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- Visit of British Prime Minister and Ms. Douglas-Home; Citizen's Advisory Council on Status of Women meeting; tour for Billy Marcus and Wendy; tea with Anna Roosevelt Halstead, her reminiscences, and her remarks about Iran and the Shah of Iran
- Johnson family and friends to St. Barnabas Church; press corps is invited in for refreshments; LBJ's plane takes Cantinflas and his sick wife to Temple to hospital; lunch with Senator and Mrs. Paul Douglas; Senator Douglas reminisces about 1960
- us, and Lucy Baines
an d in the car with us Bob Waldron and the H arry McPhersons. There w ere long,
long lines of solemn, respectful people, all along the hill in Robert E. Lee’s home as we
wound up to the gravesite. The gravesite was covered
- to bring Senator Everett Dirksen to Walter Reed Hospital; nap; dinner with the C. Douglas Dillons
- LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda and Luci to St. Mark's with Secretary & Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson; Dillons and Robert McNamaras to lunch at White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird and LBJ say goodbye to Lynda's boyfriend, Bernie
- belong
b o w in g
McNamaras
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q uite
a re f r e q u e n t l y
came home
an u p h i l l
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w ithout
A f t e r w a r d we to o k the
s e a r ch
M a r k ’ s i s always
is a s
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with
Ton y and B a rb a ra B i rd in the vanguard. —
It was an easy, in fo r m a l buffet supper, m o s tly T exans, t h e L eo n a rd
M a rk s,
a nd by 9:30, we w e r e home on the second flo o r .
Sundays a re our life s a v e r s, our chance to float
- MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
P a ge 1
M o th e rs* Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964
A ctu a lly , it [th
ed
a
y]began rig h t a fte r we got home from A tlan tic C ity, about
a little p a s t one o 'c lo c k at night, with Lynda, L
- parti cular island of course, "Oh, you know, we
have a little place in the islands, "
Home ea rly, dinner with the Valentis, and that restless fe e l ing that
we may not soon see the end of the ac celeration of troubles
be getting under way
- LBJ and Lady Bird to St. Paul's in the Desert church; lunch at Taubman home with friends; visit with the Taubmans; Air Force One to Washington; Lady Bird on Virginia Rusk;; greeted on White House lawn by beagles, Him and Her; greeted in White House
- . F o s b u r g h t o
to R obin;
H e came home a n d
th e r e p o r t b y L y n d o n 's
R o c k e f e l l e r a n d Ken Galbraith a r e
tr i e d to c a l l
talk
t o Mary L a s k e r t o
h im and i t
and a r a t h e r e a r l y
I h a d been
I
- real happy that we'd come.
There were two young Rowes
home, Clarissa and young Jim, and B ill Bundy and their son, who is studying
government at Harvard under [Richard] Neustadt, and Mrs. Stroud [? ].
Lyndon was in a mellow mood, amusing, jovial
- LBJ and Lady Bird drive to Blanco to the Episcopal Church; lunch; Lady Bird and Mathilde Krim fly to Santa Fe, NM, to see brother, Tony Taylor; Lady Bird reads paper on urbanization; shopping at her brother's shop for home furnishings; Lady Bird
- ; Lady Bird bowls; LBJ comes home for dinner
- e c e n t ram b u n ctio u s b e h a v io r ."
And th e n v e ry q u ic k ly
we w ere o f f - - to a warm o v a tio n — and h e g a th e re d up George C h r is tia n
and L iz and th e y ro d e home w ith u s i n th e b ig b la c k c a r — to th e
- Lester's home; tours and visits at several homes including 91-year-old Mrs. Carlson who knew Aunt Effie Pattillo; Lady Bird reminisces about her youth; flight back to LBJ Ranch; LBJ makes TV report to the nation on Dominican Republic; LBJ has cold
- LBJ and Lady Bird talk about many subjects; LBJ Library; Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird entertains family; photographs taken outside the house; Lady Bird takes walk to birthplace home; visit
- e com ing home from th e h o s p i t a l .
We went to t h e
Red Mass a t S t . M a tth ew s, a t r a d i t i o n a l s e r v i c e
b e g a n some 7 0 0 y e a r s a g o , or s o ,
th at
i n E n glan d w h ere
p r a y e r s a r e ^ o r a l l the l
- the F ood and Home Fair
Jane
for Con
and O r v ille Freeman were out in fro n t
waiting for me and E s t h e r Petersen
I to o k my stand on a l i t t l e
and M r s . J o h n L .
