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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/31/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • the family graveyard. the biting wind. And this morning we were heavily bundled up against The country is gray and sere. The only splash of color the small p ilo t [?] down by the river close to the Lutheran Church. is the time I shall want to travel
  • United Nations
Telephone conversation # 13146, transcript, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/26/1968, 11:10AM (Item)
  • lutlce. • • •.•"la UieMACe to JOU wialaaa. " 1......... w01114 I tlllak ~ 1lwa JM a little Moet ol U.. people jut a• • - Mft rertaa aa dlie Qiel JuUce dLat la la daere. Now. Eaadaa4 lacllcat.etl ~ a... ....Wa't YOte for For&u beca••• of ta ,.UUcal
  • National politics
  • LBJ SAYS ABA HAS FOUND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY HIGHLY ACCEPTABLE APPOINTEES AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK WITH ROMAN HRUSKA ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; VIEWS OF RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND ON FORTAS
Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)
  • to tell people in cabinet meetings, national security meetings, everywhere else he'd just pop out with some strange comments sometimes. And once he said everybody in Johnson City was frightened of LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
  • Difficulty in seeing LBJ's personality through his papers; LBJ's power in the Senate and ability to persuade people to support his ideas; LBJ's relationship with Senator Richard Russell; Russell's reluctance to serve on the Warren Commission; LBJ's
Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • military people feel it can be handled. The President said he had been assured by the Joint Chiefs that Khe Sanh could be defended. 3. On Korea, the President read Clark Clifford's statement to the Congressional leaders a day or two before, outlining
Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • . B It was one of the most He 1 s a very decent fellow. What about the Present situation? Let me ask you. Can you in any way entertain that idea of a appointing a Committee? I tell you why•••• Kennedy called me, and he says a lot of people
  • National politics
Telephone conversation # 13118, transcript, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 6/18/1968, 3:59PM (Item)
  • to be in San Antonio tomorrow for the meeting, and Ernest Guinn advised me to call Shaw in Dallas and tell him to get his over there. A- Would it be all right to say that you and I have wanted the Judges to have local people and people who have our
  • National politics
Telephone conversation # 12816, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/14/1968, 5:57PM (Item)
  • on in as far as he is concerned.' Let him go? P: We just work like unshirted hell to get every vote at this tlrlng and I think the people will feel he is self-centered and pretty selfish:· While I am trying to do a job for the nation, he is out picking at me
  • National politics
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo 11 - Foreign Affairs Luncheon Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • and Congressman Ford. We should say we have gone to the United Nations and to other nations with this matter and that we intend to go to Panmunjom. Military power will not get these men back, but we should list a few of the military alternatives to show them how
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • . I readily agreed and said le t's set it up for tomorrow, Wednesday, so as to catch those m em bers of the T to T Club, Tuesday to Thursday. How we used to laugh when we w ere in the Senate at people who went away for weekends . Thursday afternoon
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
  • National politics
Folder, "March 19, 1968 - 1:01 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • against us. Cyrus Vance should be in that group. We will not change any dove any time with anything. Abe Fortas: There are three problems: (1) The general public attitude (2) The merits of the situation (3} . What we can do to get people behind your
Telephone conversation # 12916, transcript, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 4/10/1968, 4:06PM (Item)
  • lutr.dou. He ta tile odae• way U yn want Mm lO be. B • J p11 I haY•n't knowa that. l dllak lal1hly of him. Some of the people ta New York • J he doen•t P"· He It.ten• polltelr, bat doe1a•t 1lve. A - That la tru becau•• he could llOI • J aaftldnl to tbem
  • National politics
Folder, "Notes and Transcripts of Johnson Conversations, 1951," Pre-Presidential Telephone Conversations and Meetings, Box 1 (Item)
  • this that Fullbright is making on me. You always asked me ever needed any help to come to you. What this fellow I have not the slightest idea. All I have ever done is to help you people on the Hill . . Johnson - What do you think ought to be done? Dawson - Damn
Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • national party. We need to make up our minds and agree what course of action all of us should take. Congressman Albert: Mahon is trying to get around Bow and run the government for the next thirty days. We need to show the advantages of his proposal over
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/14/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Removed from 05/14/1968, page 1. Paper Clip Removed from 05/14/1968, pages 1- 7. MEMORANDUM ^ T u e sd a y , M ay 14, 1968 THE WHITE HOUSE wASHiNOTON Page 1 What a d a y . A s w e advance farth er into M ay I fe e l m ore and m o re lik e
Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • . A diplomatic situation report by Under Secretary Katzenbach. 3. A summary of the military proposals on aircraft movement and other actions by Secretary McNamara and General Wheeler. 4. A discussion of the merits of a Presidential address to the Nation. S
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • United Nations
Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • bill would be reviewed carefully and that by a combination of Congressional and executive action, expenditures would be reduced by roughly one dollar for each dollar raised through taxes. Representatives of the Nation 1 s leading businesses, financial
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • of ab out six cot:ple s that ~hey would particul
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/16/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • HOUSE WASHINGTON T u e sd a y , F e b r u a ry 16, 1965 P age 2 B e a u tific a tio n is c e rta in ly exposing m e to in te re s tin g people of achievem ent^ T h en, I flew hom e and in the a fte rn o o n d e liv e re d the H e a rt A w ardi / uto M
  • Lady Bird meets with Robert Dowling about Beautification and Sterling Gardens; Lady Bird flies back to Washington, DC; Lady Bird presents award for American Heart Association; the third Congressional reception is held at the White House
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/19/1969 (Sunday) (Item)
  • , 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/16/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/25/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • g h t i s a n o t h e r one of t h o s e r e c e p t i o n s f o r the C o n g r e s s i o n a l people. T h e r e due a t 6, I p u t on a s o r t of g o ld a n d s i l v e r l a m e d r e s s that Lyndon h a d bought m e in P a r i s , quite
  • ; National Symphony Orchestra's Music for Young Americans; Congressional Reception with comments about members & wives; briefing for Congressmen & tour for wives; dinner and dance; article by Dorothy McCardle about lights off at WH
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/11/1963 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep. I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • these people to expect more than we can deliver. RUSK: It's fatal to promise more than we can get. Also, it is wrong to expect more of the ARYN than we can deliver. 0 THE PRESIDENT: It' looks like we should have two or three suppliers of choppers
Telephone conversation # 12704, transcript, LBJ and EARLE WHEELER, 2/5/1968, 1:01PM (Item)
  • tll•J'• a Jona time, UMI h.e aeve:r had more confl.d•nc• ti& a man tbaa he 4W bl Wedmorelud, Ina& peopl•--p&rUcularly . th• commahta··wouW like te ca1t a uat on that confidence. H• 1atcl Ila 4U not fnl Intimate towa:r• lbarJ a1 he dU We.tmorel&Dd
Telephone conversation # 13909, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 1/10/1969, 5:11 PM (Item)
  • be good to tell you what we had in mind so that the people who play us against one another ful. cannot be very success­ I am proceeding on the same basis I have s ince Billy Graham came and talked to me. I think you want to make my administration look
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • ay out enough fo r ■; th em . ^ A nd then c a m e ,/w h a t I think w as the p u rp o se of h is c a ll, 'T h e wonderftil thing,'’-he sa id , I'was j think, though th e re h a s b een lo ts ofjpeaisBi p r e s s u r e s , a ll the people who know
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/13/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • other people - - o th e r frien d s -- m a y use them r a th e r frequently. L a t e r w e w e n t d o w n to t h e p o o l w h e r e L y n d o n m e t u s , a n d I h a d 30 l a p s a n d L u c i a n d M a r i e w a t c h e d f r o m t h e b a n k w h i
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/20/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/18/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • i t w i t h t h e g u e s t s s i n c e t h e r e i s no e n te r ta in m e n t a fte rw ard . B e s s w o rk s h a r d , and I help h e r , a t sea tin g people w ith those that t h e y w i l l b e c o n g e n i a l w it h , s p a r k e d by, i n t
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/11/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • tages that you h er e en joy. " He ended w ith the p red ictio n , "Som eday the people a re going to s e t the true v a lu e s on th e se th in gs. " Then I w ent on to sa y that "I think I have h ere in fron t of m e today, you, who s e t the true v
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/3/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ; Congressional reception for 1000 people; photographs were taken; receiving line; Lady Bird quotes from Betty Beale news article; LBJ makes speech via telephone to Texas Exes party
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/5/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • is kin d o f people»-^i^ C e n tr a l O hio. " F in a lly , a t la s t , w e r e a c h e d the f a ir g r o u n d s. a p p r o a c h in g 9 :00 - - s o m e tw o h o u r s la te . It m u st h a v e b e e n A s w e r o d e a ro u n d the r a c e tr a c k