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- and Dr. Cain . H e mentioned
to the m th e discomfort he suffere d durin g th e night . Th e doctors assure d hi m
that this wa s to b e expecte d an d reminde d hi m that hi s temperatur e was now
normal. Th e President intentl y looke d a t hi s barrag
- Desautels
then
while
talking
to
BM,
called
mjdr
who
took a note
BM (pl)
to Bill to read to the President to the effect that ^MHHH! by teller vote the Bow amendment to strike out rent supple
BM (pl)
J*lJ*^6 /was defeated by 30 votes -- Ht^H^
153-183
5:56p f
- President an d Mrs . Johnso n wen t t o th e Sout h Ground s t o
wait fo r Lynd a wh o was du e to arrive fro m Californi a wher e sh e
had sai d goodby e t o Chuc k last night .
a Lynd
a arrive d
7:14a Th
e President , Mrs . Johnso n an d
Lynda t o th e
- of important contributions to the Inter-American progress.
The President read the point s of a talking paper to Meyer, and instructed Bob Fleming to give Meyer a copy.
_ Bob Fleming memo on meeting and talking paper to Dorothy Territo.
Preparation pape r
- root beer. " and invited His Excellency
have a seat "while I finish reading this report. " (report -was last 5 pages of
Christian's morning press briefing). President Banda chose to have coffee.
' to
12:59p Unde
r Secy of State Nicholas Katzenbach
- with the Premier walked to the microphone --the Pr
cool and windy welcomed
the President. Overhead a large g banner was suspended from two crane
reading --"Welcome to Sydney ---First City of Australia". There was a fairly lar
crowd that had many small American
- ) and Margaret Price (sitting next to Cliff on his right). Returning to his quarter
stopped and asked Al Barkan and Jim Suffridge to join him a little later. President th
stopped in the isle to go over night reading sent in the evening before by Joe Califano
- . The President said yes to that and YB took a folder of night
reading items for him to look and act on .
Working
Ii
night reading items with Yolanda Boozer. Photographers taking pics
and Ambassadors milling around greeting each , other. Dinner was served
- we have information offices interpreting the Manila Conference.
Marks told the President of his plans of getting worldwide distribution as soon as
possible. Marks :mf
The President this morning read digests of all the news from back home
As he filed
- , grapefrui t an d orange sections , egg s
toast an d bacon
8:40p Bil
l Blackbur n i n t o pic k u p night readin g
9:00a ~9:30 a Ji
m Jone s
Larry Templ e
10:00a Mr
. John Camp (tailo r from Loui s an d Thos. Saltz )
brought fou r suit s fro m Oxxfor d
- conference last night in
Larry T~~
\ the
Yellow Oval Room of the mansion and
gave Larry Temple two instructions
who? I as
a result. . . . "call Governor Connally and read him selected parts. " and
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^ - -. i ^ * I '
get that fellow from Chicago whom I
- , George Christian's press briefing was being taken
in, pag e by page. When mjdr took a page in at |_M|^f c 12:40p. '
the President was standing, reading the ticker .
12:45p £
;
Robert
Kintner
1 2:47p _____________ __________ Robert
1:10p To
joined
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fHiTE HOUSE Date
ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Ma
DIARY
'resident began his day at(Place
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on
Tom
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board included: ..
Johnson
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_
Lt. CdrF. Worthington Hobbs, III
M Sgt Marshall
K Gaddis
____________________ ______ _____ Mr. Jim Jones
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Dr. Burkley
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The President read a letter from Drew Pearson marked personal
- last night when he sat down to dinner. The President then pulled the
Date May
White House Day
4, 1966
Wednesday
Activity (inctude visited by)
handwritten note from his pocket and read the entire note to all the Senators. . .
it told the President
- excitement. Presiden t wen t directly i n the hous e followe d by
his advisors . '
[
^ Th
e house i s Victoria n - - old , an d th e dinin g room , tw o conferenc e room s hav e
been coole d b y the additio n o f air conditioner s las t night .
The Presiden
- awak e
t McCaffert y
Ar
8:45a Bil
l Blackbur n i n t o pick up night reading
8:45a Mrs
. Johnso n int o bedroom t o sa y goo d by e befor e departin g fo r Ne w York
9:00a Ji
9:09a t
9:15a Mr.
m Jone s and
Postmaster
Arthur
9:15a Mrs
9:31a f
- :45p To
10:03p £
10:10p Luci
Rostow
mjdr's desk to work night reading.
called (but did not talk with her father). He said tell her he would be over in a minute
to get the supper on the table. She was at Dr . Kraskin's -- said she'd leave immed.
10
- to dinner
mf
at home - "bring John, too."
(John Criswell in Chicago today)
Harry
Middleton
there was a telephone message on the President's spindle saying that Middleton
had a "call me" memo from night reading. Later in the evening, the President
-
White Hous e Fello w ceremon y - sh e said "n o sir " - h e said
don't yo u think yo u should g o ove r an d se e i f yo u ca n fin d
yourself a husband
' aske
7:03p po
b ou t
. 7:08 p Presiden
t t o mjdr' s offic e
with Larr y Templ e
t night
- a chai r an d read last night' s pres s briefin g
11:47a Mis
s Dina h Shore, Nat l Chmn , Nat l Easter Sea l Societ y fo r Cripple d Childre n an d Adults
11:50 and th e Nationa l Easter Sea l Poste r twins :
Lisa an d Lori Yauch , 4 1/2 yr s ol d
Mr
- by) ture
D Code
George
13, 1968
Christian
President called for a copy of the ltr from Justice Fortas on VietNam
which he had directed last night be sent to Secys Clifford and usk - eyes only
--the President was in the Yellow Oval Room w/ Sen. Richard
- . Lawrence's request to see the President in the night reading, July 11. )
/
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E.
