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be with friends, to exercise and to catch up -on the thinking
work that
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a day full of appointments ·does not permit.
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.-This day b_egan early .with-~going
- H:y in;:;. Swi ss bank or sornething and b e ofr on an
isl ~1 nd.
Whe11 I sa id go odbye to them rny next appointment was already
waiting for me.
by and have a
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I h:-·ii asked the Texans who
h~~d
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··ink with me bec ause I sc arcely
- n d tw o; and
T . J,
II, C h ris tin e and N ancy and S ally , and we a ll s a t down to
lu n ch .
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T u e sd a y , D e c e m b e r 31st
A fte r lunch, the n u cleu s of u s - - th a t is , Tony and T, J, and I,
to g e th e r w ith
- M EMORANDUM
T H E W H I T E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F i r d a y , A p r i l 17,
1964
T h i s m o r n in g I spent with M r s. J. L e e Johnson - Ruth C a r t e r
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Johnson, daughter o f A m o n C a r t e r -a ca n -d o w om an , v e r y m uch h e r
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m u^i have been i k e
- ro p in th e o ffice an d s e e .
I s u g g e s te d w e
ii,
A f te r a d r in k we
w e n t to th e b o w lin g a lle y , an d she b e a t m e r o u n d ly tw o a n d a h a lf
g a m e s ; ^S hooting 137 one tim e to m y 105 o r so/^^^ ^
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i g o f g iv in g to th e Wh ite H o u s e
■ • She h a s b e e n our g u e s t
- around the w o r ld .
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I lo ve to le a rn from him.
A ls o fro m F o r d / t h e r e was Henry F o rd , II - and in s illy fem inine
fashiony^my mind kept turning to A n n ^ th e w ife fro m whom h e ’ s re cen tly
d ivo rc ed , whom I w ill m e et
- and w ife .
The Ir is h have r e a lly put th eir stamp on our p o litic s ]
And fro m the court - Justice and M r s , Brennan - this r e a lly was the
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night fo r the Iris h m a fia ,
The sta ff that we had in h erited fro m the Kennedy A d m
- II I N O T O N
W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 10, 1964
Page 4
b o r n to m a n * s m o s t e x c e p t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y .
Y o u a r e y o u n g e r th a n m o s t
of th e e a r t h ’ s q u a r r e l s a n d o l d e r th a n m o s t
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T h i s w as
p u s h , p u s h , p u s h t h r o u g h m a s s e s of h u m a n ity , w h ic h n e v e r s e e m e d
to b o t h e r the e b u l l i e n t Ts ii vanana.
And f in a lly a c h a n c e to s i t down at
a t a b l e in the end of the r o
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of the s m a ll tr ia n g le
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Valentis.
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is always pleasant to have Florence Mahoney to a party.
She was a request of the Gardners.
Lynda Bird came.
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She feels close
to nearly everyone in the Cabinet:://>As soon as I greeted
- o r i c l a n d m a r k s p r o v i d i n g the b a c k g r o u n d .
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D i n n e r w a s in the R o s e G a r d e n , one lo n g m a i n t a b l e , the r e s t r o u n d
t a b l e s f o r te n .
T h e M a r i n e B a n d p la y in g f r o m th
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Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, December 1-28, 1966 [Book 39]
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W A .SHIN Q TO II
F r id a y , S e p t e m b e r 9, 1966
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- 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
- , the C e c il K in g s
o f C a lifo rn ia , and the C a r l P e r k in s o f K e n tu c k y - - she had gone w ith me on
m y tr ip
to L i c k B ra n c h S c h o o l.
h e r h usb a nd .
A nd p re tty P a ts y M in k fr o m H a w a ii w ith
A nd C o n
- a n d e v e r y b o d y m a d e a r a t h e r h a s ty d e p a r t u r e w ith m e m a k in g a
m e n t a l no te to t e l l B e s s no m o r e r a c k of l a m b --and let's g iv e g u e s ts t h a t
: exquiisite F«ii^»^the singing violin so they w
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in s p ir a t io n - and r e a l l y , I think, that she w ould be the n atu ral one to do
this - and I want h e r t o , a n d I hope she w i l l .
