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  • of the Chiang horses of the Ming dynasty I believe Kai-sheks. overwhelming. And an exquisite piece of jade for me. And another piece of jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
  • National politics
  • And it was a p erfec t color match for the deco ratio n s. roses of Texas, l i t t l e bird , Second Vice Bowls of - you guessed it -yellow and on time o f one p e r c h e d / a p retty the property of Betty Talmad g e, A M rs, Dirksen put me in the re c e
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • as a s ta rte r, to hel p the people of H arlem to fig h t ju ven ile delinquency. And then he c a lle d on ' ■? them, lik e a p rea ch err|n in a brush a rb o r - " A r e you w ith m e, " " W i l l you join ■p me^".. and got a b ig resp on se, not ex
  • National politics
  • of TV and c a m era m e n and n ew sm en and the crow d of g u e s ts . f e e l th at it tak es aw ay from the s e n s e of e le g a n c e . fo r m a t w ill w o rk in d o o r s. . , I I do not b e lie v e th is ’ O utside, fin e - - the color
  • ity . ; And th ir d , m o st im p o rta n tly , for young people , .:because th is -was a ch an ce to show another fa c e of young p e o p le , and another fa c e of T e x a s .:',:They have so m uch to be proud o f . - ’ ' The h o n o red g u e st w
  • Lady Bird has breakfast and hair styled; Lady Bird meets student group from Texas; University of Texas College Bowl Team wins national championship; Lady Bird mentions honored guests; LBJ & Lady Bird speak to students who then tour White House; Lady
  • Lady Bird to State Department for remarks to national People-to-People conference; Bashir Ahmed; establishment of annual scholarship to honor Lady Bird; swearing-in ceremony for Dr. Mary Bunting to Atomic Energy Commission; LBJ's speech; Lady Bird
  • , Ly ndon waA no^ xix a pa r ty mood, noi. even wXJih ike^je people. . TkeJie.^A AOme kang. oveA. '^A.om jJioAe kouAA o^ Sa tur day ni g h t when he. woke up a6out03: wxjJx ^e\/eAj^ paJjr^ Xn kU^ cke^i. and we cal l e d ik e Chi e f a n d jJxan
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • Last full day in White House; Johnsons & Billy Grahams to National City Christian Church; Lady Bird writes letter to Curator, Jim Ketchum, about Children's Garden with thank you to his staff; thank you letter to John Loeb; more acreage for national
  • a s of t c o c o o n t h e r e in A u s t i n w i t h c h i l d r e n of r i c h people, a lovely s t r e e t w h e re e a s e and s e c u r ity p re v a ile d . a s h e r m o t h e r I a m glad. A n d of c o u r s e B u t I r e c o g n i z e t h a t
  • National politics
  • only about t h i r t y m inutes, the f i r s t o f f i v e stops, A r e g u l a r m arathon 1 Next, t o the S t a t l e r - H i l t o n and t h e n t h e Armory where t h e r e were 1 3 , 0 0 r people. Tonfeht t h e d e c o r a t i o n s h a d
  • LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Johnson to prayer service at National City Christian Church; Inauguration; funny story about Fern Baines; seating on inaugural platform; LBJ takes oath of office and gives address; inaugural luncheon; Lady Bird's classmate from
  • wkjii£. A tom Akjuid. I reached the F . O . B . in the late afternoon and JLa
  • C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce ' it r e a lly . I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it. I m u st a lw a y s rem em
  • Presentation of Johns Adams silver urn to White House with Adams family members present; Mark Bortman, People-to-People program, and visit of Bashir Ahmed, camel driver, during Vice Presidency; Committee of Preservation of the White House; Bortman
  • on Retardation. She will work well and ably, along with Muriel, Mathilda, and the other capable people there. I am glad when we can put our mark on these committees and commissions. The eternal difficulty is always in finding the right person. [NOTE: Page 8
  • ju st r e tu r n w hat people have b e e n s a y i n g to m e a l l a f t e r n o o n - - ' I ' l l p r a y f o r y o u r h u s b a n d . ' " I w a lk e d on a n d th e r e w a s J e s s i e H u n te r w ith h e r w ild flo w e r s e e d booth
  • try^,—■ w phit o r c h e s on th e f i r s t a n d s e c o n d f l o o r , a n d r a d i o d g a l l e r i e s f u l l of people^ b u ilt a r o u n d a c o u r t y a r d , v e r y a r t i s t i c a l l y p l a n t e d a n d o b v i o u s l y j u s t
  • Signing Ceremony, Pacific Northwest Disaster Relief Bill; NASA Exceptional Service Medal to astronauts; in crowd was Jacqueline Cochran who flew LBJ to Mayo Clinic in 1948 campaign; many guests staying at the White House; party for people who worked