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From the opera. The biggest and certainly the most colorful crowds to greet Mrs Johnson on her three state western tour was here in Monterey. Representatives from many lands were present. But the dominant theme was of course, exemplified by the old Spanish and Mexican costumes worn by

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many of the ladies on this part of her tour. On behalf of conservation, Mrs Johnson chose to come to Colton Hall built as a schoolhouse by the Reverend Walter Colton first American ade in Monterey. It was in this building in 18 49 that California's constitution was

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signed. The first lady then planted a chestnut seedling taken from the Thomas Jefferson mounds on the south lawn of the White House. Mr Johnson spoke briefly to the assembled crowd standing here at Colton Hall, the cradle of government in California. I am well aware of your

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proud past. I understand you're going to celebrate your centennial soon. I am impressed with what you have done to preserve its colorful history and bountiful beauty of a big country. You had a master plan and that as many a less fortunate county will tell you makes

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all the difference. It's just as though uh someone uh who love this country had picked out the jewels of its landscape and, and sought long, long ago, uh to preserve them and keep them up. I know, I know we all feel very indebted to those people.

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And so today, the visitor here can see Monterey Harbor with its historic Adobes and the famed 17 mile drive with its cypress point. Your superb point Lobos Reserve and your panoramic drive down the coast, which I will dedicate today as California's first scenic highway. It is

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hard to think. Now as you travel this coastline, what the alternative might have been a freeway with billboards, perhaps flashing neon signs. But the people of this area were determined that this would not happen. And it didn't, it took the cooperation of planning commissions, boards of

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supervisors and very importantly, a large array of far sighted citizens who were determined to make the good life, not a hollow promise but a living achievement thus concluded her stop in Monterey. She left by car for the dedication of the scenic highway in Big Sur. This

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is Roland Post with Mrs Lyndon Johnson's California tour in Monterey.