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- . Bill Heath, Mr. and John
Mrs. Hill, Mr.
Troy
& Mrs. Wesley West, Mr. and Mrs.
Post. #2: Mr. and Mrs. Krim, Mr. and Mrs.
Moursund, Agent Knetsch, Agent McKinney, Mr. Kellam.
Arrived Green Mountain.
Driving in area of Green Mountain.
Departed Green
- Policy lunch on Berlin trip
lunch at Washington Post with editorial staff
Woodrow Seals, Barefoot Sanders and Wayne Justice and Ernest Morgan
Jack Anderson
Sen Yarborough
Walter
Jim Wright
Atty General
Ramsey Clark
John Ben Shepperd
Atty General
To Dallas
- for Houston Post (Jim Mathis)
Meeting at White House with President; McNamara; Lemnitzer; Sec Rusk; Mr. Bundy
R
and afterwards stayed to talk to President about the Executive Order on Equal Employment Opportunity
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13
14
15
16
17
5:45p
5:47p
6:05p
6:10p
6
- in front of SS post
To Oval Room w/ JV
Off Record
Meeting w/ Jim Rowe, Cliff Carter. Clark Clifford, Walter Jenkins, JV
Senator Dirksen (b . 2)
Mrs. Johnson - to sit in on meeting out 5:30
Chalmers Roberts (Off
Record) out 6:25 p.m.
Bob Thompson and Dan
- and drive
out due to rain.
2. 11:15 Swearing-in ceremony for Gronouski in the living room. Press at ranch.
3. 11:45 Drove to Hye Post Office for swearing-in of Larry O'Brien. After
ceremonies drove Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Gronouski, Mrs. Placzek, and Mrs
- to the Boy Scout House (Post 27) with Lynda and Luci -- walked back to the
house.
5:48 With the President, Lynda, Luci, and Marie, drove to the Lewis Ranch.
7:00 Left the Lewis -- drove to the Scharnhorst.
8:34 Returned to the main house.
All watched TV
- Rather, Jim, Larry. . . .
Said goodbye to Birge and Lucia in Austin.
Took Air Force One to Washington -- played bridge en route with Lynda and the
Bynums -- then went to the State Room to read the Washington Post -- then
rested in bedroom.
1:59 a.m
- ) on future plans.
(Interview in Lincoln Sitting Room).
4:32 Mr. Egan left.
4:38 Liz up.
4. 5:06 Liz got Meryle Secrest (Washington Post) and brought her to the Lincoln Sitting Room.
Interview re: beautification program -- past and present.
6:02 Meryle Secrest
- the Houston Post.
4:21 To the State Department for tea and to receive book.
5:20 Returned to the White House -- second floor.
6:00 To the EOB bowling lanes.
6:37 Returned to the second floor.
7:30 Dinner guests arrived.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
8:05
- been to some 30
5. 7:20 Arrived Palm Beach -- rode in Mrs. Post's car to Mar-a-Lago.
