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- velvets
few days ago.
Yours,
,J I
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22 February 191}2
Dear Jim:
f understand that there is a likelihood
that Congress will create a new Municipal
Court of Al)peals in the District of Columbia .
I am helpful that it will be possible for
you
- Judge appointments, Army Air Support Command for Austin, office visits and mailing. Attachments concerning judge appointments for new Municipal Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia
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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- New York
- with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
- Syracuse, New York
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do
to &n er some of your .uestio~a: (See your lett.r of
prtl 12 , 3rd p
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e ,}
The news
nd ticker oerv1oe in ff;nuary showed ·1 245
bec&uae J:1?5 was for the month of January and ~la was for a prior
period. 1'be $180 for Jlaroh ehould have
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not be considered. ,J,.. ~ ... Ac,- ~
\ '"i ~ • -l .
Pho.rut Calls: Innumerable
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I Exerc:tireS from four to six d°jf1 at m-~- ~ym~
Hts
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Darling the news from the exercises is very good11 I h~~~
lost an inch in the hips, an inch
- Daily summary including letters written and office visits, Lady Bird exercises, office responsibilities; annotations from LBJ to Lady Bird
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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
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to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y .
W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t .
A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new
A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
- Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
- to see Gordon al' eopie , w1 th his h lp, the na es
r t
of l l papers in our pr1maeycover g
h re r 80
ppr, not counting Be arCount7 1 76 weeklies en 4 dailies.
Rat e average about 30¢• aybe 32¢ 1 per column 1noh. Gordon
an
au.gge ts on
column ide, eix
- and I have
kept up through the years from Uncle John Will with the news of you all.
Please
remember
me to the girls when you write them.
Thank you so much for your generous
remarks
about Lyndon.
I always
hope we will find a quiet enough week or two
- Lady Bird writes on stationery from the New Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans saying she showed her father her ring when she returned from Austin, and they talked. Her father and other family and friends think she should wait before marrying.
- Lady Bird thanks LBJ for the phone call which "made everything alright again." She asks about the "New York business" and the "South Texas deal."
- of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY DEAR THE SPEM
- Happy New Year
- Lady Bird tells LBJ that if he comes to Texas she will be with him "all the time you can put up with." She asks about offers he has received from New York and South Texas. She comments on his low spirits and encourages him to have enthusiasm
- LBJ writes that "he has just about lost his ambition" although their phone call last night "gave me new strength." He is discouraged by Lady Bird's indecision, says Maury Maverick has offered to lend them his house for a honeymoon. LBJ says he
- LBJ writes in response to Lady Bird's October 17 letter to him, reassuring her of his love for her. He discusses plans for their future together, including a possible new job. He descibes seeing the play Jayhawker and his plans to go dancing
- LBJ expresses his feelings about their continued relationship and tells Lady Bird about his mother's letter about her. He writes that the GE [General Electric] plans in New York are "out of the picture." He has caught another cold but will go
- , talks about the show he saw, and a discussion with Helen [Crouch] about her father who is on the New York Court of Appeals. LBJ tells Lady Bird he is anxious to receive the pictures of her in her cotton dress.
- a.
Rogers a~ ,ia not to sk for a new ol iti if 1oat1on , even
1f n w d.utea r nd re pone1b1l1tee were. adAed. .. becau e th t was
corning to be looked upon ae a.n ttempt at evasion of th law.
It goea to Houston, vhere they just rJ'mil._1t--no a.ct
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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
- 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
- Johnsons awake early, go for walk, and attend service at St. John's Church; Luci's fireplace mishap; description of Luci at the White House; Lady Bird and LBJ go to New York for funeral of Senator Herbert Lehman; in 1955, Lehman asked Senate
- Asking to store film from election, for new film to take pictures of bluebonnets, and clippings from the clippings file to be used for writing a new program script
- him that rllr. Joe Connally, President of King Fea tu.res and
INS, had had a conference with vou and that an agreement of this
nature had been reac,hed: INS would cease the service and cease
the charge on their news service to us imn1edia tely
- LBJ and Ambassador's wives, party in honor of Anthony Celebrezze, Lady Bird and Lynda travel plans to New York for shopping, LBJ diet and health
- on t h e i r way to New York and I had asked them to stop by
Monday, January 1 3 , 1969
Page 2
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the White House and spend the night.
