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- MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
W ASHIN O TO N
Saturday, M ay 9, 1964
Page 1
E a rly in the m orn in g, L y n da B ird had h er p ictu re made with Ed W e is l,
Jr. and two young m en, fo r the Young D em o cra t s fo r Lyndon m o vem e n t
- n coun try life w as v e r y lik e it is here»„>^^
as a
She sa id that she had le fta ix tise v e r y young w om an, w ith h er
in V ir g in ia .
husband, who w a s on a D ip lom atic m is s io n for the
th is cou n try.
When they a r r iv e d h e
- have to c o m e l a t e r , i f I have anything to do w ith it. /
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‘ A n d then, I got a m e s s a g e f r o m B e s s , that w e cou ld go to the C o r c o r a n
A r t G a l l e r y and s e e the John Sing S a r g e n t E xh ib it, 'the p r iv
- Lady Bird visits with Ruth Carter Johnson about art for White House; visit to John Singer Sargent exhibit at Corcoran Gallery; reception for American Society of Newspaper Editors; LBJ's speech on civil rights, poverty, taxes, Medicare, railroad
- ld ie r s,
that h is g ettin g out w ould be a blow to them ,-
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sa id , w ith an edge o f b itte r n e s s , "Chuck w ill h ea r th is on h is
w ay to V iet-N a m . "
It w a s h ard for m e to h e a r, and hard to m e to think of the youngs
- e a ll lin e d up.
And how young and p retty op era s in g e r s h ave b e c o m e !
T h ese w e r e al l A m e r ic a n s.
m anager.
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th e m .
R is e S tev en s d o e sn ’t sin g - - s h e ’s th e c o -
S h e ’s taking th em to 70 A m erica n c
- MEMORAN DUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WA S H IN GTON
T u e sday, M ay 19, 1964
P a ge 1
The day began with desk w ork with L iz , B ess and Ashton.
Then I w alked o ve r to Lyndon*s o ffic e to g r e e t the King of Burundi,
on the law n s m a ll
- g e n t s .
M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the
It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that
m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r .
We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
- Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
- if I don't g e t m y s c h o o l w o rk d o n e” .
In o th e r w o rd s , it*s ju s t a good c o m b in a tio n of a job of h e lp in g h e r e - su c h a s
sh a k in g han d s w ith 495 young D e m o c r a t s fro m N ew Y o rk C ity on S a tu rd a y
- 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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WASHINGTON
M onday, F e b r u a r y 15, 1965
P age 4
M r. L eh m an is in E u ro p e, but young E ddie and R ena W eisl m e t m e,
and h is c u ra to r , and a n ice b u tle r an d m a id w e re on hand, w ith te a and
in fo rm a tio n .
T h en b a ck
- young
G e n e ra l nam ed B e n n e tt and I ro d e w it h h im up th e lo v e ly w in d in g H u d s o n
V a lle y to W e s t P o i n t ,
H e sh o w e d m e S t o r m K in g M o u n ta in , a d e lig h tfu l
n a m e , a p a r t o f th e p a lis a d e
- LBJ to funerals of Astronauts Grissom Chaffee; Lady Bird to West Point for Astronaut Ed White's funeral; ride in car with General John McConnell; Lady Bird recalls astronauts' visit to White House & Paris air show; Lady Bird describes service
- he B o b b itts in th e Q ueens* R o o m , th e M o u rsu n d s
in th e L in c o ln B e d r o o m , th e C e c il R u b ys and the W illia m A lle n s j B ill
and th e John'^^iaaaaae S h ep h e rd s a r e c o m in g a lit t le l a t e r .
in L u ci
- a n a i r of
in fin ite e x c ite m e n t i n a ll of u s , M ad am e Shoum a to ff lif te d off the c o v e r in g
o
a n d th e r e i t w a s - - th e m o s t w o n d e rfu l fa c e of FD R - - a young, s tr o n g ,
m a g n e tic l e a d e r - - y e
- s , Donald R u s s e ll f rom South Carolina, young, pretty
in that p ec u lia rly southern way.
I was delighted to get to know h er.
And also from the w o r ld of p o lit ic s . C arm en W arshaw
of C a lifo rn ia ,
key figu re in the p o litic
- ake. , , <
^^^h John W a lk er about the w ond erfu l loan of D an iel B oone e sc o r tin g
P io n e e r s Into the W estern Covintry, a B ingham , but it 's only a loan , and I .
s h a ll w r ite the m o st gra tefu l a ccep ta n c e .