Dinner. One or two cameras have meet us at door. Palm trees indirectly Lighted Spanish tiles -- great orchids -- tiger skin rug -Lorenzo de' Medici Room of Princess
-
Date Apri l 9 , 196 0
Expenditure
Code
Activity (includ e visited by)
*
D
John Clin e (Evenin g Star )
Phil Graha m (Post )
Marshall McNei l
Walker Ston e
Joe Also p
Walter Lippman n
Sen Clement s (Frankfort , Ky )
Lunch i n P-38 : George , Gerry
- and Jaycees
Harry Jersig, San Antonio, re dedications of Brooks Hospital November
Mr. Ditmar, Fredericksburg Post
Gene Chambers, Wichita Falls
Woody and Lloyd, Austin
Don Thomas, Austin, re : leasing contract for Beech plane
Porter Parris, Houston, re speaking
- (Banking and Currency Committee)
Nordy Hoffman
Bob Oliver
Lunch in P-38
Sen Hartke
to barbershop
Hugh Shelton, Houston, of Rainey Packing Co. re: wage and hour legislation
Sen Humphrey
Bob Estabrook, Wash Post re Federal judgeships
Sen Humphrey
Bill Petri
- bill
Sen Dirksen
Sen Russell re: labor legislation
Picture with Mrs. Johnson and Lynda for Rosemary Donihi, Washington Post
Cong. Teague
Sen Kennedy
Senator Johnson opened the Senate
Arthur Goldberg and Andy Biemiller, re: labor legislation
Sen Kennedy
- . The man in turn
when talking to the State Department people turned down the job. The President tol(
Indiana man present that he had cleared the man for the job that it was hard to get an
outsider into a post like this instead of bringing someone up from
- Secy of Treasury
W Rostow (pl)
Hon Endicott Peabody --former
Peter Beatrice
Governor of Massachusetts
Governor Peabody is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate
Mrs. Philip (Kay) Graham , President, Wash. Post OFF
RECORD
Benjamin Bradlee
-
Reedy Moyers
To office w/ leaders
leaders
leave at
working
on desk w/ JV
Ambassador
Discussion
Joined by
Ed Martin
to
Argentina
w/ WJ and
Ralph
Dungan
JV and
McGeorge
Bundy
To SS post to greet
His
Majesty
Mwambutsa
IV King of Burundi
w/ Mrs Johnson
-
Judge Thornberry - to wish him a
happy
birthday
Meeting
w/
Mr. C. L. McNally
- Publisher,
Sat
Evening
Post
Nat King Cole, Mr. Jones, Andy
Hatcher
- till 11:22
Mrs. Kennedy
Cong. Carl Albert
Shook hands w/ Dale Alford
Kermit Gordon
Fine Arts Commission
- Valenti
Lt General Marshall
Carter - departed
6:10
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Publishers & Editors - see attached
list (5)
Secy Ball
// departed 7:50p
Sen. Smathers
Secy McNamara
Secy Rusk
Michael
Forrestal - re briefing
on Vietnam
W. Jenkins, Ted Sorensen
- Assistant in charge of Personnel (from the car)
Arrive Labor Department -- meet Hobart out front and visit briefly re: Post office
EEO matters
Arrive S212
Senator Russell
Discussion w/ Mrs. Charles White - re: Houston School Board and re-training program
- )
Entry No . 10 : Dinne r guests : Dr . an d Mr s
Mr. Ab e Forta s
* I f CP give fligh t number; if SP give owner .
** Met by, Meetings, Activity, etc.
Remarks**
Cain, Mr . an d Mrs . Tro y Post ,
- car 111
Main Post Office - Cabinet Luncheon -- hosted by PMG Day
Arrive Capitol -- to barbershop, having departed luncheon at 2:20
Arrive S212 for staff meeting w/ Liz Carpenter, Ivan Sinclair, Charlie Boatner,
Walter Jenkins, Cliff Carter, G. Reedy
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Dr. Wiesner
Russell Wiggins - Washingto n Post
George Reedy
Gen. Brown, Secy McNamara's aide - re: Armed Services Day speeches
Horace Busby
Walter Jenkins
J. C. Kellam
Dorothy Territo
Mrs. Wood (Cong. Dingell's secretary) - re: Brown & Ford Motor
- in S212 w/ Cong . Joe Pool
Visiting w/ Dick Amberg, publisher of St. Louis Post Dispatch
Cong. Carl Albert
Walter Jenkins
To Speaker's McCormack's office -- meeting w/ the Speaker and Cong. Hale Boggs
re: Vice Presidential Detail of Secret Service
- Russell's office
Tom Gavin with the Denver Post, Denver, Colo.
