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conversation,
And h a d
a n t h o l o g y --"Chicago
Rugged,
white
it
c ompletely un-
r a t h e r lik e
He h a d n 't hea rd about
l i t t le hard
I h a d h a d b ro ught
He was shaggy h a i r e d ,
almost in a dutch b o b .
t>¥tainT3 l e d in his
- n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too.
D avid
u.
M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the
d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o
e le c
- LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
- Chicago, Illinois
- e r c ia l, with L i z and B ess, and I
b e lie v e , F ra n ces Lew ine fo r a New Y o r k appearance t hat I had anticipated
with both dread and the w ill to succeed.
It w a s the f i r s t a n n iv e r s a ry luncheon of the E lean or R o o s e v
- New York
- LBJ and Railroad Strike; Lady Bird to first anniversary luncheon of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in New York; Lady Bird & Jean Kintner to Needlework Shop to design needlepoint pillows for White House; Lady Bird mentions many people
- New York
- m en tion ed J a c k ie ’ s hope fo r new d r a p e s
and new c h a ir s i n the State Dining R o o m , but she fe e l s that ad d itio n s w ill
co m e , not fro m m a jo r g if t s , but fro m the s a le of the guide book.
And sh e
w arn ed m e
- an d to th e B a r t e r
T h e a tr e in A bingdon , an d to d e d ic a te th e new w ing of th e M o d e rn
M u se u m of A r t , a n d see La T r a v ia ta a t th e o p e r a , a n d h a v e a r e c e p tio n
fo r T h o rn to n W ild e r to r e c e iv
- Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has
- 1965
T u e sd a y , J a n u a r y 5th
I s p e n t a l l d a y in th e N e v e r - N e v e r L an d of c lo th e s .
Up a t s e v e n to
c a tc h a n e ig h t o 'c lo c k p la n e to New Y o rk w ith R o b in D uke and h e r d a u g h te r,
e n ro
- New York
- Lady Bird shops for clothes in New York with designers John Moore, Kandi Ohno, Sophie Gimbel and Adolfo; Lady Bird spends time with Lynda at White House; dinner with the McNamaras; LBJ's discussion with Labor leaders
- New York
- , barefooted
boys.
And I was suddenly struck with thinking how mus t this look to
to sophisticated city people from New York? P retty hopeless, with
the backs of buildings that blatantly proclaim "F ish, 1961", and the
wornout re frig era to rs behind
- t.
L yndon r e a d out loud to u s the New Y o rk T im e s
M a g a z in e s to r y by so m e o n e none of u s h a d e v e r m e t, w ho h a d n o t in te rv ie w e d
a m e m b e r of th e f a m ily o r any b o d y in o u r P r e s s o ffice o r
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with guests while others attend church; news articles about Johnsons and the wedding; Lady Bird bowls with guests; possible blessing of marriage by Pope Paul VI; gift from Tony Taylor of their mother's silver cups for Luci
- before the mad rush to leave, the la te -August
fever, set in.
P ro sp ect's not good, but w e'll try .
After all, it
took 20 years for M edicare.
Th
n
e
I had a look at Lynda B ird's new clothes. She takes -
to heart too much this idea of economy
-
Eastern fabl'ic!-. and possibly a new dress for the Convenlivn.
And then
a quick trip dovm to the First Floor to say hello to the wive:,; of the foreign
ministers from Latin America that Mrs. Rusk was condu
- MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T O N
f
Wednesday, A p r i l 22, 1964
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Lyndon w h irled o ff in the h elico p ter this morning, on his way to
open the W o r ld ’ s F a ir in New Y o rk .
I spent the morning doing desk w
- LBJ to World's Fair in New York; reception for leaders of Daughters of the American Revolution with descriptions of attendees by Lady Bird; LBJ's ancestor was founding member of DAR, Mary Desha; Lady Bird looks at samples for Luci's room; Lady Bird
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of
champaign;
ever done.
o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has
L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is
t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- g ro w n in to a new .
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' ■A l i t t l e b e f o r e 1:00 I s a id goodnight: to a fe w a r o u
- New York
- George Washington's birthday; Lady Bird to New York City to purchase clothing; visit with Lynda Johnson; Mollie Parnis reminisces about Mamie Eisenhower; lunch, looking out over Central Park; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to Mary Lasker's party; Lady
- New York City
- a rly e v e r y c o u n t r y / e l s ^ i n the w orld,
s e e the b e s t of our own handicrafts on display and fo r sale.
The little talk ended with an accolade to those who actually produced this
show t h e m s e lv e s - the handicapped.
a new
a lo ss
- 1965
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
L y n d a and I w e n t up to the H ill to W rig h t P a t m a n 's
lu n c h e o n fo r the T e x as D e l e g a t i o n - - w i v e s , c h ild r e n , and g r a n d c h i l d r e n h o n o rin g the t h r e e new m e m b e
- , when the
sw itch w a s p u lle d .
M ean w h ile , in the 100 y e a r s , the i n t e r c o a s t a l c a n a l h a s gone
a l l the w ay f r o m New J e r s e y , down to/\ I t h i n k / \ a p p r o x im a t e l y J a c k s o n v i l l e
an d m e a n w
- r th e f u tu r e , an d to n ig h t is f o r s u c c e s s .
W e a te q u a n titie s of f r i e d f is h , w a tc h e d th e new s on TV ,
e v e r y b o d y 's v e r s i o n o f th e s te e l s tr i k e s e ttle m e n t, a n d th e n
r e t u r n e
- strike; news article about LBJ buying suit; office work; Lady Bird walks grounds; LBJ speaks on television about end of strike; LBJ and Lady Bird attend dinner for Carl Albert; the Johnsons go to Camp David with guests
- 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
- o n e o f th e b ig g e s t
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
(
WASHINGTON
M onday, S e p tem b e r 5, 1966
Page 5
w o r d s in the v o c a b u la r y o f the s a n ita r iu m .
m y w o r ld then^
And th ey w e r e b ra n d new to
^ n d I think
