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- a long time
since I'v e seen the country so green.
F o r once th e re 's been enough rain
and to add to it a ll, there was an alm ost fu ll moon.
We drove until the last
ra y was gone fro m the sky and then stopped by the house, where
joined us fo r
- Days in M ay), and I
think p e r haps,^I^might have had F ra n ces and H elen , a t one time, and we
drove over/the
Scha rn h orst just as the shades of night w e r e fa llin g fast.
I enjoyed particularly^^taking them around the perilou s stretch
- a u t i f u l young w i f e ,
who seems to me
S e c r e t a r y of
U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been
Interior
time
es c o r tin g them around Washington and
just about t h i r t y .
brought them to
I
the
White H o u s e ,
u p from
- voting'll#' day ^
the f i r st p r im a r y in T e x a s .
B u t one c l o s e -b y state - I think it w a s D e l a w a r e - topped the l i s t with
296 d e le g a t e s !
I s a w som e old time fr ie n d s , like D o r i s C r o m i t y fr o m N orth
C
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Broadway play; m y own m in ister B ill Baxter and his pretty young wife,
from St. M arks; M argaret Truman Daniel and her husband Clifton Daniel
o f the New Y ork T im e s; Abe F ortas and Woody and Mary Ellen Woodward.
This is the firs t time w
- CTJ turns her recorder on/off many times which causes an "echo" sound at times
- d for happy reasons because, this
m orning, fo r the f ir s t time in such a long time, Lyndon sounded bouncy
and like h im s e lf and there w e re no night sw e ats.-.
And la te r on in the day, I heard that M cG eorge Bundy had used
- is parched and a«fr^
T h ere
i s no, touch of, g r e e n a n yw h ere. ;:We have had only about an in ch of ra in s in c e
the l a s t o f S ep tem b e r . : It is approaching a d esp e ra te r e c o r d of d r y n e s s .
^A.
doesn't rem em b er a time
- something to them.
Lyndon said to
President Truman, " I'v e been looking over a ll these b ills I passed, and I
want you to know, over and over and over they began in your time, they were
your ideas.
I was just able to build on the good things you'd
- a r y without p o rtfo lio, fro m the top
.
.
^
brass, to say that M cN a m a ra is wielding too heavy a hand, or am I imagining
things.
A t late lunch tim e i w alked in th e door, just in time to encounter
Lyndon
and then Huff Baines and his w ife
- d to the Sheraton.
I thought
MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
WAS HINGT ON
T u e s d a y , June 2, 1964
Page 3
w e 'd just d ro p b y f o r a d rink b e f o r e dinner, but I w as w ron g on m y timing
too, b e c a u s e they had a lr e a d y file
- ell, a lm o st v e r y w e ll, and she would like the m elon accent in it.
M ost of a ll, was the fact that I took some time to get her opinion, and that
I wanted it.
qV
And then next on the agenda,^’^was a m eeting then with B o is fe u ille t
Jones
- sefu l to have M r s,
P ro v e n s en , and I*m n ever s a tisfied , and at 5:30,-q
uit in time fo r Lyndon
S30
and meto go to a quick church s e r v ic e at St. John’ s a c r o s s L a fa y e tte Square,
A so rt of la s t r e s o r t fo r church, la s
- DUM
* »THE W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Thursday, A p r il 30, 1964
p^ge 3
while C u r ti s L e M a y crowned Luci, beaming. Lyndon as tal l and straight as
he usually is^li s tenmg to the na tional anthem in an a irp o rt, but this time
sm iling so sw
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the Kennedy A d m in istra tio n ;
the John M ecom bs w e re lis t e d but I don*t
re m e m b e r seeing them.
And o f co u rse, P e r le M esta was th ere, b le s s h er ,
I just fin ish ed just in time because it was tim e fo r a ll o f the diner s
- Lady Bird has time with Luci; LBJ returns from California; resignation of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; walk with dogs and guests on White House lawn; William White's book on LBJ; assessment of McGeorge Bundy; newspaper headlines about Barry
- Tour of White House gardens with Mrs. Paul Mellon; plan to create a Jacqueline Kennedy garden; personal time swimming with friends and family; approval for Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; telephone call to Jacqueline Kennedy
- in Perle's. apartment.