Judge A. W. Moursund
Walter Jenkins
George Reedy
Mrs. Johnson
The Shaw Company in NYC
Cliff Carter
Judge A. W. Moursund
Senator Dirksen (returnin g VP's call)
Walter Jenkins, again to WJ at 6:40
- , arriving at 2:55 pm
Motor to suite at Holiday Inn -- upon arrival, swim briefly in the Inn Pool
Interview in suite w/ Tom Gavin, Political Editor of the Denver Post re: national political scene and some questions regarding effect of civil
rights on south
- off
arrived Shreveport Airport and met by Winston Taylor
arrive in auto at Scott Cemetery
depart cemetery for the Powell residence
arrive the Powell residence in Karnack, Texas
depart with Doris Powell
arrive Karnack Post Office for tree planting
-
1:30p
2:45p
4:00p
5:00p
6:00p
14
15
10:00a
10
11
12
13
Day Friday
Helen Williams, re: going on trip to Ohio
Arthur Goldberg
George Brown (Houston)
Senator Johnson opened the Senate
Phil Graham, re: asking reporter from Post to go on Ohio -West
- (Dallas)
Sen Henning s
Ed Wood s (St . Loui s Post-Dispatch )
To mak e weekl y Texa s radi o tap e
Secretary Anderson
George Brow n i n Housto n
To Hom e
Selected names should be underscored.
SEE VERSO FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY AND CODE
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page No,
- n^^ March 27, 1966
White House Dav
Sunda
y
Activity (include visited by) turf
Expendi-
Situation Room
Breakfast w/ Mrs. Johnson
To National City Christian Church w/ Mrs. Johnson for
CHURCH SERVICES * (Monday's Washington Post ran a picture
- to
and Mrs . Garry Weber on their wedding day tomorrow in Dallas. She is
daughter of Troy Post. He also signed a lt r to the Posts and a ltr to the
Webers and gave them to the Amb
to deliver
,
,
,
t
10:42am f
- (she is one of the
hostesses in the boyhood home.)
Sheldon Cohen (returning his call of earlier today)
n^
White House pg^,
Activity (inctude visited bv)
To Cabinet Room for meeting with
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
of Interior, Post Office, and Justice
- visited by)
departed South Grounds
w/ Mrs. Johnson
Kyaefic
Meyer
residence of Mrs. Eugene My^-r-e (former owner of the Washington Post) _
1624 Cres cent Place, N.W., Washington
Meyer
7:55p Departed
8:06p Arrived
8:37p Departed
8:50p President
17, 1968
-
Returned to office
w/ 4 newspaper
women & Cliff
Carter.
showed Cabinet Room & Oval Room 1) Isabelle Shelton (Star) 2) Dorothy McCardle (Post)
Walter Jenkins
3) Frances
Lewine (AP) 4) Hazel Markl (NBC)
Departed
w/ autographed family
Mrs Jaqueline Kennedy
pic
- o f 196 3 (th e Presiden t had aske d abou t
it earlie r afte r readin g th e Josep h Kraf t colum n o n today's editoria l pag e o f the
Washington Post )
STAFF MEETING:
Douglass Cate r Josep
Jake Jacobse n j
Jack Valent i Le
Horace Busb y Dic
Mrs
-
Palmer
Hoyt
Eckstein
Publisher
CEA
had
but
of
Denver
Post
asked
for
Gardner
he was
out
Ackley
Feb
White
Abe
3
1965
Wednesday
House
Fortas
George Reedy
Otto
Eckstein
Thomas
Larry
Mann
O'Brien
George
Reedy
Jack
Valenti
Walter
-
Mrs
OFF RECOR
RECOR D
who has been commissioned to do OFF
for Sat Eve Post concerning human side of President
Jacobsen
Johnson
mansion
ret
his
call
MW
Dinner
and
Ap
have
Retired
H
w/ Mrs Johnson
Dr James
Cain
Busby
chief
come
over
- by) ture
10:45a f
- 11:11a f
1967
Thomas - Austin, Tex _
Oval Office
11:57a 12:39p Lt.
General Swede Larson (has been Commandant of II Corps in VietNam for couple of
years -- is here on leave) ~~ he will report to his next post at Fort Monroe
- l Powe r wen t int o th e Undergroun d Comma nd Post (photogs . )
Gen, Powe r agai n escorte d t o th e Force Analysis Roo m withi n the Undergroun d Comman d Pos t
Departed Undergroun d Comman d Post w / Genera l Powe r an d Secy . Genera l o f NATO
- with Dorothy.
11:35 Arrived at Dorris Powell's home in Karnack.
11:50 Left with Dorothy and Dorris, and Mrs. Barnes for the Post Office -- visited with
personnel and discussed landscaping around post office.
2. 12:25 Returned to the Powell home
3. 1:43 Left
