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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
- 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
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- on in the minds of the Secret Service Agc>nts.
But
the guar.ds opened the gate, in streamed the peopl e , and d.ov,•n the road
past the fountains we trailed, Him and Her ut'
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- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; walk around White House grounds--LBJ invited about 200 tourists from Southwest & Southeast Gates to walk with them; Him and Her beagles entertain group; bowling, nap, reading and television; dinner
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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
- to do this.
It's one of the many
things that the Department of L a b o r is doing to bring people with special
needs, in this ca s e h a ndicapped people, back into the m ain stream of econom ic
life .
The ubiquitous E sther Pet erson, A ssistan t S e
- us, and Lucy Baines
an d in the car with us Bob Waldron and the H arry McPhersons. There w ere long,
long lines of solemn, respectful people, all along the hill in Robert E. Lee’s home as we
wound up to the gravesite. The gravesite was covered
- LBJ's is briefed by John McCone; visit to see Charles Marsh, a family friend; to service at St. Mark's Church; visit to Arlington National Cemetery to place flowers at JFK's grave; returning to White House, Lady Bird greets Tommy Corcoran and James
- of the Soviet Republic w ill come to our
land, " and the line about "I am su re the A m erican people would like to h ear
le a d e rs of the Soviet Republic on our TV and le a d e rs of this country would
be glad to speak to le a d e rs of the Soviet Nation
- 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
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O utside, fin e - - the color
- , of which T e x a s i s v e ry m uch in n eed.
He s a id "O ne of the g r e a t ta s k s of p o litic a l le a d e r s h ip i s to m ak e the
people a w a re that they s h a r e a
and b e lie f,
fu n dam en tal unity of i n t e r e s t , p u r p o se
I am
- 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 .
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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
- Johnson's Diary, May 7-26, 1967 [Book 44]
Box Number
5
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- to University of Texas to meet Dr. Harry Ransom and see the campus; fly back to LBJ Ranch; hair styled; dinner for 24 people; entertainment by folk singer
- 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
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- e r e n c e in th e l iv e s , th e jo b s , o f te n people."
A t a n y r a t e i t i s n e v e r f a r f r o m m y th o u g h ts .
I c a n n o t c o n t r o l th e o u tc o m e ,
th o u g h I w ill h a v e s o m e e f f e c t o n it. A nd i t w
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- join them by car farther on down son1cwhc re.
B ut alas , as we
communiciltcd witl1 them it sec: .1.ed that all their frit'nd:-> steadfas tly
attended tl'.. ·11~
as
newsp:::~cr
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one or two of the boats they thoug h t they id
- s o - I don’ t know whether
print or o rig in a l - that has a dove in the m iddle.
We le ft at about 3 o 'c lo c k , going around the fa m ilia r bend in the road
fo r the la st tim e, w h ere th e r e ’ s alw ays a group o f people gath ered
- of the w hole even in g— ^Although I w as
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happy :to adopt it..,‘ T h is w orld , p a r tic u la r ly the dram a, in te r e s t s m e and
h a s fu rn ish e d m e w ith m any happy h o u rs. . And I lik e to m e e t the people
w ho m ake it up
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
- . McNamara in hospital; Ambassador Kohler describes Eisenhower-Khrushchev meeting and Soviet people; men adjourn for talks; women watch "Gambit;" Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" description of maple tree and area
- LBJ and Lady Bird drive to Reagan Ranch; Johnsons to St. Francis Xavier Church; drive to Martin and Danz Ranches; Lady Bird goes wildflower hunting and spreads wildflower seed; lunch; Lady Bird rests; LBJ rides with guests; 15 people in two cars
- e n I w a s S ix te e n " •— in te rv ie w in g v a r io u s
people,M
arinA
derson,
H e le n Hay e s , M a r g a r e t M ead e and
am o n g th e m , an d I r e m i n i s c e d in a ra m b lin g about t h a t y e a r
V o f b lo o m a lo n g , long w
- ; late lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird take naps and read newspapers; LBJ goes for walk with Yuki and greets people outside the fence; Johnsons play bridge; helicopter back to the White House
- o r y .
It w as a g r e a t show and I w as glad I w as th ere to w atch it,
though I had the fe e lin g that th ese b a ttle s are won, th is day is o v e r , this
i s the l a s t h u r r a h ." Y o u a re not forgotten people", he w en t on, "We
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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.
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- 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
