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- e d an d ta lk e d to m e .
He s a i d he
w a s j u s t b a c k f r o m New Y o r k a n d th a t he h a d ta lk e d to e v e r so m a n y
e n v o y s a t the U n ite d N atio n s - - a l l of th em w ith w a r m m e s s a g e s h op ing
fo r the P
- LBJ has better color; LBJ ordered clothes in New York for Lynda, Luci and Lady Bird; extreme cleaning at White House during Johnsons' absence; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about her article for National Geographic; description of hospital
- went
b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited
m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning.
H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage
C o n tro l.
C o n
- a le n g th y
p ie c e on th e J o h n so n L i b r a r y fo r th e New Y o rk T im e s .
I me t w ith h im in th e L in c o ln S ittin g R oom a n d s p e n t a b o u t 45 m in u te s
d u r in g w h ic h he to o k n o te s going o v e r the g e n e s
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
- ite s .
I ask ed
e v e r y o n e to b r in g an y c h ild r e n o r g r a n d c h ild r e n th at w e r e v i s i t i n g .
A nd B ill D e a so n and. D r . G eo rg e D a v is and h is new w i f e .
and Ju a n ita to b r in g h e r m o t h e r .
j
- h a d a l r e a d y le f t f o r P a r i s - -
on a 5:00 p la n e in f a c t..
I d r e s s e d l e i s u r e l y a n d s a id goodbye to M r s . B r e w s t e r , a n d
we d r o v e f o r o v e r a n h o u r th ro u g h the lo v e ly New E n g la n
- Breakfast; drive through New England countryside to Westchester County Airport; flight to Washington, DC in the fog; luncheon for President & Mrs. Ankrah of Ghana; exchange of state gifts; General Ankrah puts ceremonial robe on LBJ; Lady Bird
- Brewster residence, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- .
And th en , t wo c r i s e s fo llo w e d , in rapid s u c c e s s i o n .
One of the la d i e s
lo o k e d at m e and sa id , "I ju s t don’t s e e how y o u 'r e going to be in New Y ork
a t 7 o 'c lo c k tonight. "
I gulp ed , know ing that I had
- " women; Lady Bird's trip to Museum of Modern Art in New York; Luci Johnson's dress for Apple Blossom Festival; Lady Bird visits Jackie Kennedy about Committee for Preservation of the White House; reception for labor newspaper editors; Lynda Johnson news
- ; reception for government officials; Lady Bird & Hubert Humphry in receiving line; dinner with Chuck & Lynda Robb; Lady Bird records diary; Lady Bird has massage & watches tv; news stories from Australia
- m o n th s.
^ ! T h is t r iv ia l thing w hich has b oth ered L iz g r e a tly and m e not
so m u ch , about the s a le of a le t te r M r s. K ennedy w rote m e in th e F a ll
o f 1960, b y so m e autograph h ou se in New Y ork .
An u g ly in c id
- in g to g eth er in a sp a c e sh ip
to new a d v en tu re, to con q u er a new w orld , than to shoot down
ea ch o th e r 's p la n es a s w e had to la s t nigh t.
to a c tiv ity o v e r V ietn a m la s t n igh t.
X ', ;
-
z
T his tim e it r e f e
- s e s t to the w in d o w .
It s e e m s to happen to J e s s e often .
In Joh n son C ity w e rod e around the boyhood h o m e, d eligh ted
a t th e w a y the new lig h tin g fix tu r e s - - a m uch han d som er lo o k .
m a in lin e s h a v e b e
- Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight
- LBJ & Lady Bird to First Baptist Church with the Bill Moyers; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird walks White House with LBJ, friends and beagles; dinner with friends and Luci Johnson, back from New Orleans
- r a n s p o r t a t i o n f r o m New Y o r k in the e a r l y m o r n i n g .
In f a c t t h e c o l o r s
we a l l th r e e h a d w e r e the b e s t I e v e r r e m e m b e r f o r a f a m i l y p i c t u r e - L u c i's , yellow and sim ple; L
- r o f a l l t h i s dram a g av e u s a s i g n a l , and t o g e t h e r
M u rie l and I w alk ed o u t t h e d o o r and down t h e g r e a t s t e p s o f th e
C a p i to l u n d e r t h e commanding handsom e new ly b u i l t p o r t i c o — f
- New York
- with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas
- New York
- the C l a r k C lif fo r d s ; and h av in g the b e s t tim e of
a l l , the young E d W e is ls f ro m New Y o rk .
And in a ro o m fu ll of p r e t t y w o m e n , it w ould hav e b e e n h a r d to find one
^
a s lo v e ly a s L u c i B a in e s J o
- new m a n t e l .
Should th e s a m e i n s c r i p t i o n t h e n b e p e r h a p s
e n g r a v e d on th e m a r b l e ? We d e c id e d t h a t th a t d e c i s io n sh o u ld b e
l e f t up to m y s u c c e s s o r , and I w ould n e i t h e r r
- AO many. g.o ad ttnie.^, tkeM.e ioa.4 ,J,ovtad Henr y and l ovel y
C h i s tin a .
We t h a n ked them '^oM. tkexA . pant, t n th e p art y '^oA.
doA t Monday. n t ^ k t tn New Yor k and t o l d tkem kow heauJLt^udL
tkeJjL djOLu^kJ.eJi.i kadd>een
-
Wednesday, May 17, 1967
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in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for
invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life.
Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
- d e d - - b y a b o u t 5:30.
And L u c i w as le av in g f o r New Y o r k a l m o s t
w i t h t e a r s i n h e r e y e s a s s h e s a i d g o o d b y e to l i t t l e L y n .
