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- heons tlla t he
business lead e r s , with a s hort talk by Lyndon.
prol>ably wasn't short.
b:~d
had fol'
Someli11 1c s I thi nk it
And a b r iefing by t he most pcrtit '. l nt Cabinet
members.
Later., one of the aides told me that he thought thc:y
- VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
- in the afternoon, I had a business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter
Jenkins, in the forbidding sanctum of the Monroe Treaty Room, that vast, dark place lit by
the chandelier that came from Lyndon’s office, P-38 in the Capitol, that he sent down here
at Mrs
- Friends help Lady Bird decorate family quarters with books and Dorothy Doughty birds; Lady Bird puts out photos of JFK with Caroline, the Taylors and Johnsons; Lady Bird has business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter Jenkins where they discuss
- , accompanied by an archival video stream of Spot and her sidekick, Barney, romping in the snow
earlier this winter. "It is an affectionate piece," says Christopher J. (Jimmy) Orr, the aide who directs the
official White House Web page. "I'm really glad we did
- , accompanied by an archival video stream of Spot and her sidekick, Barney, romping in the snow
earlier this winter. "It is an affectionate piece," says Christopher J. (Jimmy) Orr, the aide who directs the
official White House Web page. "I'm really glad we did
- 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
- up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church
service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that.
I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was
spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
- the archive collection of the Lyndon
Baines Johnson Library and Museum to the museum.
Description of object(s):
Aides Files. Okamoto "Memos to the President, 1965" Box 1
Green Record Log of Photo Requests
Purpose:
"Okamoto" Temporary Exhibit, LBJ Library
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- y M c P h erso n s, with
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their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s ,
W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls .
And when everyb ody
came about 5:30, we chose up
- Jenkins and Je rry
t/i.
K ivett / f o r Huntland,
How lu ck y I am to have an agent who is ed u cated ,
a g en tlem a n , a good com panion, and a good frien d /
On the w ay down i t
and w as chilly .
ra i ned h e a v ily , a s it h as a lm o s t al l
- Lady Bird feels ill and tired; Marta Miller's wedding; coffee at WH for wedding party; swimming and dinner with the Price Daniels, the Horace Busbys and the Walter Jenkins; appraisal of Price Daniel; Lynda Johnson cartoon; A. W. Moursund and Johnson
- to the museum.
Description of object(s):
Aides Files, Okamoto "Memos to the President, 1967" Box 1
Memo, "I think Sec McNamara would appreciate having a picture of his
presidential harasser," October 26, 1967
Purpose:
"Okamoto" Temporary Exhibit, LBJ Library
- aides-okamoto-b01-f03
- S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 27, 1964
Saturd ay, June 27th.
T h is i s the day Lynda B ir d
c h ris te n s a Navy tra n sp o rt named A u s tin , a fte r A u s tin , T e x a s .
She has asked L u c i to be h e r m aid of ho nor, and they are
going
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L u c i Baines was
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v e r y inte r e s ted in the p r e sence of the V e r y
R ev eren d W illia m F . K e lly , the P re s id e n t o f M arquet t
to have a little chat with h i m
to dinner.
Un iv e r s ity , and got
she and Beth Jenkins
- LBJ speaks at Coast Guard Academy graduation, New London, CT; Lady Bird gives commencement address at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School; Lady Bird gives her speech a C+; Lady Bird presents diplomas to Walter Jenkins' daughter, Beth; Luci
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
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.■ . ' . ' ■ ■ W A S H I N O T O M
S u n d ay , M a rc h 7, 1966
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w ild flo w e rs of the H oly L a n d .
I knew w h at la y a h e a d of m e a n d d r e a d e d it.
I m u s t te ll h im th a t h is
w o r k fo r AID b ro u g h t so m a n y c r u e l, u g
- Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America
- doing her
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■ ="thank y ou s" r elig io u sly , and is making saodc zero p ro g ress over finding
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. a m aid or fillin g up the gaps in her furniture.
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.About 6 :00, Lyndon and J e sse picked us up and later A. W. joined
us on the L ew
- Rather joined us.
I said the blessing,
from a very fu ll heart, with Tony in my mind behind every word.
And we had
a delicious Christmas dinner, not cooked by Zephyr, but Mr. [Henry] Haller
had come to our aid, a beautiful turkey and dressing
- in the White House?
And then back to the Truman Balcony to meet Walter Reuther.
