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- -- the President said that he had not had that info and wanted to
call Wirtz as soon as he got out of the meeting. . That he had been trying to get
him all morning.
VM took in to the President -- a ticker saying that Sen. Robert Kennedy had
made a statement
-
Adlai Stevenson and gave him
Stevenson
Stevenson
Feb
White
Marvin
House
26
1965
Friday
Watson
George
Reedy
Ambassador
Stevenson
re his appt w/ Stevenson resulting press
Secy Rusk
queries and reported statements on VietNam
Mrs Jean Kennedy
-
- to tell
to
at 10:45
Sen Kennedy on
EC, Mrs Connally, M.A. Means
the Press" w/ Mr Kellam, JV
(via chopper)
To West Ranch w/ Gov Connally, J.C. Kellam, JV - to join ladies
- in
house,
Mrs. Johnson
and
ladies
played
bridge.
Pres played
dominoes
w/ A.W
- Kennedy
Pictures
made in Oval
Oval Rm
out
Rm
out
BM in
Congr Carl
Albert
Speaker McCormack
Larry O'Brien
Mr Bundy
Dick
Director
Gordon
Goodwin
Walking on South Grounds w/ McGeo Bundy
Bill Moyers
Cong Carl
Albert
Lunch at desk
clam
chowder
- ,
Bill
Sarge Shriver
Mrs. Kennedy
John Wheeler
Roy Roberts
f
t
t
t
7:30
8:25
8:32
9:00
9:03
In living
t
t
t
t
to
Johnson City,
to birthplace
meet Neva and
Wesley West
returning
at 2:00 to watch
AW & Mariallen
movie
film, "Mr.
T.J. Taylor III
- Tues
1-7-64
8:45
10:00
10:06
10:15
10:20
10:34
10:30
10:45
10:55
11:15
11:20
Legislaive
Leaders
Bkfst
Arr office
f
P.M G Gronouski
f
Sec. Rusk
t
Sen. Proxmire
t
Gov. Reynolds
Meeting w/ Sen Humphrey
until
10:50
t Pat Lucey
Sen. Ted
Kennedy
until
-
Championship
- w/ Sen Smathers
Mr. Bundy
and
Mike
Forrestal
Attorney
General
Kennedy, Secretary
McNamara,
Secy
Harriman,
Mr.
McCone and
Mr.
Bundy - until
10:50
The Attorney
General
// Mtg w/ Walter Reuther
at 11:30
Secy McNamara
to Union
Station
to meet
Pres
- AFB fr
JV Genl Clifton
South Lawn
via helicopter
Agent Youngblood
arr
w/
Gov Harriman
To NYC via AF #1
Arrive
John F Kennedy
Intl
Airport
Helicopter to World's Fair Heliport w/ Gov
Harriman
Sen Keating Cong Burkley
Cong Rooney Cong Rowan
Cong
- m sand of the
suite an d offered the m drinks ) also
Mr and Mrs Richard
Berlin
The President seclude d in his bedroo m w/ Georg e Reedy
Mayor Rober t WXHRK X Wagner i n bedroo m w / Presiden t and . GER
Mr. Rober t Kennedy t o the bedroo m - me t
-
Office ^^a^^eebget.
use •
Pres.
creating
having a high-level commission
•for investigation of : Mrs.
Kennedy's
development of budget for
\j ^
^
LEAVE - RUSK REMAINS Oval
Office
from the House and Senate
on Dallas affair. Tax Bill. Mrs. Kennedy
- . Justice Clark
tSenator Robert Kennedy
:Rei!x±x The flight was only a 40 minute one, and the stewards hurried to
feed the members of Congress. The President did not eat.
V
DateFeb 23_
White House
^
We
d
Activity (inctud e visited by )
The Manifest
- SECRETARY
TO THE PRESIDENT
The President's plane touched down at Skid Strip, Cape
Kennedy AFB, at 3:36 p.m. The skies were overcast,
with a misty rain sprinkling approximately 200 Air Force
and NASA officials awaiting the Presidential Party.
More than 110
- alone
—.
OFF RECORD
and went to Arlington Cemetery for brief memorial services (see
while President John F. Kennedy remains moved from one
location to another. Mrs. John Kennedy had invited the
j President
and she was also present for this.
