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- New York
- with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
- Syracuse, New York
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
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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
- n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too.
D avid
u.
M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the
d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o
e le c
- LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
- Chicago, Illinois
- into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he
exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night.
don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?"
And then he sa id , "Why
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MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
'W A SK
- New York
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
- New York City
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
W ASH ING TON
Tu esd ay, M ay 26, 1964
P a ge 1
I le ft New Y o r k at a le is u r e ly llj3 0 , a r r iv in g a t the W hite H ouse, to
find out that Lynda B ird had fin ish e d h er la s t exam - Oh, jo y !
And had
- New York
- New York
- ork.
And then at noon I flew to New Y o rk with W arrie Lynn, L iz and B e s s ,
We went to the C a rlis l e ^to that b eau tifu l s u ite w h e r e I a lw ay s fe e l that I ’m
in trudin g on the a p a rtm e n t of the fa ir y p rin c e s s ,
Je a n K
- New York
- Lady Bird's desk work; Lady Bird to New York; Lynda Johnson returns from 5-state trip with LBJ; Lady Bird to Metropolitan Opera; lunch; performance of "Il Trovatore"; LBJ speech in Atlanta about race barriers
- New York
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
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Mini~:L
- Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
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■. 1965
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W EDNESDAY. APRIL 7
W ednesday, A p ril 7, began at the C a rly le in New Y ork.
A little
p a st ten B e s s and I w ent w ith M r. F o sb e r g to s e e the F r ic k M useum
w h e r e the ligh tin g s y ste m m ad e dark
- New York
- New York City
- described the new process and how i t had become
the very popular thing today.
He spoke casually, authoritatively, of
other Administrations, whole decades of them.
strong Republican.
Obviously he was a very
I think we had between the three of us a sense
- Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
- ~~-quite the flare of a State Dinner.
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cAt my table I had the pxa:x1u1k President, the Ambassador, T£~J.are ,
Virginia, Frank Pace who had been my host when I had been given an award
in New York last December.
It was so good to get
- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- New York
- New York
- r i v e d a t the White H o u se a little l a t e , h u r r i e d into m y b e a u t ifu l
/
i\
new y e llo w d r e s s , ( b y G a l a n o s !) , but s t i l l w a s a litt le l a t e w alk in g to the
E a s t R o o m fo r the fo u r o ’ c l o c k r
- e s to r s that I would h ave sw o r n w e r e
a u th e n tic.
When I com p lim en ted the v e r y old, v e r y handsom e p ian o, sh e
sa id that i t had c o m e fro m New O rlea n s by r iv e r b oat up the M is s is s ip p i
and the R ed R iv e
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of
champaign;
ever done.
o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has
L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is
t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- r t s a n d in p a r k s on o u r f iv e s ta te
to u r of New E n g la n d .
A d ay lik e th is is a n e x h a u s tin g s e m in a r on the
g e o g ra p h y , e c o n o m y - - the lo o k of the la n d a n d the p eo p le th a t m a k e up
o u r
- New York
- Johnsons make a five-state New England tour; crowds at airports; LBJ gives speech at Rhode Island University in Providence; anti-war demonstrators; LBJ speaks at Navy League luncheon in Manchester, NH; birthday party for Senator George Aiken
- Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, New York
- 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
-
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
- constituents.
when I got back to the White House I heard the happy news that Lyndon
had d riven down to W inchester, to be present at the crowning of L u c i Baines]
And la te r on, I saw the picture of him standing on the steps to the high school
MExMORAN
- r e s s e d fo r the Jo h n so n C ity High School
co m m en cem en t, d riv in g in with J e s s e and A, W ., fo r 8 o’ c lo c k c e re m o n y ,
which w as a c tu a lly a d e d icatio n of a new High School building ju s t co m p leted
by B r o o
- Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ gets sunburned; Lady Bird buys clothes and lunches with Dorothy Parker and Mary Griffith; LBJ and Lady Bird ride to Lewis place with the Bob Massies of Saturday Evening Post; dedication of the new Lyndon B
- e r a tio n A r t, b e c a u s e
on M onday I w ill be going to New Y o rk and I w ill b e h a v in g lu n c h w ith
M a ry L a s k e r an d p o s s ib ly M r. F o s s b u rg h .