L u ci brought
-
A nd s o m e o f the m e m b e r s of the
T e x a s d e le g a tio n - - Jake and J im W rig h t and John Y ou n g.
And
R a y R o b e r ts w h o s e old N Y A d a y s and d a y s o f b e in g our p e r e n n ia l
b o r d e r I do not f o r g e t .
i
- , the G o v e rn o r of Minn e s o ta an d
M r s , R o lv a a g , M ay o r D ick D a ile y of C h ic a g o , a n d th a t co m in g young c o u p le ,
the E u g e n e W ym ans
fro m L o s A n g e le s , C a lif o rn ia - I th in k th a t h e 's
N a tio
- iv a te ly or e x e r c i s e v io le n t ly or ju s t s it and lo o k a t the t r e e s , I s le p t
two b lis s f u l h o u r s and w hen I w oke u p , I fou n d that John and a ll o f the
T e x a s fo lk s w e r e gone I s a id I w is h e d th ey
- C on nally had d riv e n rig h t up behind m e.
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w e h a d h a d th e t r i p t o g e t h e r .
How I w is h e d
A nd w e took o u r s e a t s on th e f r o n t p o r c h
w h ich s e r v e d a s the sta g e along w ith John B e n Shepp e r d
- w ith m ix e d hope fo r
them a n d d e s p a i r f o r u s .
fav o rite advance m an.
And the c u te young T o m m y B oggs - - m y
A nd th e r e w a s F a t h e r K if e r who h a d i n h e r i t e d
s o m a n y of the s p i r i t u a l p r o b
- & Johns Nefs join the tea; Lynda Robb greets guests with her baby, Lucinda Desha; reception for Jim Jones and his bride, Olivia Barclay
- .
John C o o lid g e , the P r e s i d e n t ' s so n , d ig n ifie d , i m p r e s s i v e , p le a s a n t,
w a s th e r e to m e e t u s .
We w en t up on the p o r c h - - P h il and Joan Hoff and
Stew and L e e U d a ll, the R o c k e f e l l e r
- Breakfast; to Calvin Coolidge home, Plymouth; clean water project; National Historic Landmark plaque placed; John Coolidge tour of home; to First Congregational Church & Woodstock Historical Association; ride through Woodstock in 1911 Stanley
- aint li t t l e poete s s
M aryan n M o o r e , f r a g ile and o ld , John O 'H a ra , th e a u th o r . D r . J o n a s
S a lk , w ho g a v e th e w o r ld th e v a c c in e fo r p o lio , S ta n M u s ia l, th e
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-
1965
T u e sd a y , Jun e
- , the w ife
of our old fr ie n d Gus Wortham.
In the next one was M iss Ima, v e r y
re g a l, v e r y e ld e r ly , but v e r y full of excitem ent and v^rve about what
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was
going on.
With h er w e re the d im in u tiv e Sir John B a r b a r o l l
- - - a h a lf d o zen o r l e s s - - g ifts
fro m C h ie fs o f S ta te w h ic h a r e u s u a lly to o r ic h a n d e x p e n s iv e a n d b i z a r r e .
to a c c o r d the s m a ll a p a r tm e n t a n d s im p le life of a young co u p le s ta r t
- s u r e d m e d o e s n o t e x i s t a m o n g
young F re n c h m e n .
T h e y lik e o u r c lo th e s , o u r dan c e s , o u r c a r s , , o u r
w a y o f liv in g ^ h e s a id .
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- o r dinnier, m a n y of th em p la n n e d f o r L y n d a - the
J o h n F le m in g s ; th e young C a r t e r B u rd e n s , in h e r ^aas|^KX e a r l y 2 0 's , s h e 's
the y o u n g e s t w o m an to h a v e e v e r m a d e the b e s t d r e s s
- party; Lady Bird names guests; Chuck Robb makes toast to Mary Lasker; John Loeb gives toast to Chuck Robb; John Loeb wants Cecil Beaton to photograph Lady Bird; back to Pierre Hotel and to sleep
- diapers
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somewhe re down toward the fountain, and hundreds of a lert, ea g er, interested,
intelligent, fine looking young folks of an age to under s t a n d w e r e fixin g a
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p iercin g eye on the man that their daddy dealt withy' at news
- a p ita l A
in the White H o u se , what h a s b e e n done by w h om , the in te r tw in in g of
p erso n a lities .
