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  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEH II DATE: Nove=ber 29
  • Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker
  • s~e a movie· and i:alk and : belongs to us. );~ ~ ~ ~ .... ,. be with friends, to exercise and to catch up -on the thinking work that • ii-- ,. ~-. .- a day full of appointments ·does not permit. .... .-This day b_egan early .with-~going
  • on the plane at seven o'clock that morning, he was dozing and Lady Bird was reading a book. my books out of my little case and began to read. Lady Bird asked me, "Betty, what are you reading?" Il m just studying a lesson. II So I slipped In a few minutes
  • was among them. A ft e r v isitin g with them , I went to the m o vie theatre and saw f i l m s taken at the ra n c h -w h e n the children w e r e young, Lyndon during W orld War II, a ll of which I soon re c o g n iz e d with dism ay w e r e just the lea
  • H:y in;:;. Swi ss bank or sornething and b e ofr on an isl ~1 nd. Whe11 I sa id go odbye to them rny next appointment was already waiting for me. by and have a 1 1 I h:-·ii asked the Texans who h~~d h.:~d ··ink with me bec ause I sc arcely
  • where he stood. He very care- fully, personally, polled those members to know where he stood. expression, !'did his homework, II is exactly right. Andyour I feel very strongly that this man was partisan when he needed to be, but when the moment
  • you to make sure that one thing happens. I want you to make sure that he sees the heads of state personally and alone. II He said, IIThere is no person in America that can equal Johnson in knee-to-knee conversation with another fllan." He said
  • e on th e g r o un d , to (3 s h a r e h e r p r e d ic a m e n t. w.«iiapip"jiwp > III J i l W f |i,ii I ii iiil I I M W I W i i p i l MEMORANDUM ^ THE W HITE HOUSE WASHINOTOM S u n d a y , A u g u st 1, 1965 : Page 5 A nd so th e c ro w d
  • n c e d a t a f i v e - t h i r t y p res s D ) -ii- c o n f e r e n c e i n h i s b e d ro o m t o a s m a l l g r o u p o f newsp a p e r men. Sim ply s a y in g t h a t th e d o c t o r s h a d warned him a g a i n s t g o i n g " o n t h e
  • e 1865 I n a u g u r a l o f L i n c o l n . (/W . p . 0 ■ W ( ''" /• .= W ' ' II ^ ' J a n u a r y 22 , 1966 S a tu r d a y C o n t. : wh i c h Margy h a d g iv e n u s and t hen a b o u t 1 0 :0 0 we w e n t down t o s e e T h u n d e
  • / T h i s w as p u s h , p u s h , p u s h t h r o u g h m a s s e s of h u m a n ity , w h ic h n e v e r s e e m e d to b o t h e r the e b u l l i e n t Ts ii vanana. And f in a lly a c h a n c e to s i t down at a t a b l e in the end of the r o
  • A N D • U ________ M ; , , UJ, ; II , , . I . . . . . . . . . . . . - r • _ . : ' s' V ' ' ' ' I - - ..‘f \ THE WHITE HOUSE ■ .W ASHI N GT O N S atu rd ay, M arch 18, 1967 •..•■ ■■■-;'•-,,■• Page 5 of the s m a ll tr ia n g le
  • ot the 'y' B r u m id i o ld f a m ilia r on e that I lo v e d i^ ii^ w ith the Bacaiajgysdie c e i l in g s , and P a u l or John b o w in g h o s p ita b ly , know ing e v e r y o n e o f u s by n a m e . B ut a s tr a n g e , w h ite c a ta c ly
  • o r b o a t in s e a r c h of L yndon. T hey c o n fid e d th a t L yndon w a s a good w a t e r s k i e r j s a w h im out on s k ii s l a s t y e a r a n d h e ' s p r e t t y good a t it , I G e o rg e R e e d y s a i d - - - " T h e P r e s
  • Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, December 1-28, 1966 [Book 39] Box Number Restriction Codes (A) CtOMd by Ex k u Uv * Ordw 1332S governing K C a ii to nitlDiMl security Information. (B) a o a e d by statute or by ths agancy wtiich originatad tha documant. (C
  • ld go u p i n p a r t of th e open s p a c e . A s I w a lk a d r i v e a r o u n d th e c a m p u s , ‘I a m c u jo U y a w a r e o f ‘ II : ’ . , how c r o w d e d i t i s b e c o m in g . .vT h e f o r t y a c r e s i s now j u s t a n a f f e
  • n a b it la te f o r # d e lic io u s X H ii h a m :a n d g r its , a n d h o t b i s c u i t s , a n d \ - , c o u ld w ith c l e a r c o n s c ie n c e .‘th ro w c a u tio n to the w ind b e c a u s e I w a s going to n e e d a l l th e s tr
  • g w o u ld b e c o m p le te w ith o u t h im ,- ii^ h e s ta ff, J im J o n e s , a n d M a rie , M a ry R a th e r , L a r r y T e m p le . D in n e r w a s a l l L y n d a B i r d 's f a v o r ite s - s te a k , a n d s p in a c h , h o m e m a d
  • is s a p ic tu re - A nd P a t r i c k lo o k e d a d o r a b le in h is A ir F o r c e u n ifo rm m ad e b y L y n d o n 's ta il o r to m e e t h is D addy in H a w a ii. A nd i t w as an a b s o lu te ly h e a v e n ly p ic tu r e o u t th e r e w
