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- at the door.
It was one of the most relaxed and satisfying parties I've been to in a
long time, partly because I was still flowing from that sensation of obligation
finished -- job accomplished.
I had told the White House that there would be no one for supper
- ~~'twork .. t t1ona
ao• thl 8.JIDlnt eaeh station ets depent191g to
a ne extent o.n ow they o n get together on time
gen•r l
eoo er 1Ye as~ at the gener l policy beine toke p 1t bout
even. I' au.re we sell epota before en after the
ahowa
don'~ know nether e
- Johnson family updates, dinner with Mrs. Beale to learn about Radio House (school that produces programs), personnel issues (hiring in times of war), program contract (?), Paul Bolton, Administrative matters - letterhead, CBS, station research
- Lady Bird comments that this time last week she and LBJ drove to Marshall and mentions that she is writing by candlelight because their "Delco" is "pfft." She describes finding and cleaning her mother's stone flower pots. She talks about LBJ's
- is looking forward to getting more books from him and writes "I believe I miss you more all the time."
- 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
- Lady Bird discusses a possible trip to Washington in November, December, or January and the things she and LBJ will do. She mentions that her time could be limited by a trip she must make to Alabama and by work being done on the house.
- Lady Bird received two letters from LBJ today and says sending letters by special delivery makes no difference in the time of delivery. She comments on the clippings he sent, mentions the book she is reading, asks about the GE [General Electric
- LBJ sends Lady Bird a picture postcard of the Hotel Occidental dining room and thanks her for the pictures she sent him that get kissed "almost a million times a day." He writes that he had lunch at the hotel and plans to take Lady Bird there when
- ; Mrs. Johnson returns to White House; Lynda Johnson home for Luci Johnson's baptism; article in Herald Tribune;
- .
After we finished talking to i,.~ ---•three o'olook we
could not go to sleep, so we all sat aro
and discussed the
various possibilities of the no-- J- •Jli:I- m.on't; s until about four,
and then Nellie and Macy went
ep and I alternately read
Time and t
-
house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
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contributed to the White House with love and generosity.
And then I
sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my
desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking
out very private things, such as the memo I
- at home., and it was so !!:!:I,.
muoh less expensive that way. But now that I am working all day I
cannot eat lunch at home and I don't get there before eight o'clock
usually., and therefore do not have time to do my share of cooking.,
besides I'm a little
-
by telling
group
.s
amu~ed
had delivered
and had done very
at the amount
of time
well.
a
He
she spent
on
only boys.
mountain
climber,
Mr. Dyringfurth,
Helen's
&f:fi-e-of Virginia
came
inl'\ or perhaps
-
there
-
Byrd
him self
- and we
- and who I somehow feel most
drawn to is Kenny O’Donnell, because I will never forget the way he looked that night in the
hospital on November 22nd.
After they left, our long-time favorite friends came for dinner. Upstairs, on the second
floor, informal
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:\i!EMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
j
WASHINGTON
Tuesday, May 9, 1967
Page I
....
There is a rhythm to life these days.
.
.
Weekdays
crowded,
.
demanding; and then a weekend
two days,
sometimes three, that
,~
Time to read and sleep a~d
- back some
of our birds in our own hands, the birds that I love so much that we’ve been accumulating
through the years.
We had dinner with just the Frank Ikards, Mary Lasker, and Jack, and Homer Thornberry.
Lyndon’s going to have a hard time doing
- . fc:il to rea'"'h him will write him tomorrowr .
think this is a Good time to write you.
1
D.:~rling, I a:'1 8nclosin..:. the result of Vfal ter 's co:wersati·-m
v,it.h the Estate Tax division of -:,he Interm.l ~evenue ~ure~u .. I
am sendint., another
- young Tony and
with Diana's h o u s e k e e p e r, f o r a tour of the ground s , a glim pse
of the sw im m ing pool, and then to rid e hom e.
Gerry w as aglow , with h e r
adventure--this t r i p - - and high time it is , b ecau se you can't avoid
- and came back Monday afternoon!
And this
sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working
P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him,
and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to.