We talked of Alabama and
kinfolks and then I dispatched them on a to u r and joined a second
group, Alice Brown
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
- Press; Homer
Williams of the Postal Clerk (about you); and Mr. Buckner
of the San Marcos Record. Today I see I have the fo~lowing
to write: Mrs. Dale of the J3J..a.nco_Oounty News; Mrs. Glidden of the Johnson City Courier; and Leslie Cooper ot the
San
- Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary
Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
December 9, 1963
Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the
night with us in the Queen’s Room
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ii..el.d.A; and 7 new/.JpapVLwoman. PLeMe look
W.t and [P-ve me ';f0Wl opi..nion.
ai..
.the encl..o/.Jed
3.
_9. have a couple ot addi..Li.orw .to .the up corru..nfj5.tate dinnvw wl-u...ch cvz..e encl..o/.Jed.
Y
L/-. On 9anucvz..ff 2 0 _9. want
- State of the Union, LBJ health and exercise, Women Doers Luncheons, possible trip to New York for the opening of The Repertory Theatre
- g day going over the p lan s for the new
; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the
■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n ,
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although I’d g iv e up another ’
b o o k sh e lf
- Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
- legtsl t1on, that the House passed it, and O'D. vetoed
it, thereby "saving my skin" and, I gathered, seving his prestige
with hie oompany. He se1d he was going to aue the Reader's Digest u: they printed the New Republic (or '.Nation??) story eeying
- looking - putting away the la s t things that w e re
I
h ers.
I ’ m not about to say goodby to som ebody as dear as W a r r ie Lynn,
ju st'^so long fo r now,^
A little a fte r 4 we choppered out to A n d rew s, and went to New Y o r k f or
the New Y o
- & Lady Bird to New York Gala; private dinner with Arthur Krims and Ed Weisl Srs.; reception at Arthur Krim's
- at a little p a st one.
The p erso n
whose m in istra tio n s I needed m o st was Jean L ouis, and I spent the a f t e r noon getting re p a ire d .
T hat too is one of m y New Y e a r's R esolutions - -
to look b e tte r at a ll public ap p earan ces
- o re to buy tre e s f o r
Th e p la ns f o r them , drawn by a M r . M y ric k , a re on
L iv e oaks between the courthouse and the p o sto ffic e .
I t was a quiet, pleasant, s o a k -it-u p r e s t , s o r t of day.
One big piece o f news in i t
- into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he
exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night.
don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?"
And then he sa id , "Why
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MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
'W A SK
- New York
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
- New York City
- h i r t y f o r lu n c h w ith L y n d o n .
T h e C e c il B u rn e y s w e r e in tow n, a n d w e in v ite d th e m o v e r fo r
d in n e r .
T h e h o u se w as q u ie t.
L y n d a w as in New Y o rk s e e in g B a k e r S tr e e t
a n d a f
- was all 1.in and they were going to New
York over the week-end for a vacation\ (She was really glad I
_.!..n --, ~
took notice of her to ask her though, and I'm very glad I got
~ --'
that off.) So I actually took Mrs. Arthur Carter, who has moved
up here
- be going to
dinner or meeting him anywhere o
not going to New
York this· week-end and that I
. t want him to call me with
any plans to -~!£1f!ie a meet·
hink he knew it all ahead
of time and was n~ surprised
waa very full of gh.arming
compliments, whioh
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mand being approved end he said he had--so I will forbear. \A
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1(rY.
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I called Kate Foley as soon as your letter came.
Mrs. Forrestal is at Doctors' Hospital, East End Avenue at
87th Street, New York City, N. Y. She has been there for ~, 1 -H
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meeting at it's monthly luncheon Wednesday--for which I
would not give two pins except that I do see about twenty
Congressmen's wives there and this time it is being given
as a farewell party for Mrs. Leavy before they leave to
assume the new duties.
V
- this
part would be a total loss to you,
ASCA
COM TRACT
E seoe signed
the contract, J?aul
Anderson. the ASCAP a gent in
it together with a str ong
letter r eoommending settlement tor : 250 to their New York headq uarters--o r mn.ybo he had a lready sent
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And then there was Lynda B ir d in New Y o r k to talk to.
She'd been
to see " B a r e fo o t in the P a r k " the night b e fo r e , and the night b e fo re that
she»d seen " H e llo Doll y " , and she sounded like she'd been having a
m a rvelo u s tim e
- Lady Bird sleeps in; meeting with Eleanor Lemair about changes to Solarium; meeting head of Florists Association about Lady Bird delivering Easter flowers; Lynda Johnson in New York City; LBJ and Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch; dinner at Ranch with Jesse
