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- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- had dinner and then to bed.
The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from
Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one.
from a mission to find a big stack of mail.
He said he had returned
He had only time to read two
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird view new LBJ portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Lady Bird works with staff on framing travel certificates; meeting about dinner for Texas friends; Lady Bird attends stag luncheon with LBJ; Lady Bird names
- rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
- a n t to lo o k m y b e s t.
And
the f i r s t r e a s o n w a s th a t L yn do n a n d I w e r e h av ing a f o r m a l p i c t u r e .
I p u t on m y new y ello w s a tin w ith the b r i l l i a n t s .
And he h is tux.
And
w e w e n t in the Y
- is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
- room; Melvin Winters' wild animal place is for sale; change of management at Carlyle Hotel in New York and loss of apartment for First Family; mantle for Lady Bird's bedroom; second meeting with Jessie Hunter; dinner with the Melvin Winters; reading
- the new c o n s t r u c t i o n , a n d
then d r e s s e d an d left fo r K e r r v ille for 3 - 1 /2 w o n d erfu l h o u r s seeing
s o m e th in g g r e a t h a p p e n to the h ill c o u n try .
- M r . a n d M r s . H o w a r d B u t t a n d a w h o
- LBJ & Lady Bird awaken at 3:30 a.m. and have long conversation about decision not to run again in 1968; back to sleep; Lady Bird meets with Tiffany & Co. officials about new White House china; luncheon for Sir Robert & Lady Menzies and Ambassador
- and th e A rth u r O kuns.
th e new h ead o f th e C o u n cil o f E c o n o m ic A d v is e r s .
He i s to b e
And fr o m L a b o r,
I. W. A b e l o f th e S te e lw o r k e r s and J o se p h K een a n and ub iq u itou s
G e o r g e M ea n y a n d
- e r t s .
And
b e h i n d us i n a J e e p , t h e R o b e r t s two so n s a n d t h e
S e c re t S e rv ic e .
And t h e n we beg a n t h e m o st i n t e r -
e stin g s ix ho u rs!
J u s t w hat I l i k e d m o st.
T e x a s was new t o m e
- t h e r new h o u s e - JV ^ ^ w o o d - th a t th e A u c h in c lo s i
u s e d to ow n.
S in ce w e f i r s t m e t h e r n o t so m a n y y e a r s a g o , s h e 's a c h ie v e d
so m a n y th in g s - s u c c e s s in h e r own p r o f e s s
- a r ty .
''
'V
T h e J u s tic e h a d c e l e b r a t e d
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h is b ir th d a y on th e w e e k e n d , an d h is c h ild r e n h a d g a th e r e d fro m M ia m i, F lo r id a |
a n d s o m e w h e re in New J e r s e y , h a d h a r d ly h a d tim
- with Lynda Johnson, Aunt Oriole, and join LBJ; drive around LBJ Ranch with Dale Malechek; visit with Diana MacArthur; Johnsons return to White House; Lady Bird talks with Birge Alexander about daughter, Becky; news story on beautification
- o m s a l e s f r o m th e g u id e b o o k .
T h e new b o o k c o n s H ^ - o u t i n th e F a l l - - th e " L i v i n g W h ite H o u s e " - - L i z
s u g g e s ts a f a n fa re p u b lic ity .
T h e m e e t i n g l a s t e d a n h o u r a n d
- Luci Johnson's 18th birthday and anniversary of LBJ's heart attack; Lady Bird has hair appointment; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Luci Johnson's baptism at Catholic church, quietly, without press coverage; Lady Bird and LBJ to New York for speech
- f r o m a l l s id e s .
And th ey c a m e from ,
H a g g a r t y a s w e ll a b o u t h i s h a n d lin g of the new s o ffice.
d eserv ed .
W
E v e r y on e 's
And y e t e v e r y one in a p an g o r t h r u s t to w a r d G e o r g e .
w is h
- to ld th e s to r y of a b o u t how S te v e n so n h a d co m e to h im a n d
to ld h im h e w a s th in k in g of ru n n in g fo r the S en ate in New Y o rk S ta t e .
That
w a s in th e s p r in g of ' 64, a n d w h at d id L yndon th in k a b o u
- the p e r io d .
S o m e th in g s I b e g a n to s e e w ith new e y e s .
T he P r e s id e n t ia l
p a p e r s t h e m s e lv e s , g r e y , a n o n y m o u s, b o x a fte r b o x , id e n t ic a lly
bound, h id d en fr o m th e w o r ld on s h e
- t s C o m m i t t e e .
T h e r e w e r e s o m e o l d f r i e n d s w h o j u s t h a p p e n e d to b e i n t o w n to - W i l l i s
H u rst, w h o 's ou r h ou se g u e st; B e s s P o rter P a rm en ter a n d . h e r new h usband,
up f r o m
J
- a y
G ardner.
