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- Lady Bird & houseguests to George Washington's birthplace; lunch at roadside restaurant; tour of birthplace by National Park Service staff; tour of Robert E. Lee's home; Lady Bird reminisces about childhood with Lucile Thomas; back to White House
- Lady Bird to St. Barnabas Church with Dorothy Territo & Simone Poulaine; flight to meet Liz Carpenter and female press at Jefferson, TX; small crowds at Marshall airport and downtown; Lady Bird tours Excelsior Hotel; lunch at Guarding Oak & Ruth
- Lady Bird's Landscapes-Landmark tour in Greyhound bus with Cabinet wives & press; Damfrey's Wayside Shelter dedication ceremony; planting a dogwood; Interstate 95 plantings and Highway One; visit to Monticello & heirs of Thomas Jefferson; Lady Bird
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in the P ea ce Corps on the A fr ic a n D esk
had a s s o c ia tions.
She "p ie c e de re sista n ce o f the p a rty, was the C la rem o n t String Q uartet,
v e r y highbrow ch a m b er m u sic, doing R e v e lle and D vorak, that had toured
A fr ic
- a y , N o v e m b e r 2 1 s t (co n t in u ed )
And then Lyndon had taken th em on a tour of the ra nc h, to s e e the
c a tt le and s h e e p , the pigp en, the g r a v e y a r d , the b ir t h p l a c e - - al l around.
And, along the w a y they w e
- Iowa farmer gives LBJ a Yorkshire boar; Lady Bird decorates LBJ's birthplace; LBJ gives tour of LBJ Ranch--joined by cousins; Lady Bird talks with USDA Secretary Orville Freeman about agriculture; visit to A.W. Moursund's ranch; dinner with the Jack
- Lady Bird tours trees at LBJ Ranch with Mr. Erb; booklet received from Roy White on restoration of the LBJ birthplace; Lady Bird flies back to Washington for Governor's dinner; Whistle Stop Campaign; LBJ briefs Governors; Lady Bird takes Governors
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began shaking hands.
Then began an eight hour tour by m otorcade, on foot, and by helicopter,
with m y incongruous arm y of newspaper people and came ram en,/trailing
behind m e, through the beautiful but econom ically depressed Cumbe rland
Plateau.
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- Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern
- v e n t o f the day took p la c e .
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A t 11:30 I m e t the
g u e s t s w ho w e r e c o m in g fo r the b u s tour and the lu n ch eo n - - th e m e m b e r s
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- Breakfast; meeting with staff & National Geographic about White House book on flowers; photos with Robert Dowling who donated tent for entertainment to White House; bus tour for members, Society for a More Beautiful Capital; 5 buses for 200 guests
- ; tour of Martin & Danz Ranches; dinner; movie in the hangar; LBJ spoke on August 14 to Association of Negro Doctors in Houston
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t~ invite hi~ · to co~e
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But I hope it will. make a
littl.e memory for them and I tried to see· i:f they would like to ha~e a swim
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in the pool or a quiet tour of the house.
I should have thought of offering
a movie
- Johnsons and Dean Rusks tour the LBJ Ranch and the Martin Ranch; Rusk talks about Brazil, Haiti, Vietnam, China and Africa; discussion of the LBJ Library and School of Public Affairs; lunch; Jimilu Mason works on LBJ bust; Lady Bird uses movie
- and v e r y b ea u tifu l, but it is little known.
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had the guided tour by e x p e r ts, the th r e e la d ie s th e m s e lv e s and D r .
S kinner (I b e lie v e it is ) who is in ch a rg e.
I had n ev er h eard of the
ed u ca tio n a l and r e s
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T u esd a y , A u gu st 10th (continued)
I w as an xiou s to add a b it of sp ark to h er tr ip , so w e had te a in
th e J a cq u elin e K ennedy G arden, talk ed about old f r ie n d s .
I m ade s u r e
that sh e had had a r e a l good tour w ith
- Press reports on Johnson family activities; LBJ and Lady Bird drive around; Lynda tours with friend; Luci Johnson takes friends to Camp Mystic; LBJ on telephone about rioters in Los Angeles; Johnsons drive to Schornhorst Ranch; Story about LBJ
- as the shaking of hands had been com pleted/ the men went
to the East Room fo r a b riefin g , with m ost of the Cabinet people participating,
but I b e lie v e Lyndon being the ch ief speaker.
And I took the ladies upstairs fo r the usual tour through the second
- te d ev e ry b o d y , Lyndon took the m en into the E a s t R oom
fo r the b r ie fin g , ju s t a s he had the b u s in e s sm e n l a s t w eek.
And the la d ie s
went with m e , u p s t a ir s fo r a tour of the seco n d flo o r ,
I g u e s s M
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of the Com m ittee.
And then A l ice Brown a rriv ed , I got her settled in the Queen’ s Room ,
and we joined each other fo r a drink, and then aquiet, le is u re ly tour over
the fir s t flo o r, a n d the ground flo o r with A lic e,
Meanwhile, A lice had
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down to W ashington on M onday, when he was going to have the m em b er s
o f the GAS fo r a co n feren ce.
