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- of the Chiang
horses of the Ming dynasty I believe
Kai-sheks.
overwhelming.
And an exquisite piece of jade for me.
And another piece of
jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain
with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
- National politics
- is a v ictim of
and
h e m o p h ilia , xrf the Nation al H em oph ilia Foundation had brought him to the
White H ouse to b egin its cam paign to help the hundred thousand or so v ic tim s
o f the d is e a s e .
He w as a slig h t, fr a il, s e lf - p o s
- Meeting Timothy Carroll, poster child for National Hemophilia Foundation; meeting Dr. Daniel McKay, President of the Mormon Church; meeting 100 high school students under U.S. Senate program; Lady Bird's feeling of kinship with the South; dinner
- . Per's for a shampoo and set.
Desk work these days is happily sprinkled with pictures for
autographing.
Because the end of our Administration is near at hand,
people in the government, people in the White House, old friends far
and wide are sending
- tim e , and th e re is m uch u se of ivy. And a
o v e r it
long p e rg o la o r a rb o r w ith v in e s g row ing/in the su m m e r tim e , b u t, a la s ,
in w in te r quite b a r e , an d s e a ts u n d e rn e a th , w h ere old people c an s
- United Nations
- to Americana Hotel for benefit for the Association for the United Nations and the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Fund
- be a centerpiece from a different
adm inistration.
Of course, not ev ery one of the 36 Presidents has had
a special china.
When the supply gets low enough that you can’ t seat a
State Dinner of 100 or m ore people, then its time for the adm inistration
- , and the James S. R o c k e fe lle r s of the F i r s t National C ity Bank of
New Y o r k City.
LrtL
And then the Bob Steven s , f o r m e r l y in^Eisenhower government;, and
the W alter Toueys o f the C&O R a ilw a y Company, who are^besides^associated
tJ/t
- by the go vern o rs conferen ce jointly,
with the national go vern o rs association of Japan and the State Department.
T a ll, s e v e ra l-tim e s -g o v e rn o r of D elaw are, E lb e rt C a r v e ll, who’ d
made s e v e r a l trips to Japan
- , the coach of the number one team in a ll the nation.
A ll
the T ex a n s in town are going, entertaining, talking, letting Washington
know that T e x a s h as invaded in fu ll fold, and v icto rio u s, both in culture
and in athletics.
Going to the beauty
- in the even in g, ^e w as to m ake h is talk oi^ w ar.
T he
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
■■WASHINGTON
Sxinday, M arch 31, 1968
sp e e c h w a s n ot y e t fir m .
P age 2
T h ere w e r e revision s^ ^ people to see^»* so he
b egan to put on h is c l o t h
- National politics
- -27, 1966 [Book 30]
Folder Title
Box Number
3
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed in accordance
- Valentine's Day; LBJ has medical exam; Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent's plans after wedding; LBJ is locating Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird attends American Heart Association luncheon and style show; Lady Bird attends
- Natural resources and national parks
- Breakfast; to Calvin Coolidge home, Plymouth; clean water project; National Historic Landmark plaque placed; John Coolidge tour of home; to First Congregational Church & Woodstock Historical Association; ride through Woodstock in 1911 Stanley
- to do this.
It's one of the many
things that the Department of L a b o r is doing to bring people with special
needs, in this ca s e h a ndicapped people, back into the m ain stream of econom ic
life .
The ubiquitous E sther Pet erson, A ssistan t S e
- me to say
No to anything that Frank asked me to do.
Oddly enough, I got a note from Frank, saying that because of his close
association with the broadcasting business, he would not be out at the a irp ort
to m eet m e.
He thought the press might make
- , but I would say it would be pretty poor pickin 1 G for such as
us in Dallas.
At seven was the big event of the day - - the Am
- National politics
- " . . . . that m odern nations no lo n g er can base their salvation and
w e lf a r e
upon an e g o tis tic a l and a g g r e s s iv e nationalism .
, A sm all a r r o w
thrown in the d irection of deGaulle.
Another good phrase was, "W e have our hand out
- as a s ta rte r, to hel p
the people of H arlem to fig h t ju ven ile delinquency.
And then he c a lle d on
'
■?
them, lik e a p rea ch err|n
in a brush a rb o r - " A r e you w ith m e, " " W i l l you join
■p
me^".. and got a b ig resp on se, not ex
- National politics
- 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
- Removed from 05/14/1968, page 1.
Paper Clip Removed from 05/14/1968, pages 1- 7.
MEMORANDUM
^
T u e sd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
wASHiNOTON
Page 1
What a d a y . A s w e advance farth er into M ay I fe e l m ore and m o re lik e
- of ab out six cot:ple s that
~hey
would particul
- on a
3
co u ch , look in g at h er little dog, both of them planning som e d ev ilm en t.
We sp en t a p le a sa n t hour and a s I w alked out, saw groups of sch o o l
ch ild r en , people sm ilin g and w aving at m e ,
I s m ile d and w aved b ack
- LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
- w ill b e so m a n y more people to r e c e iv e i t in b la c k a n d w
h
i t e
achtn ol or
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
W ed n esd ay , F e b r u a r y 17, 1965
__^ it is j u s t s u p e rb .
Page 8
It w ill th en b e m a d e a v
- Meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; publications by the White House Historical Association; possible paintings for the White House; completion of the White House Library; Lady Bird visits with President Dwight
-
is a m o s t p r o lif ic l e t t e r - w r i t e r , a n d sh e ^ ta k e s c a r e of h e r people-^^
W o rk w ith L iz ,^ n d h o u rs of r e c o r d in g b ro k e n by a n o th e r v i s i t w ith
o tiie r p e o p le .
