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- House, accompanied by Mrs. Perle Mesta and Liz
Carpenter
10:00 Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue in new Sam
Rayburn House Office Building (President attended)
10:45 En route to White House; stopped by Inaugural
Committee for visit
11:15 Returned to White
-
1:25p
5:52
Remarks**
took helicopter to
Bonham, Texas for
ceremony at Sam
Rayburn Library.
Returned to Perrin
AFB via helicopter
- to
bring 63 Texas Masons (colored) to see VP
Walter
George Wes t of N. Y.
To Ceremonial Room for ceremony - unveiling of Sam Rayburn commemorative stamp
Met with Cliff Carter and Liz
Meeting with Mr. Kappel (Lloyd Miller's boss)
S ec'y. Goldberg
Visit
- :25 To Sam Rayburn House Office Building for luncheon United Church Women's Committee of 100
1:55 Departed
2:05 Arrived White House
Worked with Bess on guest lists and Ashton on
correspondence
3:45 Mr. Kellam arrived as house guest
(More) 1
Entry
- , and Mrs. Lindow. 5:29 Liz and Mrs. Hoffman left.
Rested on bed.
Talked with Luci.
Worked with Ashton.
6:35 To the Cabinet Room -- then to reception at the opening of the Sam Rayburn Room
at the Womens' National Democratic Club.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
-
of
foreign
students
John Steele and Andrew Haskell
(presented portrait of Sam Rayburn)
To Cabinet Room
to tape a message for J. Edgar Hoover
In outer office reading
newspapers
w/ JV
To Oval
Office
Sen. Russell Long (b.2)
Secy Freeman
(b.2)
Secy McNamara
(b
- with Felix de Weldon (sculptor) and receive
bust of Sam Rayburn for the library. Tea.
4:10 Mr. de Weldon left.
4:14 Called Chester Newland.
4:25 Left the White House for Mr. Per's shop for shampoo and set.
6:09 Returned to the White House.
Hurriedly changed
- som e
news i f th e Presiden t jus t wen t an d made n o remarks,
George
calls
carded
Reedy about the Sam Rayburn
Abe Fortas
- Cincinnati,
Marvin
Watson
McGeorge
Bundy
dedication
and
other
matters
Ohio
Motored to th e Sa m Raybur n Hous e O f
- , Hon . Amb. Goldberg , an d Josep h Califan o .
' -
|
e Presiden t gav e Georg e Mean y a bo x o f cigar s whic h he receive d fro m
e Presiden t o f Paraguay , tellin g him th e stor y tha t Speaker BMBB^^ ^ Rayburn _
d t o hav e a "deal " wit h
- Secy of Treasury
for Intl Affairs
True Davis, Asst Secy of Treasury ^
^
^HHH#y Stanley S Surrey, Asst Secy of Treasury
Robert A Wallace, Asst Secy of Treasury
Charles Schultze, Director, BOB
Sam Hughes, Deputy Director, BOB
Henry Rowen, Asst Director
- o in, h e woul d loo k a t i t an d
stroke it . On e da y Speaker Raybur n said . "Wh y don't you tak e th e thin g to Mis s
Harriet. She' s a n artist, an d sh e migh t lik e it. " S o Sam Rayburn gave the piec e
to Speake r an d Mrs. McCormack . Th
- .
to Fish Room
—to talk with West Wing secretarial Staff and have picture made
the girls that were there for all the things that they had done for him
—said they were instruments that made thp Presidency move fffcox*?4'yy smonothly
--told a Sam Rayburn
- wool suit with fur collar.
9:59 Left White House with Bess Abell
H.G. in White House
Vicky and Simon McHugh
not dictated 1.