Lee.
platform and said my few
words, based on the very true fact
- Head of State visit of King Hussein I of Jordan; Lady Bird to USDA for Food and Home Fair for Consumers; Lady Bird meets "Smoky the Bear;" Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Red Cross Luncheon; State dinner for King Hussein I; exchange of gifts
- 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
- Laurance Rockefeller home, Woodstock, Vermont
- , and d r o v e to th e ir home
and th en h e lic o p t e r e d to th e
7 /5 /6 4 - page 5
ran ch .
So ended the third p e rfe c t day.
Lynda B ird had gone on to C hurch in F re d e ric k sb u rg
- - the Catholic Church - - with Dave, and then had
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Texas State Society brunch honoring Darrell Royal; Lady Bird rests and works; Texas guests to the White House; dinner at Pierre and Nancy Salinger's home
- to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
- home; drive around town, Caddo State Park and to Lady Bird's childhood home, the "Brick House;" tour by Ruth Taylor; photos for press; helicopter back to LBJ Ranch; funny story about Ashton Gonella in Shreveport airport; Johnsons and guests to West
- Lady Bird drives alone to St Barnabas Episcopal Church; long meeting with Roy White about renovations to LBJ Ranch home; lunch; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird & Luci, Pat & Lynn Nugent fly to Amarillo; Joe Batson takes them to Neil Johnson
-
f a c e to f a c e in t h e i r home t o w n s , .. Of Dime Box, T e x a s ,
or D o la n d , S ou th D ak ota .
I lo o k ed fo r a f a m ilia r f a c e .
And i t was a l o n g way b a ck b e f o r e I began t o f i n d
them ,
A. W. w i t h e a r
- ; Lady Bird & Alan Boyd discuss highways in San Antonio; Lady Bird & George Mahon discuss deeding the LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; Beautification Bill is up for vote; bridge game with friends; military ceremony at Mount
- Thanksgiving Day; Johnsons to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church; press invited for coffee, cookies & photographs; family photos taken at LBJ Birthplace & LBJ Boyhood Home; Luci to University of Texas football game; LBJ teaches Lyn Nugent to dance; LBJ
- Johnson family to National City Christian Church; to Abe Fortas' home; Johnson family have lunch together at the White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird goes swimming; Lady Bird records her diary; LBJ visits with Luci & Pat Nugent; Lady Bird has
- Christmas eve; LBJ returns home from trip; LBJ is first President to circumnavigate the world; LBJ, Lady Bird & family visit for two hours about the President's trip; LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; Lady Bird goes back to bed; LBJ
- f sn ow .
p i l e d many f e e t h i g h b y th e w in d ,
we w ent t o
D r ifts
the Red
Mass a t S t . M a tth e w s C a th e d r a l, L u ci and P at went w it h
Us ,
Lynda B i r d s nug l y a t home in b e d , and h ea rd
A rch B i s h o p O
- with a portrait; Lady Bird rests before working on Alabama speech; Lady Bird bowls and works on her home movies; LBJ and Lady Bird have dinner
- Situation in Dominican Republic; Lady Bird watches Arthur Schlesinger on TV; Lady Bird and LBJ to church in Smithburg, MD; Lady Bird bowls with June White and David Brinkley; Lady Bird and LBJ to Senator Harry Byrd's home in Berryville; Luci Johnson
- Church services at Camp David; Lady Bird uses home movie camera; visiting with guests; John Steinbeck talks about Russia; crime in the District of Columbia; assistance for law enforcement officers; Johnsons and Grahams to bowling alley; Luci Johnson
- Peter Hurd is working on LBJ portrait; Johnsons and guests to Central Christian Church, Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions the ecumenical group with them; communism; group to LBJ's boyhood home followed by the press; Bob Akers' appointment to USIA
- n t h e r home to bed at the W h ite H o u se .
L y n n , o u r c o m fo rte r, w is e beyond h e r y e a rs ,
D e a r W a r r ie
sa id goodbye.
She
w a s going to catch the 5 :0 0 o 'c lo c k plane and L u c i, having f u lf ille d
Sa tu rd
- Wedding of Barbara Boggs; reception at Hale and Lindy Boggs' home; Lady Bird's talk with one of the bridesmaids about Catholic missions; Barbara Boggs' students; back to the White House to view movie, "Shane," with Lynda Johnson; watched "Gunsmoke
- ; visiting and lunch by swimming pool; Lady Bird takes home movies; Dr. Davis makes LBJ the first honorary elder of the Christian Church; strike mediation falls through; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about jobs; back to White House; swimming & bridge
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and go to St. Mark's Episcopal Church; to Jack Brooks' home for coffee; talk about House and Texas delegation; back to White House for office work; visit from Jack Valentis & Arthur Krims; tv and lunch; the Bob Jacksons