L y n d o n c a lle d m e .
He
- Square; phone call from Diana MacArthur; LBJ & Lady Bird meet 4-H group; Lady Bird greets Governors; lunch; office work; report of National Foundation on Arts & Humanities; bowling; dinner; LBJ's speech for Brookings Institute; reception; exercises
- Lady Bird breakfasts with LBJ and family; Lady Bird to National Gallery of Art for Distinguished Ladies' Reception; Lady Bird describes reception and people; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson and her girlfriends; Lady Bird and LBJ to pre-gala
- g h t i s a n o t h e r one of t h o s e r e c e p t i o n s f o r the C o n g r e s s i o n a l
people.
T h e r e due a t 6,
I p u t on a s o r t of g o ld a n d s i l v e r l a m e d r e s s
that Lyndon h a d bought m e in P a r i s , quite
- ; National Symphony Orchestra's Music for Young Americans; Congressional Reception with comments about members & wives; briefing for Congressmen & tour for wives; dinner and dance; article by Dorothy McCardle about lights off at WH
- together som e
packages that w i l l appeal to people who w is h to be t h is g e nero us.
P la yg ro u n d s in lo w -inc o m e d is t r ic t s , c h e rry tre e s f o r everybody
. around the W ashington M onum ent, and a statue in the outdoor garden
- L A
P resid en t C lark K e r r .
While the m e n went to put on th e ir r o b e s , the w ives took c h a r g e of
us and we went in and s a t down in the f ro n t row of a huge a s s e m b l y .
o u td o o rs and people s e e m e d to s t r e t c h
- of the w hole even in g— ^Although I w as
.
-v'
•.•tl
happy :to adopt it..,‘ T h is w orld , p a r tic u la r ly the dram a, in te r e s t s m e and
h a s fu rn ish e d m e w ith m any happy h o u rs. . And I lik e to m e e t the people
w ho m ake it up
- ay out enough fo r
■; th em .
^
A nd then c a m e ,/w h a t I think w as the p u rp o se of h is c a ll, 'T h e wonderftil
thing,'’-he sa id ,
I'was j think, though th e re h a s b een lo ts ofjpeaisBi p r e s s u r e s ,
a ll the people who know
- rta b le c l i m a t e ^ f o r two v e r y
l i b e r a l and outspoken people lik e C l i f f and V ir g i n i a .
th e y 'v e just had a w o n d e rfu l in te rlu d e .
But f o r this moment^.^^'^'”
C l i f f has been le c tu r in g in England,
b e
- at the knights w ore
in m e d ie v a l d a y s, and they r e a lly m u s t have b e en ju s t five fe e t fo u r in ch es
ta ll.
We did se e th o se .
And i t 's e n o rm o u sly illu m in a tin g to go through w ith people like
yr?
Rousseau
^ a ^ __
and R
- C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce
' it r e a lly .
I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given
m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it.
I
m u st a lw a y s rem em
- that w ill
eventually have 80,000 people.
B ut the p a t t e r n is s e t.
At p r e s e n t , th e r e a r e only a b o u t 2 ,0 0 0 .
H ouses and c o m m e rc ia l a re a and s tre e ts and
r o a d s a r e l a i d o u t s o t h a t i t i s p l e a s
- Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
- lik e s c o tc h
and so d a and so when s e v e r a l n e w sp ap er people cam e up and b e g a n to talk
to m e , I g u e s s I sh ould not have b een s u r p r is e d that la t e r on it w as r e p o r ted
I w as h aving a sco tch and so d
- f
people
the
co n fe re n c e t h a t e v e r took pla c e
I think!
F r o m the B a l c o n y /^ w e went
garden b ecaus e
of delphinium r aises
Steichen is a g r e a t lover
some r a r e
and b e a u t i f u l
s t r a in s
jshe had prom
- e n I w a s S ix te e n " •— in te rv ie w in g v a r io u s
people,M
arinA
derson,
H e le n Hay e s , M a r g a r e t M ead e and
am o n g th e m , an d I r e m i n i s c e d in a ra m b lin g about t h a t y e a r
V o f b lo o m a lo n g , long w
- )
th in k I had r e a l l y done a good d a y 's w o r k .
T h e y a r e i n t e r e s t i n g people-
I lo v e to h e a r t h e m t a l k a b o u t r e s e a r c h t h e y had do ne on m a k in g th e
d r a w in g s f o r th e old f o r t s of T e x
- o r y .
It w as a g r e a t show and I w as glad I w as th ere to w atch it,
though I had the fe e lin g that th ese b a ttle s are won, th is day is o v e r , this
i s the l a s t h u r r a h ." Y o u a re not forgotten people", he w en t on, "We
- on
Retardation. She will work well and ably, along with Muriel, Mathilda, and the other capable
people there. I am glad when we can put our mark on these committees and commissions. The
eternal difficulty is always in finding the right person.
[NOTE: Page 8
- ju st r e tu r n w hat people have
b e e n s a y i n g to m e a l l a f t e r n o o n - - ' I ' l l p r a y f o r y o u r h u s b a n d . ' "
I w a lk e d on a n d th e r e w a s J e s s i e H u n te r w ith h e r w ild flo w e r
s e e d booth