(others
- . Gen . Thoma s P . Gerrit y
To Arlington
Genl Clifton
National
Cemetery to visit
President
Kennedy's
grave
- walke d u p the wal k t o th e gravesite . Di d not shak e hand s wit h thos e onlookers ,
who at firs t burs t i n a roun d of applause
- of History at Rutgers
Mr. Larry Bilder
Senator Willis Robertson
Mayor Steven Bercik, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Joe Katz
Cong
Wm B
Widnall
at
Mon
White
House
6-15-64
G Reedy
Mr
Floyd
Boring
of Secret
Service
To Flower Garden to meet with the Kennedy
- Stegall ( trying to locate Walter Jenkins) - Washington, D. C.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy (Mass.)
Departed LBJ Ranch via chopper for Bergstrom AFB w/ Mrs. Johnson, VM (GW went in w/
another chopper)
Judge A. W. Moursund -- saying thank you for week
- ,
tell them over there that I'm coming --four for lunch. "
fr mans
Dr
Walter
Heller
Attorney
General
Bill
Moyers
J Edgar Hoover
fr
mansion
Robert
Kennedy
fr
mans
fr mans
Secretary of Defense McNamara reported to the President today that he has
-
McKee
Attorney
fr
mans
Atlantic
fr
City
fr
mans
mans
Ford Motor Co Dallas Texas
General
Robert
Kennedy
Atlantic
City
fr
mans
Wednesday
8-26-64
Walter
Jenkins
Atlantic
City
fr
mans
Mayor Robert Wagner of NYC - Atlantic City (fr. mans
- Byrd
Sen. Russell
S ecy. Mc Namara
Mrs Mamie
Brown
Mrs. Kennedy
Judge
Thorn berry
Coach Dietzel
Coach Wayne
Har din
Secretary
Freeman
( returning
his call
)
UPI
to WJ's for dinner = Present: Pres & Mrx J, Lucy Luci , Mr H
Mr. Kild uff
Mrs Jack
Bell
-
Cong Vanik of Ohio
Sen Ted Kennedy
Gov. Hoff of Vermont
Cabinet
Room for signing
of H.R. 6143
Higher
Education
Facilities
Act of 1963
Senator Wayne
Morse
Sen. Humphrey
t
George Meany
Roswell Gilpatric
Douglas
Dillon
David
Bell
George Ball
Kermit
Gordon
-
Judge Thornberry - to wish him a
happy
birthday
Meeting
w/
Mr. C. L. McNally
- Publisher,
Sat
Evening
Post
Nat King Cole, Mr. Jones, Andy
Hatcher
- till 11:22
Mrs. Kennedy
Cong. Carl Albert
Shook hands w/ Dale Alford
Kermit Gordon
Fine Arts Commission
- . Robert Kennedy, Secy McNamara,
Secy Ball,
Secy. Harriman,
Sen Russell,
Sen. Saltonstall,
Sen.
Fulbright,
Sen. Hickenlooper,
Cong. Vinson,
Cong. Arends,
Cong.
Thomas
E. Morgan,
Congresswoman
Frances
Bolton
until
10:55
// 10:57 - Andy Hatcher
Secy. McNamara
-
G.O. Markuson;
Frank C. McLearn; J. Kingsbury
Smith;
Marianne Means
t Dr Seamans at Cape Kennedy
Walk to mansion
w/ Hearst group - for lunch - arriving
upstairs at 1:29
Abe Fortas
3:05p t
3:50
3:20p t
3:40p
3:45 t
4:00
5:20
5:25
5:15p
6:00p f
6
- Kennedy
Ralph
Dungan
Cong. & Mrs. Jack Brooks,
JV, Bill Moyers, Judge Moursund
W Jenkins
Marshall
McNeil
Lynda Bird and Warrie Smith
Departed w/ Cong. & Mrs. Brooks, Judge Moursund,
Lynda Bird, & Warrie Smith
at mansion
Cong Jake
Pickle
Dinner:
Judge
- General
Kennedy
Sen Fulbright
Secy Rusk
Secy McNamara
Arrive office
for meeting
w/ Secretary
Rusk
11:28-11:35 Arthur Krim
In office w/ Hatcher, Sorensen,
Moyers,
Valenti
Charlotte Brooks
Capt. Shepard
Secy Hodges
Sargent Shriver
Frank Erwin - Austin
- .
Houston Harte in Oval Room
Louis Seltzer of Cleveland
Press
Mrs Kennedy in the Oval Room until
3:04
Mac Kilduff
for 30 seconds
Briefing by Roger Hilsman
Cambodian
Prime Minister
Nordom Kantol
Cambodian
Ambassador
to US
Nong Kim
ny Mr
Toumay an
3:25
t Gene
- Francisco
McGeorge B
undy
Larry O'Brien
Lunch in
2:05 t
2:42 t
2:50 t
2:55
until
Ted Sorensen
lounge
Ken
12:00 Secy Rusk
O'Donnell
w/ Ben McElway
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Kennedy
Carl Albert
McGeorge Bundy
in Oval Room
3:10 3:55 John Oakes of New York
-
Sgt.
7:15p |
_
-
_ __Willard "Bill"Deason__. ,
7:13p £_.
7:40p I
*
_J
Paul Glynn - at his home
To
residence of ^MJB Mr. and Mrs. Willard Deason for dinner
Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Simon McHugh
I w/
~
6101
Kennedy Road, Chevy Chase, Md
- , D. I .
JV celebrated
the Mass, H.E. The Most Reverend Patrick A.
O'Boyle, D. D. presided over the Mass; and The Right Reverend Monsignor
John S. Kennedy, gave the sermon.
the end of the Mass, the Presidential party was escorted from the church by Mr
- January 9 . 196 5
White House
Saturday
Donald Cook , Ne w York
Senator Edwar d Kennedy , Pal m Beach , Florid a
Myer Feldma n
Secretary Robert McNamar a
Myer Feldma n
To th e offic e
Jack Valent i (pl )
McGeorge Bund y (pl )
Warren Rodgers . Hears
- , 1965
Thursday
Fortas
Geo. Reedy
Senator
Robert
Senator
John
Chairman
John
Abe
Bill
Kennedy
Tower
of
New
of Texas
Macy
Fortas
Moyers
Buford
Ellington
- Nashville,
Lunch w/ Mrs. Johnson & Abe Fortas
To the office
//3:03 t BM (pl)
Bill
- : 25pTo
1: IQp guests
WhiteHouse ~
f or t
Activity
LD
x11:50a The
12:41p f
1968
th e second floor - for coffee
Mrs.
Robert Kennedy -
began leaving-- all out byl:35p
- w/ Mrs. Johnson
Luci
Houston Johnson
Dr. Billy Graham
Dr. T W Wilson
Mr. and Mrs
- from the 11:55 meeting went walking around the South
Grounds Him
also went.
To Cabinet
Room
Senator
Edward
To press
Jack
lobby
Valenti
w/ above
Kennedy
w/
Ted
Kennedy
(pl)
To mansion
w/
Mrs.
Jack Valenti,
Ashton
Kermit
Lunch
group
Gonella
- Commission and
wanted the benefit of Mr. Alsop's
thinking
Fortas Telephone
President Kennedy's Funeral
4:00p McGe
orge Bundy Telephone
Pres.
called Bundy to talk about
the Market & what could be done
to keep it steady-Bundy commende
the Pres. o n his
- Date_ February
White House ___
Day
22, 1966 *
TUESDAY
Acnvity(inc)ude visited by)
Bill Moyers __
Bill Moyers
Secy. Rusk f
McGeorge Bundy
(b 5) - re
Senator Kennedy's statement
(b 4) - re world situation
Secy. Wirtz - Miami,Florida (b
-
Activity
LD
Whit e House, Washington, D. C. .
Day
(include visited by) lure
/ Code
£s Senator Kennedy was introduced and spoke. His
favorable to th e President .
.
7:35pm The
The short drive from th e Americana to the Waldorf was relatively quiet
- Jenkins
Mary Margaret Valen
Air Force Base via helicopter
Andrews
Air Force Base
To New York City
from South Lawn w/ Congressman Pickle,J.B. Pickle,
Jack Valenti, George Re
arrive John Kennedy
International
airport at 12:16
to Wall Street Helicopter
Mr
-
House
To office
McGeorge
t
James
G
Bundy
Wadsworth
Geo Reedy
Senator
Edward
Ted
Kennedy
Press int o offic e t o hear th e Presiden t announc e th e appointmen t o f James J . Wadswort h
as Federa l Communication s Commissione r
McGeorge
Bundy
- fHiiE HOUSE Date
ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Sept
'resident began his day at (Place) Day
' Time
In Out
Telephone
11
Lo
tinex Camp David Sunday
i or t
Activity
1
(include visited by)
LD
7:00a Mrs.
15, 1968
Joan Kennedy departed - by car
- (inctud e visited by )
:'
'
Marvin Watson -pl
' w
t o oval office
/ George Christian and To m Johnso n
Califano
- p
l
OFF RECORD:
L. E. Dennis
James Kennedy ,
Emanuel Pazianos
representatives of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
left