We had a sw ift / o n -ro lle r-s k a te s tour of
the V en ezu ela exhibit and then w ent on to the F e d e ra l p a v illio n w h ere
- id e n t’ s d in ner, but instead o f sitting down and
eating L yndon toured the room f rom one end to the oth er, spotlighted, being
le d by John B a ile y , to m e e t e ve ry o n e of the 750
that paid $1, 000 to the
Dem o c ra ti c p a rty fo r
- White House tour for "Life" photographers; visit from Helen Adams McBerney; office work; phone conversation with Lynda Johnson in Hawaii; Lady Bird to doctor for physical; LBJ back from speech in Cleveland; talk with Luci Johnson; LBJ conference
- Tour of White House grounds with gardener; Lady Bird mentions trees planted by former Presidents; Lady Bird views Westinghouse film on paintings in the White House; talk with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell about upcoming social events ; Dinner
- Office work; coffee with overnight guests; lunch meeting with Stewart Udall about Western Trip; White House tour & tea for Texans; Malagasy reception at Mayflower Hotel; early dinner; Lynda & Luci Johnson
- (as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs), and the tax bill; Lady Bird gives wives a tour of family quarters, and they see Catlin paintings and chandelier in the Treaty Room which came from LBJ's Senate office; Gerald and Betty Ford
- Lady Bird delivers poinsettias; Johnson family Christmas; Christmas family photographs; tour of LBJ Ranch house for press; opening gifts; personal remarks about young family members
- to Europe is discussed; Lady Bird tours Blair House with Robin Duke; Lady Bird visits Luci Johnson, ill with a virus
- Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Luci Johnson gives tour to her history class; possible paintings for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Liz Carpenter about interview with U.S. News & World Report; Congressional reception with briefing
- Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch with agency and departments heads; press conference at LBJ Ranch; tours of LBJ Ranch; helicopter to Lewis Ranch; dinner at LBJ Ranch; visits with Cousin Oriole; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke"
- p e c ia l tour.
0 n e o f w h om , in c id e n ta lly , was Susan E n g e lh a r d , the daughter o f the
C h a r le s E ng e l h a r d s fr o m N e w J e r s e y .
MEMORANDUM
THE W H I T E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
M on day, M a r c h 9, 1964
- Tour of White House gardens with Mrs. Paul Mellon; plan to create a Jacqueline Kennedy garden; personal time swimming with friends and family; approval for Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; telephone call to Jacqueline Kennedy
- as in and out h e r e in a flic k of tim e . L eavin g th em , I b e lie v e ,
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im p r e s s e d , m o r e u n d erstan d in g, th in gs to rem em b er about it — a ta le of
;how the ja z z band had m ade the th ir ty -d a y tour of M ex ico , going e s p e c
- Lady Bird has breakfast and hair styled; Lady Bird meets student group from Texas; University of Texas College Bowl Team wins national championship; Lady Bird mentions honored guests; LBJ & Lady Bird speak to students who then tour White House; Lady
- Office work; Lady Bird has hair styled; photos made for article; Lady Bird to lunch with 75th Club at Senate; ladies reminisce about early years; assessment of Mike Mansfield; Senators greet ladies; Lady Bird & Walter Washington tour Washington, DC
- s not r e a lly open to any but r e a lly c lo s e f r ie n d s .
Jim K etchum w a s tour c o n d u c to r , but I kept on p u ttin g in m y own p e r s o n a l
v ig n e t t e s .' A t one p o in t. Spike B ren n a n , in ta lk in g abou t B ill H ea
- Lady Bird attends Spanish class and goes to beauty parlor; Lady Bird attends meeting on the LBJ Library and its location; gift of two pistols for LBJ; tea in the Yellow Room for Texas Exes alumni and Board of Regents; tour of White House
- Lady Bird views possible house for Luci Johnson in Austin; Pat Nugent and Lady Bird measure rooms; lunch at Youngblood's Restaurant; back to LBJ Ranch; guests there for tours of Texas poverty programs; tours through Reagan & Scharnhorst ranches
- se t M iss R u s s e l l , b e c a u s e of y our little m i s t a k e .
m ind a bit being handcuffed to
I w ouldn't
T e x a s W ome n Unive r s i t y . "
A f te r lunch w e had a tour of the c a m p u s , beginning with the l i t t l e
ch ap el
- " built by NYA; NASA experiments at TWU; tour of Art exhibit; Eric Leinsdorf and Boston Symphony Orchestra performs for Embassy children; trip back to DC; Marie Smith's column mentions Luci Johnson
- Johnsons to St. Barnabas Church; LBJ gives ranch tour to press; Lady Bird signs Christmas mats; small luncheon; Bess Abell decorates house for Secret Service weekend; LBJ & Lady Bird ride horses; tours of ranches to Secret Service men & wives; Lady
- LBJ Park meeting; future transfer of LBJ Ranch to National Park Service; Lady Bird to Johnson City to LBJ Boyhood Home with National Park Service staff; Lady Bird says goodbye to Lynda Robb at airstrip; tour of LBJ Birthplace; lunch; two National
- Weaver; Lady Bird meets Senator James Eastland's plane & they tour the LBJ Ranch; small unit housing project; LBJ Park meeting; renovations to the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ, Lady Bird & Senator Eastland tour ranches; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination
- Lady Bird travels to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, to help plan the LBJ Library; Lady Bird received tour of Truman Library from President Truman and Phillip Brooks, Director; lunch
- Thant w e n t in fo r an h o u r 's c o n fe r r in g w ith Lyndon, and
th en w hen he e m e r g e d I to o k h im on a tour of the f lo w e r g a r d e n ,
f o llo w e d , to m y a m a z e m e n t , by an en to u r a g e of 10 or 12, in clu d in g
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- Visit with Mayor Daley of Chicago; race riots in Chicago; ceremony for UN Secretary U Thant; Lady Bird gives U Thant tour of White House grounds; Lady Bird meets Cystic Fibrosis national campaign child; nap; talk with Walter Cronkite about TV show
- White House guests leave; Lady Bird sleeps in; LBJ arranges for tours for Jessie Hunter & the Malecheks; Lady Bird goes to Lynda's room to talk; Lynda has job interviews in New York; Lady Bird visits the George Browns at Huntlands; lunch; nap
