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- JetStar - departed Detroit Metropolita n Airport with :
Mrs. Johnson, JV, George Reedy, Maj. Gen'l Clifton, Dr. Burkley,
Kellerman, Johns, Kivett and Mr. E. T. Folliard - Press.
Arrived Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport. Greeted by Reception
- wit h McGeorg e Bund y and Georg e Reed y
Reedy out
Jack Valenti
at
Press
Conference in
office
announced
decision
of
attack
of
Gulf
of
Tonkin
George Reedy, Horace Busby, and Jack Valenti
George
Reedy
Hayles
Redman
Dick
Nelson
BM's
RE
- to be given to the press.
SEE TRAVEL RECORD
FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY
US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1964 OF—744-735
Page No.:
Date.
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DAILY DIARY
Day
The President began his day at (Place)
Entry
No.
C
Telephone
f
- day at (Place).
Expenditure
Activity (include visited by)
LD
To living room to meet w
/
Secretary
Code
Hodges
•To helicopter w/ Mrs Johnson, JV to go to Austin to attend SDEC
Party for W.H. PRess
5:11
Arrive Austin and motored to Driskill
-
Pearson
Abe
Fortas
Bill
Moyers
McGeorge
Jack
Clayton
Moyers
McGeo
Drew
Everett
RECORD
NYC
Bundy
returning
his call
Valenti
w/ JV
BM
Departed
for Mansion
backgrounder
2nd floor Oval Room
hor'd orves
cocktails
for
Bureau
Chiefs
press
OFF
- ofc
checked
To First Floo r to mingl e with guests who were on the White House Press Corps
tour of the mansion. The President was charmed by the young son of Mrs . William Yates
yspa&esB and took himto th e second floor at 3:25 an d kep t hi m
- - - talking w / Horac e Busby on certain matters related to press realeases -Mrs. Johnson's birthda y gift -- just a "simple brooch -- a gold one"
(today was Mrs. Johnson's birthday an d thi s wa s th e President's gif t to her )
Departed Ranch House w/ Mrs
- , MMV, JV, MF, Mr. Kellam
9:45 Back
to sleep
11:45 T
Sen. Kennedy in Washington --congratulating him on his "Meet the Press" appearance yesterday
11:55 t
Ann Gargan in Palm Beach -- t o check on the condition of Amb. Joseph Kennedy
12:00 To
the office
-
Tyler
Abell
Lyndon Abell
Also pics of Dr Dobie
Pres
Truman
Pres Johnson
Press
Conference on Oval Rm
Lynda Bird and
Warrie
Lynn Smith
over at
Pres Truman
Dr Dobie
Departs
Oval
Rm
w/ Dr
Dobie
Pres
Truman
Bill
Steven
Hou chronicle
Walker
Stone
Lynda
Bird
- in the Services
(DACOWITS)
President makes
prepared remarks
- at 1:20 walks
w/ DACOWITS
to the Flower
Garden - Pictures made on
porch steps
by Cecil and press
To office to meet w/ Senator Huber Humphrey
Cong Thaddeus
J. Dulski
Secy Rusk, B Moyers
To the mansion
-
Picture made w/ Dick Ottinger , Candidate for Congress, NYC
mjdr
To office for impromptu
Press Conference
- until 1:14
Picture
made w/ Mr & Mrs Luigi
Romersa - top writer for "Tempo,"
which is the "LIFE" magazine of Italy
Flower Garden
- pictures
w/ Mr
- of coffee to be
sent to Cabinet Room right away
To Mansion w/ McNamara Secretary Rusk Senator Fulbright Bundy for
lunch
Nap
To Oval
Rm
w/ JV
McBundy
Amb
Angier
Biddle
Duke
with
Irish
amb
press
photographers
Cecil S
departed
Drew
Pearson
JV joins
departed
- Wilson Calif Calif
Cong.
Edward R. Roybal Calif
Cong. Harlan Hagan Calif
Calif
Calif
Cong. Don Edwards Calif Calif Chuck
Daly
Cong. Ron Cameron Calif
George
Reedy
Dr. George Burkley Frank
Cormier - Press
Maj. Gen. Chester Clifton A.
