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Johnson Plans Whirlwind Tour If Panhandle■ Second candidate for the office •vof United States senator to bring . hfs campaign to Pampa will be Rep. Lyndon Johnson, congressman from • the tenth (Austin) district. He is scheduled to speak in Pampa at• 2:30 'o'clock Monday afternoon.Johnson is to arrive at English : Field in'Amarillo at noon and without stopping will drive to Panhandle and then to Borger^ before coming . to Pampa. He will then make a whirlwind trip to' McLean, Shamrock .and Wellington and will try to make Childress, Memphis and Claude on his way back to-Amarillo ■ for a night meeting.'Friends here have been notified - that: Johnson will discuss national defense, oil and gas, and the farm and range, program.Johnson has been touring the Rio Grande valley area during the week and is just now heading toward . West .Texas. Last night he spoke in , Marshall at which time he declared• that .'‘all-out unity is my platform.”Speaking- on his close friendship with President Roosevelt, Johnson• said he.had received the following wire from a very close friend of the president's in Washington.“The President knew, of course, that there are 24 candidates in the race; in Texas. He also knew more than one candidate was claiming his support. But the President since the . race started has seen fit to mention his friendship for only one candidate and it should be obvious whom he prefers.”Johnson talked oil and agricultural - problems and reminded that Texas farmers must be relieved of discriminatory. freight rates. His first vote in congress had been in the interest of the farmers, he said, and he pledged himself to so vote to the last,
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Pampa News
Pampa, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 20, 1941
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