10:12 Arrived Rayburn Office Building to see portrait of Speaker Rayburn,
10:15 Left Rayburn Building
10:25 Arrived National
- D with Walter
9:00a
9:15a
9:30a
9:45a
10:00a
10:15a
10:30a
10:45a
11:00a
11:15a
Arrived Carswell AFB Ft. Worth
Left Carswell in Air Force K.C.-135 w/ Speaker Rayburn
and Walter
11:30a
11:45a
12:00n
12:15p
12:30p
12:45p
1:00
1:45p
2:00p
2:15p
- -38 (Ashton can fill in telephone calls)
DATE
Monday
November 30,
1959
10:45a Left Andrews AFB KG-135 with Mrs. J, Rayburn, Fulbright, WJ
11:00a
11:15a
11:30a
"
11:45a
Stopped briefly in Little Rock to discharge Fulbright
1:00p
1:15p
1:30p
l:45p
- stays
Secy Freeman
f Mayor Wagner
- NYC
f
Governor Brown - Sacramento
G. Reedy
In Fish Room - greets Jewish
Group
Robert Anderson
- press pictures
made - then to
little lounge
Secy Ball
To mjdr's
office
- greets yb and
asks Gerri to have Rayburn pic
- at Marshall Hotel, Marshall; Senator was principal
speaker.
Walter and Georg e Reedy, Austin, re: whether or not to send wire requested by
Speaker Rayburn to the Speaker at Democratic Unit y Dinner in Little Rock, Ark.
To Atlanta -- see travel activity
Hotel
- by) *
Expenditure Code
LD
T
F
Speaker Rayburn, Bonham
Geo Reedy, Austin
11:00a
11:15a
11:30a
11:45a
12:00n
12:15p
12:30p
12:45p
LUNCH - FRANK MUTO, JOHNSONS, GERALDINE WILLIAMS
l:00p
l:15p
l:30p
l:45p
2:00p
2:15p
2:30p
2:45p
Selected name s shoul d b e
- s
Arrival
Time
Remarks**
10:15a met b y Cong . Poage ,
and larg e crow d
12:00n met b y Cong . Oli n
Teague, Dr. Harringto n
of A & M an d
others
6:00p
met b y Speake r
Rayburn, Judg e
Grover Sellers ,
Gerald C . Mann ,
and others . Wen t
- . Higgins, Senator Green's AA
Homer Thornberry
6:03
Sheraton Terrace
6:14
Dr. Charles Bailey - Austin
5:40
Speaker Rayburn-Bonham
Gene Chambers - W.F.
6
6:17
Bryce Harlow -White House
6:20
Ranch
6:35
SENATOR LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DAILY DIARY
- (Stonewall)
Commissioner John C. White (Austin
Mrs. John Gingrich (New York)
Walter Jenkins (Washington, DC)
Col Marek (Bergstrom AFB, Austin)
Joe Gargan (Austin)
Sen Yarborough
Speaker Rayburn (Bonham)
Gene Nauman
Oscar Wyatt & Clarence Wyatt
Sen Kefauver
-
Sen Murray' s Senat e sea t
Speaker Rayburn , Bonha m -- re: Se n Clements an d Bobb y comin g t o see hi m today
To Southlan d Lif e Bld g heliopor t vi a car (Be n Woote n loane d th e Senator hi s car
and driver ) wit h Cliff , M M
To Decatu r
- Sprague
King
and Holifield are to be feted at a reception
in the Rayburn Building at 5:30p today,
To jahaHH^colonnade for pictures w/ above sponsored
by Los Angeles Board of Superviso
King joined the House, Aug. 25, 1942.
Holifield on Jan. 3, 1943. King
- Servi
Grant Shrum , Director, Natl 4-H Club Foundation, Washington, D. C.
Secy Freeman requested this appt as a climax to National DHH 4-H Week.
To MW's room to stand and talk to MW briefly
Congressman Joseph Resnick
RECORD
and Rayburn Hesse
- e SA M RAYBURN DA M in
Jasper, Texa s
Room
To Ova l Offic e w / JV , an d MW
Lee Whit e
Charles
Vera Glase r
Mohr
re
NY Times
women's
Washington
Correspondent
appointments
To Cabine t Roo m t o meet wit h Secretary Rusk , Secretar y McNamara
- , or sadness or dejection on his part. Quite the contrary, he seemed at all times during the evening gay, relaxed and possibly relieved when it was all over with.
Not long after the third session of the convention had
concluded for the night, Speaker Rayburn
