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to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y .
W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t .
A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new
A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
- Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
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CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES
December 31, 1968
Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold.
headline for the world.
An ominous
With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the
U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- 1964
Sat urday, July 25~
Was an easy and pleasant day.
About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's
office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press
conference.
Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
- of the C a r ly le .
-ylew
He R a n te d
to talk b e a u tific a tio n w ith m e, and p a rtic u la rly to te ll m e about h is own
p ro je c t. S te rlin g G a rd e n s, a la rg e tr a c t of fo r e s t land, only an h o u r's
d riv e fro m New Y ork C
- New York
- New York City
-
and spicy.
She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton
Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter,
and her son, Nicholas and his wife.
I t was a good day for cupid with
Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
- the m e n f in is h e d t h e ir b r ie fin g , we jo in e d th em in the S tate
D ining R oom f o r c o c k ta ils a n d h o r s d ’o u e v e r s .
I h a d a ch a n c e to v i s i t w ith m a n y of th em a b it.
T he new R e p u b lic a n
l e a d e r
- Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Luci Johnson gives tour to her history class; possible paintings for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Liz Carpenter about interview with U.S. News & World Report; Congressional reception with briefing
- before the mad rush to leave, the la te -August
fever, set in.
P ro sp ect's not good, but w e'll try .
After all, it
took 20 years for M edicare.
Th
n
e
I had a look at Lynda B ird's new clothes. She takes -
to heart too much this idea of economy
- ou se, found in a New Y ork
antique shop and g iv en to the White H ouse b y the Lyndon John sons
b a ck in A ugust o f ’6 3 !
It w as a good day fo r m e , b e c a u se I can c a ll n e a r ly e v e r y
one o f th e SenateL
adiesb y f ir s t nam e
- was the head man, and his
assistant Dr. Manigan, and the nice head of all the nurses, Mrs. Jenkins. They took us in, and
we went from floor-to-floor, and I noticed, over my shoulders, the faces of so many familiar
Washington news girls. I missed them. I like
- u d so n i s g o i n g
th ro u g h
th a t
c r u e l l y l o n e l y t i m e o f b e i n g a new w id o w .
When
t h
—
e
y
And t h e n when L yndon
l e
f t
I w o r k e d o n my c l o t h e s
came i n w i t h S e c r e t a r y R u s k a n d
f o
- Lady Bird sleeps late; Lady Bird mentions her houseguests; Lady Bird works on clothing for New York trip; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and staff members; President Kennedy's appointment of Averell Harriman at State Department; Lady Bird has tea
- suppose h i s l a s t ap p earan ce i n
th e h i s t o r i c a l House Chamber i n an o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n .
I t began i n New York in th e P i e r r e .
Lyndon had gone back
a f t e r th e p a r ty l a t e th e n ig h t b e fo re and I had s
- New York
- Hotel Pierre, New York City
- ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r
a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d .
It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I
have m et b efo re.
And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
- Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
-
h a d c o n d u c te d th a t o n e - d a y to u r th ro u g h the old 10th D i s t r i c t to s e e
g r a s s r o o ts u rb a n ren ew al and T exas re s to ra tio n s .
M rs.
E. T . X im e n e s of San A ntonio.
And D r . a n d
H e 's a new R e
- guests visit upstairs & receiving line; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; new strain of wheat for underdeveloped countries; entertainment is Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass introduced by Lynda Johnson; former Mexico President Mateos in coma
- ken up t h e ir se a ts on the G ro u n d F l o o r ,
and had re fu s e d to budge.
A s i t - i n in the W h ite H o u s e !
So m e 12 o f
th e m , m o s tly young f o lk s .
T h e m e e tin g came to a q u ic k h a lt w h ile B u z z got the new s
- m e to so m e new A f ric a n country, an d h e d id n 't know the
la n g u a g e .
She w a s w o r ry in g a littl e b i t a b o u t how h e w ould g e t a lo n g in
s c h o o l a n d e v e ry th in g - - how
aken ew f r ie n d s .
tm
S o lic ito
- T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til
.it
;'
■„
.^
i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n
o b s ta c le , a m o u n
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
- a c tiv e H o llin g s of S outh
I
C a r o lin a an d s t e r n fa c e d , r a t h e r L in c o ln e s q u e , S e n a to r H a n s e n , and
I
yo u n g , t e r r i f i c l y a t t r a c t iv e C h a r le s P e r c y .
h e rs e lf.
So th e new o n
- e
N o b o d y w o u ld b e l i e v e i t .
T h ird , K T B C
's p la n e,
T h e c o m f o r t o f h a v in g a
p riv a te , d isc ree t,m
odeoftravell e a v i n g a t th e h o u r w e w a n t e d , c o u ld b e q u ite w ip e d o u t b y
new
- New York
- Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- 1965
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
L y n d a and I w e n t up to the H ill to W rig h t P a t m a n 's
lu n c h e o n fo r the T e x as D e l e g a t i o n - - w i v e s , c h ild r e n , and g r a n d c h i l d r e n h o n o rin g the t h r e e new m e m b e
- V
MEMORANDUk
.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WA8HINOTON
M onday, M a rc h 1, 1965
T h e new m o n th b e g a n a t th e R a n c h , w ith a g r e y sk y .
vl £ o u
^}
w ith Jew el an d D a le .
I d ro v e a ro u n d
We lo o k e d a t th a t o ld C a lic h
- a d a l l th e a r t i c l e s - - e v e n enough to s a t i s f y L i z - ab o u t w h a t m y d ay S a tu r d a y had b e e n lik e .
D o ro th y M c C a rd le 's w a s
e s p e c i a l l y good an d N an R o b e r t s o n ’s in t h e New Y o rk T i
- At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
- a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a
P h ilip p in o ,
C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e
Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r,
T h ere w as H ale and
Liindy B o g g s
- e s
to th e C a p ito l.
M a r y la n d w ill la n d s c a p e tw o m a j o r a p p r o a c h e s , and
V i r g in i a h a s th r e e p r o j e c t s .
The D i s t r i c t h ighw ay d e p a r t m e n t w ill
h a v e fiv e new a r e a s , in clu d
- , in f a c t, b e e n a fu ll page s p r e a d in the P o s t to d ay , a b o u t
W h ite H o u se h o u s e k e e p in g , an d the new c h e f.
S u c c e s s fu lly d o n e, I th o u g h t,
w ith p ic tu r e s of the d if f e r e n t k in d of e n te
- Johnsons and Valentis attend National City Christian Church; friends invited to dinner; guests bowl or swim; article in Washington Post about White House housekeeping and new chef; Lera Thomas runs for Congress
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m .
T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e
O pera in d eed has a new fa c e .
N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T
HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- ^
.^Somehow f o r m e h e j u s t f its th e d e lig h tfu l S ta te of V e rm o n t th a t he
r e p r e s e n t s ! b r a n d new G o v e rn o r of M a ry la n d an d M r s , A gnew ,
I b e lie v e
t h e i r I n a u g u ra l i s th is w e e k en d , Sol L
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- went
b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited
m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning.
H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage
C o n tro l.
C o n
- a le n g th y
p ie c e on th e J o h n so n L i b r a r y fo r th e New Y o rk T im e s .
I me t w ith h im in th e L in c o ln S ittin g R oom a n d s p e n t a b o u t 45 m in u te s
d u r in g w h ic h he to o k n o te s going o v e r the g e n e s
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
- d th e F D R c r y s t a l - - v e r y e le g a n t a n d seldo m
u s e d now.
A n d th en u p s t a i r s in to m y new p in k w ool a n d one l a s t b o n in g -u p
on the g u e s t l i s t , an d th en b a c k d o w n s ta ir s to the G r e e n
- a t she h a d s p e n t h e r . l i f e t i m e c o l l e c t i n g .
g iv e n h e r o th e r c o l l e c t i o n s to
o f A r t i n New Y ork.
y ear.
She h a d
the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum
T h is one she d o e s f o r us e a c h
She h a d
- r i c a and he s a i d ''I f you d o n ' t mind I ' d l i k e t o
t a k e my c r i s e s one a t a t i m
e ".I t i p - t o e d o u t g r e e t i n g
e a c h new c o u p l e and g e t t i n g d r i n k s w h ile we l i s t e n e d
s p e l l bound f
- ite s .
I ask ed
e v e r y o n e to b r in g an y c h ild r e n o r g r a n d c h ild r e n th at w e r e v i s i t i n g .
A nd B ill D e a so n and. D r . G eo rg e D a v is and h is new w i f e .
and Ju a n ita to b r in g h e r m o t h e r .
j
- h a d a l r e a d y le f t f o r P a r i s - -
on a 5:00 p la n e in f a c t..
I d r e s s e d l e i s u r e l y a n d s a id goodbye to M r s . B r e w s t e r , a n d
we d r o v e f o r o v e r a n h o u r th ro u g h the lo v e ly New E n g la n
- Breakfast; drive through New England countryside to Westchester County Airport; flight to Washington, DC in the fog; luncheon for President & Mrs. Ankrah of Ghana; exchange of state gifts; General Ankrah puts ceremonial robe on LBJ; Lady Bird
- Brewster residence, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- r i v a t e p e o p le a r e doing to show th o s e UN
d e l e g a t e s co n fin ed in - - w e ll in th a t v a s t s t e e l an d s to n e th in g w h ich is
New Y o r k --to show t h e m w h a t s o m e th in g e l s e of t h e U n ited S ta te s
- r o m New Y o rk t h a t h e o r I e i t h e r w e r e ,
e n t h u s i a s t i c a b o u t a c q u i r i n g f o r the W hite H o u se.
A v e r y l a r g e C o p ley , but i t ' s a b o u t 5 x 8 f e e t; I th in k h a n g in g i t w o u ld
p o s e
- Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
- e t S e rv ic e m e n - - fro m New Y o rk Sunday
m o r n in g , A u g u st 7 th , on P a n A m e r ic a n f o r N a s s a u .
A lth o u g h I k e e p on #
.
ta lk in g a b o u t i t in f r o n t of h im an d e v e n th e S e c r e t S e rv ic e
- ry a f te r
o n ly c o ffe e and ju ic e a t b r e a k f a s t, b u t h e c am e h o m e f a i r l y e a r ly
to d a y - - 2 :3 0 - - a n d I jo in e d h im f o r lu n ch w ith C o n g r e s s m a n P h il
L a n d ru m , o f G e o rg ia an d a. new C
- onday, J a n u a r y 4 th (c o n tin u e d )
up f r o m D a lla s to w a tc h th e s w e a r i n g - i n of t h e i r new C o n g r e s s m a n , E a r l e
C a b e ll.
In th e a f t e r n o o n L y nd on h ad a good lo ng r e s t , an d th e n j u s t
- a r ily n , s to p p in g
to c a l l J o h n G o n e lla a t h o m e and c o n g r a tu l a t e h im on the new
b a b y b o r n l a s t n ig h t.
w o uld b e a g i r l .
We h ad so h o ped it
And J u a n it a a b o u t th e L i b r a r y .
R eedy
