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- 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
- together som e
packages that w i l l appeal to people who w is h to be t h is g e nero us.
P la yg ro u n d s in lo w -inc o m e d is t r ic t s , c h e rry tre e s f o r everybody
. around the W ashington M onum ent, and a statue in the outdoor garden
- 7 0 s - - and m ade up a lis t fo r B e ss, using two o f our p erson a l
telephone books a nd w ra ck ing m y brain , , - Those people I would lik e s o m e tim e to in vite to a State Dinner| and another lis t of those fo r recep tio n s,
luncheons
- out to a ll people - the blind,
the deaf, and the halt, as w ell as the young and the old, and the black and
the white a r e . there in enthusiastic number.
A fte r the serm on, four young g ir ls i n white blouses, fu ll blue denim
skirts and a red
- in Washington, a sm all dinner with articu late
and charming peopl e,
M a r yellen and M ike Monroney had asked us to come to a little dinner
for the W alter Lippmanns, welcom ing them back from a European trip.
The Fulbrights w ere there, we sat in the charming
- 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
- s o - I don’ t know whether
print or o rig in a l - that has a dove in the m iddle.
We le ft at about 3 o 'c lo c k , going around the fa m ilia r bend in the road
fo r the la st tim e, w h ere th e r e ’ s alw ays a group o f people gath ered
- 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
- with a b ad a tta c k of a lm o s t anything.
In o r d e r to get som e p e r so n a l au d ien ce a n a ly s is , and r e a lly a c q u a in t
m y s e lf wi th the people I w as going to s e e and talk to, I c a lle d D r, Atwood,
P r e s id e n t of E m e
- 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
- h is is one of the n ic e s t p a rtie s I e v e r ex p ect to have h e r e , b e c a u se
i t 's people th a t I think m o s t d e s e rv e to com e to a p a rty .
We stood in fro n t of the b e a u tifu l C h ris tm a s tr e e , w hich w as d e c o
- e lle sle y G raduate w ith h on ors on your sta ff, som eb ody who*s p retty
and devoted and the daughter of a frien d w h ose done a lo t for you, is a big
p lu s in one*s lif e , so it*s a sm a ll thing at h er wedding to have the people that
b ig
- L A
P resid en t C lark K e r r .
While the m e n went to put on th e ir r o b e s , the w ives took c h a r g e of
us and we went in and s a t down in the f ro n t row of a huge a s s e m b l y .
o u td o o rs and people s e e m e d to s t r e t c h
- 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
- sh in e, and snow e v e ry w h e re , and
the c a p ito l n e v e r looked w h ite r.
And the b r illia n t g re e n , re d and w hite
flag s of Ita ly and ou r own flag s gave the day a fe stiv e a ir .
T h e re w e re a
good m any people out, c
- is
th e a c c e p t a n c e of a l e g i s l a t i v e p r o g r a m by the P r e s s and the people^
w h ich could e i t h e r g e t bog ged down o r e a s e d off to a good s t a r t .
„
J a n u a r y 7, 1965 (continued)
1/H
L y n d a, i n h e r
- of the w hole even in g— ^Although I w as
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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
- been an exce ed ing h a rd p la y to
and to c a r r y .
T h e re had been a l o t o f people
c
w a n tin g a u to g ra p h s — c la p p in g and s ta n d in g up wh en I
came i n
and o u t ,
And n o t r e la x e d .
meet
a l l th e
so t h a t
I
- Lady Bird meets with clothes designer, Kandi Ohno; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson have lunch with Jeanne Vanderbilt; Lady Bird mentions other people at the luncheon; Alan Lerner takes Lady Bird and Lynda to the theater to see "On A Clear Day You Can
- ^ '
Saturday January 25, 1969.
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He fe e ls th a t P a tric k h a s w o n h is p la c e o f e ste e m in
ih e nujn(L& o^ many, people, a t a veny k a jid p/uice and jtk a i.
ke w J ill he ^acnl-^^CAjriy. a bUjt o^ ik e
o^ kJiA 'fe llo w s old i er
- 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
- k of l o v e .
e v e r y step.
M y a d m i r a t i o n of t h e B u t t s r o s e w i t h
A n d n o t t h e l e a s t of t h e s e t r i u m p h s w a s to f i n d a l l of t h e s e
c re a tiv e people.
A n d m o s t of t h e m w e r e v e r y l
- ill happen.
H i g h o n m y l i s t a r e s o m e q u i e t a f t e r n o o n s of h a v i n g t e a w i t h j u s t
one o r two o r s ix lik e W olf Von E c k h a r d - - people w ho give o r w r i t e o r
c a r r y out p ro je c ts .
T h e r e i s s
- 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
Page 2
Juanita and D orothy have a lrea d y co m p iled
- wkjii£. A tom Akjuid.
I reached the F . O . B . in the late afternoon and JLa
- 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
- rta b le c l i m a t e ^ f o r two v e r y
l i b e r a l and outspoken people lik e C l i f f and V ir g i n i a .
th e y 'v e just had a w o n d e rfu l in te rlu d e .
But f o r this moment^.^^'^'”
C l i f f has been le c tu r in g in England,
b e
- 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
- at the knights w ore
in m e d ie v a l d a y s, and they r e a lly m u s t have b e en ju s t five fe e t fo u r in ch es
ta ll.
We did se e th o se .
And i t 's e n o rm o u sly illu m in a tin g to go through w ith people like
yr?
Rousseau
^ a ^ __
and R
- 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
- Presentation of Johns Adams silver urn to White House with Adams family members present; Mark Bortman, People-to-People program, and visit of Bashir Ahmed, camel driver, during Vice Presidency; Committee of Preservation of the White House; Bortman
- Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
- ; Luci Johnson to party for 250 diplomatic young people
- oaks down
b y the r iv e r w h ere w e have the b arbeq ues for everyb od y from C h iefs
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASUINOTOIt
T u esd ay, July 6, 1965
of State to p r e c in c t ca p ta in s
Page 4
- - im portan t people a ll.
• N ext to the b
- o r and L ady
A sh en h eim from J a m a ic a , and r e c e iv e d two Jam aican g r a s s s k ir ts - one
w a s su p p osed to go to Lynda, from the people of Jam aica.
D ear Tom C la rk dropped in w ith h is daughter, M im i, h er husband
and th
- lik e s c o tc h
and so d a and so when s e v e r a l n e w sp ap er people cam e up and b e g a n to talk
to m e , I g u e s s I sh ould not have b een s u r p r is e d that la t e r on it w as r e p o r ted
I w as h aving a sco tch and so d
- king m y c a rd f i l e o f k in fo lk s ,
th a t m ig h t e a s ily be fo rg o tte n ,
o ld fr ie n d s
s t a f f , people th a t have he lp ed
u s th ro u g h the y e a rs o u t o f j u s t fr ie n d s h ip o r p a t r io t is m
in w r it i n g
- tages
that you h er e en joy. "
He ended w ith the p red ictio n , "Som eday the people
a re going to s e t the true v a lu e s on th e se th in gs. "
Then I w ent on to sa y that "I think I have h ere in fron t of m e today, you,
who s e t the true v