I w e n t to m y r o o m f o r d e s k w o r k a n d t e l e p h o n
- company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam
- the G o ld b e rg s w e r e th ere and c a m e u p s t a ir s w ith u s - a lw a y s li v e l y c o m p a n y and fu ll o f n e w s o f a new g r a n d c h ild a n d a n o th e r
c o m in g .
S e c r e t a r y and M r s, L u c iu s B a ttle r e p r e s e
- .
•
She c a m e f o r c o c k t a i l s a t 6:00, b r in g in g w ith h e r a co u p le of
o f f i c e r s of h e r F o u n d a tio n - - M r . A a r o n F r o s h f r o m New Y o r k a n d
G e r a l d W a g n e r of W a s h in g to n .
T h ey
b o th
- s e s and word p i c t u r e s and l i t t l e m em ories f o r th e
New York p a r ty th a n k y o u s.
And th e n Bob Knudsen came i n and to o k
a p i c t u r e o f L iz and B ess, and A shton and me a t work i n o u r f a m i l i a r
h u d d le
- i t is r e s t f u l to L y n d o n .
T h e a i r p o r t s ta y s b u sy
w ith p la n e s co m in g an d g o in g , d is g o rg in g C a b in e t M e m b e rs a n d sfscx
o ffic ia ls w ith im p o r ta n t, d iffic u lt new d e c is io n s , b u d
-
c
S iih d ay, M a rc h 17, 1968
WA5HINOTON
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woxild b e a s o r t of goodby p ic tu r e .
T h e new m i n i s t e r is a y o u th fu l, p le a s a n t m a n , a n d i t w a s c o m fo rtin g
to s in k in to th e r i t u a l of th e E p is c
- m e to p r e s e n t a p a c k a g e .
It w a s a s i l v e r sp o o n in a b o x .
S till u n d e r th e s p e ll of the a n c ie n t
New O r le a n s of y e s t e r d a y a f te r n o o n - - th e Vieux Carre' - - an d
r e m e m b e r i n g s o m
- Royal Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
- t
And L u c i a b s o lu te ly r a d ia n t f ro m h e r "fiv e d ay s
an d s ix nights" as she e x p r e s s e d it of R & R . A nd L yn and L u c in d a in
and o u t of th e ro o m ad d in g th e new d im e n s io n s of a n o th e r g e n e r
- a u s e d on
o u r w a y down th o s e h ig h s te p s so the c a m e r a s co uld g e t a p i c t u r e .
o f u s to g eth er is new s.
Six
Arid th e n w e d r o v e on to Abe a n d C a r o l F o r t a s '
h o u s e . . Abe h a d b e e n te llin g
- to t h e i r
s to rie s.
P a r t i c u l a r , the new M r s . B ob F le m in g , M a r y J a n e C a r t e r , whd*si^
b e e n w ith u s so lo n g , b u t whom we s e e so se ld o m ; the s a m e f o r L i l l i a n R e e d y .
M r s . R o g e r S te
- and Jim Cain; Johnsons watch news; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Lynda Johnson in Arizona at archeological site
- e to 11, M r. M yrick and Jimmy Pitt ca m e out
and s a t in the fro n t yard w ith m e , show ed m e the new r e v is e d sk e tch ,
and the e s tim a te - - it now runs c lo s e to $ 1 3 ,0 0 0 .0 0 , s ix fo r the land
and m o r e than s ix fo r
- m New Y o rk , in
h is t u x at the sudden in v ita tion of Lyndon) and with J e s s e , to the L e w is
p la c e , w here we m e t A, W. and d rov e o v er to the L o g a n ran ch .
V ery
seldom on a ro a d ,
I s t ill think h o w s tran ge i t m
- n t so
I s to o d in lin e b e w
t e e n h im an d Bobby K ennedy and sh o o k h an d s
w ith t h e m , r a n g in g f r o m New Y o rk to M i s s i s s i p p i ,
w o n d e rin g p a r t i c u l a r l y how th o s e in the South w e r e going to
f
- it tr u e th at J o h n so n C ity i s p e r k in g up,
c le a n in g up, p a in tin g up, h a v in g a new s e n s e of p r id e and c o m m u n ity
s p ir it , liv in g up to h a v in g a P r e s id e n t in i t s m id s t e v e n if h e i s ju s t
L
- LBJ to New York for Mrs. Robert Wagner's funeral; Lady Bird meets with Jim Webb about trip to space installations; lunch meeting with Mr. Ketchum; Look magazine photo session for Lynda and Luci; fifth congressional reception; Johnson family vacation
- LBJ gives commencement address at Glassboro, New York; Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird to booksellers' convention; welcoming ceremony for President & Mrs. Trejos, Costa Rica; Lady Bird names houseguests; Lady Bird to hair salon
- ? "
I got you a n ic e new one. "
" W h e r e d id you p u t th e o l d
" I j u s t f lu n g i t down, th e h i l l s i d e . "
So t o g e t h e r th e y c l a m o r e d do w n the h i l l u n t i l th e d e s k m a n
sw ears.
H e fo u n d the v e r
- LBJ & Lady Bird go swimming; LBJ is losing weight; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird's upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird selects new clothes; National Medal of Science Award ceremony; LBJ gives speech; photos, receiving line & reception; lunch
- e s m o re u s e fu l o r m o r e fun - - th o se
w hom th e g u e s ts of h o n o r p a r t ic u la r l y w a n t to h a v e .
to t r y to b r in g in new p e o p le to e x p an d o u r f ie ld .
A nd a lw a y s a c h e c k in g
So i t w a s a b o
- - - the new p in k one w ith th e b ead s^ a'ro u n d th e
n e c k f o r th e p a r t y th a t w a s th e r e a l b eg in n in g of the C h r is tm a s s e a s o n - f o r th e p r e s s w o m e n o f W a sh in g to n .
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