After an hour
- to the White House in time to meet a rad iant Luci,
fr esh from her tr ium ph at Intcrl och c.:n and tasting th
- g t o n M o n u m e n t a n d on
.40Ai
i i
and I
had a
i n
bad cold,
a n d &A k o J i p i J a b J j e
o^ g.ue^i 4 i o
s o we J s - ^ i . i k e m
^eeJin^,
u/ehi
^oa. i k e
a i
ik e
one
l >Ai ng.
Ranch
mil l i o n t h
time in my life
- ; meeting with Harry Ransom & Frank Erwin about University of Texas, Wayne Grover & LBJ Library; first time LBJ has been guest at Luci's table; Pat Nugent coming home from Vietnam; Nugents will vacation in Formosa; Johnsons spend night at KTBC
- a long time
since I'v e seen the country so green.
F o r once th e re 's been enough rain
and to add to it a ll, there was an alm ost fu ll moon.
We drove until the last
ra y was gone fro m the sky and then stopped by the house, where
joined us fo r
- a u t i f u l young w i f e ,
who seems to me
S e c r e t a r y of
U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been
Interior
time
es c o r tin g them around Washington and
just about t h i r t y .
brought them to
I
the
White H o u s e ,
u p from
- is parched and a«fr^
T h ere
i s no, touch of, g r e e n a n yw h ere. ;:We have had only about an in ch of ra in s in c e
the l a s t o f S ep tem b e r . : It is approaching a d esp e ra te r e c o r d of d r y n e s s .
^A.
doesn't rem em b er a time
- sefu l to have M r s,
P ro v e n s en , and I*m n ever s a tisfied , and at 5:30,-q
uit in time fo r Lyndon
S30
and meto go to a quick church s e r v ic e at St. John’ s a c r o s s L a fa y e tte Square,
A so rt of la s t r e s o r t fo r church, la s
- in Perle's. apartment.
Jake Pickles, Lindy and Hale, Senator Ellender.
The Dale Millers, the
I circled the room, had
a drink, some light and pleasant talk and then left before I thought it was
time for them to go into dinner.
Dorothy McCardle
- ; LBJ takes nap; upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird does office work & records her diary; Eugene McCarthy showing surge in 1968 race; Hubert Humphrey joins Johnsons for dinner; styes on LBJ's eyes return; Lady Bird has massage and reads Time magazine
- house; Lady Bird to Wesley West Ranch for dinner; Lady Bird describes the night sky and imitates a bullfrog; Lady Bird reminisces about time at the West Ranch; possible donation to the LBJ Library; Lady Bird sleeps in car on way back to Luci's home
- nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
- or t h r e e more d r e s s e s , p o s s i b l y an e v e n in g
d ress.
I was i n no mood and t h i n k i n g o f th e b i l l s
t h a t had a l r e a d y mounted up. A nd th e n n e x t i t was
time t o s e e Max Brooks and Roy W h ite.
Max's b u
- that cou ld be a so u v e n ir.
Since then w e have p r a c tic e d givin g
them so m e en terta in m en t ahead of tim e - this time the Singing S argean ts -^
th eir au tograp hs p rin ted on the backs of the program s. The y a r e s e a te d
in c h
- hich he c a u g h t
from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
- 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
- to have some private conversation and that
would be m y time to depart.
So I did, thereby not seeing the thousand or
so guests cla m o rin g at the gates.
I rushed hom e, feelin g stra n gely truant,
jumped into m y red lace dress and went out to the W
- to Pat in between times describing herself to him th,e scene around
us.
And he was all so sweet and cozy.
But there was another very sad note in the House all day long.
'
\\
;
I love
House.
~very
facet of this job, of this
And I love being
- to Johnson City for flower harvesting; dinner with Luci & Pat Nugent and friends at Steak Island in Austin; Luci has encounters with the press; Lady Bird to bed and reading "Of Time and The River" by Thomas Wolfe
- LBJ & guests tour the ranches; Lady Bird spends time with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird talks about Rebekah Johnson; photos taken of LBJ and Lady Bird in the wildflowers; LBJ and Lady Bird vote at the courthouse; Lady Bird mentions 1941 Senate race; LBJ
- Lady Bird preparing for guests at the LBJ Ranch; LBJ signs a highway construction bill on the porch; hostess duties is time-consuming; LBJ tells about communion at the Christian Church; Lynda Johnson moves I to Austin for school; Johnsons greet
- Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
