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- it to the S h oreh am fo r the C o n g r e ssio n a l
Club brunch, a high point o f the y e a r , the annual b ig day of the C ong r e s s io n a l Club, w h ich I have b een going to s in c e 1938. :
A s I p u lled up to the en tra n ce, M r s . A lvin O 'K
- Congressional relations
- Lady Bird to Congressional Club brunch--theme is the Whistle Stop campaign; Lady Bird is presented with original Fred Sebol train cartoon; to Arboretum with friends; meeting with Governor & Mrs. Paiewonsky of the Virgin Islands about Lady Bird's
- a good look through it.
And there was M r s . Ralph H a rve y, fro m m y
International group; and M r s . Paul Jones from m y 81st Club; and T o rb e tt
MacDonald - I re m e m b e r how much trouble we had to get him to k ill a deer
when he was down
- Congressional relations
- Lady Bird has coffee with Kate Louchheim about Ladies Home Journal article; joined by Doris O'Donnell; Lady Bird poses for Vogue magazine photos; fourth Congressional reception; Lynda Johnson as Azalea Festival queen; Luci or Lynda Johnson as queen
- was the C o n gressio n a l Club Annual
brea kfa st honoring the F ir s t Lady.
other side of the fence.
How oft e n I hav e attended it, on the
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This tim e, dear Carrie Davis is P res id e n t.
T h ere
was a reception b e fo r e hand fo r the w iv e s
- Newspaper coverage of Luci Johnson at Apple Blossom Festival; Congressional Club's annual breakfast honoring the First Lady; Lady Bird's statement about her first attending in 1938 for Eleanor Roosevelt; LBJ to Winchester for Luci's crowning
- .
I readily agreed and said le t's set it up
for tomorrow, Wednesday, so as to catch those m em bers of the
T to T Club, Tuesday to Thursday.
How we used to laugh when
we w ere in the Senate at people who went away for weekends
. Thursday afternoon
- Congressional relations
- s, P r e sid e n t o f the N a tio n a l C
ap
italG arden Club L eagu e, and frien d of B uford
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
T h u rsd ay , F eb ru a ry 11, 1965
WASBINOTON
P age 2
E llington; and B ill W aldron, C hairm an of the F in e A rts C
- Congressional relations
- Tea for and meeting of the Committee on Beautification; the second Congressional reception; dinner with the George Mahons, Hubert Humphreys, et al; Buford Ellington to head the Office of Emergency Management
- o m i s e d too m u c h , hoped f o r too
m uch.
A f t e r w a r d we d ro p p e d L u c i a t th e W hite H o u se an d w en t on w ith
L y n d a to th e F S t r e e t Club - - th e f i r s t .tim e I h av e b e e n to th e F S t r e e t Club
in a g
- Congressional relations
- Bird to F Street Club with Lynda; Lady Bird visits with Mike Monroney about his trip to Saigon; Lady Bird visits with James Roosevelt about portrait of his father, Franklin Roosevelt
- R o g e r s , and
how I w ould lo v e to stop and lis t e n to
him m ake a r e p o r t on the fin a n ces
o f the club; and, I m ust add B ru c e A l g e r , and I f e l t a lit t le f l i c k e r when he
c a m e down the lin e , and I v e r y d ig
- LBJ to New York for Mrs. Robert Wagner's funeral; Lady Bird meets with Jim Webb about trip to space installations; lunch meeting with Mr. Ketchum; Look magazine photo session for Lynda and Luci; fifth congressional reception; Johnson family vacation
- Congressional relations
- LBJ has breakfast with Prime Minister Menzies of Australia; Lady Bird goes to the Congressional Club for presentation of doll wearing miniature of her inaugural ball gown; lunch with Sir Robert and Lady Jackson and Ed Clarks; ABC film
- Congressional relations
- Office work; Lady Bird has hair styled; photos made for article; Lady Bird to lunch with 75th Club at Senate; ladies reminisce about early years; assessment of Mike Mansfield; Senators greet ladies; Lady Bird & Walter Washington tour Washington, DC
- Congressional relations
- Lady Bird to hair salon; Lady Bird to Columbia Island for daffodil plantings; back to White House for photos in the Rose Garden & Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to lunch at the Jockey Club; office work; Lady Bird records diary
- HOUSE
W A SBiM O TOH
W e d n e s d a y , O c to b e r 6, 1965
Page 3 .
in a t th e N a tio n a l P r e s s Club lu n c h e o n f o r c a r t o o n i s t s , c o n s u lt a t i o n s
w ith h i s e c o n o m i c a l an d f i s c a l ?][ a d v i s o r s
- Congressional relations
- ; Congressional reception; photos in Blue Room; buffet in State Dining Room; Lady Bird accepts Churchill bust with remarks by Averell Harriman, LBJ, Lady Bird and Winston Churchill, the grandson; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; dinner with LBJ's doctors
- Congressional relations
- Bird gives speech; speeches by Kentucky officials; Lady Bird gives speech at Democratic Women's Club luncheon; Esther Coopersmith tells of her visit to USSR; back to White House; LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda Robb & the Krims helicopter to Camp David; dinner
- , m y f i r s t a p p o in tm en t o f th e d a y w a s a
happy o n e .
