen it among the white house fellows, and i have seen it in the washington summer interns, several thousand of which we have here. i have seen it in the peace corps and the teachers core. narrator: to the graduation class of capital pages. for the worldson: that you enter very much needs your help today. our nation is called upon not just to maintain the blessings to multiply, but those blessings, to improve the world for all people and to improve it for generations yet to come. in your lifetime, the days ahead of you, you will have to completely rebuild this country. you're going to have to clean up

the ghettos. you're going to have to tear out the slums. you're going to have to rebuild the city. narrator: lyndon johnson was not the only national figure on the south lawn. making an impromptu appearance, a johnson favorite, dr. billy graham. the well-known evangelist reminded the group that as they took inspiration from the president, he, in turn, needed their strength. he asked everyone, no matter their religious background, to pray that god give the president wisdom and strength. was thehe white house focus of deliberations. the newly created crisis committee convened in the evening. the russians, in a surprise move called for an emergency session

of the delegation. it would be headed by none less than the soviet premier. on the day that the soviet premier arrived in york, president johnson made a short hop to dulles airport to greet the premised are of a. he was en route and had made a red carpet visit to the white house earlier and would be the president's guest at camp david. they cover the spectrum of middle east problems -- the thest insoluble question of refugees, israel's territorial gains, the arab refusal to accept israel as an independent nation. as far as the press was concerned, there was only one question. would there be a meeting between the big two. as the president made clear, he would be happy to see the

premier. prime minister holt made it has been australia powerful the court. service, theuiet president reminded the daughter of the commandant it was father's day and undoubtedly, the thought that he himself would soon be a grandfather. on the following day at a foreign policy conference at the state department, the president offered his formula for lasting peace in the middle east. president johnson: the middle east is rich in history, rich in its people and its resources. it has no need to live in permanent civil war. it has the power to build its thelife as one of

prosperous regions of the world in which we live, and if the nations of the middle east would turn towards the works of peace, they can count with confidence upon the friendships and the of all the people of the united states of america. and wentry is committed hear reiterate that commitment that is basedce on five principles. first, the recognized right of national life. second, justice for the refugees. , innocent maritime passage. fourth, limits on the wasteful anddestructive arms race,

fifth, political independence and territorial integrity for all. on june 22, the president invited for distinguished guest to the white house -- the british foreign secretary, the premier of and all four had been attending the emergency session of the united nations, and each in private conferences during the day informed the president of views held by the various delegations. the president discussed the five-point piece proposal from the day before. he brought each of to date on armed shipments for the troubled theon, again expressing wish that arms shipments should be publicly disclosed. secretary of state dean rusk was finalizing the arrangements for .ce summit meeting

a stone house in new jersey suddenly became part of the world history books. the white house announced that the president had invited the chairman to meet with him the next day. the chairman excepted. geneva --yell to nor it was no yell to not geneva, but a symbol 18th-century american home. -- it was no yalta nor geneva. unimaginabled power, but both were unpretentious, straightforward. both sat in the company of kings, and you both understood the language of the former in the factory worker. they would face each other for nearly 10 hours, both becoming, for a brief moment in history, the focal point of a troubled

world's hopes and prayers. [crowd clamoring] ♪ president johnson: i was glad to meet the chairman this morning. i talked threat the day straightforwardly with him. i am glad to save you that he came to our meeting in the same spirit. we talked about the problems in the middle east. and we will continue to talk about them. we talked about the problems of

southeast asia. we talked about the arms race. we talked about the need for common action on concert -- on constructive initiatives for peace. we reached no new agreements -- almost, but not quite -- but new agreements are not always reached in a single conversation, so we are going to eat lunch and spend sunday together again. the first day of the summit talks was over, but for the president, there was still much work to do. after assuring the thousands of enthusiastic onlookers that the meeting had been a good and useful one, he bid a momentary goodbye. 24 -- a 25 hour day. 12 more hours to burn before there would be any rest. it would be difficult to pinpoint any part of lyndon