I a ls o told h e r , r e m e m b e r in g
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v e r y w e l l what C l a r k had said to m e , that he
- he danced enough
numbers to be p o l i t e
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nd then took his departure.
But a lot of people ling ered f o r a
gay e ve n in g .
One of the b i t s of conversation I enjoyed most was
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when Jane Freeman said Oh lets go dance, and the
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And^ I k e p t a a . h e a r ii^ w o g d » -& f - p r a i s e fo r the b r ie fin g a m o n g th e m e n .
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b u ffe t.
D o n 't h av e s lic e d r o a s t b e e f f o r a sta n d u p
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He w en t up a n o th e r
I a s k e d th e C h ie f to ta k e h e r u p s o m e s le e p in g
m e d ic in e , a n d s a id m y g o o d n ig h ts .
w a s in b e d a t a r e a s o n a b l e h o u r .
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r 16, 1965
Arid t h e n II w o r k e d on the m a i l
- r n m e n t to
W ils o n - - h e w a s a G o d in t h a t d a y , a l m o s t - - th e day of h is
t r i u m p h a n t t o u r in E u r o p e a f t e r t h e Bax A r m i s t i c e , b e f o r e th e
c h e e rin g sto p p e d .
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- ’ s going to b e a f a th e r , a f t e r 15 y e a r s of m a r r i a g e an d no c h ild re n ! H is
T ed
w ife i s o u t in H a w a ii.
T h e /K e n n e d y s w e r e th e r e - I th in k the f i r s t K ennedy
to c r o s s the th re s h h o ld
- t 130 of u s , s e a te d a t ro u n d ta b le s fo r 10 e a c h ,
w ith th e h e a d ta b le f o r 2 O,
I h a d a r e a l l y good tim e w ith S ir A lec on m y
r ig h t a n d M r. B u tle r on m y le f t.
II
L y n d o n ’ s to a s t w as no l e
- i m p o r t a n t
s t e p we h a v e t a k e n to s t r e n g t h e n o u r e c o n o m y s i n c e W o r l d W a r II.
T h e n he w e n t on to s a y h o w the l e g i s l a t i o n w a s i n s p i r e d a n d
p ro p o s e d by P r e s i d e n t
- io n , A d am
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C la y to n P o w e ll, in a n a t m o s p h e r e te n s e w ith v io le n c e an d h a tr e d .
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- and pa;inting up and p la n tin g can do to k eep the c i t y "cool, baby",
to k e e p dow n that s p ir it o f fr u s tr a tio n and h o s t ilit y w h o se fin a l
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g r e w u p to th e N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , a n d a p i e c e o f l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t w o u l d
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I w a s p l e a s e d to h e a r - - a s t u d y s p o n s o r e d b y U r b a n A m e r i c a .
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T h e g o a l i s to t r y to m a k e s u c h th in g s a s t r
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. And then w e had c o ffe e and liq u e u r s in the R ed R o o m .
And th en in the E a s t R oom I in tr o d u c e d C h a r lie B y r d w ho w a s
g r e a t ly a c c la im e d by a ll the lo v e r s o f ja z z .
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St. L o u is Womeaa.
B u t it i s a fa
- W irtz th ro w in g
the g e n tle s t, an d the s tr a i g h t e s t b a ll; L e e U d all the m o s t e n th u s ia s tic - i t
rf I’l i a a f l i a
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s w ift, an d the tan k n e a r the o ld s to n e h o u se that w e hop e R o y W h ite m a y bu y,
i s r e m a r k a b ly d e e p , and b lu e and c le a r , but the la n d i t s e l f i s drab a n d
fo r b id d in g
- r i c a n R e p u b ii c s , a
s p e a k in g o n e ,
F re n ch
who h a d u s e d th e g u id e book i n F re n c h
a n d a M rs. N a d a l l o f t h e E m bassy o f A r g e n ti n a who h a d
u s e d i t in S p a n is h .
a trip
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day o f s h e e r
tu rm o il
f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii,
f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i -
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