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- heons tlla t he
business lead e r s , with a s hort talk by Lyndon.
prol>ably wasn't short.
b:~d
had fol'
Someli11 1c s I thi nk it
And a b r iefing by t he most pcrtit '. l nt Cabinet
members.
Later., one of the aides told me that he thought thc:y
- VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
- in the afternoon, I had a business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter
Jenkins, in the forbidding sanctum of the Monroe Treaty Room, that vast, dark place lit by
the chandelier that came from Lyndon’s office, P-38 in the Capitol, that he sent down here
at Mrs
- Friends help Lady Bird decorate family quarters with books and Dorothy Doughty birds; Lady Bird puts out photos of JFK with Caroline, the Taylors and Johnsons; Lady Bird has business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter Jenkins where they discuss
- 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
- up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church
service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that.
I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was
spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
- y M c P h erso n s, with
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Brooks r '
their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s ,
W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls .
And when everyb ody
came about 5:30, we chose up
- Jenkins and Je rry
t/i.
K ivett / f o r Huntland,
How lu ck y I am to have an agent who is ed u cated ,
a g en tlem a n , a good com panion, and a good frien d /
On the w ay down i t
and w as chilly .
ra i ned h e a v ily , a s it h as a lm o s t al l
- Lady Bird feels ill and tired; Marta Miller's wedding; coffee at WH for wedding party; swimming and dinner with the Price Daniels, the Horace Busbys and the Walter Jenkins; appraisal of Price Daniel; Lynda Johnson cartoon; A. W. Moursund and Johnson
- S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 27, 1964
Saturd ay, June 27th.
T h is i s the day Lynda B ir d
c h ris te n s a Navy tra n sp o rt named A u s tin , a fte r A u s tin , T e x a s .
She has asked L u c i to be h e r m aid of ho nor, and they are
going
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L u c i Baines was
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v e r y inte r e s ted in the p r e sence of the V e r y
R ev eren d W illia m F . K e lly , the P re s id e n t o f M arquet t
to have a little chat with h i m
to dinner.
Un iv e r s ity , and got
she and Beth Jenkins
- LBJ speaks at Coast Guard Academy graduation, New London, CT; Lady Bird gives commencement address at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School; Lady Bird gives her speech a C+; Lady Bird presents diplomas to Walter Jenkins' daughter, Beth; Luci
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
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.■ . ' . ' ■ ■ W A S H I N O T O M
S u n d ay , M a rc h 7, 1966
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w ild flo w e rs of the H oly L a n d .
I knew w h at la y a h e a d of m e a n d d r e a d e d it.
I m u s t te ll h im th a t h is
w o r k fo r AID b ro u g h t so m a n y c r u e l, u g
- Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America
- doing her
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■ ="thank y ou s" r elig io u sly , and is making saodc zero p ro g ress over finding
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. a m aid or fillin g up the gaps in her furniture.
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.About 6 :00, Lyndon and J e sse picked us up and later A. W. joined
us on the L ew
- Rather joined us.
I said the blessing,
from a very fu ll heart, with Tony in my mind behind every word.
And we had
a delicious Christmas dinner, not cooked by Zephyr, but Mr. [Henry] Haller
had come to our aid, a beautiful turkey and dressing
- in the White House?
And then back to the Truman Balcony to meet Walter Reuther.
We had iced tea and I listened to him mostly.
to him about beautification.
■ . iiviv,■
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I had wanted to talk ^ .
I had wanted to enlist his own aid as a
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- . and shook h.:. nds with ev e rybody, Ph\Ui s c.:un c: up to me
and said, "You're in aking votes ev er y minute,
11
"This means a lot to all of us and our friends.
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and
Lorr~iine
s aid,
I foel so rry about
not havi 11g taken the lrip out W est o.nd
- routine, with, I think,
equally good resu lts.
E lo ise and H om er w e re v e r y h elpful, as w e re a ll
the la rg e c o te r ie of handsome aides, m o s tly from the A i r F o r c e .
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u e sday, M a r c
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- LBJ talks with Sol Linowitz; Johnsons helicopter to Austin to Civic Center and Presidential Suite at Federal Building; Lady Bird & Lynda to St. Austin's Catholic Church for Beth Jenkins' wedding; drive through Zilker Park to Green Pastures
- collecting paintings for Sears and Roebuck; tea at Mary Lasker's home; return to D.C. for Lynda and Luci Johnson's spring vacation; surprise birthday party for Walter Jenkins
- Death of Senator Clair Engle; meeting of task force on proposed Women's Job Corps; meeting with Walter Jenkins about mail; tea for wives of Latin American Ambassador & OAS Ambassadors; LBJ & Lady Bird to reception for educators; Lady Bird to Woodrow
- limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
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as the uniform ed aide esc o rte d me down to the
I w ore m y white
alaskin e suit, with the toa s t co lored , draped
silkish hat.
