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- Glanton
Des Moines, Iowa
Mr. AtMrs. Irving Goldberg
Dallas, Texas
Hon. At Mrs. John J. Grogan
Mayor of Hoboken, N. J.; Pres.,
Industrial
Union of Marine &
Shipbuilding Workers of America
Mr. & Mrs. Harry B. Henshel
New York, New York
Mr. & Mrs. William P
- "new era"
programs, I went on to a strong pitch on bargaining power.
All of this
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extemporaneous, with bright lights on me and late at night, so I really
don't know if it was really worth doing, but apparently it was.
Up again early in the morning
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was able to watch the winter olympics in Japan and then I was able to watch
the visit of the President to Peking. The television on that was excellent
and having nothing to do except to watch the television I saw the evening
programs and the morning
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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
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
:~
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
- Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary
Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
December 9, 1963
Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the
night with us in the Queen’s Room
- Sunday
night.
I awoke Monday morning in my dear fam iliar room, but no,
everything was changed—i t had the impersonality of a hotel room.
All of my things had been moved out over the weekend, packed for Texas.
The smiling face of "Arturito" no longer
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
- we exchanged
Mike and I, and didn't roll in until almost 3:00 in the morning.
proud of the kids at the party.
both
I was real
Connie had a new formal gown on and looked the
prettiest I've ever seen her, all smiles and bubbling personality.
his
- to a
I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New
Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love.
It m ak e s th is the
b ig g e st.
We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love.
The r u s s e t glow of
the su n s e t o v e r
- LBJ goes deer hunting; Lynda Johnson to Dallas; Luci Johnson to a game; Lady Bird takes nap; meeting with staff from Washington; social gathering with relatives; T.J. Taylor's estate; dinner with the Wests and Chambers; to Austin for two parties
- MEMORANDUM
T H E W H ITE HOUSE
W ASHINGTON
Monday, F e b ru a ry 24, 1964
This was an unrem arkable de sk day and dom estic day.
I w orked with B ess, and Ashton and L i z .
with Lynda.
This morning
And then had lunch in m y r o o m
- ; news reports on the change in spelling of Luci Johnson's name; free concerts by National Symphony Music for Young America
- of the Lost Colony and he was the
grandfather of V ir g in ia Dare, the f i r s t child born of English parents in the
new w orld.
So h e r e 's a part of the legend of A m e r ic a n h isto ry and one of the ties
that binds us both through h isto ry and art
- Roanoke Island; Lady Bird sees childhood friend, Emily Crow Selden, from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Press Reports about LBJ's fast driving at the LBJ Ranch
- I
V
1965 : , ■
Friday, August 27th
Lyndon's 57th birthday was oddly divided between a quiet morning
(I actually lay in bed and did some recording) and hours of riding the nice
edge of tension.
Some time during the morning I got a call from Lyndon
- e I h a d a d d e d a s p a r k of g a y e ty to h e r d ay .
L y n d a h a s a g r e e d to go to th e New Y o rk b a r b e c u e s
f o r the young c i t i z e n s f o r J o h n s o n , one to be g iv en by
C h arlo tte F o rd
an d one by M a y o r
- Lady Bird lunches with Hugh Sidey and Jean Franklin of Time magazine for study on Lady Bird; tea with friends; visit with friend from youth at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Lynda Johnson to New York for Young Citizens for Johnson; Luci
- MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T O N
f
Wednesday, A p r i l 22, 1964
t. >> vX-O
Lyndon w h irled o ff in the h elico p ter this morning, on his way to
open the W o r ld ’ s F a ir in New Y o rk .
I spent the morning doing desk w
- LBJ to World's Fair in New York; reception for leaders of Daughters of the American Revolution with descriptions of attendees by Lady Bird; LBJ's ancestor was founding member of DAR, Mary Desha; Lady Bird looks at samples for Luci's room; Lady Bird
-
good spirits,
flew back to Washington, into the office. yesterday and
at 1:00 o'clock enroute to Florida..
