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- then, the only p o s s ib le new a s p e c t o f the speech
w a s som e s ta tis tic s on how our cou n try is turning into an urban s o c ie ty ;
that the annual g ro w th o f the m a j o r c it ie s in this co u n try is 8% g r e a t e r than
the gro w th
- -Cleveland Hotel for speech at YWCA convention; Lady Bird refers to "War on Poverty"; reception for Cleveland women-doers; back to D.C. via car; dinner at a Howard Johnson's; LBJ to New York
- .
And th en , t wo c r i s e s fo llo w e d , in rapid s u c c e s s i o n .
One of the la d i e s
lo o k e d at m e and sa id , "I ju s t don’t s e e how y o u 'r e going to be in New Y ork
a t 7 o 'c lo c k tonight. "
I gulp ed , know ing that I had
- " women; Lady Bird's trip to Museum of Modern Art in New York; Luci Johnson's dress for Apple Blossom Festival; Lady Bird visits Jackie Kennedy about Committee for Preservation of the White House; reception for labor newspaper editors; Lynda Johnson news
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s .
And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s
of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand
in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
- ; reception for government officials; Lady Bird & Hubert Humphry in receiving line; dinner with Chuck & Lynda Robb; Lady Bird records diary; Lady Bird has massage & watches tv; news stories from Australia
- tu r e s who w a s k illin g a l l of h i's l i t t l e k i d s - new b o r n g o a ts — a n d a b o u t a r e t u r n of w o lv e s who had n o t b e e n s e e n in
t h e s e p a r t s f o r m a n y y e a r s u n til th e l a s t t h r e e o r fo u r
- of th e C o m m itte e th a t h a d
in v e s tig a te d c r i m e an d M r s . C a r l M undt and th e w ife of o u r new C h ie f
of P u b lic S a fe ty h e r e in th e D is tr i c t, M r s . P a t r i c k M u rp h y .
p e rfe c t nam e.
W h at a
- News stories about State of the Union message; Women Doers' Luncheon on "Crime in the Streets;" Lady Bird mentions gist of speakers' remarks; LBJ greets women; Eartha Kitt confronts LBJ about childcare; outburst by Eartha Kitt on welfare & high
- a rd e n .
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of j u s t c a llin g fo r th f r o m h i m s e l f and f r o m e v e r y o n e a r o u n d h im the
l a s t o u n ce of s tr e n g t h .
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
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- my l i f e ' s b lo o d f o r a l l th e h o u r s
we h a v e sp e n t t h e s e l a s t two m onths in p la n n in g ,
p a in t in g and d e c o r a t in g th em .
th e ro a d
And somewh e r e a lo n g
go t th e new s from Lynd
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- r o m New Y o rk t h a t h e o r I e i t h e r w e r e ,
e n t h u s i a s t i c a b o u t a c q u i r i n g f o r the W hite H o u se.
A v e r y l a r g e C o p ley , but i t ' s a b o u t 5 x 8 f e e t; I th in k h a n g in g i t w o u ld
p o s e
- Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
- as the day for m y W om en D o e r s lu n ch eon .
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M r s . V in cen t
A sto r o f New Y ork w as one of the f ir s t to a r r iv e and bow led m e o v er b y
sa y in g that sh e w anted to con trib u te $10, 000 to the b e a u tific a tio n p r o g r a m
- tes a s far ap art a s C a lifo r n ia
and New J e r s e y .
E v ery th in g w as fin e , ex cep t b e c a u se of the r a in the night
b e fo r e and the m uddy yard th ey couldn't s e r v e — the lo c a l la d ie s cou ld n 't - th e lem o n a d e
- m o n th s.
^ ! T h is t r iv ia l thing w hich has b oth ered L iz g r e a tly and m e not
so m u ch , about the s a le of a le t te r M r s. K ennedy w rote m e in th e F a ll
o f 1960, b y so m e autograph h ou se in New Y ork .
An u g ly in c id
- in g to g eth er in a sp a c e sh ip
to new a d v en tu re, to con q u er a new w orld , than to shoot down
ea ch o th e r 's p la n es a s w e had to la s t nigh t.
to a c tiv ity o v e r V ietn a m la s t n igh t.
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T his tim e it r e f e
- s e s t to the w in d o w .
It s e e m s to happen to J e s s e often .
In Joh n son C ity w e rod e around the boyhood h o m e, d eligh ted
a t th e w a y the new lig h tin g fix tu r e s - - a m uch han d som er lo o k .
m a in lin e s h a v e b e
- r th e f u tu r e , an d to n ig h t is f o r s u c c e s s .
W e a te q u a n titie s of f r i e d f is h , w a tc h e d th e new s on TV ,
e v e r y b o d y 's v e r s i o n o f th e s te e l s tr i k e s e ttle m e n t, a n d th e n
r e t u r n e
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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
- LBJ speaks at Coast Guard Academy graduation, New London, CT; Lady Bird gives commencement address at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School; Lady Bird gives her speech a C+; Lady Bird presents diplomas to Walter Jenkins' daughter, Beth; Luci
- a r t e d , and w e a l l s a t down to a b ig f a m il y C h r i s t m a s
d in n e r.
V e r y n ic e - - g r a c e , an d d i n n e r .
