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- heons tlla t he
business lead e r s , with a s hort talk by Lyndon.
prol>ably wasn't short.
b:~d
had fol'
Someli11 1c s I thi nk it
And a b r iefing by t he most pcrtit '. l nt Cabinet
members.
Later., one of the aides told me that he thought thc:y
- VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
- 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
- y M c P h erso n s, with
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Brooks r '
their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s ,
W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls .
And when everyb ody
came about 5:30, we chose up
- To Methodist Church in Thurmont; Helen Thomas; Bowling and lunch; Discussions on various topics; Helicopter back to WH; Dinner with the Bill Moyers, the Walter Jenkins and Carl Rowan; Possible appointment of Rowan to USIS
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L u c i Baines was
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v e r y inte r e s ted in the p r e sence of the V e r y
R ev eren d W illia m F . K e lly , the P re s id e n t o f M arquet t
to have a little chat with h i m
to dinner.
Un iv e r s ity , and got
she and Beth Jenkins
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S u n d ay , M a rc h 7, 1966
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w ild flo w e rs of the H oly L a n d .
I knew w h at la y a h e a d of m e a n d d r e a d e d it.
I m u s t te ll h im th a t h is
w o r k fo r AID b ro u g h t so m a n y c r u e l, u g
- Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America
- routine, with, I think,
equally good resu lts.
E lo ise and H om er w e re v e r y h elpful, as w e re a ll
the la rg e c o te r ie of handsome aides, m o s tly from the A i r F o r c e .
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u e sday, M a r c
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- Foreign aid
- LBJ on phone with McGeorge Bundy about foreign problems; LBJ meets with Dale Malechek about LBJ Ranch; lunch with staff, helicopter to Bergstrom and flight to DC; LBJ talks with press pool about Vietnam; Foreign Aid Bill; stop in Columbia, SC
- limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
- !
The fr e e w a y , N at O w ings s a y s ,
i s a lr e a d y fu n d ed and the r e f le c tin g p o o l ca n be p aid fo r b y the m o n e y
s a v e d b y r e r o u tin g the fr e e w a y s tr a ig h t in s te a d of in a c u r v e .
s tr a ig h t ta k e
- invited M r s . M cG e o rg e Bundy, and Jane W irt z , and M r s . B e ll
o f AID; was s o r r y for M r s , C e le b r e e z e of HEW couldn't com e-- she's got
some sick children; and M a r g y M cN a m a ra , whom I would have lik e d v e r y
/ 's
- 30th Wedding Anniversary with photos taken; Lady Bird walks White House grounds; session with Robin Duke and Kandi about wardrobe; news article; talk with Walter & Marjorie Jenkins; meeting with Mary Lasker about the 1965 Inaugural; farewell
- Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
- 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
- to th e W o r ld 's F a i r j u s t c o m p le te d , an d T o n y 's new jo b - a s o r t of tr y o u t one f o r AID to s ix c o u n tr ie s of L a tin A m e r ic a .
A nd th e n I s a id , " L e t 's go in to d in n e r , th e fo u r of u s . "
T h e
- e r e so m e 45 y o u n g s te r s
who w o r k e d on the H ill in C o n g r e s s m e n 's o r S e n a t o r 's o f fic e s a n d in
r
v a r i o u s C a b in e t D e p a r t m e n t s a n d a t OE O a n d AID, a n d o u r 6 o r so h e r e
in the W
- s e x p e r i e n c e
a, ■
i n a u t h o r i t y aro u n d h im - —/ Aid e to a b o u t f i v e p r e s i d e n t s ,
I t h i n k i t is,^— I was p ro u d t o h a v e him on o u r team .
We c a l l e d him and M arie a l s o and th e n C a t h e r i
- good g u e s t, M r s . S tra u b , w h o se h u sb a n d
i s A s s is ta n t A d m in is tr a to r f o r AID, p r e tty , a n a s s e t to the ta b le , a n d a s
m u c h in lo v e with. W ash in g to n a s l a m .
R o b e r t M a s s ji^ ^ w ho w ro
- * s r o o m - - s h e ’l l b e in g w o rk in g th is s u m m e r .
w ho is in th e m aid *s r o o m .
S u sa n S tep h e n so n
And so w ill L a fa y e D a v is ,
And I had brought G ertru d e and h e r th r e e
c h ild r e n - - H a z e l, E th e
- - A V ie t-N a m C ivilian S e rv ic e A w ards - - that w as moving and sweet.
F o r m e r A m b a s s a d o r L o d g e w a s w i t h u s on the s t a g e , a n d a s m a l l
g r o u p of c i v i l i a n s , w o r k e r s in AID, m e m b e r s I b e l
- I w o u ld w r ite , a b o u t o u r g o o d b y e g ift, th e
little C h ild r e n 's G a r d e n Aa^Jjri^
(^rtd kouj 9 ko p e d j i t tuouJid
be uAe.d and- en^oy,ed. Jin ik e '^uJiun£..
A n d ihanhA J. 6 kJijn a n d aid.
th e W h ite H o u s e
- e g a n to ta k e th e m
dow n w ith s o m e g e n tle m e n so o n co m in g to m y aid .
M
W e h a d b e e n jo in e d by
L e s t e r P r u i t t , one of th e la n d s c a p e m e n w ith th e H ighw ay D e p a r tm e n t
an d h e to o k th e
