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- a p p o i n t e e s
1 5 8 women a p p o i n t e e s .:
the E ast
front
January
about
row r i g h t
eight new women just
a p p o in t e d who
p JU. '
were to be sworn i n .
affair,
Including
That
was the
C a t h e rin e W h i te,
d e s i
- performance sponsored by Cabinet; call at theatre for Senators to floor of Senate for quorum; Lynda Johnson to Lord and Lady Harlech's party; Lady Bird reviews State Department information on Jordan
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in a c r owd of passers-by and sight- seers,
shook hands
signedautogrphs—
Meanwhile
or so the p apers s a i d
I was g e t t in g
Agr ic u lt u r e
sumers.
ready to dash o ver to the Department of
to open
- Consumer affairs
- to have some private conversation and that
would be m y time to depart.
So I did, thereby not seeing the thousand or
so guests cla m o rin g at the gates.
I rushed hom e, feelin g stra n gely truant,
jumped into m y red lace dress and went out to the W
- Urban affairs
- Urban affairs
- draws a crowd; Lady Bird has tea for Mrs. Alexandros Matsas, wife of departing Greek ambassador; tea & tours for five new ambassadors' wives; discussion about Shah of Iran; LBJ greets group; John Macy meeting about Fine Arts Commission; bowling
- a book on Lyndon. I just couldn’t be more pleased. I wouldn’t want to
be in better hands, both for his deep knowledge of Lyndon and for his magnificent love affair
with the English language. He is a lover of words. But also, I dread it, simply because
- an official Ordt·
written
i n 1789 ci:;tablishing the Dcpartm cnt of State.: of the nc\v young repub lic -
only it was called
hi s bir lhcby
th~
prc~;cnt
01,;parllncnt of For cig:t Affairs.
She was bringing
c:arly bccau.sc she is leaving for Europe
- of the r l ' reshn1cnts - - something une seldom
does at these affairs.
And lam so g lad they did -- they br ought in a
tray of long but sturdy stra,vs with tiny meat culws skcv:1.: rcd on the
ends.
About two inchc:s of
mt:.~at
cu\J cs and a h ot sauce
- in in an y f a m ily affairs."
The S p e a k e r g r a c i o u s l y
c a m e in and h a d n ic e w o r d s of g r e e t i n g to the g ro u p and then L yn da
an d I r e t u r n e d to the W hite H ouse fo r a long a f te r n o o n w ith c lo th e s
s p e l
- Johnsons and Dean Rusks tour the LBJ Ranch and the Martin Ranch; Rusk talks about Brazil, Haiti, Vietnam, China and Africa; discussion of the LBJ Library and School of Public Affairs; lunch; Jimilu Mason works on LBJ bust; Lady Bird uses movie
- (as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs), and the tax bill; Lady Bird gives wives a tour of family quarters, and they see Catlin paintings and chandelier in the Treaty Room which came from LBJ's Senate office; Gerald and Betty Ford
- children of Hubert Humphrey, Robert McNamara & Bill Wirtz; Lady Bird mentions guests and menu; LBJ School of Public Affairs; Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass perform
- letter to grandmother at Hye Post Office; guests to boyhood home and LBJ Ranch for lunch; Gronouski on Poland and Red China; Johnsons & guests to Danz place--car is stuck in mud; Lady Bird takes nap & talks to daughters; foreign affairs
- discuss the LBJ School of Public Affairs; recorded message for history of the White House is completed; Luci Johnson gives away hamsters
- Lady Bird meets with Jim Ketchum; office work with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell; reception for House members; briefing for House members and tour for wives; Luci in bed with flu; stag dinner to discuss foreign affairs; Lady Bird exercises; news
- plans; further renovation work when Herbert Wells arrives; Lady Bird & guests drive the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird asks Don Thomas & Jesse Kellam for status of Johnson business affairs; Don & Jesse leave for Dallas; Lady Bird reads; LBJ calls just to talk
- takes nap; Lynda Johnson visits New Orleans; guests for dinner; talk at dinner about LBJ School for Public Affairs and Vietnam; to theater to watch films
- Comment about LBJ by Goldwater; LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with Ken Galbraith; Willow oak tree to plant at White House; LBJ appointment with the Australian Minister for External Affairs; LBJ & Lady Bird walk to Lafayette Park & shake tourists' hands
- to Father Montgomery about Luci Johnson converting to Catholicism; Lady Bird reminisces about Luci; late dinner with LBJ; LBJ has meetings with Maxwell Taylor, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, George Ball, et al about foreign affairs
- Dress fitting; Lady Bird works with Hester Provenson on speeches for trip; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird has doctor visit; Lady Bird has tea for Texas friends; reminiscences about "Fandango" held at LBJ Ranch; LBJ School for Public Affairs
