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- Valentine gifts; D.C. League of Women Voters fundraiser; Heart luncheon; "Americans-At-Home" Program; visit by the John Steinbecks, and their story of visiting Russia; office work; LBJ to St. Louis for its Bicentennial; visit with Mary Lasker about
- Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
- settling in, is a lrea d y
as much at home in Washington
and has a v e r y nice house.
as a cat by the f i r e , has been promoted^
T h e re w e re many Texans but also a goodly
sprinkling of other Washingtonian s ,
I le ft rath er e a r ly to go
- & inflation; Lady Bird to Austin with wedding gifts, bed & table for Luci; Lady Bird compares Luci's home with heads of state weddings gifts; Lady Bird to Scharnhorst & Orange ranches & then walks along river; to ranch for dinner; phone call with Luci
- ely , q u iet, brunette
M erle O beron and h e r Ita lian - M exican husband Bruno P a g lia i.
Lynda to th eir home, down in A cap u lco.
He in v ited
And a c t r e s s B arb ara R u sh .
And-
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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M onday
- 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
- Bird has photos taken; plight of the cities; meeting with Erv Duggan; meeting on Boyhood Home & LBJ's Birthplace; Lady Bird bowls with houseguests; Lady Bird walks South Grounds; dinner with LBJ; massage; retires for night
- Bird; reception for Democratic state chairmen; Lady Bird to David Lloyd Kreeger home to see paintings; Lady Bird critiques paintings; to John & Ashton Gonella party; dinner at White House with Lynda & Chuck Robb; Chuck & Pat Nugent leaving soon
- Johnsons attend National City Christian Church; sermon on rioters; negative stories in the newspapers about renovation of Johnson homes; lunch with friends; viewpoint on business community and economics; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird goes
- m a l l m a r b l e h e a d of A u g u s t u s C a e s a r ,
p i r a t e d out of Ita ly , it h a d b e e n found in s o m e c o n s t r u c t i o n b u ild in g
or home.
A n d a c c o m p a n y i n g it a l e t t e r i n J o h n S e c o n d a r i
- g e n t s .
M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the
It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that
m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r .
We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
- Lady Bird, with Dr. & Mrs. Correll, look for blue bells for flower seed at the Gibson Ranch; to the Diamond X Ranch where they picked Mountain Pinks flowers for seed; stop at LBJ Boyhood Home; lunch; drive to Martin Ranch; Lady Bird makes river walk
- Bird & the Ed Clarks to Corcoran Gallery; tea & tours at White House for the Clarks & guests; LBJ speaks briefly to guests; Lady Bird practices Appalachia speeches; dinner at Scoop Jackson's home; LBJ reads John Steinbeck letter about Vietnam
- LBJ leaves next day for German Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird cannot go with him; Lady Bird works on family album; lunch; drive through Watts Branch on way to Betty Talmadge's home to play bridge; Lady Bird describes Watts Branch; Lady
- ib le u s e s
of the p la c e .
A nd she h ad , in fa c t, so g e n e ro u sly in v ite d m e to com e up
to h e r A d iro n d ack s s u m m e r home^vlind to P alm B each b e fo re .
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A s m u ch a s I w ould love to,Xl h ad alw ays sa id
- Carpenter; meeting with Bess Abell; tea for Marilyn Walz; meeting, future transfer of LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; bowling, massage & television; dinner with LBJ; Mary Lasker's book on health initiatives; phone call with Hubert
- ; speeches by Stewart Udall, Carol Fortas, Nash Castro & Lady Bird; Lady Bird Johnson Park; drive by Columbia Island; Beautification Committee meeting at Rockefeller home; National Street Hardware Study; Anacostia Park; overlook at LBJ Library; toasts
- a r v e lo u s
An e n g r a v i n g o f George
W ash in g to n and c lo c k s f o r t h e g i r l s .
Then d o w n s t a i r s
t o t h e E a s t Room f o r t h e r e c e i v i n g l i n e .
I 'm g e t t i n g
v e r y much a t home w i t h t h e
- LBJ & Lady Bird attend church at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church; LBJ & Lady Bird visit Percy Brigham at Blanco Nursing Home; Johnsons visit Johnson City bank, ranches, and the Hartman house, LBJ's poverty project; Late lunch; visit
- taken by TIROS 6; performance of "Oklahoma"; Lady Bird mentions home movies from '41 Senate campaign; Lady Bird mentions decorations & food; Lady Bird talks with President Tsiranana; Lady Bird walks lawn and then dances with General Clifton
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t h a t L u c i , i n b e d wi t h t h e f l u , c o u l d n ' t e v e n come dow n.
And L ynda, b a t t l i n g
w ith home w o rk , d e c l i n e d .
I t is
h a r d f o r me t o im a g in e h a v in g s o m uch o f t h i s w o r l d 's
f e a s
- ; dedication ceremony for Wilkes College's Science Center; homes along the Susquehanna River; back to Washington for meeting with and reception for Democratic National Committee; with LBJ to Camp David
- 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
- Ranch; Johnsons take guests for drive around ranches; forestation project in Israel; tour of Johnson City & LBJ's boyhood home; Lady Bird suggests activities for next day; dinner, including Luci, Pat & Lyn Nugent; exchange of gifts, including Noah's Ark
- on Johnson City boyhood home; astronauts and wives to Paris Air Show; to State Department reception; astronaut wives borrow clothing from Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson; dinner with Governor Tom Dewey
- with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas
- Lady Bird gives commencement address at Radcliffe College; discussion with Mrs. Carl Gilbert; luncheon at Radcliffe President's home; Helen Keller; tour of Kennedy Library site; back to DC; State dinner for Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark
- e n Ly ndon began t o t a l k ,
qui e t l y , low key , g e n tle h i ^ a c t.
^ t woA good a n d 9- wo a
pAoud o^ him.
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And tn e n -it ujcla t i me. to go home and eve.Agbodg. began t o
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