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LBJ Campaign Speech in Tampa, FL on Communist Cuba (1960)
Gordon Wilkison
Sound | 1960 | B/W | English

Categories:
1960s
Politics
Cold War
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Gordon Wilkison
KTBC-TV
This footage captures scenes of Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning in Tampa, Florida for the 1960 presidential race, for which he was on the ticket as the candidate for vice president. In this speech, LBJ discusses communism, its spread in Eastern Europe, and the situation in Cuba. He comments that if the opposing candidate, Richard Nixon, in his role on the Congressional Security Council, 'took any action to prevent Cuba from going Communist, it's certainly the best kept secret of the last eight years.'

Purchased from a family member in 1951 while Lyndon B. Johnson served in the U.S. Senate, "the ranch," located in Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country was the Johnsons' family home. The LBJ Ranch made its debut to the American public during Johnson's vice presidency (1961 - 1963) when it was used to host state visits of foreign dignitaries, high-ranking Washington politicians, and campaign functions.  As President (1963 – 1969), Johnson conducted official business at the ranch, including state visits and lawn chair staff meetings, earning it the name, the Texas White House.  On December 2, 1969, the ranch, along with Johnson City and Johnson's birthplace, was authorized as Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site, and became a United States National Historic Park on December 28, 1980.  Both President and Lady Bird Johnson are buried in the family cemetery within the National Historic Park.
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