I c a lle d B eth P o r t e r P e r m in e r w ho I had run in to th e
day b e fo r e a t t h e op en in g o f th e W o m a n 's N a tio n a l D e m o c r a tic Club
and a s k e
- Congressional relations
- LBJ & Lady Bird to AMVETS building dedication; Johnsons and Congressional delegates to Indianapolis where LBJ speaks; LBJ goes to stag luncheon at Indianapolis Athletic Club; Lady Bird attends ladies luncheon; travel to Ft. Campbell, KY; LBJ naps
- , o r w as i t 913 9 ? W
henMr s .
R o o s e v e l t was o u r g u e s t o f h o n o r a t t h e 7 5 t h
C o n g r e s s i o n a l Club l u n c h e o n .
I t was a b e n e f i t
b u y a whe e l c h a i r f o r a c r i p p l e d b o y .
to
T h a t
- Congressional relations
- Congressional relations
- Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical
- e w e r e a c h e d the
f a ir g r o u n d s.
T he G ard en Club la d ie s p r e s e n te d m e w ith a b ou q u et that
w a s a r e a l w o r k o f a r t,
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O nce in the m id d le o f h is s p e e c h th e r e c a m e a s w ift b u r s
- Congressional relations
- Congressional relations
- Betty Weinheimer, Jewel Malechek & children are guests at White House; desk work; Lady Bird records diary; lunch; Lady Bird to Mr. Per's hair salon; tea at Women's National Democratic Club; LBJ's philosophy for appointments; Lady Bird is met by Head
- r e I le f t
a lo n e , fo r the M e l l o n d i n n e r a t the S u lg ra v e Club.
T h e r e w e r e p i c t u r e s a s I e n t e r e d b u t no c o v e r a g e i n s i d e , a r u l e o f
the C lu b w h ic h m a k e s f o r a g e n u in e ly r e
- Congressional relations
- Congressional relations
- ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
- on to the hotel and then a re p lic a of la s t n ig h t.
Th e P re s id e n t 's Club reception, and here it i s indeed a triu m p h
have
to/accummulated , o r at le a st so the p ro g ra m sa id , 200 m em b ers
who are w illin g to pay a thousand d o lla rs
- Lynda Johnson christens Navy transport, "Austin"; LBJ & Lady Bird to St. Paul, MN, for Democratic Farm Labor Convention; Hubert Humphrey's son, Robert; LBJ gives speech; President's Club reception in Minneapolis; Fundraiser dinner with remarks
- r s a r y
r e c e p t io n .
S m a ll, n e a r ly all T e x a n s, old f r ie n d s , the Seppalas.
And then we continued on to the Sheraton P a rk , w h ere the W om en s
D e m o c r a t i c Club was having a dinner f o r A dlai Stevenson
- Lady Bird and Eric Goldman work on Georgetown Visitation speech; preservation of Lincoln Room at Blair House; Israeli reception at Mayflower Hotel; dinner for Adlai Stevenson at Sheraton Park Hotel by Women National Democratic Club
- a -
tio n , th e le t te r w a s w ithdraw n fro m s a le by the com pany o fferin g it and
i s to b e retu rn ed to the W hite H o u se.
T he b ig even t o f the day w as a luncheon given b y the 8 1 s t Club
. fo r m e .
T h ey had a ls o in v ited
- Shooting in Dominican Republic; auction of Jacqueline Kennedy letter to Lady Bird; luncheon of 81st Club members; gift of charm by members to Lady Bird; ABC filming at Treasury Department; story by film producer about Pope John; LBJ meets
- c r a t ic
Club, w h e r e they w e r e h aving a tea in m y honor, w h e r e I stood b e tw e e n M a r y
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K e y s e r lin g and I n dia E d w a r d s - - M a r y 's the P r e s i d e n t of the club - and m e t
500 w o m en , a l l m e m b e r s
- to Women's National Democratic Club tea; LBJ & Lady Bird to Women's National Press Club for Eleanor Roosevelt Golden Candlestick award to Judge Anna M. Cross; women appointments; Betty Beale's & Marianne Means' parties; Lady Bird talks with Phil Potter about
- it, t e nd Lhc
y.1rd and kee p it clean, and makc it availat-lc for
m~c tin& s
of Lhe Wuman 1 s
Club, a horne econo1nics group, a 4-H or PTA or Li ons• Club, or
whatever t he comrnunity has ne e d of.
that st.op by there now .
Mostly it tu rns out
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to be 150,000
It had that quaint
the parade.
I
there,
a sunny
day.
small-
I
and State
Senator
Harry,
Jr.
and
hosts.
me very
happy
s service
club
and highly
He must
have
was the attractive
and an assemblage
Pretty
is beautiful
As we began
- the w o r ld o f clubs/^ so important in this fa cet of A m e r ic a n life/i
. there was M r s . E. L e e Osborn, past president of the G en era l F ederation of
C lu b s ,A n d lo n g -tim e Johnson supporter; and Katherine P e d en, past
MEMORANDUM
- and others who w e r e com ing by, , ,
Some of the stuff I have liv e d with and lo ved at the E lm s.