·Yesterdey morning tl?,e Wllite-House called and said that the President
r~
was calling
a. small ga~hering together,
attend
- JANUARY 24 , 1 9 6 5
SUNDAY
And s o ,
th e old w arrior atls, i s dead. W in ston
C h u rch ill d ied about 3 :00 o 'c lo c k t h i s morning.
I
I was chagrined th
a
le a rn ed tha t th e y had waked up Lyndon to t e l l him.
to ld me la t e
- to him at all.
It was.the principle of the thing, though,
that bothered me greatly.
Well, we had a special plane that took off at six in the morning from
Tape 25 -- 3
Andrewsand arrived here in Genevaat eight o'clock on Saturday evening.
I got my
- Saturday, January 4 , 1969
Page One
Our f ir s t fu ll day back in the White House on the last lap!
I usually feel vigorous when we f ir s t return from the Ranch and I
tackle my desk.
This morning I had a b rief conference with Abe and
then saw
-
the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- of things that I have
m eant to do, headed by re s t and learn to water ski, those not crossed
off.-'- V’
'
'
We reached the White, House about 1:15 in the morning, so it
was a short night, and I woke up early and worked with Liz before I
•
had a m
- ^and ju st as I hoped it w ould be,
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I sp en t the e a r ly
■morning w ith L iz on m y few w ord s to say at the J ew ish lu n ch eon and going
o v er r e p o r ts and fa c ts and fig u r e s for m y in te r v ie w w ith M e r le S e c r e s t
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- ~ a
a permane_nt.
mad dash to get dr~ssed and be ~t ~yndon~:~~- off~c·e.~~~ 1):30.-
. . . : >. . . . ~. . .¢~~~:~ ..
been a heavy d'?wnpou:t in the morning, . but
'
.
.::~-~ "~
,-· -~
ff~stopped_ miracu~onsly,
'$
we walked out ont~ t~e grdunds
- l ar ou n d th e per ipheryof
my well loved Austin.
c e n te r s on on e
Ther e ar e sp r ingi ng up shopping.
very hi l l and v a lle y a n d paAtjufus. landA
moAch ajowa o^ new houAeA,
Some o
- weather; Liz leaves plane in Dallas to drive to Austin; Lady Bird chooses building materials for house in Austin; desk work at Federal Office Building; Lady Bird to Roy Butler's party at the Westgate; Lady Bird meets LBJ at A.W. Moursunds'; swimming; late
- .
but it was to
I also remembermy father used to keep
track of new developments in agriculture
and used to go around urging
farmers to take up new and better methods. As a banker to whomthe farmers
had to come for loans, he had a great deal to do with improving
- for the first time all the elements of the organization
aremovingdownthe same road together.
I think also the actionsthathave
been taken by the United States during the past year have given new heart to
the Vietnamese, in spite of theiViet Congsuccesses.
Up
- 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
- Ap ril 15,
Monday
This morning
a possible
visit
I had a c a l l from Dorris
in a ny way I c o u l d .
is no work horse l i k e
add my e f f o r t s to h i s .
Elms and this tim e
may be
which i s v ery inuch n e e d e d ,
^nd Doris w a n
- u p e rb c o r n b r e a d , and L y n d o n .
a te s e n s ib ly .
J$ th e lo n g New Y e a r 's v a c a tio n w a s a tim e of the b r id g e to u rn a m e n t,
th is w e e k e n d i s the tim e of m o v ie s .
L a s t n ig h t, i t w a s
- Lady Bird is invited to the Greenhouse in Dallas; Lady Bird meets and tours with Roy White, Mark Gosden and National Park Service staff at the LBJ state park; lunch; visit to LBJ birthplace; visit with Roy White about renovations to LBJ Ranch; LBJ
- a good c o m p a n io n L iz O dom i s !
re m in is c e d about v ario u s tr ip s .