T h e n w e d r o v e b a c k i n t o t h e M u e h l b a c h , w h e r e I h a d t i m e to g e t the
l a t e s t new s f r o m Lyndon.
B e f o r e I l e f t t h e W h i t e H o u s e it h a d b e e n v e r y
u n c e r t a i n w h e t
- on civil rights, unemployment, school drop-outs, rat eradication, housing, and police brutality in New York City; Lady Bird reads draft speech for Democratic Convention
- n c h a l i t t l e a f t e r o n e , a n d a t
t w o a c c o m p a n i e d o u r g u e s t s o u t to t h e a i r p o r t , w h e r e t h e y w e r e l e a v i n g b y
p l a n e fo r New Y o rk .
I w a lk e d w ith Don an d told h im how m u c h I
- 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
- to Lewis and Logan ranches; LBJ's Inaugural Address; visit to Federal building in Austin to LBJ's new office; Marie Smith article on Lady Bird
- d i d t h e F a m i l y o f Man and
who r a i s e s some o f t h e w o r l d ' s f i n e s t d e l p h i n i u m s new s t r a i n s .
t o me.
I r e m i n d e d hi m t h a t he h a d p r o m i s e d some
G e o rg e T a y l o r , A r b i t r a t o r
- b la c k v e l v e t
Queen F r e d e r i k a ,
flo w in g c o a t- d r e s s , topped
by a h e a v y v e i l , on the a r m o f the youthful new K ing Constantine.
her
B e s id e
P r i n c e s s Sophie, a nd Juan C a r lo s , on the other side P
- i o n s f o r o u r v i s i t ,
b u t I had no id e a of th e s c o p e of th e p r e p a r a t i o n s . I w as to s e e
th e m in the n ex t two and a h a lf d a y s ^ ra n g in g f r o m new C h in a an d
s i l v e r chop s ti c k s f o r the S
- New York
- Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York
- tio n f o r m e a n d a lo t of c o n s e r v a tio n is ts .
"Tw o new N a tio n a l P a r k s
a n d a s y s t e m of s c e n i c r i v e r s a n d t r a i l s w e r e a d d e d to th e N a t i o n 's o u td o o r
p u b l i c p r e s e r v e to d
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
- ho h a s c o v e r e d u s s in c e
1*11 a lw a y s lo o k b a c k on th em w ■
ith a 'ffe c tio n !1
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHING TON
T h u r s d a y , M a rc h 14, 1968
Page 9
F r a n k R e y n o ld s of A BC; a n d a new -found f r
- to r
of the o u tsta n d in g sy m p h o n y o r c h e s t r a of the U n ited S ta te s - New Y o rk o r
B o s to n , I b e lie v e .
T h e n w e d ro v e a r o u n d tow n a n d lo o k e d a t th e o u tsid e of the l i t tle S unday
h o u s e s , St
- o n n a lly w as on m y left,
.
a n d the w ife of the new G o v e r n o r, M r s . P r e s t o n S m ith , an d M a v is H eathe
a n d M r s . H a r r y A ik en a n d M r s . R o la n d B oyd a n d L iz Odom w h o h a d
b e e n c h a i r m a n
- n e d h e r little
h e a d f r o m s id e to s id e .
H e r f in g e r s a r e e x t r e m e l y long an d d e lic a te .
I s e e no l i k e n e s s to an y b o d y - - j u s t a new li t t l e p e r s o n in t h i s w o rld .
L y n d o n a n d I
- House past home on 30th Place; tea with Secretary Udall and New Mexico friends; small dinner party; "Operation Creche" to obtain creche for White House; LBJ late for dinner; vote on censure of Senator Thomas Dodd
- e c o r n h e r e a n d t h e r e a n d m a n y
s m a l l c a b i n s , w a s no w h e a v i l y w o o d e d .
11
The new g ro u n d c l e a r e d with
s u c h b a c k - b r e a k i n g l a b o r h a d s e r v e d the f a r m e r f o r o n l y
- u s e k e e p i n g . "
O ver and over,
exhibits,
th is the v i s i t o r w ill r e m e m b e r - - the new te c h n iq u e of
th e l o n g l i n e s , b u t w i t h the p e o p l e g o o d n a t u r e d , a n d f o r m e
signing a guest book e v
- a n y p la c e s .
New
A nd S ir P a t r i c k s a id , "O n th e
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
c
F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 8, 196S.?
WASHINGTON
P a g e 10
w h o le , i t w o u ld , p e r h a p s h a v e b e e n b e t t e r f o r the w o
- r u a r y 25, 1966
Page 7
Of a l l the th in g s we th o u g h t m ig h t h a p p en in A la b a m a , th is w ould h a v e
b e e n th e l a s t one.
A nd th e n fin a lly , one c u te la d y le a n e d o v e r a n d s a id , " I 'v e got good
new