Jake Pickles, Lindy and Hale, Senator Ellender.
The Dale Millers, the
I circled the room, had
a drink, some light and pleasant talk and then left before I thought it was
time for them to go into dinner.
Dorothy McCardle
- ; LBJ takes nap; upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird does office work & records her diary; Eugene McCarthy showing surge in 1968 race; Hubert Humphrey joins Johnsons for dinner; styes on LBJ's eyes return; Lady Bird has massage and reads Time magazine
- house; Lady Bird to Wesley West Ranch for dinner; Lady Bird describes the night sky and imitates a bullfrog; Lady Bird reminisces about time at the West Ranch; possible donation to the LBJ Library; Lady Bird sleeps in car on way back to Luci's home
- LBJ & Lady Bird meet with John Ben Shepherd & Mark Gosdin about the LBJ Park & Visitors Center; LBJ drives around with Drew Pearson and German editor, Henri Nanen; Lady Bird meets group from Time-Life; Lady Bird reads "The Eighth Day" by Thornton
- nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
- or t h r e e more d r e s s e s , p o s s i b l y an e v e n in g
d ress.
I was i n no mood and t h i n k i n g o f th e b i l l s
t h a t had a l r e a d y mounted up. A nd th e n n e x t i t was
time t o s e e Max Brooks and Roy W h ite.
Max's b u
- Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
- that cou ld be a so u v e n ir.
Since then w e have p r a c tic e d givin g
them so m e en terta in m en t ahead of tim e - this time the Singing S argean ts -^
th eir au tograp hs p rin ted on the backs of the program s. The y a r e s e a te d
in c h
- hich he c a u g h t
from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
- Lady Bird shops for clothes in New York with designers John Moore, Kandi Ohno, Sophie Gimbel and Adolfo; Lady Bird spends time with Lynda at White House; dinner with the McNamaras; LBJ's discussion with Labor leaders
- an an ecd ote about the f ir s t tim ^ th e
m o st m em o ra b le time,/^the m o st am u sin g tim e^they had spent at the White
H o u se.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
T h u rsd a y , F e b r ua r y 11, 1965
WASHINQTOM
P age 5
W e’d taken a few le s s o
- to have some private conversation and that
would be m y time to depart.
So I did, thereby not seeing the thousand or
so guests cla m o rin g at the gates.
I rushed hom e, feelin g stra n gely truant,
jumped into m y red lace dress and went out to the W
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in the White House. If I can get through my time here as well as Warrie Lyrm can with the press.
I’d be lucky. She is so gentle and gay and sensible.
[This portion precedes Page 1 of the April 21, 1964 transcript.]
MEMORANDUM
THE WH ITE HOUSE
WASHIN GTON
T u
- to Pat in between times describing herself to him th,e scene around
us.
And he was all so sweet and cozy.
But there was another very sad note in the House all day long.
'
\\
;
I love
House.
~very
facet of this job, of this
And I love being
- of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
- to Johnson City for flower harvesting; dinner with Luci & Pat Nugent and friends at Steak Island in Austin; Luci has encounters with the press; Lady Bird to bed and reading "Of Time and The River" by Thomas Wolfe
- LBJ & guests tour the ranches; Lady Bird spends time with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird talks about Rebekah Johnson; photos taken of LBJ and Lady Bird in the wildflowers; LBJ and Lady Bird vote at the courthouse; Lady Bird mentions 1941 Senate race; LBJ
- Angeles Times reporter; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule; the Johnsons fly to Texas to LBJ Ranch
- Lady Bird preparing for guests at the LBJ Ranch; LBJ signs a highway construction bill on the porch; hostess duties is time-consuming; LBJ tells about communion at the Christian Church; Lynda Johnson moves I to Austin for school; Johnsons greet
- Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
- Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
- HOUSE
WASHINGTON
fMonday, June Z:4; ~ 968
And presently Luci came in.
Page 6
She had been out to dinner.
She curled up
on the bed beside me and we had one of those long conversations which make
me jokingly tell her that she is a part time
- ; 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