We
We h ad a d r i n k in r o u t e , a n d th e n w h e n
w e la n d e d J e s s e m
leaKj o i n e d us and t h e D e a th e s a n d w e w e n t to a new S p a n ish
- Lady Bird to hair salon in Austin; Lynda Johnson to Dallas shopping; Lady Bird and Jessie Hunter to Denison to Eisenhower birthplace; lunch at Holiday Inn; to Fort Worth for tour by Ruth Carter Johnson of Museum of the Southwest; view Museum
- a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d .
L y n d o n w as
s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly
e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t .
N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
- Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
- 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
- w ho a r e v e r y r i c h o r v e r y
t a le n te d a nd a p p e a r in c o lu m n s , and this is a new d im e n s io n for h e r
b e c a u s e C h u c k R o b b l o o k s l i k e the " A l l - A m e r i c a n b o y " , w h o l e s o m e ,
handsom
- plans; further renovation work when Herbert Wells arrives; Lady Bird & guests drive the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird asks Don Thomas & Jesse Kellam for status of Johnson business affairs; Don & Jesse leave for Dallas; Lady Bird reads; LBJ calls just to talk
- has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ
- u t e ,
r- .
A W hite House b a l c o n y s c e n e ,
e t c I^ A c t u a l ly,
morning began e a r l y f o r me.
I t was a l o n g ,
h a rd and almost~-the l a s t
unearthe
d such t h in g s
trip
to
the E l m s
as a t h i r t e e n year old
- c h
tim e , :th a t y o u .sta.n d a n d s ta n d a n d lo o k a t sw a tc h e s a n d m a k e l i s t s of l a s t
y e a r 's th in g s a n d w h a t you n e e d to f it in f o r the big e v e n ts of the y e a r . th a t
r e q u i r e new d r e s s
- in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John
- o n n a lly w as on m y left,
.
a n d the w ife of the new G o v e r n o r, M r s . P r e s t o n S m ith , an d M a v is H eathe
a n d M r s . H a r r y A ik en a n d M r s . R o la n d B oyd a n d L iz Odom w h o h a d
b e e n c h a i r m a n
- ; luncheon at Austin Convention Hall; introduction by Lady Bird & speech by Muriel Humphrey; fashion show, "Alexis, We Love You;" Lyn Nugent models shirt made from Humphrey scarf; drive by LBJ Library site; group meets Hubert Humphrey at Dallas airport
- to r
of the o u tsta n d in g sy m p h o n y o r c h e s t r a of the U n ited S ta te s - New Y o rk o r
B o s to n , I b e lie v e .
T h e n w e d ro v e a r o u n d tow n a n d lo o k e d a t th e o u tsid e of the l i t tle S unday
h o u s e s , St
- h s o n i a n a s a g if t f o r S i r B e r n a r d .
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■
T h e y g a v e us a n e n c y c l o p e d i a
a b o u t New Z e a la n d and a c h a r m in g w a te r c o lo r.
i t w a s t i m e to go .
A n d th e n s u d d e n l y
T h e w ife of t
- New Zealand
- Lady Bird explores New Zealand's Governor General's home; Sir Bernard and Lady Ferguson show Lady Bird the grounds; exchange of gifts; morning with Mrs. Holyoke and Mrs. Powell; Lady Bird describes flowers; ride in cable car; motorcade to Civic
- New Zealand
- 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
- Johnsons awake early, go for walk, and attend service at St. John's Church; Luci's fireplace mishap; description of Luci at the White House; Lady Bird and LBJ go to New York for funeral of Senator Herbert Lehman; in 1955, Lehman asked Senate
- e r c ia l, with L i z and B ess, and I
b e lie v e , F ra n ces Lew ine fo r a New Y o r k appearance t hat I had anticipated
with both dread and the w ill to succeed.
It w a s the f i r s t a n n iv e r s a ry luncheon of the E lean or R o o s e v
- New York
- LBJ and Railroad Strike; Lady Bird to first anniversary luncheon of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in New York; Lady Bird & Jean Kintner to Needlework Shop to design needlepoint pillows for White House; Lady Bird mentions many people
- New York
