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  • I discovered Mr. West and th is wonderful s t a f f . Now I shall return to i t . I rested and worked with Ashton, and then close to four, had my h a ir combed and went down to the Blue Room for a reception fo r the Democratic National Committee
  • ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
  • - • • • ·' in the · Washington Hilton who had paid $250 a plate -- the proceed~ to be divided equally between the Senate and House Congressional committees. Phil Re.&an singing the National Anthem .as he has since time began, and looking very . little older . A new touch
  • National politics
  • assistance; Lady Bird has dressing fitting with Adele Simpson; tea for East Wing staff; Democratic Campaign Committee Fund Raising Dinner; John McCormack, Ed Muskie, Hubert Humphrey & LBJ give speeches; Richard Daley family are houseguests
  • , is E isen h o w er." J of And then he ta lk ed D ie m . he d o e s. It alw ays m ak es me u n com fortab le w hen H is death, he reg a rd s a s a h ideous turning point in the w ar and a b la c k sp ot in our nation al life . And then h e talked o
  • LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
  • National politics
  • is visiting; Luci is writing book about Yuki; LBJ teases Luci about her briefcase; filming in Treaty Room; tea for Connie Freeman; visit with the Bill Whites; Dean Rusk testifies before committee of Democratic National Convention; Vietnam; USSR invades
  • ; 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
  • acro ss to any m em bers of the Committee who might care what labor thought, th eir hopes in favor of the beautification legislation, and that he would think about a donation to the National Capital, and he wanted me to think about being chairman
  • ^ , to the C h ie f of P r o t o c o l , In to see were the on the Committee f o r the White House, Assistant and then he r ec eiv e I were pa r t i cu l a r l y g l a d George Browns s h e ' s tion 2 is appointment Inform ation the Small B u s i
  • Possible dam at Caddo Lake; reception at White House for women appointees in LBJ Administration; Lady Bird mentions names and titles of several appointees; LBJ dinner with George Browns; Lady Bird to National Theatre for Royal Shakespeare Company
  • DuPont and Mrs. DuPont, the Chairman of Mrs. Arts Committee, came and seemed to enjoy them selves. And the next day had many good it. Kennedy's Pine things to say about The Lloyd Hands were about the handsomest coup le there. And Clark C l i f f
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Collection Title Lady Bird Johnson's Diary Folder Title Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, April 9-30, 1964 [Book 6] Box Number 1 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute
  • Lady Bird meets with Henry DuPont; upcoming meeting of Committee on the Preservation of the White House; chandelier in Green Room; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird has tea with Lady Jackson (Barbara Ward), Florence Mahoney, Lynda and Luci Johnson
  • the Advisory Committee for the National Parks to get some briefing on i t ) , and Orville and Jane, C.R., B ill and Jane Wirtz, and Wilbur and Eloise Cohen, our bridge playing friends the Alan Boyds, Bob Weaver without Ella, who has been absent from a ll
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Desk work & phone calls; plaque from National Recreation and Park Association; 220 dogwoods for Columbia Island from 1965 Inaugural Committee; tea for Beautification Committee who donated 2500 dogwoods; 1 million daffodils; hike & bike trails
  • of the National Parks S ervices and M r. West, and we had a final going over of the agenda for the Com m ittee fo r the P reserva tion of the White House, which m eets Thursday, May 7th, because M r . Hartzog, as Dire c to r of the Parks S ervices, is the Chairman
  • agenda for Committee for the Preservation of the White House; paintings from Alice Brown
  • Johnson's Diary March 10-April 8, 1964 [Book 5] Folder Title Box Number 1 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C
  • Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
  • Lady Bird performs doctor-recommended exercises; luncheon for women; Helen Hayes; Luci Johnson, National Cathedral School and eye problems; dinner for Senate Committee heads and leadership; briefing for men and tour of WH for women; Margaret Chase
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • for Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty where Lady Bird makes statement and helps Alan Boyd present awards; Laurance Rockefeller speaks; LBJ joins reception; LBJ swims; Lady Bird reads Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement"
  • LBJ has Congressional Leadership Breakfast; Lady Bird meets Ladies Committee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; planning for the Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; photos with the National Association for Retarded Children and their poster child
  • ik I n a u g u r a l n memory, w h ic h makes Howard B u r r i s , th e Parade Committee Chairman a D ip lo m a t as w e l l a s an E x e c u tiv e . Texas had a f l o a t t h a t was a r e p l i c a o f th e LBJ r a n c h h o u s e , w i t h a p
  • LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Johnson to prayer service at National City Christian Church; Inauguration; funny story about Fern Baines; seating on inaugural platform; LBJ takes oath of office and gives address; inaugural luncheon; Lady Bird's classmate from
  • Harry Middleton in the Yellow Oval Room about our films, a never-ending project. And then on into the Treaty Room for our last meeting of the Audio-Visual Committee. I think when this is over I want to declare a long moratorium on several words
  • Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
  • Meeting with Clark Clifford about Fine Arts Committee; possibility of permanent Curator; Committee on the Preservation of the White House; interview with "Look" magazine; tea with Governor and Mrs. Breathit of Kentucky; Luci Johnson; dinner
  • Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Page 8 in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life. Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
  • double amputee ..-­ -/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice. Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee. The luncheon was remarkable for several the loudspeaki
  • NBC interview with Nancy Hanschman; Lady Bird's reads and edits Ruth Montgomery's biography on Lady Bird; reception for Blair House Fine Arts Committee with Robin Duke; needlepoint cushion tops by Lady Bird and ladies of the Cabinet
  • LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson and the McNamaras to St. Mark's Church; lunch with George Browns and Bob McKinneys; Alice Brown asked to be member of Committee for Preservation of the White House; paintings for White House; LBJ and golf; Lady Jackson
  • Meeting on Arts project; Executive Order establishing Society for Preservation of the White House and permanent curator; possible members of Society; Jacqueline Kennedy; Fine Arts Committee and the Painting Committee; swim and trip to Mr. Per's
  • Lady Bird meets with J.B. West about household matters; office work; swims laps in pool; seventh Congressional reception; Education Bill is out of committee; Congressmen to briefing and wives to theater and second floor; funny story about Mrs. Ralph
  • with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
  • 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
  • LBJ is in a dark mood; death of Senator Richard Russell's son; White House Festival of the Arts; press response to Festival; Lady Bird takes a nap; reception for Inaugural Committee workers; quick remarks by LBJ; visit by Tony and Matiana Taylor
  • Second Beautification Committee meeting; participants take tour of Washington for possible beautification projects; office work; nap; Selma, Alabama, and Voting Rights; ninth Congressional Reception; Selma incident
  • 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
  • are to limit & reduce nuclear weapons & anti-missile systems; reception; LBJ meets Latin American ambassadors; Lady Bird receives International Consumers Committee; meeting about the White House China dessert plates; Lady Bird to Perle Mesta party
  • Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association
  • Lady Bird watches Chancellor Adenauer's funeral on television; annual meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Oveta Culp Hobby donates Waterford Crystal chandelier; Lady Bird is in receiving line at Senate Ladies Luncheon
  • Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting