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- Press relations
- Coffee and swimming with LBJ; walk with press at Reagan Ranch; LBJ and rest of press drive to Reagan; Lady Bird describes deer and livestock; lunch with select press; Lady Bird to hair salon; LBJ and Lady Bird to John Hills' for barbeque; tour
- Mother's Day; gifts from Lynda & Luci; "gourmet" breakfast; bowling and a walk; naps or reading for all; on television, watching Foreign Minister Khoman of Thailand on "Meet the Press;" Bill White; more bowling and dinner; back to the White House
- measure.
But we did reserve the right, contrary to the opposition of the
administration, to press for compensation for those structures that
LBJ Presidential Library
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ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
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- Beautification Act; passage of the Act and resulting problems; evaluation of Secretary Boyd’s actions; Donald Thomas; Hubert Humphrey’s involvement in Highway Beautification Act; characterization of Tocker in the press; overview of his opinions regarding outdoor
- Press relations
- Bill Moyers gives briefing on LBJ's health; Lady Bird sends telegram for President Eisenhower's birthday; Johnsons spend few hours in quiet, sunny room overlooking countryside; press were allowed to take photographs; Lady Bird goes to Great Falls
- Press relations
- Johnsons and McNamaras go horseback riding to Martin and Danz ranches; press statement on Vietnam at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird, the press and cookies; possible postponement of visits from Ayub Khan, Pakistan, and Shashtri, India; Lady Bird has lunch
- Press relations
- Lady Bird's meeting about tourist services at White House; "The President's Park;" tape recordings about history of White House; Lady Bird views USIA film, "A President's Country;" LBJ has press conference; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady
- started walking .
hell is this all about?"
And he says,
I said, "Jim, what the
"It's a secret, I can't tell you ."
So we went charging over to the East Room and Jim said, "Now, you all sit
here ."
And the President came in for the press conference
- a terribly divided party--which
we obviously had.
There were just countless occasions when in
working with him and even with his colleague Bobby Baker at the time
that I found many things being done that were little perceived by
the press.
M:
Can you give
- be
called the public relations office or the press office.
It was a
tremendously exciting time, and the Roosevelt victory in '36 was of
great satisfaction in the Mine Workers office.
My political activity
then was confined to writing speeches for some
- ; personal anecdotes of knowing the Johnsons early in his Washington career; LBJ interacting with strangers; socializing with the Johnsons while LBJ was in the Senate; LBJ’s relationship with the press; LBJ’s work as Majority Leader; Senator Richard Russell
- in 1946
with the Ohio State Journal .
M:
When did you go with Scripps-Howard?
B:
Well, I had an intermediate stop .
I was with the Associated Press in
the Columbus bureau for about a year and then from the Associated Press
went to the Columbus
- Press relations
- work; lunch; nap; Lady Bird & Lynda have their hair done; snow causes cancellations for Arts Council party; select guests to Yellow Oval Room; Lady Bird mentions guests & press; Lady Bird introduces Gregory Peck who introduces entertainment
- Press relations
- LBJ has bad cold; Lady Bird records diary; desk work; LBJ Library meeting; documentary on Johnson Administration; Lady Bird reminisces about Lynda Robb's bassinet; LBJ & Lady Bird greet Lynda & her baby; LBJ & Lady Bird walk in Rose Garden; press
- Press relations
- couples; press stories on Hubert Humphrey; David Bell talks about Taiwan, Pakistan, Korea and the Dominican Republic; Lady Bird discusses rafting trip; national parks policy; documentary on Beautification in Austin
- Press relations
- Lady Bird's Landscapes-Landmark tour in Greyhound bus with Cabinet wives & press; Damfrey's Wayside Shelter dedication ceremony; planting a dogwood; Interstate 95 plantings and Highway One; visit to Monticello & heirs of Thomas Jefferson; Lady Bird
- and
chatted with
the~.
This attracted a lot of very favorable
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attention on the part of the press.
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- Press relations
- LBJ has a fever; Lady Bird and Liz Carpenter work on beautification; lunch and discussion about presidential libraries; Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell; LBJ has press conference; representatives chosen for Churchill funeral; Nicholas Katzenbach
- Press relations
- to dinner to talk about the Pennsylvania Avenue Plan; farewell party for Hortense Burton; drinks in the living quarters; Valentis invited to dinner; press complaints
- Press relations
- Lady Bird walks White House grounds; Lady Bird joins LBJ, Jim Hagerty and Leonard Goldman of ABC about TV show on beautification; Lynda Johnson's European trip; the eighth Congressional reception; LBJ, the press, and alleged suppression of news
- everybody
It was very nice .
Then a
press conference after church in Fredericksburg .
And with that, when I got back here the next day, it was easier to
get things done on organization .
So, we worked on that through Christmas
and he sent my name up
- Press relations
- Lyn Nugent's first birthday; LBJ & Lady Bird have breakfast; desk work; Lady Bird swims 30 laps; Lady Bird to Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty meeting; press conference & photos with Lyn Nugent in the Rose Garden; visit with Andre Meyer
- Press relations
- to Johnson City for flower harvesting; dinner with Luci & Pat Nugent and friends at Steak Island in Austin; Luci has encounters with the press; Lady Bird to bed and reading "Of Time and The River" by Thomas Wolfe
- Press relations
- Flag Day; Lynda Johnson lays wreath at Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; press coverage of Lynda Johnson's trip and speech; LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; interstate highway system
- was in that meeting and how his task was to question about such
acquisitions.
To follow that through, perhaps more specifically, it was pub-
licized in the press that Udall had an argument with Lyndon Johnson the very
last moments of the administration, and I
- on their front yard and porches."
March
lf~
1965:
Mrs. Johnson met with Secretary and Mrs. Udall, Mrs.
Elizabeth Rowe, Chah-man of the National Capital Planning
Gommiss~on, Liz Carpenter, Mrs. Johnson's press secretary,
Mr. Nash Casho of the National Park
- Press relations
- Lady Bird with brother, Tony Taylor; press invited to breakfast; Lady Bird describes Tony's garden; to San Il defonso Indian pueblo; visit to pottery studio of Maria Montez & Popovi Da; to Sangre de Cristo mountains; goodbye to Taylors; lunch
- Press relations
- 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
- Press relations
- Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
- Press relations
- of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
- Press relations
- Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
- Press relations
- Memorial Hall; Lady Bird sees Jack Valenti; Lady Bird gives speech on the environment; receiving line; small party at President Brewster's home; Lady Bird said there was poor press coverage
- Press relations
- Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
- Press relations
- LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady
