Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

47

Description:

40 trips; Discover America; LBJ’s trip to Senegal while VP; Cadillac diplomacy; JFK approved LBJ’s approach on trips; Ayub Khan told LBJ that Russians would be testing JFK in international area; Ayub Khan’s visit to the LBJ Ranch; camel-driver incident; Lady Bird served fruit and vegetables of Texas to visiting guests; Lady Bird was LBJ’s goodwill ambassador; Lady Bird flew in the same plane as the press; logistical problems of getting stories in; Lady Bird’s gift for phrase-making; White House Female Press Corps; titles for trips’ borrowed staff; harmonious working relationship between Udall and Lady Bird; White House Press; Big Bend trip; first member of a Presidential family to visit John Adams home in Quincy, MA; Latin American diplomats visit to LBJ Ranch; Padre Island; no partisanship; last trip; planning and scheduling trips; Lady Bird’s interest in certain legislation; civil rights questions; ghetto problems; newspaper women appreciate and archivist First Lady; Lady Bird understood AM and PM deadline; press leaks.

Contributor:

Carpenter, Liz, 1920-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details