  • h a d i n t e nded to go a lo n g - th e y d i d n ’t l e t h i m . And a l s o m i n u s L y n d a B i r d , w ho w a s the m a d d e s t o f the l o t . So s h e h a d s p e n t o n e m o r e n ig h t i n H a w a ii, a n d w a s goin g to c a t c
  • n c e s s e s , a n d a l l t h e a s s e m b l e d p o l i t i c a l f i g u r e s , b u t t h e S w e d e s w ho p u t t h i s g r e a t festive holiday to g e th e r and then e v ery b o d y spoke, including once m o r e m y ii c o n t r i b u
  • hich he c a u g h t from L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m . B ut time I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
  • the in s p ir a t io n - and r e a l l y , I think, that she w ould be the n atu ral one to do this - and I want h e r t o , a n d I hope she w i l l . I a ls o told h e r , r e m e m b e r in g ii v e r y w e l l what C l a r k had said to m e , that he
  • he danced enough numbers to be p o l i t e a nd then took his departure. But a lot of people ling ered f o r a gay e ve n in g . One of the b i t s of conversation I enjoyed most was \\ II when Jane Freeman said Oh lets go dance, and the w
  • ich m a d e h im th e f i r s t h o n o r a r y d id . MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE ( _ , ^ W A A S S K K II N K Q U T I U W O KN S unday, J u ly 31, 1966 Page 5 e ld e r in th e C h r is tia n c h u rc h . It w a s s o m e w h e re a lo n g
  • s e d a y s . r-r ■ ,, ...........ii. t w r r i i i M M M I i i ^ i ■ .i | m" T h u rs d a y , J a n u a r y 19 (Ci^ntinued) ( *■ ■■ ■ ^ • '■ ; ^ - ^ T h e r o o m lo o k e d a s co zy a s ,w e c o u ld m a k e i t f o r fifty w o m e
  • . ? And^ I k e p t a a . h e a r ii^ w o g d » -& f - p r a i s e fo r the b r ie fin g a m o n g th e m e n . / / . O ne th in g to n o te . b u ffe t. D o n 't h av e s lic e d r o a s t b e e f f o r a sta n d u p - I t i s a s tr u g g le to c u t w
  • fo ld e d He w en t up a n o th e r I a s k e d th e C h ie f to ta k e h e r u p s o m e s le e p in g m e d ic in e , a n d s a id m y g o o d n ig h ts . w a s in b e d a t a r e a s o n a b l e h o u r . _____ -a-ii
  • b e c a iis e y o u d o n 't h a v e th e fu e l to co n tin u e g e ttin g th e jo b d o n e w ith o u t th e m o m e n tu m o f s u c c e s s . M o re f ittin g s in th e a fte rn o o n a n d d e s k w o r k . ; ; W e is l to- a skthem opnd . I h
  • s w a s th e r e w ith us.^^^ We h a d a h a i r - .‘•ii X . d r e s s e r A vaiting. S w e e t l i t t l e M r s . F r e d e r i c k B u rg who h a d le f t h e r tw o' ' c h i l d r e n w i t h ^ b m e 'b a b y s i t t e r "an c o m e 'o v e r
  • a d , off o f th e p a v e m e n t a n d s o m e t i m e s e v e n off of th e g r a v e l . ■1/ ^ T hrough W illo w C ity , ___ II t h i s w a s a d a y of f" i r s t s"f o r m e , __ I h a v e s e e n s i g n s t o W illo w "7.0° C i t y f o r
  • ’ s going to b e a f a th e r , a f t e r 15 y e a r s of m a r r i a g e an d no c h ild re n ! H is T ed w ife i s o u t in H a w a ii. T h e /K e n n e d y s w e r e th e r e - I th in k the f i r s t K ennedy to c r o s s the th re s h h o ld
  • t 130 of u s , s e a te d a t ro u n d ta b le s fo r 10 e a c h , w ith th e h e a d ta b le f o r 2 O, I h a d a r e a l l y good tim e w ith S ir A lec on m y r ig h t a n d M r. B u tle r on m y le f t. II L y n d o n ’ s to a s t w as no l e
  • g h t h im o v e r to i n tr o d u c e h im I to ld h im th a t I r e m e m b e r h is n a m e w e l l f r o m th e e a r l y -■ - . .. . . ' .... • ■ ' ■ „ r . nnn#,in-rif..-,ii - ' ■ ■ Iliriiiiiiiw iirira a i^ MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E
  • and pa;inting up and p la n tin g can do to k eep the c i t y "cool, baby", to k e e p dow n that s p ir it o f fr u s tr a tio n and h o s t ilit y w h o se fin a l r io ts ," ■ ■ T; U M W if Wi U. « ii > — ■ ■.- ; .■■ ---------- :. - ^ " '■ J
  • a d r e a m , a n d j u s t to b e a l i v e MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE ^ . 1 - S a tu r d a y , J u n e 1 5 , 19o8 WA A SS H K II N N UO TT UO W H W Page 4 , i s th e g r e a t e s t j o y , L y n d o n w a s g iv in g D o r is K e a r n s
  • is one w om an in the au d ien ce who m ay a r is e and sa y 'Stop the War M MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON W ednesday, May 10, 1967 Page II in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er. It did
  • . . And then w e had c o ffe e and liq u e u r s in the R ed R o o m . And th en in the E a s t R oom I in tr o d u c e d C h a r lie B y r d w ho w a s g r e a t ly a c c la im e d by a ll the lo v e r s o f ja z z . II ' St. L o u is Womeaa. B u t it i s a fa