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- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; lunch, newspapers and Republic Convention on TV with LBJ; cocktail party at the Jack Valentis; dinner at White House with friends; news story about LBJ and the Presidency; Bobby Kennedy
- our boat had sunk right
a fte r we had le ft January 2nd or 3rd or 4th, we set out boat riding in two
boats, one that had been lent to Lyndon a fter ours had sunk, and the oth er
A. W. ‘ s, equipped with brand new m o tors, which made it stand up on i
- aging n ew s w as
that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the
in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci,
c
w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
- Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
- r a i l s i l v e r s ic k le of a new m o o n a n d the b r e e z e on the to p d e c k
w a s v e r y w e lc o m e ,
I s e t t l e d down f i r s t f o r a long d i s c u s s io n w ith A lan B oyd a b o u t the
freew ay
c o n t r o v e r s y in San
- LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests
- m e n t a new s tr u g g le , e v e r y m o m e n t a new d ir e c tio n - try in g to k e e p the
c r a f t le v e l a n d a w ay fro m th e r o c k s , a n d no s t i l l w a te r in s ig h t.
T h is m o rn in g I h a d a c o n fe re n c e w ith V
- o o th M r s , J a m e s R o o s e v e lt a n d M r s . M ontoya
fro m New M ex ico w ho i s
s u c h a good m i x e r , a n d M r s . M a c M illa n fro m South C a r o lin a , an d , of c o u r s e ,
^
yown T e x a s d e le g a tio n , H e le n M
- 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
- . / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by.
I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
(
WASHINGTON
S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5
M ex ic o to t e l
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- ew ay , c a m e down fr o m New
Y o r k a n d s ta y e d l a t e r , and w e w en t o v e r the l i s t o f b o ok s fro m the A m e r i c a n
Book S e lle r s A sso c ia tio n
H ouse.
that they a r e so kin dly going to giv e to the White
I a s k e
- Women Doers Luncheon with speaker, Jane Jacobs; funny story about Mrs. Charles Marsh; LBJ makes brief appearance; office work; Dorris Powell tells stories about Lady Bird's mother; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner in New York honoring Jacqueline Kennedy
- e , riot
”
b e h u rt i f I d id n 't c a ll fo r w e e k s and w e e k s , and b e a v a ila b le to tu c k
in to th e s p a r e h o u rs I h a v e now and th en .
L yn d a is in New Y o rk w ith th e A rth u r K r im s , and L u c i is
a lw a y s
- bowling; Lynda Johnson in New York; Johnsons on Sequoia with friends; Buffalo River and national parks; new portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt for White House
- T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til
.it
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i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n
o b s ta c le , a m o u n
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
- a c tiv e H o llin g s of S outh
I
C a r o lin a an d s t e r n fa c e d , r a t h e r L in c o ln e s q u e , S e n a to r H a n s e n , and
I
yo u n g , t e r r i f i c l y a t t r a c t iv e C h a r le s P e r c y .
h e rs e lf.
So th e new o n
- g ro w n in to a new .
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' ■A l i t t l e b e f o r e 1:00 I s a id goodnight: to a fe w a r o u
- New York
- George Washington's birthday; Lady Bird to New York City to purchase clothing; visit with Lynda Johnson; Mollie Parnis reminisces about Mamie Eisenhower; lunch, looking out over Central Park; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to Mary Lasker's party; Lady
- New York City
-
to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y .
W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t .
A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new
A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
- ttle to
N ew Y o rk , B e s s w ith m e , w e w en t to the H o te l P i e r r e , w ith th a t s e n s e of
.
e x c ite m e n t I lin fa ilin g ly f e e l w hen I go to New Y o rk .
M is s T r e y z w a s th e r e , w ith c lo th e s fro m M a rq u
- New York
- Lady Bird sees her Today Show interview; Lady Bird to Hotel Pierre in New York; clothes shopping with Miss Treyz & Mr. Stavropolous; furniture shopping; Lady Bird has hair styled for evening; Lady Bird, Bess Abell, Lynda & Chuck Robb to Mary Lasker
- New York City
- e
N o b o d y w o u ld b e l i e v e i t .
