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fo r the Houston Symphony when it plays tonight in Constitution Hall,
MEMORANDUM
c
T H E W H ITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Saturday, F e b ru a ry 29, 1964
Page 2
The angel of the Symphony, i s a s o r t of Duchess of Houston,
in a cultural way. M
- a u t i f u l young w i f e ,
who seems to me
S e c r e t a r y of
U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been
Interior
time
es c o r tin g them around Washington and
just about t h i r t y .
brought them to
I
the
White H o u s e ,
u p from
- lady from Lyndon's a rm , so that I hope he got to dance with
n ea rly everyb od y present.
I know he wanted to.
How funny that we should do m o re dancing a fte r 50 than n e a rly any
time in our liv e s ]
And I lo ve it.
The evening was light
- 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
- MEMORANDUM
T H E W HITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F r id a y , A p r il 3, 1964
M r. James F o s burgh a r r iv e d at 10 o 'c lo c k this m orning and we
had n ea rly two hours of a rt talk, about what would be nice to go with
the ChildeH assam a nd the M
- something of it.
And lo and
behold, in the course of the whole evening, never once did I encounter F r ank
and Ruth Stanton,
I must rem em ber to te ll him Lyndon's famou s story
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
W A 3H I N O T ON
Monday, May 25, 1964
Page
- e b e s t w ir e w e could an d a ll w o rd s a r e h o llo w . A s L yndon
le f t to go to w o rk h e tu rn e d to m e and s a id "W e'v e l o s t th e s te e l
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fig h t; we m a y lo s e th e w a r .
T h e y a r e going to in d ic t B o b b y
- nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
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THE WHI TE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Wednesday, May 6, 1964
Page 3
along - M rs. Charles Tobey, its p illa r and citadel; M rs, Edward Burke
who had been in charge of sewing ev er since time began; M r s. W illiam
B u lo w .
Others that m ean the m ost to us
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house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
- n u t e s
u p s t a i r s , so th a t I co uld show him the M a r y C a s s a t t .
T h e y lo o k e d (in the .
b u r e a u ) a t the l i t t l e p i c t u r e of E lle n B a r r y ' s p o r t r a i t of m e , w ith th e y ello w
i m p r e s s i o
- Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
- e- thatched Governor of Virginia and Mrs. Harris on .
I
It is getting so that m ore for eign vis itors land in Willi am.::;burg than
-
and
then
George Bro w n s and
for
lunch,
such a
s ho o k h a n d s
in
th e Bob
a bit
time
is
into
to
a young,
w i t h a f e w of
vital
the
-jp-uley.
and c o n tr o v e r sia l.
coincide
w ith
hour
the
who w ere c o m in g
a hard place
tourists
- DUM
* »THE W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Thursday, A p r il 30, 1964
p^ge 3
while C u r ti s L e M a y crowned Luci, beaming. Lyndon as tal l and straight as
he usually is^li s tenmg to the na tional anthem in an a irp o rt, but this time
sm iling so sw
- i r c u m s t a n c e .
h eart soars.
W h en th e t r u m p e t s b lo w , m y
A n d w h e n th e y s t r i k e u p th e S t a r S p a n g le d B a n n e r , I t h in k
I s t a n d tw o i n c h e s t a l l e r .
T h i s ti m e I w a s e s p e c i
- l
:\i!EMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
j
WASHINGTON
Tuesday, May 9, 1967
Page I
....
There is a rhythm to life these days.
.
.
Weekdays
crowded,
.
demanding; and then a weekend
two days,
sometimes three, that
,~
Time to read and sleep a~d
-
"
-" .
I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl
in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski",
and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- riedm ans
an d t h e Jack G oulds who h a d w r i t t e n a
m a rv e lo u s r e v i e w o f my ABC s h ow.
The John Pom f r e t s
o f t h e New York T im es; th e John S t e e l e s o f Time a n d
L i f e a n d t h e L u c ie n W arren s o f B u f f
- s l i k e so m u c h
. m o n e y . ; H e l e n lo o k s a t m e in a w r y w a y w i t h a to u c h o f a l m o s t d i s da in .
A n d p a t i e n t B e s s e n c o u r a g e s m e a n d r e m i n d s m e th a t t h e r e w i l l b e th e - s o
- of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
- g e n t s .
M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the
It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that
m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r .
We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
- Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
- or t h r e e more d r e s s e s , p o s s i b l y an e v e n in g
d ress.
I was i n no mood and t h i n k i n g o f th e b i l l s
t h a t had a l r e a d y mounted up. A nd th e n n e x t i t was
time t o s e e Max Brooks and Roy W h ite.
Max's b u
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contributed to the White House with love and generosity.
And then I
sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my
desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking
out very private things, such as the memo I
- Smathers.
He's
But there was a
She spoke of George and of her
sons and o f continuing to live in Washington for a year or so, but in
true female fashion I could not help thinking with a pang of times
past.
And there were old friends, the Jim Rowes
- children leave. We went first to 30th
Place, that I’d lived and loved for so long--18 years it was--and then to Mrs. Hendrick’s, and
looked at some chintzes. As usual, didn’t find just what we wanted; came home in time for
a 4:00 meeting with Clark Clifford
- gy, horn-rimmed
glas s~s
and the: most
comical of exp ressions of distress on he r face, biting h(·r lip, was ent itle d
"Luci Goofed." And anothe r, really quit e> attractive, of Van Cliburn,
Luci (pretty this time) and t he kin
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