johnson from political career as satisfying as this day. -- he had the public fired the public imagination with face-to-face encounters. for the0 a plate dinner present from club in los angeles, he was able to announce that financially, the democratic party was over the top. the debt had been paid. and if that was not enough good news, he could relish the report he received 18 hours earlier -- he was a grandfather. now saturday, june 20 fourth, in a small room in austin, texas. june 24, in ah -- small room in austin, texas. president johnson: i would like there to be a world that is more prosperous and peaceful than the world i have inherited. working together, reasoning

together, planning together, being patient and understanding together, i believe we can achieve such a world. on sunday, the president returned. this time, he brought the family. on hand to welcome the back, new jersey's governor richard hughes and mrs. hughes, who had been instrumental in making holly bush available. ♪

narrator: profound differences between the two statesman remained, but nothing could dampen the spirits of the day. accompanied by his daughter ludmilla and she would be the special test of mrs. johnson and -- the special guest of mrs. johnson and linda. [explosion] ofrator: is the second day talks -- as the second have talks continued, heavy rains last weekend's, but the witnesses to history stood the ground. they had talked for more than four hours, delving deeper into

issues that separated their two countries. >> we made further progress in an effort to improve our understanding of each other's inking on a number of questions. i believe more strongly than ever that these have been very good and very useful talks. narrator: the premier had been visibly touched by the warmth of the people. he thanked them and saluted friendship between the soviet and american peoples. president johnson: these meetings have not ended our troubles and dangers and i cannot promise you that that will not happen again. the world remains a very small and very dangerous, and all nations, even the greatest of them, have very hard and painful choices ahead of them. but i can tell you and i have no does about it at all, it

help a lot to sit down and look a man in the eye all day long and try to reason with him, particularly if he is trying to reason with you. and that is why we went to holly bush this morning. and reasoning together there today was the spirit of holly bush. [cheers and applause] president johnson turned his energy. he expressed to the doubters, the draft card burners, the protesters -- say to them it's not absolutely essential. it's not a prerequisite. it's not required that you turn our country down in order to lift us up.

narrator: the month of june was over. partialident saw fruition of his greatest ambition, the continual strengthening of his own people. in philadelphia, and the heart of an impoverished area, the visited the opportunities industrialization center. he had heard about the center for months, a community built werel where residents picking themselves up by their bootstraps and learning a trade. president johnson: i saw human beings who had pride in their eyes instead of fear.

they had shoulders high engine up your the federal government did not do this. the federal government did not build the center. what else the center is the spirit and the breath of every human that is part of it. force that says yes to life itself and wants to affirm the hisity of man, whatever origins, whatever his race, whatever his religion. so, if i had to sum up my feelings in a single phrase this morning, i would say to all of you, i believe we are going to make it. ♪ >> interested in "american history tv?" visit our website at c-span.org/history. you can view our schedule, preview upcoming programs, and watch college lectures, museum tours, archival films, and more. "american history tv" at

c-span.org/history. "q&a" --t's on >> the primary actor was herbert hoover, the secretary of commerce. those rules govern the way that we actually allow resources to be used in our economy today. >> the former chief of the fcc talks about the political spectrum, the politics of u.s. communications policy. politicalto this system -- when we went to the split will system for allocating his mission rights, within a couple years the regulators are renewing licenses, but very carefully noting that propaganda stations will not be allowed. in fact some early on, 1929, leftg that period, you had

wing stations, if i could use that political term, owned by w cfo in chicago, a labor union, socialist, but a a station in new york city. for political purposes, they wanted to a spouse their opinions. these were immediately dubbed propaganda stations by the regulators and when they were men nude, they were told to be very careful about expressing their opinions. they were renewed, they were told to be very careful about expressing their opinions. >> tonight on c-span's "q&a." on americanend exploits ofthe confederate general john s. mosby. of force an economy

mission. never, never did mosby invision masse ands force en attacking a union cavalry unit in the conventional manner. it was hit and run. continue to cause trouble, disrupt them, make them concerned, worried, pull forces back to protect areas. in fact, mosby said he thought the greatest thing that he accomplished as a partisan union was to deprive soldiers of sleep. anybody who has been in the military knows how precious sleep is. if for no other reason to escape the tragedy -- drudgery you are involved in. that by his felt operating at night and coming into places where he was least expect it, he caused worry and a

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