Spivak - Press
-
for picture
Senators
Cannon
and
Bible
till 11:10
PMG Gronouski
Secretary
McNamara
aboard plane
enroute
from Paris
Meet w/ farm
Mrs Mc Namara
Gov. Connally
Mrs. Johnson
leaders
Cabinet
Room
pictures
Heller
Sorensen
taken
Press Session
in
office
till
12
- "
gathering
Majority Leader Mansfield
President made short remarks
concerning Sen Mansfield
Invited
following
press people to ride
w/ him in car to NSOB
Warren
Duffee
UPI
John A.
Goldsmith
Ernest
(Tony)
Vaccart
AP
UPI
Arrvd Oval Rm
Saw Jim Mathis
Philip
-
of th e Ne w Yor k DAIL Y NEWS ;
Mr. R . G . Shand , Managin g Editor o f the
New Yor k DAIL Y NEWS ;
Mr, Te d Lewis, Washingto n Bureau Chie f
of th e Ne w Yor k DAIL Y NEWS
Mr.
Pierre
Salinger
CC
Chris Cam p
/"*
/? ,
C«—-.*'*
*•«!••«•• •»
Press
-
Staats
Discussions
w/ Elmer Staats,
Cong. Wilbur
Mills
and Cong. John Byrnes
Elmer
Staats,
Sen. Harry
Byrd,
and
Sen. John Williams
Press Conference - Rose Garden
Kermit
Gordon
Chief Martinell
To the dispensary
- to see the dentist
John Jones
Return
- Adams, John Gleason
Abe McGregor
Goff
page
7:05
7:25
7:30
7:35
7 :40
8:10
8:30
8:31
8:45
9:27
9:29
9:50
10:22
10:35
11:06
2
w/
t
t
f
f
t
f
t
t
t
t
Nancy
in mjdr's
office - looking
at press clipping
back
to Cabinet
Rm
To Oval Rm
w/ Rob't Weaner
- by)
C^6
LD
|
11:22a I
•^ 12:05
Press 12:0
; Erns
OF
Axe
5 Walt
' ZZ
" morning
.
__ ^
~s
F RECORD :
l Springer , Germa n journalist ^
Rostow
t Creame r •
.
Z Walt
Rostow had sent the President a memo saying he was seeing Mr. Springer
- (Press
Briefing mentions Minister Luns is visiting this country after
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard on a state visit to
Canada
- thi s is an informal mtg in which. Pres. and Mr. Lung wil l
Press
and Photogs in exchange
views)
also, Robert Anderson
- and philosophize with you soon as I get a chance. " Picked u
from his desk a Kintner memo re Drew Pearson's displeasure on not having had a reply
to his request for an appointment (submitted to the Press Office) for a German corresp.
Christian departed immediately
- instructions on them
Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago (b-3)
Lynda in to talk with the President about press coverage of her trip to Acapulco
S^lAt yn3^—^-4- VJ
The President and Mrs. Johnson departed the LBJ Ranch by helicopter w/
Jake Jacobsen
Dr. Burkley
Col
- and Conservation Year"
Press Pool fo r December 27, 1966 session at the LBJ Ranc h
with the representatives of the National Youth Conference o n
Natural Beauty and Conservation
Helen Thomas UP
I
Martha Cole A
P
Ralph Harris Reuter
s
Max Franke l N
. Y. Times
- :
this is an annual courtesy call, --briefing memoranda re this mtg to DT
Datr September 2, 1966
White House Dav
Friday
Activity (inc!ude visited by)
OFF RECORD: Secretary Rusk
Press briefing #580-A indicates this "was a regular visit on general
departmental
- to his "goody" drawer and gave her a piece of candy, a bracele
returning when they werefired upon an d a pen. H e then came around the front of the desk an d with Mrs. Shield s and S
by another machine gun and Shields Nitz e stood and posed for press pool
- of Alaska
RECORD
To the Cabinet Room
w/ Governors for
PRESS Conference
meeting w/
# 77
To Oval Office, followed by Joe Califano
Bill Moyers
OFF RECORD: George Meany
(Califano still in room) -Gardner Ackley joined
Walt Rostow (pl)
Secy McNamara (b. 1
- for PRESS CONFERENCE___
live TV.
The President and Mrs. Johnson to 2d floor of the Mansion from East Room
Secy Robert McNamara Secy Dean Rusk.
Walt Rostow
2d Floor, Mansion
^ NOV. 4, 1966
White House p
^ FRIDA Y
Activity (inctud e visited
- that the President could not even find ou
what had happened.
The President told GC that he could tell the h press that Secy McNamara and Gen. Wheele
were coming down in the morning.
Marvin Watson, Washington
The President asked him to try to find out
him know
-
To hangar for
PRESS CONFERENCE #88
w/ all guests
-
review of his mtg
w/ leadership
Datr November 25, 1966
Day Friday
Activity (inciude visited by)
To House -- and said goodbye to
Charles Schultze, Secy Weaver, Joe Califano
Cong. Albert, Cong. Boggs
- Scherer. and Bob Young arrived the LBJ hou
PRESS POOL
President departed the Main house by car with George Christian, Bob Young
Garnet Horner. Ray Scherer ,
The group drove around the ranches, looking at the deer. ;
Martin Ranch
Dantz Place
Hanger area
- Businessman of the Year"
plus
Mr. Bernard Boutin,Administrator, SBA
wife & 5 children
Mr. Cortland Silver - Chmn. , SBA National Advisory Council Press and photographers coverage
Antonio
Yordan, Regional Director,
SBA
his
Date May
White House ^
24, 1966
- , and returned
to Oval Office with 3 Press Conference notebooks.
Rostow
Secy Ball HHHh
b.1
Secy McNamara
Fleming (Pl)
Rostow out.
President out in office by mjdr's desk again, asked that gt call Kintner and request
"on that letter to Lt Glenn, the Lt
- n^^ Jul
White House --LBJ Ranch, Texas p^,
y 7, 196 6
THURSDAY
Ex,
Activity (inctude visited bv) t
L
Press briefing #505-A amdaxcadxx
Washington, D. C. indicated
the President reviewed
with the Secretary of Defense
Secy. McNamara - in the main
- Mr. Pulliam' s suite.
On departure, Governor Branigin gave to mf a lifetime honorary membership in the
Indianapolis Press Club, a 2" x 4" gold plate. The Governor said he was supposed
to present this to the President at the luncheon, but there hadn't
- of the press)
The Ojibwa departed the pier for harbor tour and a look at pollution in Lake Erie.
Once underway, the President posed for photographers dipping water from a bucket
of polluted water taken from the Lake. Also for his view was a demonstration from
- h showin g guests
all th e mement o there . . . then bac k t o LB J Ranch" , stops^^at Birthplace ^-W cc HomeIj,
Press
PressConferenc
Conferenc e - fron t porc
porch
h of Main House
Announced
his intention
to nominate
to be Deputy
Director
of USIA
- )
Jack Valent i (pl)
Bill Mo yers
PRESS Conferenc e i n Ova l Offic e
GW i n
Cong. Pau l Rogers (b . I)
Senator Sa m Ervi n (b . 1)
Senator Abraha m Ribicof f (b . I )
Senator Edmun d S . Muski e
Cong. Wayn e Hays
McGeorge Bund y
Eugene Black , McGeorg e
- on the Vietnamese situation, and took in w/ that a Press Relei.se
of the Statement that Senator Kennedy had released today that Manatos had sent i i.
To Oval Rm Ofc - w/Marvin Watson and yb (yb w/itemsneeding answers and info ma eri
yb and MW out
original
Secy W
- him his opinions on the letter )
Appt requested by Sen. Jackson to discuss NATO Committee
hearings in the Senate and an Interior Dept matter
JV (pl)
MW (pl)
Bob Fleming --in (will do the morning press briefing)
MW (pl)
n*K. March
-White House
- . Symington
(Symington & Nehru our at 2:02p)
To Oval ofc
h 22, 196 6
Mr. Valenti
Oke pix
March 22, 1966
White
House
Tuesday
Bill Moyers (pl)
BM
BM in
Press Conference - Oval
Office
times around
To the South Grounds for a walk
w/ mjdr, yb, vm, mf