7:35p 8:22p
Hon.
^
Robert Lee of theFederal Communications
\ Commission
7:50p To
the dog pens
then for a walk on the South Grounds - w/ Mr. Lee
8:10p -
8:22p
1
! £*gz
- with their fingernail -- and it was very sore and painful to
the President, )
pOssibility of Spending Friday night in New Mexico — — Santa Fe Or
Discussed the
Albuquerque — — and Saturday to rest= _— and then on to the West Coast
The President had supper
v/ JV MF VM
- Office
• for
workin g at his signing table -- and mos t of his night reading
,8:50p_ t
Jack
8:57p f
11:20p To
Sen.
~ ~for
midnight _|
Valenti
Russel l Long (b.1)
th e mansion .
DINNER - alone~ "~
Retired
friday
21, 1967
Date April
The White
-
Activity
18 , 1967
Rostow (pl)
Harry
5:15p To
McPherson (pl)
mjdr's room - saying that he would do his night reading,
and then go take a nap before his di nner. WmmmmmBJ*
5:20p |
To
J^MJBMBriap barbershop - w/ MW
|
S*3Ap .
j
6:21p I
6:22p - 6:24
- ) \
|^
!
Secy
Robert McNamara ;
- to dictate changes in telegram to go to Sen. Yarborough in Texas
Jim
__
,
Ashton
__^
Doug
_______• .
Note: in tonight's night reading MJDR has a note
the President saying "if you miss the FDR
in your Oval Rm Office over
- table and worked last night's evening read
Secy McNamara (b. 2)
MW (pl)
JoeCalifano(pl)
Mike Manatos
Walt Rostow (pl) r e signing of Rusk- Ramo
s agreement (Rostow memo re
this date, 10:20a)
BM (pl)
MW (pl)
y^^
September 14, 196 6
Dav
:
Activity
- , and see if I can get some service. Last night they
didn't even know how t o run it and the President ought to have better service
than that." (the film was unedited, and the fault was not with the projectionist)
Then the President said, "Call Jack Brooks
-
as Richard Cardina l Cushing blessed the final resting place of ^_
President John F. Kennedy. .
Without previous announcements, the caskets of the 35th President and his two
dead children were raise d from their temporary sites last night, carried
about 20
- evident one who had a double faced sign, one side reading: "Mr. President We Support
20*000 U. S. Clergymen who Appealed To You in the Name of God to Stop It"; the other side: "Stop Unlimited
in E, Asia " Therewas mucheagerness of the crowd to see
-
readin g messages from Washington given him by Jim
Also signed few letters that arrived in Pouch last night.
7:01a Jetstar
Jones.
landed at Randolph Air Force Base
7:08a President
and Mrs. Johnson boarded Air Force #1 - wheels up at 7:08
(see p. 2
- a nap.
During the flight back to Washington, the President worked items from
his desk in Washington -- both night reading and items from his signing table.
Staff in the stateroom were: Bob Kintner, Jake Jacobsen. Marvin Watson,
Cliff Carter . Milton
- through papers on corner of desk.
working some of his night reading.
4:58p President
5:00p t
to oval office saying there was so much to read that it is impossible
for him to keep up.
Walt
Secretary
William
Rostow pl
Dean Rusk
Bundy in oval office
- for
to Congressional Wives Prayer Breakfast
_ 9:15
_9:25_a
REMARKS
& 9:30 9:40a REMARKS
9:42 9:46a
____^ shook
list to DT
_,
White House p
Weather:
Situation
February 1968 *
Following
kick
and
__£ £1
9:47a The
men
night reading was returned
- -read George Christian's a.m. press briefing
12:14p To
" for
Cabinet Room
SIGNING CEREMONY
H. R. 15971, Amendments to the Uniform Code of Military Justice
y?-
REMARKS
-"list to DT
' since
This
is the first significant amendments to the Uniform Code
-
u p fo r Andrew s Ai r Forc
President
mos
t o f the
readin g Nov . l9t h
IT " spen
"- t- —
- ^.
. - tim
^- e o
night readin g an d givin g instructions t o
Temple an d Johnso n and Rather
10:31a Arriv
10:39a 10:47 a Andrew
y
e Andrews Ai r Forc e
- , the of Nicaragua.
President tg said to get in touch The
President told Mr. Rostow to write a nice, warm note to read on the plane tomorrow
how much he enjoyed having them down here, and that the President and Mrs.
w/ Sen. Tower and tell him that saying
he and his
- that his son was in VietNam. When the President read the letter
he said that he wanted the man to come in to see him. ______
:
~12:00n The
;_
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Day ;
or t Expendi.
Activity
oL
18,
President walked the Arata's out of Marvin Watson's office, down
-
6;45p - 7:00p working
night reading items w/MW and yb ;' '
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6:5 0 Bob