A t 3 o ’ clo ck I had a picture with Womens' National D em ocra tic Club,
that i s M rs . K e y s e r ling, the P r e s id e n t of it; Kay H a l l e
- Lady Bird does desk work; Lady Bird has photograph taken with Women's National Democratic Club; Lady Bird attends reception for University of North Carolina group presenting John White drawings to White House Library; Lady Bird relates stories about
- , probably a little m o re re lia b le
and old fash ion ed than m ost papers.
We le ft the P h il P o t t e r 's ra th er e a r ly , with M a ry M a rg a re t and Jack
V a len ti, stopped by the W om ens National De m o c ra tic Club, w here Diana
and Donald
- to Women's National Democratic Club; Lady Bird visits with Taylor family, including her niece, Diana MacArthur and brother, Tony Taylor
- speech and then we went u p stairs fo r dinner, with
the A rth ur K r i m s ,
the Ed W e is l, S rs, and a little s ta ff- - the f i r st re la x ed
m om ent of the day.
In shaking hands at the P r e sid en t's Club D inner of which A rth ur K r im
- I had c a lle d to in v ite to rid e
w ith m e,-o u t to the W om an's N ation al D em o cra tic Club B e n e fit Show.
And
off w e w ent for about 30 m in u tes of that fa m ilia r sign atu re to th is job, w alk in g
through cr o w d s, shaking
- to Woman's National Democratic Club Benefit Show; dinner with Oveta Hobby and Jim & Ida May Cain who are leaving for Vietnam; agricultural help for Vietnam; Uncle John Pattillo dies; talk of arts and events
- s, planted by the Associated Clubs o f V irg in ia fo r Roadside
Development.
And I spaded in the d ir t on a dogwood.
T h is is the Y e a r o f the
Shovel fo r m e!
Th e chief le sso n o f th is m orning is to see what has been done w ith
In te
- on who a lw a y s b e l i e v e s th a t n e w s p a p e r p e o p le a r e
r e a l l y h e a d e d f o r th e H e a d l i n e r s Club a n d n o t to s e e t h e i r d e a r o ld
A unt, t r i e d to m a k e h e r a d m it s h e h a d b e e n to the H e
- to g ra p h in g p ic t u r e s , and, a t lo n g la s t ,
a l l to o b r ie f a s e s s i o n on th e f i r s t d r a ft o f th e s p e e c h to th e G a rd en
Club la d ie s in th e G rand T e to n s on S e p te m b e r 7 th .
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- hostesses; a Noah Webster picture and the Rutherford Hayes desk for the White House; briefing about freeway through Breckinridge Park; LBJ's birthday present; lunch; speech for Garden Club ladies in the Grand Tetons; Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch
- he re and then left by helicopter from that
delightful name Quick Sard, fo r a 30 minute ride over the beautiful green
hills to Lexington.
Then for a res t period and on to dinner, the Kentucky Federation of
W omens Clubs, which had brought
- School; school lunch program; puppet show by children; Lady Bird gives school flag flown over Capitol & encyclopedias; electric lights installed; bookmobile; speech at Breathitt High School; Wood Utilization Center; Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs
- elo n g to i t a n d i t to m e , a n d I in te n d t o s a y so ev en if I g et a re b u ff
f o r it.
I j o in e d L yn d on to go w ith h im to th e S u lg ra v e Club w h e r e a l l
t h e n e w s p a p e r w o m e n in t o w n - - f o u r h u n d
- Busy day for Lady Bird; recent newspaper stories; discussions about art and the Pearson luncheon; meeting about Lady Bird's future schedule; Lady Bird's wish to visit the South; Lady Bird with LBJ at Sulgrave Club event honoring Liz Carpenter
- h e d and l e a r n e d .
I to ld L yndon t h a t I h op ed he cou ld m a k e i t b y th e W o m e n s '
N atio nal. D e m o c r a t i c Club R e c e p tio n in h o n o r of us b o t h .
c~
I w as
e x p e c te d f o r s u r e , b u t he s a id h e
- Hospitals; Lady Bird to Womens' National Democratic Club Reception; pandemonium when LBJ arrives; Hubert & Muriel Humphrey to White House for dinner; LBJ-William Fulbright conversation about Non-Proliferation Treaty; UN position for Humphrey; Lawrence
- News headlines about troop withdrawal in Europe, taxes and members of President's Club; office work; wedding gifts for Margy McNamara; Lady Bird's upcoming California trip; interview with National Geographic; photo in news of Luci grocery shopping
- Lady Bird decides not to travel to Palm Springs; Lady Bird reminisces about driving road to Austin; Lady Bird to KTBC; Lady Bird & Jesse Kellam to airport to meet Liz Carpenter; lunch; VIPs arriving for Headliners Club annual celebration; bad
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Having l i v e d those years with
I felt
l i k e t a l k i n g about
the speech I l i k e d best was when
I d es cr ib ed a day in 1939 when Mrs,
Roosevelt came to
a b e n e f i t luncheon my 75th Congress Club gave,
a wheel chair f o r
a c r i p p
