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- of the Chiang
horses of the Ming dynasty I believe
Kai-sheks.
overwhelming.
And an exquisite piece of jade for me.
And another piece of
jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain
with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
- National politics
- is a v ictim of
and
h e m o p h ilia , xrf the Nation al H em oph ilia Foundation had brought him to the
White H ouse to b egin its cam paign to help the hundred thousand or so v ic tim s
o f the d is e a s e .
He w as a slig h t, fr a il, s e lf - p o s
- Meeting Timothy Carroll, poster child for National Hemophilia Foundation; meeting Dr. Daniel McKay, President of the Mormon Church; meeting 100 high school students under U.S. Senate program; Lady Bird's feeling of kinship with the South; dinner
- . Per's for a shampoo and set.
Desk work these days is happily sprinkled with pictures for
autographing.
Because the end of our Administration is near at hand,
people in the government, people in the White House, old friends far
and wide are sending
- be a centerpiece from a different
adm inistration.
Of course, not ev ery one of the 36 Presidents has had
a special china.
When the supply gets low enough that you can’ t seat a
State Dinner of 100 or m ore people, then its time for the adm inistration
- , and the James S. R o c k e fe lle r s of the F i r s t National C ity Bank of
New Y o r k City.
LrtL
And then the Bob Steven s , f o r m e r l y in^Eisenhower government;, and
the W alter Toueys o f the C&O R a ilw a y Company, who are^besides^associated
tJ/t
-
And it was a p erfec t color match for
the deco ratio n s.
roses of Texas,
l i t t l e bird ,
Second Vice
Bowls of - you guessed it -yellow
and on time o f one p e r c h e d / a p retty
the property of Betty Talmad
g e,
A
M rs,
Dirksen put me in the re c e
- Natural resources and national parks
- , the coach of the number one team in a ll the nation.
A ll
the T ex a n s in town are going, entertaining, talking, letting Washington
know that T e x a s h as invaded in fu ll fold, and v icto rio u s, both in culture
and in athletics.
Going to the beauty
- .
I readily agreed and said le t's set it up
for tomorrow, Wednesday, so as to catch those m em bers of the
T to T Club, Tuesday to Thursday.
How we used to laugh when
we w ere in the Senate at people who went away for weekends
. Thursday afternoon
- " . . . . that m odern nations no lo n g er can base their salvation and
w e lf a r e
upon an e g o tis tic a l and a g g r e s s iv e nationalism .
, A sm all a r r o w
thrown in the d irection of deGaulle.
Another good phrase was, "W e have our hand out
- and others who w e r e com ing by, , ,
Some of the stuff I have liv e d with and lo ved at the E lm s.
A t 3 o ’ clo ck I had a picture with Womens' National D em ocra tic Club,
that i s M rs . K e y s e r ling, the P r e s id e n t of it; Kay H a l l e
- Lady Bird does desk work; Lady Bird has photograph taken with Women's National Democratic Club; Lady Bird attends reception for University of North Carolina group presenting John White drawings to White House Library; Lady Bird relates stories about
- a ra cte r.
I liked his wife very much.
She was an attractive
brunette, a little over 35 I'd say, good English, lively, one of those people
I'd like to know better.
As we walked up on the reviewing/^ after the National Anthems
the sp e e ch e s
- Removed from 05/14/1968, page 1.
Paper Clip Removed from 05/14/1968, pages 1- 7.
MEMORANDUM
^
T u e sd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
wASHiNOTON
Page 1
What a d a y . A s w e advance farth er into M ay I fe e l m ore and m o re lik e
- HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u e sd a y , F e b r u a ry 16, 1965
P age 2
B e a u tific a tio n is c e rta in ly exposing m e to in te re s tin g people of
achievem ent^
T h en, I flew hom e and in the a fte rn o o n d e liv e re d the H e a rt A w ardi / uto
M
- Lady Bird meets with Robert Dowling about Beautification and Sterling Gardens; Lady Bird flies back to Washington, DC; Lady Bird presents award for American Heart Association; the third Congressional reception is held at the White House
- ty - fiv e
Y e a r s a g o , , , " , and I think I b etter stop.
MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, M ay 27, 1964
P a ge 2
We rode around with him to B la ir House and on the w ay, th ere was
quite a crow d o f people, and frequ
- of TV and c a m era m e n and n ew sm en and the crow d of g u e s ts .
f e e l th at it tak es aw ay from the s e n s e of e le g a n c e .
fo r m a t w ill w o rk in d o o r s.
.
,
I
I do not b e lie v e th is
’
O utside, fin e - - the color
- on a
3
co u ch , look in g at h er little dog, both of them planning som e d ev ilm en t.
We sp en t a p le a sa n t hour and a s I w alked out, saw groups of sch o o l
ch ild r en , people sm ilin g and w aving at m e ,
I s m ile d and w aved b ack
- 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
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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
- ity . ; And th ir d , m o st im p o rta n tly , for young people , .:because th is
-was a ch an ce to show another fa c e of young p e o p le , and another fa c e of
T e x a s .:',:They have so m uch to be proud o f .
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The h o n o red g u e st w
- Lady Bird has breakfast and hair styled; Lady Bird meets student group from Texas; University of Texas College Bowl Team wins national championship; Lady Bird mentions honored guests; LBJ & Lady Bird speak to students who then tour White House; Lady
- , Ly ndon waA no^ xix a
pa r ty mood, noi. even wXJih ike^je people. .
TkeJie.^A AOme
kang. oveA. '^A.om jJioAe kouAA o^ Sa tur day ni g h t when he. woke
up a6out03:
wxjJx ^e\/eAj^ paJjr^ Xn kU^ cke^i. and we cal l e d
ik e Chi e f a n d jJxan
- Natural resources and national parks
- Last full day in White House; Johnsons & Billy Grahams to National City Christian Church; Lady Bird writes letter to Curator, Jim Ketchum, about Children's Garden with thank you to his staff; thank you letter to John Loeb; more acreage for national
- Lady Bird breakfasts with LBJ and family; Lady Bird to National Gallery of Art for Distinguished Ladies' Reception; Lady Bird describes reception and people; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson and her girlfriends; Lady Bird and LBJ to pre-gala
- only about t h i r t y m inutes, the f i r s t o f f i v e
stops,
A r e g u l a r m arathon
1
Next, t o
the S t a t l e r -
H i l t o n and t h e n t h e Armory where t h e r e were 1 3 , 0 0
r
people.
Tonfeht t h e d e c o r a t i o n s h a d
- 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
- and Tony, and one of Lyndon’s father and mother, on a table. It will
take shape and warmth and life and the story of a family, but it won’t be done in a day. And
it’s marvelous to have the help and the guidance of people like Marny and Jean.
Beginning
- the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had
made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep.
I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the
children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
- lan e fro m W ashington - - M r. S p a rk s , M r, M urphy, a g re a t m any people
we se e m e d to know - - to d is c u s s things th a t m u s t be done, r a th e r b r ie f
irA fte r a w hile th e y le ft and the m o od w as tu rn e d to m y k
- 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
- 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
- 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
- of the w hole even in g— ^Although I w as
.
-v'
•.•tl
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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and R