C a r rie was her usual easy self, so capable, so much at home, so devoid
of any pompo|sity in presidin g.
A t the end
- !
The fr e e w a y , N at O w ings s a y s ,
i s a lr e a d y fu n d ed and the r e f le c tin g p o o l ca n be p aid fo r b y the m o n e y
s a v e d b y r e r o u tin g the fr e e w a y s tr a ig h t in s te a d of in a c u r v e .
s tr a ig h t ta k e
- invited M r s . M cG e o rg e Bundy, and Jane W irt z , and M r s . B e ll
o f AID; was s o r r y for M r s , C e le b r e e z e of HEW couldn't com e-- she's got
some sick children; and M a r g y M cN a m a ra , whom I would have lik e d v e r y
/ 's
- just can. " , and had gotten h e r s e lf a White House aide, and out she
had put, and I hope it was a good evening fo r her.
- Foreign aid
- from Lynda Johnson; wedding present from Ethiopia; foreign aid bill passed; packing suitcases for Luci Johnson; LBJ on boat with several ambassadors; Lady Bird dines with Luci and Betty Beale; long conversation with Luci Johnson
- Foreign aid
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- n g .
So w e s a t a n d t a l k e d .
H is m a i n i n t e r e s t
w a s h o s p i t a l s . I t s e e m s t h a t AID h a s b u i l t q u ite a few t h e r e . . S ta f f in g t h e m i s
a n o th e r p ro b le m and a s e rio u s la c k .
I n s
- and Lady Bird dine with Jim and Ida May Cain; Dr. Cain talks about trip to Vietnam and aid for hospitals
- Foreign aid
- and India; Rostow talks of Taiwan and aid to Pakistan, Communist China, and Vietnam; dinner and movies; Johnsons back to White House; Lady Bird exercises; LBJ talks with Clark Clifford
- Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
- y n d o n w a s going in to h is o ffic e in A u s tin to m e e t L a w so n K n o tt of
GSA, a n d Gowd of AID an d R a m s e y C la r k f r o m W a sh in g to n ,
T h e w e a th e r
w a s s t i l l b i t t e r co ld a n d g r a y b u t w e co u
- eth in g s ic k in the lib e r a l view p oin t in a ll th is ."
A t one tim e Lyndon d e sc r ib e d h im s e lf, "I'm lik e a p r iz e fig h te r in the
i
rin g , the right f is t is the m ilita r y , the le ft f is t i s aid, w ash in g, a g r ic
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
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B a t cl-OAe. -to Munchy -someth i ng f unny h appened .
i
\9 J-oohed
doivn t o t h e catM te g.uaA.cI^otng. t o Jam es' a n d jJxeAje. cjwuche^d
on one -AA.dct we,n.e a .6.i.-^able. g.Aoup o-^JS-UtJie cli.iAdn£.n, aid.
Negr o e s , a l l
- y b e e n a p r o d u c tiv e o n e, th e l a s t two w e e k s , th e s ig n in g of
the C iv il R ig h ts B ill, the F o r e i g n Aid B ill, a goodly m a s s of
le g isla tio n acco m p lish e d .
7/2/64 -
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We g o t on t h e c h o p p e r
- b e e n
s o w o n d e r f u l l y h e l p f u l on the l a n d s c a p i n g a t the K a r n a c k P o s t O ffic e .
I h a d the aide) b e h i n d m e w ho c a l l e d o u t the n a m e s a l e r t e d to l i s t e n
fo r h is.
I d o n 't t h in k
- . West; gift for White House staff; Military Reception at White House; photos with military & Medal of Honor recipients; Chuck Robb is losing weight in Vietnam; General James Cross is leaving as military aide; Elvira Madigan, in theater; visit with school
- s of s e r v i c e .
a n d out o f the h o u s e f o r m o n t h s now .
H e 's an Aide.
h e o u g h t to b e on a p o s t e r f o r the M a r i n e s .
So s h e t o l d u s
W e ' v e s e e n h i m in
In f a c t h e l o o k s l i k e
He h a s