T h ird , K T B C
's p la n e,
T h e c o m f o r t o f h a v in g a
p riv a te , d isc ree t,m
odeoftravell e a v i n g a t th e h o u r w e w a n t e d , c o u ld b e q u ite w ip e d o u t b y
new
- New York
- Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- -C o lo m b ia n a r t
is str u c k b y the s im ila r ity w ith A s ia tic - - thinks of the land b rid g e and
how the p eo p le got to M ex ico and South A m e r ic a .
So it w as no new co n cep t.
B u t su d d en ly I found m y s e lf fa c e
- and thv hom e
mad e b read n1adc m ore news than the sta ti stics of th e prL·ss c o:1f ,,r e;ncc.
- l
1964
Saturday , July 1Hth__ (_conlin11ed)
Phili p Carter, Hodcling Carler's son , who is no\\' with NEWSWEEK,
was th e re, a very hand som1
- a d a l l th e a r t i c l e s - - e v e n enough to s a t i s f y L i z - ab o u t w h a t m y d ay S a tu r d a y had b e e n lik e .
D o ro th y M c C a rd le 's w a s
e s p e c i a l l y good an d N an R o b e r t s o n ’s in t h e New Y o rk T i
- At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
- LBJ's network television interview about "the first hundred days" with Eric Sevariad, Douglas Brinkley and William Lawrence; Luci Johnson returns from New York shopping trip; Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson, Warrie Lynn Smith & Jesse Kellam watch
- New Y e a r 's —
re s o lu tio n s-^ n -th e -m id d le -o f-A u g u st f r a m e of m in d .
And th en I h a d a r a t h e r
im p o r ta n t m e e tin g a t 1:30 in th e T r e a ty R oom w h ich I h av e b eg u n to c a ll
-
m y B o a rd of D ir e
- e r in g .
A nd a t r i o of s o u th e r ners - - G o v e rn o r R o b e r t M c N a ir of S outh C a r o lin a , new
0
I b e lie v e ,: a n d M il l s G odw in o f Vir g in ia --^he h a d rid d e n o n th e t r a i n w ith m e
in ‘65.
A nd D
- 01:01 - should be '64, not '65; 03:58 - marble from "New" Mexico, not Mexico; 03:30 to end of tape is very fast and Lady Bird sounds like chipmunk
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- and r e s t th is w ee k e n d .
'
In th e m o rn in g I d ro v e in to J o h n so n C ity w ith M r. M y e rs a n d
M r. G riffith f r o m th e P o s t O ffice D e p a rtm e n t and d is c u s s e d w ith th e m th e
p o s s ib le new p o s t o ffic e
- Lady Bird reads the newspapers; Lady Bird to Johnson City for meeting about new Post Office; Johnsons & Krims helicopter to & drive around Green Mountain Ranch; helicopter to Davis Ranch; Lady Bird & Mathilda Krim walk through fields of wildflowers
- a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a
P h ilip p in o ,
C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e
Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r,
T h ere w as H ale and
Liindy B o g g s
- o d e in w ith M u r i e l a n d O p al - - L yndon a h e a d w ith H u b e r t
a n d th e S e n a to r o v e r a new high w ay th a t w a s o pen ed to d ay f o r the
f i r s t ti m e .
And th en t h e r e w e r e g a th e r in g c r o w d s a n d
- staff; Johnsons fly to Houston Astrodome for Humphrey rally; new Houston highway; Lady Bird reminisces about 1941 campaign; Lyn Nugent walks with grandfather; speeches by Ralph Yarborough, LBJ & Hubert Humphrey; return to LBJ Ranch; LBJ's speech on tv
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
(■
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 12, 1968
in v i s i t o r s ' s e r v i c e .
