Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday)

Duration: (min: sec):

06:38

Number of Pages:

5

Description:

Lady Bird describes typical week & weekends; meet with Abe Fortas about 1968 election; LBJ will give speech in March 1968 saying he will not run again; LBJ retirement activities include LBJ Ranch, teaching & lectures at University of Texas & San Marcos; Lady Bird says what conditions would cause LBJ to run again; Fortas says it depends on Vietnam; Lady Bird analyzes her own feelings; Johnsons fly to Camp David with guests; walk with Commander Jones' daughters, Karen & Judy, and Courtney Valenti; Johnsons and guests go to Commander John Paul Jones' house to see baby owl; bowling; early dinner; two-hour conversation; confrontation between LBJ and Dean Acheson; Speaker Rayburn's comments about Dean Acheson; donation by Phyllis Dillon for Beautification of Washington, DC schools; Mother's Day presents from Lynda Johnson and Luci Nugent

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary

Location Details:

White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Elections; Presidency; National politics; Vietnam; Welfare and War on Poverty; Lady Bird Johnson personal; LBJ personal; Johnson family travel; Humor and mimicry

Archivist's General Note:

An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.

Rights:

Public domain