NO RETREAT FROM TOMORROW: President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1967 Messages to the 90th Congress [Signed Presentation Copy]

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1967. 245 pages. Personally signed by President Johnson on a bookplate that includes the presentation written in calligraphy (probably by Sanford Fox, Chief of the White House Social Entertainments Office): "To Carl Hayden with my best wishes Christmas 1967." U. S. Senator Carl Hayden was at the time the longest serving (1912-1969) member of the United States Congress. Often called "the Silent Senator" because of his tendency to avoid speechmaking in favor of working behind the scenes, Hayden was especially effective in promoting the federal highway systen and federal programs for mining, irrigation, and reclamation in the American west (especially in his home state of Arizona). As President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Hayden twice became second in the line of succession to the Presidency--first upon the death of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, then after the assassination of President Kennedy. It is well-known that Johnson and Hayden, both leaders in the U. S. Senate, frequently worked closely together to get legislation passed. Less well known is that their personal relationship also was close. In a 1990 interview, Roy Elson, longtime member of Hayden's staff, described the relationship: "there was a great deal of respect for each other and a real warmth." When Hayden retired from the Senate, LBJ was a featured speaker in the retirement ceremony. The book is clean and tight in a clean and bright dust jacket that has some minor rubbing and several short closed edge-tears.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.