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- and Frances
L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle
Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan
Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
- 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
- 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
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- to see - the TIME-LIFE people were on their way, they were already enroute,
no chance to postpone their meeting) and a call from Bill Moyers,
which disturbed m e.
He said something had happened that he wouldn't
go into, it was all his fault, that had
- 1964
Sat urday, July 25~
Was an easy and pleasant day.
About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's
office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press
conference.
Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
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- Johnson's Diary July 1-31, 1964 [Book 11]
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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
- 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
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- 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
- 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 t hought in the cou_n l r y, Gold,va t c: :·
said,
11
Eighty per cent of my people ar e conservati ve; abou t t w enty p e r cent
disagree . "
The n he said -- and
h t:.~ !" e
Lyndo n felt that h e showed th e most
enthusiasm, t he most real
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- , 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
- ty - fiv e
Y e a r s a g o , , , " , and I think I b etter stop.
MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, M ay 27, 1964
P a ge 2
We rode around with him to B la ir House and on the w ay, th ere was
quite a crow d o f people, and frequ
- v e r y m uchr-^ow g r a te fu l I w a s.
■:iA■
O ver the p a st th ree y e a r s , the people in th is room h ave p rod u ced n e a r ly
"
two and a h a lf m illio n d o lla r s to take step s tow ard m aking th is nation*s
ca p ito l m o r e liv e
- of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
- Natural resources and national parks
- Wilder; nap; Johnsons & guests helicopter to beach house; LBJ & younger people on speed boat; Lady Bird and others on larger boat; Lady Bird swims; Lady Bird, Don Thomas & Jesse Kellam discuss KTBC; dinner at the Haywood Ranch; Sunday is Pat Nugent's
- .
In a g r e a t r u s h I h a d g o t t e n L i z d o w n f r o m W a s h i n g t o n a n d s h e h a d
m a d e a s m a ll advance run T h u rsd a y afternoon^
I m e t J a k e a n d B e r y l a t B e r g s t r o m a b o u t 8 :4 5 a n d w e s e t o u t i
- Lady Bird tours 10th District Beautification projects; press; first, Lockhart courthouse; several people from LBJ's early years; Lady Bird visits with former roommate, Helen Byrd Falley; to Praha & tour of St. Mary's Church; fish fry, Monument Hill
- , Ly ndon waA no^ xix a
pa r ty mood, noi. even wXJih ike^je people. .
TkeJie.^A AOme
kang. oveA. '^A.om jJioAe kouAA o^ Sa tur day ni g h t when he. woke
up a6out03:
wxjJx ^e\/eAj^ paJjr^ Xn kU^ cke^i. and we cal l e d
ik e Chi e f a n d jJxan
- Natural resources and national parks
- Last full day in White House; Johnsons & Billy Grahams to National City Christian Church; Lady Bird writes letter to Curator, Jim Ketchum, about Children's Garden with thank you to his staff; thank you letter to John Loeb; more acreage for national
- people
M u r ie l a n d I w a lk e d in p a s t a s e a o f f a m i l i a r
f a c e s a n d to o k o u r s e a t s a t t h e h e a d ta b le w h e r e m i r a c u l o u s l y O p a l
Y a r b o r o u g h w a s on M u r i e l 's r ig h t a n d N e llie C
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- a s of t c o c o o n t h e r e in A u s t i n w i t h c h i l d r e n of r i c h
people, a lovely s t r e e t w h e re e a s e and s e c u r ity p re v a ile d .
a s h e r m o t h e r I a m glad.
A n d of c o u r s e
B u t I r e c o g n i z e t h a t
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- 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
- Natural resources and national parks
- giant crocodile viewed; Lady Bird describes 139 people laughing, shrieking, joking and falling out of rafts; press women and Lady Bird all manned the paddles; box lunches; rain; dinner and music
- Big Bend National Park
- the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had
made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep.
I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the
children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
- lan e fro m W ashington - - M r. S p a rk s , M r, M urphy, a g re a t m any people
we se e m e d to know - - to d is c u s s things th a t m u s t be done, r a th e r b r ie f
irA fte r a w hile th e y le ft and the m o od w as tu rn e d to m y k
- to say to each other.
And then I went on to Roxanne.
Yes, she enjoyed her. job relatively, but
was looking around for something else.
~did not feel close to ~e-Swiss,
although she thought there was no
anti-American sentiment among the ordinary people
- m y nap, in his ro o m , to te ll
him a little bit about m y day in Kentucky,
If enough people had been with m e on that trip to Kentucky, i t would
have m ade som e vo tes fo r the P o v e r ty B ill.
I guess that’ s one of m y
pu rposes, to take
- Lady Bird's appointment with Ruth Montgomery who is writing book on Lady Bird; Lady Bird does desk work; the Johnsons have dinner with publishers, newspaper people, and others; Lady Bird comments that her vitality is low
- a nice place it would be
a/
on a hotter day,yto brin g a blanket and a book,- and maybe a sandwich.
We had invited a bunch of people fro m T ex a s at 5 o 'c lo c k .
The W a rren
W oodw ards, the C liff C a r t e r s , the Dale M i l l e r s , H ar r
- it cap a b le of jum ping in and out of h e lic o p te r s and
trudgin g up m ountain s id e s , and i t 's a ls o b rig h t and c o lo rfu l - a nd th a t's
h a rd to find.
T h e y 're such sw eet people and so in te r e ste d , i t w ill be h ard to do
- like to take m y picture as I left.
And ended
This is the
fi r s t time that I can re m e m b e r being c l e a r l y annoyed at the p r e s s . ■
Not knowing how to ask h er to le a v e , I talked to her about the situation
of the press people fro m
- 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
- y .
'
S p e c ific a lly , the l i s t of people whom w e m ight in v ite to le a v e th eir p a p e r s.
-Hit
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE.HOUSE
WASHINOTON
M onday, F e b r u a r y 20, 1967
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Juanita and D orothy have a lrea d y co m p iled
- s tend to show us that the Russians c e r ta in ly are
turning out some top athletes, and it appears that the terifcseriou sness
with
which they go a fter this education, they a re going to turn out some w e ll
educated people, but a re they robots
- other people - - o th e r frien d s -- m a y use them r a th e r
frequently.
L a t e r w e w e n t d o w n to t h e p o o l w h e r e L y n d o n m e t u s , a n d I h a d
30 l a p s a n d L u c i a n d M a r i e w a t c h e d f r o m t h e b a n k w h i
- 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
- i t w i t h t h e g u e s t s s i n c e t h e r e i s
no e n te r ta in m e n t a fte rw ard .
B e s s w o rk s h a r d , and I help h e r , a t sea tin g people w ith those that
t h e y w i l l b e c o n g e n i a l w it h , s p a r k e d by, i n t
- 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
- ; Congressional reception for 1000 people; photographs were taken; receiving line; Lady Bird quotes from Betty Beale news article; LBJ makes speech via telephone to Texas Exes party