A f t e r th e w ho le f a m il y f in a lly d i s p e r s e d , th e B o b b itts flyin g to New
O r l e a n s
- a m e o v e r about
1840 fr o m G e rm a n y , and sh e w a s t e llin g about how h a rd h e r fa th e r
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w o r k e d in th is new p io n e e r la n d .
T h e r e w a s a p o e m about it .
And th en sh e w a s a ls o t e llin g abou t how m u ch
- e w ent on to church
s e r v ic e s at the L utheran C hurch.
is a m em b er o f.
Of c o u r s e , that is what the C h an cellor
And th ere w as a cu rio u s blending of the old and the
new , the e ld e r ly m in is te r spoke in G erm
- Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight
- LBJ & Lady Bird to First Baptist Church with the Bill Moyers; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird walks White House with LBJ, friends and beagles; dinner with friends and Luci Johnson, back from New Orleans
- is in New Y o rk .
L a t e r in th e a fte rn o o n L y n d a an d P a u l an d I w en t bow ling
a g a in , a n d o n ce m o r e I w as ab ove a h u n d re d - - th is tim e 112.
I alw a y s
f e e l b e t t e r w hen I h a v e s o m e e x e r c i s e .
T
- e lie v e .
She had ju st fin ish ed a new s c o n fe r e n c e and
the p eo p le in ch a rg e o f the F e s t iv a l w e r e rath er w id e -e y e d at how w e ll
sh e had p e r fo r m e d .
She w as r e a lly settin g out to m ake th em glad th
- in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
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1965
M onday, M a r c h 29th
B e g a n on an u g ly n ote, w ith NEW SW EEK g r e e tin g u s w ith a s t o r y ,
"In c o n tr a d ic tio n to th e P r e s id e n
- l ar ou n d th e per ipheryof
my well loved Austin.
c e n te r s on on e
Ther e ar e sp r ingi ng up shopping.
very hi l l and v a lle y a n d paAtjufus. landA
moAch ajowa o^ new houAeA,
Some o
- c a l a s s o c ia tio n to pay f o r i t !
It look s lik e this w i l l be the f i r s t o r d e r of b u sin ess when the new
c o m m it t e e f o r the P r e s e r v a t i o n of the W hite House has its m e e tin g .
M r. Boudin had done the E lm
- e y e d the d a m a g e
and d i s c u s s e d h i s p l a n s to b r i n g s o m e kind of F e d e r a l a i d , a n d a l l the t i m e
he h a d h ad a lo n g with h im , s h a n g h a i e d , two l unc heo n g u e s t s - - E d W e i s l of
New Y
- , but our guard up. "
And he spoke of hope of a new s p irit o f d iv e r s it y in Communist eastern
Europe.
A l l in all, the speech re c o g n iz e d that the w orld had changed a lot in the
c
15 y e a r s o f N A T O 's life , but he called N A T O
- e t S e rv ic e m e n - - fro m New Y o rk Sunday
m o r n in g , A u g u st 7 th , on P a n A m e r ic a n f o r N a s s a u .
A lth o u g h I k e e p on #
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ta lk in g a b o u t i t in f r o n t of h im an d e v e n th e S e c r e t S e rv ic e
- ry a f te r
o n ly c o ffe e and ju ic e a t b r e a k f a s t, b u t h e c am e h o m e f a i r l y e a r ly
to d a y - - 2 :3 0 - - a n d I jo in e d h im f o r lu n ch w ith C o n g r e s s m a n P h il
L a n d ru m , o f G e o rg ia an d a. new C
- of V e r m o n t, And H ew lett and M ary A lic e Sm ith of
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WASHIMOTOM
, 1967
W est V ir g in ia .
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The room w as fu ll of new fa c e s and of c o u r se the o b ject
- is "Guys and Dolls" by the New York Center Light Opera Company; LBJ leaves for Guam; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" Lady Bird is leaving for Virgin Islands the next day
- u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s
i s u s e d to.
We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s
w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
- y - a - f a m ily young m e n
th a t h av e f ille d th is h o u se in o u r tim e h e r e .
a c c id e n t, p ilo tin g a new p la n e .
He w a s k ille d in a f lig h t- tr a in in g
And L u c i, in a m a n n e r so tr u e l y L u ci, h a s
a s
- a n d ta lk e d a n d ta lk e d a b o u t the
U n iv e r s ity , i t s d i f f ic u ltie s , i t s f u tu r e , the new A d m i n i s t r a t i o n in
o
A u s tin , th e in c o m in g G o v e r n o r S m ith, w h a t Jo h n w ould do w ith h is
lif e
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- g t h e r e .
The
p a i n t e d w o o d e n c h a n d e l i e r in the li ttl e s ittin g r o o m h a s gone up,
a n d I lik e it v e r y m u c h .
I s p e n t the m o r n i n g stuffing a l b u m s a n d b o o k s into the new
b o o k c a s e s
- Lady Bird works with Herbert Wells & Roy White on LBJ Ranch house renovations; Lady Bird fills bookcases and decorates; good news about Nellie Connally's surgery in Houston; John Connally flies to LBJ Ranch for visit & meeting with LBJ; LBJ, John
- r a n s p o r t a t i o n f r o m New Y o r k in the e a r l y m o r n i n g .
In f a c t t h e c o l o r s
we a l l th r e e h a d w e r e the b e s t I e v e r r e m e m b e r f o r a f a m i l y p i c t u r e - L u c i's , yellow and sim ple; L
