Jim Novy Operation Texas, which Jim Novy helped fund. Jim Novy was one of Lyndon B. Johnson's (LBJ) great benefactors. Novy first met LBJ when LBJ was serving as assistant to Congressman Richard Kleberg. They became close when LBJ served as head of the National Youth Administration at the time Novy needed help placing European refugees; this collaboration between LBJ and Novy is referred to as Operation Texas. Novy and LBJ worked closely on many Jewish issues, particularly when LBJ was a senator in the early days of the state of Israel. In 1962, when LBJ was vice-president under John F. Kennedy,
President of Sri Lanka as the residences of the Governor-General). The government pays for meals and staff. Other presidential residences include: In recent years from time to time Prime Minister's House, commonly referred to as Temple Trees, which has been the traditional residence of the Prime Minister since 1948, has been used by some presidents such as Kumaratunga and Rajapaksa. While other presidents such as Jayewardene and Sirisena have refuse to use the Presidents House, with the former preferring to stay at his personal residence Braemar and the later at his former ministerial residence at Wijayarama Mawatha. For ground travel, the president uses the