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Walt Rostow
Mr. Charles Jones, Sr. , and Charles Jones III were in the President's bedroom
this morning fitting shoes for the President. Mr. Jones, Sr. asked the President
if he were ever criticized -- both chuckled, and^HHHHHHHHHHHHFMr. Jones, Sr
- by )
9:52am Presiden
t i n stateroo m fo r OF F RECOR D briefin g (Georg
• wit
h Pres s Poo l ~
note
10:57a Bil
l Gill , AB C
10:57a Jac
k Southerland , U . S . New s an d World Report
10:57a : n Fran
k Swoboda , UP I
10:57a T L Fran
k Cormier , A P
10
- e REMARKS , Presente d promotion, whil e Sec y Nitze an d Mrs,
Glenn pinne d on the new
rank
insignia
Lt
Marine
To Ova l Offic e w / Col . an d Mrs. Joh n Glenn , Secretar y Nitz e
Charles
Hayes
Asst
Commandant
of
Gen
Corps
Glenn Jr
-
;
;
all
list no
have who
We
s Counci l then recessed and Presiden t shook hands with all
-- about 130 at meeting. After recess President took a
midway in audience an d listened t o the remaining speaker s on
morning program. One speaker was George P
- said "Thank you - and good morning. " (see page 5 for complete transcript)
Departed the Main House - driving alone. .
DECEMBER 2, 1965
THURSDAY
WHITE HOUSE - TEXAS
mf - through car radio - advising Joe Laiti
Laitinn was calling him - did he want
- to set up, Mr. President" (The President had left word last night
that he wanted to be awakened this morning. )
Bill Moyers,
Senator Wayne Morse .
Under Secy. Thomas Mann
Asst. Secy. Jack Vaughn
Meeting in the West Hall w/ Under Secy. Geo. Ball
Ambassador
- calls
checked
Datf October 22, 1966
Rex Hotel, Canberra, Australia
IHhx Dav
Saturday
Activity (inctude visited by)
The President was up early this morning. When Paul Glynn came in the room
at 6:30 a.m., the President had already had his
- y^^ December 15, 1966 *
The White House Day
Thursday
Achvtty (inctude visited by) ture
ExpendiCode
This morning was fairly routine. The Preside
and Mrs. Johnson had beeakfast in bed togethe
usual chipped beef. Marvin Watson an
Breakfast w/ Mrs
- thanking him for taking Father
the Oval Rm Office Schneider
to Germany.
Robert
I
MJDR
Walt
Kintner
(pl) ;
- "find out where Jac k Valenti is"
Rostow (pl)
Jack
Valenti - Los Angeles,
"
'^ California I
This
morning's-—
MJDR
"bring me the NY Times
- and the fitting of them. . and was
in this morning to fit for some new shoes and to return another pair of shoes that
Johnson-Murphy had made for the President to make some corrections in proper fittings.
(Dr. Burkley reported this info)
Mike Manatos
To the Oval
- of the Coastal Plains Regional
Commission. __
Early this morning, at 7:05
a.m._
_ __
._
George Christian released a statement to the press concerning the news of the
large scale fighting in the Middle East. The statement called upon all parties
to support
- The
£
A. W. Moursund, Round Mountain , Texas -- and Mr. John Hill
of Dallas, Texas - both or second
George Burkley floor
w/ the President
8:50a •
9:45a f
White House ^
Hon.
Under
talked to
William Sherrill , Member Boar d of Governors, Fed Res Syste m
- to the Administrator
Clay, Chief, Health Division, Bureau for Bx VietNam
L. Breeling - Science News Dept, American Medical Assoc
^ Ambassado
r William Leonhart
William
Gaud- Administrator, AID
Clinton
Wood
James Grant
funs House n*t
- , New York
W. L. Clayton. Jr. , Circulation Manager, Washington Star
Appt requested by the International Circulation Managers Association for
picture with the Presiden t and these two boys who are the year's representatives
for National News paperboy Day
- Proclamation- -needs more fire, more definite things
for which we are thankful —more jobs, higher wages, immigrants bringing new ideas t
our shores, better education, etc.
Henry Wilson (pl)
OFF RECORD: William Springer, head of London office of the Christian
- it on and went to the back of the plane to
show to his friends and advisers there. ^
The President to his bed for a nap-The President awakened, pressed in his shirt, trousers, and new robe and
signed
th
remaining blue folders.^. Mr. Watson reported
- for a possible job at KTB C thi s summe r t o help
her earn/sav e mone y for college . W / Luc i he discusse d thei r ne w house, th e
strike a t Catholi c Universit y recently and then settle d dow n to read the morning papers
from loca l Texa s cities .
9:00a
- and ask him to come out about 5:00a to see him
Said
to have Secret Service pick him, up and to keep it very quiet but that he would like
very much to see him prior to the operation in the morning.
Dr Cain The
/Dr. Nss Hallenbeck thumb
doctors came
- McPherson morning
Senator Frank Moss
Secretary Udall the
Moss met w/ McPherson this
and urgently requested a meeting
with the President to discuss his bill, S 26
Great :Rstxx Salt Lake Shorelands Bill
Senator Moss presented a good case for
signing the bill
- morning coolness -a group of "Ladies for Lyndon " was assembled on the corner.