Jane a s s u r e d m e that sh e w ould c o m e down for the May 7th meeting^_-^""^
in her plan e, b rin g w ith h e r M r. John L o
- a n te d t o know
The John L o e b s who g a v e t h e l o v e l y f e l l o w
Room a t t h e Whi t e H ouse a n d t h e H e n ry Par r i s h e s , s h e ' s
"Si s t e r " P arrish wh o d e cor a t e d th e room f o r M
rs.K ennedy,
And t h e A r t h
- e up.
And John G a r d n e r and Aida.
G e o rg e a n d Alice
T h e y h a d s t a y e d a t Hun t l a n d s , f o r w h i c h I a m h u n g r y .
A l i c e w a s s o d e l i g h t e d to s e e t h e C l i f f o r d s .
M arn y is leaving soon
- a k e it i n t e r e s t i n g a n d e x c itin g f o r young p e o p le to
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 17, 1966
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g e t a c q u a in t e d w ith a r t , an d I lik e to in clu d e' th em a l l in - V
- le in d eed , w e fin ish e d on tim e , includ ing p ic tu r e s of m e and a ll
th e sta ff.
:.
I am g ettin g quite chum m y w ith th e s e p eop le now .
John and H elen Jeanne S eco n d a ri, h is w ife — th ey have a two
m o n th s-o ld b ab y
- a n d , the S alim N a s t a s , - th e y a r e L y n d a 's f a v o r i t e s .
And young A lf re d o who i s j u s t 16.
A nd o u r L y n d a a n d C hu ck - - h e a g u e s t f o r the f i r s t t im e a t a
S tate d i n n e r - - w e r e v e r y
- lic k e d
and I c h a n g e d it to an in an e c o m m e n t on the w e a th e r!
B
asq u ite young - - e d u c a te d in C a lifo r n ia , in t e r e s t in g
tow
u
h
lo o k in g , bu t s e e m e d r a th e r " ch ip on sh o u ld er " , o r w a s I o
- the island of Burneo, or at least a part of it, that portion
of the long archipelago that extends down from Thailand, Cambodia,
the most
guest.
SLn~itivc
Viet~am
part of the world these days -- was r(.;ally an interesting
Up to now his young country has
- s t e d i n th e a r t s o r r e s t o r a t i o n s - - th e A u g u s t K e c fe u re s, th e L e l a n d
H a y w a r d s - - s h e u s e d to b e m a r r i e d to R a n d o l p h C h u r c h i l l a n d is th e m o t h e r
of young W in sto n .
T
- story of Rip Van Winkle; tour; Lady Bird is asked to be member of Jackson Hole Corporation; tour & visit at Nelson Rockefeller's home; cocktails at Lyndhurst Mansion; dinner at Brooke Astor's home; visit with John & Peter Loeb
- January 2 9 , 1965
F r id a y
F r id a y Janua r y 2 9 t h was a day f u l l o f a p p o in tm en ts a b o u t th e W hite H ou se. A t 1 1 :0 0 Mr. John W alker
It
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o f th e
a t i o n a l G a lle r y o f A rt came o v e r and sh o w
N
ed
me p h o
- a handsom e young n a v a l
o f f i c e r Lyndon w a s .
And
H. R. B a u k h a g e , w h a t a
f a m i l i a r name - t h e c o m m e n ta to r i n t h o s e d a y s .
D ia n e H o p k i n s , now M rs. A l l e n B a x t e r .
And
She s p e n t
th r e
-
In
H a l l s w i t h Boughs of H o l l y " as I w a lk e d t h r o u g h i t ,
t h e m orning I w e n t
t o t h e b e a u t y p a r l o r and th e n
welcomed our house g u e s t s , th e H arding L aw ences^.---- ^ v e r y a t t r a c t i v e young T
- to o th e r r e m in d e r s e m b la z o n e d on f ir e p la c e s
in th is h o u s e .
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B u t th is one i s only w ith ty p e w r ite r a n d g u m m e d tap e a n d
d e s tin e d f o r th e w a s te b a s k e t in a w e e k o r tw o.
young fo lk
- ea rs to be d ru d gery for th e b rig h t young fo lk s, who w ant the sp a r k le
and e x c ite m e n t o f the W est W ing.
J
Lyndon sa id , " L et's go to Camp D avid a fte r lu n ch . ” I tr ie d to
p e r su a d e L u c i to go w ith u s .
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