VATICAN CITY (AP) — USS. Vice President Lyndon B. John- | son called on Pope John XXIII to- day and great afterward economic predicted| and social ad- | vances will result from the forthcoming Roman Catholic worldwide council. | Johnson, on the final day of his. six-nation, 15-day goodwill tour around the Mediterranean, spent 41 minutes alone with the 80-year‘old ruler of the Roman Catholic Church. The the vice president’s wife, Lady Bird, and 18-year-old daugh- ter, Lynda Bird, joined in the un-. usually long audience, which last-. ed another eight minutes. Only 20 minutes had been set aside on Johnson’s program for | i the audience. It was clear John-| son and meeting. the Pope GREAT “I had the enjoyed their| HONOR great honor and} privilege to be in the presence of | His Holiness, and his wisdom and his knowledge, which is so exten- | sive. I was listening and learning,” Johnson said later. “T was stimulated by the spir- y | 4 itual leadership I have \ f just ob- served.” | Referring to the worldwide Roman Catholic meeting opening in St.. Peter’s on Oct. 11, Johnson said: ‘From that meeting flow great advances in the nomie and social field.’’ will eco-: ' From the Pope’s library, the Johnsons paid the usual eall at the offices of the Vatican Secretariat of State. ‘Then Johnson left to continue his program in Rome while Mrs. Johnson and her daughter remained to tour the Vatican Museum and see the Sistine and Pauline chapels. TOURED CENTER The vice president toured Italy’s space research center outside Rome. On Wednesday, Johnson and Italy Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni had signed a convention for Italian-American cooperation in space research. Vatican sources said Johnson gave the Pope a message of greeting from President Kennedy and | the Pope, in return, gave Johnson a message for the President. 1 ; — fr. ~ es a=