We had iced tea and I listened to him mostly.
to him about beautification.
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I had wanted to talk ^ .
I had wanted to enlist his own aid as a
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- . and shook h.:. nds with ev e rybody, Ph\Ui s c.:un c: up to me
and said, "You're in aking votes ev er y minute,
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"This means a lot to all of us and our friends.
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and
Lorr~iine
s aid,
I foel so rry about
not havi 11g taken the lrip out W est o.nd
- routine, with, I think,
equally good resu lts.
E lo ise and H om er w e re v e r y h elpful, as w e re a ll
the la rg e c o te r ie of handsome aides, m o s tly from the A i r F o r c e .
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u e sday, M a r c
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- LBJ talks with Sol Linowitz; Johnsons helicopter to Austin to Civic Center and Presidential Suite at Federal Building; Lady Bird & Lynda to St. Austin's Catholic Church for Beth Jenkins' wedding; drive through Zilker Park to Green Pastures
- collecting paintings for Sears and Roebuck; tea at Mary Lasker's home; return to D.C. for Lynda and Luci Johnson's spring vacation; surprise birthday party for Walter Jenkins
- Death of Senator Clair Engle; meeting of task force on proposed Women's Job Corps; meeting with Walter Jenkins about mail; tea for wives of Latin American Ambassador & OAS Ambassadors; LBJ & Lady Bird to reception for educators; Lady Bird to Woodrow
- limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
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as the uniform ed aide esc o rte d me down to the
I w ore m y white
alaskin e suit, with the toa s t co lored , draped
silkish hat.
C a r rie was her usual easy self, so capable, so much at home, so devoid
of any pompo|sity in presidin g.
A t the end
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The fr e e w a y , N at O w ings s a y s ,
i s a lr e a d y fu n d ed and the r e f le c tin g p o o l ca n be p aid fo r b y the m o n e y
s a v e d b y r e r o u tin g the fr e e w a y s tr a ig h t in s te a d of in a c u r v e .
s tr a ig h t ta k e
- invited M r s . M cG e o rg e Bundy, and Jane W irt z , and M r s . B e ll
o f AID; was s o r r y for M r s , C e le b r e e z e of HEW couldn't com e-- she's got
some sick children; and M a r g y M cN a m a ra , whom I would have lik e d v e r y
/ 's
- just can. " , and had gotten h e r s e lf a White House aide, and out she
had put, and I hope it was a good evening fo r her.
- Foreign aid
- from Lynda Johnson; wedding present from Ethiopia; foreign aid bill passed; packing suitcases for Luci Johnson; LBJ on boat with several ambassadors; Lady Bird dines with Luci and Betty Beale; long conversation with Luci Johnson
- Foreign aid
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- n g .
So w e s a t a n d t a l k e d .
H is m a i n i n t e r e s t
w a s h o s p i t a l s . I t s e e m s t h a t AID h a s b u i l t q u ite a few t h e r e . . S ta f f in g t h e m i s
a n o th e r p ro b le m and a s e rio u s la c k .
I n s
- and Lady Bird dine with Jim and Ida May Cain; Dr. Cain talks about trip to Vietnam and aid for hospitals
- Foreign aid
- and India; Rostow talks of Taiwan and aid to Pakistan, Communist China, and Vietnam; dinner and movies; Johnsons back to White House; Lady Bird exercises; LBJ talks with Clark Clifford
- Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
- y n d o n w a s going in to h is o ffic e in A u s tin to m e e t L a w so n K n o tt of
GSA, a n d Gowd of AID an d R a m s e y C la r k f r o m W a sh in g to n ,
T h e w e a th e r
w a s s t i l l b i t t e r co ld a n d g r a y b u t w e co u
- eth in g s ic k in the lib e r a l view p oin t in a ll th is ."
A t one tim e Lyndon d e sc r ib e d h im s e lf, "I'm lik e a p r iz e fig h te r in the
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rin g , the right f is t is the m ilita r y , the le ft f is t i s aid, w ash in g, a g r ic
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
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B a t cl-OAe. -to Munchy -someth i ng f unny h appened .
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doivn t o t h e catM te g.uaA.cI^otng. t o Jam es' a n d jJxeAje. cjwuche^d
on one -AA.dct we,n.e a .6.i.-^able. g.Aoup o-^JS-UtJie cli.iAdn£.n, aid.
Negr o e s , a l l