Page 3
And M r . W est who told ab o u t th e c l o s e t s b y
H a m m a c h e r Schlemm e r and the new r u g in the S tate D
- G rou
n o u sk i, s a id h e w a s fo llo w in g in the f o o t s t e p s of Ju s t ic e
G o ld b erg in tak ing on th is new a s s ig n m e n t an d s a id
h is m i s s i o n i s to b u ild new b r id g e s , h o t ju st to P o la n d , b u t
- done to
hxryx b u r y t r a n s m i s s i o n lin e s in new h o u sin g d e v e lo p m e n ts , and
h e s a id it h a d in c r e a s e d 4 0 0 p e r c e n t in th is l a s t y e a r .
s ta tis tic .
A glow ing
B u t I j u s t w is h e d i K new how
- e s
to th e C a p ito l.
M a r y la n d w ill la n d s c a p e tw o m a j o r a p p r o a c h e s , and
V i r g in i a h a s th r e e p r o j e c t s .
The D i s t r i c t h ighw ay d e p a r t m e n t w ill
h a v e fiv e new a r e a s , in clu d
- , in f a c t, b e e n a fu ll page s p r e a d in the P o s t to d ay , a b o u t
W h ite H o u se h o u s e k e e p in g , an d the new c h e f.
S u c c e s s fu lly d o n e, I th o u g h t,
w ith p ic tu r e s of the d if f e r e n t k in d of e n te
- Johnsons and Valentis attend National City Christian Church; friends invited to dinner; guests bowl or swim; article in Washington Post about White House housekeeping and new chef; Lera Thomas runs for Congress
- b a r k th a t is a p e c u l i a r
m u s i c to ou r e a r s .
It w a s a good q u ie t ev en in g , a n d it h a d b e e n a happ y w e e k e n d .
;I c a l l e d L u c i a n d r e a c h e d h e r j u s t a s she h a d d r iv e n in f ro m
New Y o
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
- t L iz re m in d e d u s a t l e a s t t h r e e
tim e s to c o n v e n e a ro u n d the TV s e t a n d w a tc h L yndon on h is n ew s
c o n f e re n c e .
T h e r e w e re th r e e m a in p ie c e s of n ew s - - the a p p o in tm e n t of a
new U
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M o th e r's Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964
out b ird s n ests, that the m other b ir d had flow n away w heneve r he c ame
around to put out new plants o r put in fe r t iliz e r ,- o r cu ltiva te.
But it
alw ays/ ^ a ith fu U y/ ^ ^ tu rn ed
- speeches; office work and walk around White House grounds; the Valentis to dinner; LBJ's diet; news stories about Luci Johnson in New Orleans and Lynda Johnson at royal wedding in Athens
- s w i f e and come o v e r f o r a d r i n k .
he a r r i v e d a l i t t l e
news, t o o .
And
p a s t s e v e n . Todaywas f u l l o f f a m i l y
I t a p p e a r s t h a t L u c i on h e r own h a d g i v e n
an in inte r v i e w t o a C h i l
- went
b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited
m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning.
H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage
C o n tro l.
C o n
- a le n g th y
p ie c e on th e J o h n so n L i b r a r y fo r th e New Y o rk T im e s .
I me t w ith h im in th e L in c o ln S ittin g R oom a n d s p e n t a b o u t 45 m in u te s
d u r in g w h ic h he to o k n o te s going o v e r the g e n e s
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
- d th e F D R c r y s t a l - - v e r y e le g a n t a n d seldo m
u s e d now.
A n d th en u p s t a i r s in to m y new p in k w ool a n d one l a s t b o n in g -u p
on the g u e s t l i s t , an d th en b a c k d o w n s ta ir s to the G r e e n
- s w h i l e M a r i l y n w a l k e d u p a n d
down b e s id e m e r e la y in g q u e s tio n s and new s a n d m e giving h e r a n s w e r s
u ntil I finally said,
thrilled.
" W h y d o n 't you g et in a n d s w im ?"
S he w a s s o
It a l w
- 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 t she h a d s p e n t h e r . l i f e t i m e c o l l e c t i n g .
g iv e n h e r o th e r c o l l e c t i o n s to
o f A r t i n New Y ork.
y ear.
She h a d
the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum
T h is one she d o e s f o r us e a c h
She h a d