Arrived at sight of speech - - Washington High School -- the President went along the
fence line to shake all the hands that he possibly -could. The speech was outside
- it is important
for the President
not to comment
upon negative lines appearing
currently
in some newspaper,
news maga
zine and column discussions
of his Administration.
He can nullify those
by giving to Mr. Wicker an impressive
recital
of his own appraisal
- visited by) ,
Bill Moyers (pl)
Joe Califano(pl)
Walt Rostow (pl)
Joe Califano
Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Fowler
Joe Califano (pl)
Bill Moyers
(pl)
Edwin Weisl, Sr. - New York City (b. 1)
Bill Moyers to Oval Office
Walt Rostow
Secretary McNamara
- :00p Awakened,
-•
and watched the evening television news.
*
6:10 j
, sho
——
Walt
j the
i plane,
j
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7:00p
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7:10p To
1.
7:15p I ,
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President asked that Wm Bundy, Cy Vance, add mjdr be asked to come
- Minister George Papandreou,
distinguished friend and ally, LBJ"
Meeting ended at 11:31 am
Ken Gaddis sprayed the President's throat with medication prescribed to ease the morning's
W, Jenkins (pl) throat
irritation
George Reedy
To the East Room
- -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnes. (Mr. Murphy is
from th e Nat'l. Assn. for Retarded Children and Mr. Ra y from th e Kennedy Foundation )
The Barnes family is from Los Alamos , New Mexico.
11:30
The President me t w/ Mr. Juan Gonzales ( a former student
- and
joined the group.
The President talked with Secy McNamara about different people in the
***""" Administration.
When mf and Simon came in, he kidded them about being ou
together and told his new favorite story again about Marie going out in Bangkok
- with President Eisenhower and the press. He paused in the
reception area and showed the press pictures of the asian trip.
. Th
e President and Mary S in the President's room, sitting in chairs with the President
_reading the morning papers.
The President asked
- to your inquiry the total amount of the reduction is
Bill Moyers
$292 million. Mike Manatos.
To the Oval Office -And asked for a copy of the new issue of "Newsweek"
The President walked to theFish Room where Mrs. Wintle was waiting and brought
her w/ him
- while h e rested. H e mentioned that he had not
slept long enough and wanted to take a nap. He
also complaine d
of abdominal pains, w/ mf an d Nurse Chapowicki, the President
slept through most of the morning, wakin g at intervals to ask
Bill Moyers
- t
Senator
- /11:20a To
' handshake
This
list to DT
Everett Dirksen
mf's notes to DT
the Cabinet Room for
with students and representatives of th e
Jacob H . Schiff Public School #192. New York City
f
They
group of 125 children is headed by Dr
- by) tur
e Malechek - LBJ Ranc h
r Krim - New Yor k City
. Jac k Valenti and Courtenay departed
i and Mr. an d Mrs. Simo n McHugh out
Georg
e Christian
Marvi
n Watson ——
5:55p Th
mfaske
asked
mf
maguire
maguirean
for
forgis gist t j
L)ay
D C°d
2
- P,^ December
The White House p
Activity (include visited by) ture
4, 1967
Monday
ExpendiCode
Breakfast
Hon. Robert S. McNamara, Secy of Defense
EWalt W. Rostow -pl
The usher reported that this morning only the doctor and Mr. Watson had been up
- —.—. ..
..
.
,:
. —,
Col
. Cros s t o office w /
Cd
r Sam E. Latimer , US N - new aide i n his offic e
to introduc e hi m t o th e Presiden t
12:25p |
:
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.
12:20p j
!i
j|
T"
i
& LUNC
H; w / Mrs . J hnso n
| Jessi
e Hunte r
Mar
y Rathe r
mf
, JR J
- w/Mrs. Johnson. Jack Valenti was in and out of
bedroom working w/ the President. The President worked in his bedroom the entire morning.
McGeorge Bundy ~ D. C. (n/r)
12:40
C
Friday
LD
10:00
C
Day
f
Departed Lewis Ranch w/ same party and Jack
- Saturday
May
Awake breakfast
in bed
had rub by Chief Miller
started
morning
met w/ JV
exercise
16 1964
program
Arrive
office
Mr John
McCone
To Cabinet Wm
Room
H
- fou r meetings : (One : Supplementa l Aid for Vietna m - w / Secy . Rusk ,
John
- a briefing memo for his meeting w/ Chancellor Kiesinger today
and other items that had accumulated during the night.
This morning, he read the "New York Times" and the "Stars and Stripes"
:
j
1j
.
Mr.
j Ranch
i
(____-E
\ j last
Marvin Watson told
- the Presi dent also adked for the latest report on George Christian,
who underwent surgery in Austin this morning, mf replied that she had talked
while he was still in the recovery room and at that time the doctors reported they
had found exactly what he
- tightening recommendation s in our bill and Pres. 's Message).
^ For past sev. weeks it has been working on the org. of domestic side of the Govt. This
morning it was briefed by Gardner Ackley and the CEA on the org. of the Govt : or
economic planning
- , and appeared really frightened--the President
had much fun kidding him about it the remainder of the afternoon.
22&3ax LUNCH
on the patio--New England boiled dinner plus picnic food*"
The President
Mrs. Johnso n
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kintner
Horace Busby
