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CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES
December 31, 1968
Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold.
headline for the world.
An ominous
With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the
U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- s w i f e and come o v e r f o r a d r i n k .
he a r r i v e d a l i t t l e
news, t o o .
And
p a s t s e v e n . Todaywas f u l l o f f a m i l y
I t a p p e a r s t h a t L u c i on h e r own h a d g i v e n
an in inte r v i e w t o a C h i l
- 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
- a r ily n , s to p p in g
to c a l l J o h n G o n e lla a t h o m e and c o n g r a tu l a t e h im on the new
b a b y b o r n l a s t n ig h t.
w o uld b e a g i r l .
We h ad so h o ped it
And J u a n it a a b o u t th e L i b r a r y .
R eedy
- a n e m p e r o r .
A nd s o m e of m y own staxfefoe L o w e s to p t , an d m y S te u b e n bow l f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y
of T e x a s .
A nd t h e n we lo o k e d a t new ^ r u g s f o r the f a m ily dining r o o m .
One w a s
p e r f e
- e in th e L B J L i b r a r y .
I know
h o w m u c h e p h e m e r a l w e a r e l e t t i n g p a s s b y - - a l l th e l i t t l e c l i p s o f m e
on new s show s fro m
C a l i f o r n i a to M a in e .
E a c h of the t r i p s h a s b e e n
- Lady Bird swims; LBJ has growths on hands & heel, possibly cancer; Lady Bird has coffee for Ambassadors' wives; office work; lunch with Lynda Johnson to discuss wedding; Lady Bird meets WMAL group to receive film of her New England trip; Lady Bird
- 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
- 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
- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- is m o r n in g coat:
"Oh, I 'm s o r r y about th e bad
n e w s th a t th e b u d g et m u s t m e a n to m a n y o f y o u r c o u n tr y m e n ."
(It s e e m s th e new b u d g et h a s im p o s e d fu r th e r ta x e s on b e e r and
c ig a r e t