A nd I w an t to b e a lit tle b it
p r e p a r e d f o r how I'm
- Lady Bird meets with Sen. John Sparkman and Liz Carpenter about Lady Bird's trip to NASA in Huntsville, Alabama; tea with Clifford & Virginia Durr and daughter, Ann Lyon, Helen Fuller of "New Republic," and Anita Williams; LBJ to New York to address
- thinking
that
s omehow
she has r i s e n l e s s to the tide of o p p o r t u n ity ,th a n Diana, and
MEMORANDUM
THE WHI TE HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
T hu rsd ay, A p r il 16, 19 6 4
Page 3
me
Dr. Blake Smith brought m
ethe unw elcom e news which I
- p h o n e;
each.
T h e re w as a lo t of
In th e m o rn in g a long ta lk w ith L y n d a B ir d in New Y o rk .
She
is h a v in g a g ay tim e - th e a tr e s an d good dining s p o ts and p a r tie s
a n d b r ig h t p e o p le , an d sh e is s
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and make plans for Camp David with friends; Lady Bird talks with Lynda on phone; phone calls to Horace Busby about LBJ exhibit, Bill Walton about New York Avenue, & Mrs. Paul Mellon about White House grounds and Lafayette
- e r the d e s e r t.
As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it,
looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how
I
v e r y we s t e r n this i s .
so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h .
So new, pro b ab
- s t of w a lk in g
o u t lo o k in g m u c h m o r e a t t r a c tiv e an d on top of the w o rld .
c
A t 2 :0 0 w a s m y m a in m e e tin g of the day .
M a ry L a s k e r h a d c o m e dow n fro m New Y o rk a n d N ash , G e o rg e H a rtz o g
- .
My good
f r i e n d , S e c r e t a r y U d a l l , M i s s S y l v i a P o r t e r , th e G o o d w i n s , a nd h e l i c o p t e r e d
o v e r to S a n M a r c o s to a t t e n d th e I n a u g u r a t i o n of t h e new P r e s i d e n t of the
C
- 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
- New York
- Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird swims and then to beauty parlor; Lady Bird's television program on Beautification in Washington, DC; LBJ gives speech at the Smithsonian; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson to New York City to see a play; LBJ has
- New York
- 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
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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 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
- o d e in w ith M u r i e l a n d O p al - - L yndon a h e a d w ith H u b e r t
a n d th e S e n a to r o v e r a new high w ay th a t w a s o pen ed to d ay f o r the
f i r s t ti m e .
And th en t h e r e w e r e g a th e r in g c r o w d s a n d
- staff; Johnsons fly to Houston Astrodome for Humphrey rally; new Houston highway; Lady Bird reminisces about 1941 campaign; Lyn Nugent walks with grandfather; speeches by Ralph Yarborough, LBJ & Hubert Humphrey; return to LBJ Ranch; LBJ's speech on tv
- G rou
n o u sk i, s a id h e w a s fo llo w in g in the f o o t s t e p s of Ju s t ic e
G o ld b erg in tak ing on th is new a s s ig n m e n t an d s a id
h is m i s s i o n i s to b u ild new b r id g e s , h o t ju st to P o la n d , b u t
- k a n d M r s . W illia m T y l e r , w ife of t h e A s s i s t a n t
W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 22 (Continued)
M r s . R ib ico ff, an d th e n I had M r s . H u g h es, th e w ife of th e G o v e r n o r
of New J e r s e y , down b e c
- ^
.^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
- 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
- , when the
sw itch w a s p u lle d .
M ean w h ile , in the 100 y e a r s , the i n t e r c o a s t a l c a n a l h a s gone
a l l the w ay f r o m New J e r s e y , down to/\ I t h i n k / \ a p p r o x im a t e l y J a c k s o n v i l l e
an d m e a n w
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s .
And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s
of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand
in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
- of th e C o m m itte e th a t h a d
in v e s tig a te d c r i m e an d M r s . C a r l M undt and th e w ife of o u r new C h ie f
of P u b lic S a fe ty h e r e in th e D is tr i c t, M r s . P a t r i c k M u rp h y .
p e rfe c t nam e.
W h at a
- News stories about State of the Union message; Women Doers' Luncheon on "Crime in the Streets;" Lady Bird mentions gist of speakers' remarks; LBJ greets women; Eartha Kitt confronts LBJ about childcare; outburst by Eartha Kitt on welfare & high
