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- meets with Boisfeuillet Jones, et al, about Atlanta trip; settlement of railroad dispute
- , liv in g things about the h o u se .
w ith h is so n s .
r
V.
FDR yach tin g • .
M rs. R o o se v e lt look ing v e r y young and gay, clu tch in g a
b ig hat on a boat.
of State.
And she
And then la te r FDR w ith Al Sm ith and FDR w ith C h
- n in g t im e .
I w a s p a r t ic u la r l y d e lig h te d th a t M e lv in a n d N ita
W in te rs w e r e t h e r e .
T h en th e y h ad a ls o a s k e d th e D ale M a l e c h e k s
a n d D ale M e e k s , an d of c o u r s e i t w ould n o t h
- .
A nd L yndon
f re q u e n tly g e ttin g D ale on the phone to te ll h im th in g s th a t n e e d e d to b e done —
th e C a n a d ia n d e e r lo o k e d in b a d c o n d itio n - - d id th ey h av e w o r m s - - w e r e w e
fe e d in g th e m a n
- , but the p o d ia tr ists h ave b een
The b ill is in the la s t m inute of the fin al stage - th ey have
b ee n cu t out, th ere i s v ir tu a lly no ch ance of gettin g them b ack in .
in h is o rg a n iza tio n
And
i s the only p ortion of the m e d ic
- odges; K a tie
Louchheim and W a lte r; A ngie Biddle Duke, clo s e to being m y fa v o rite ma n
Qi/
'
the C a r l Row ans; and s e v e r a l o f our own sta ff, the C a rp e n te rs , the R e e d y s
the L eo n a rd M a rk s.
It could have al l been
-
weaJixng. b lu e J,ean-4 a n d A ed .4k-ijuL4 , a n d al l t h e
dJJjU.e g.-lAd^, ^A.eat b-t^ Ae.d. (lxnJ^i.tmaA nJd>bon-4 bow^ aj x the-Ln.
kajux.
A c j w a -4 i h e A.oad the.M.e. tva^ one Negr o w o m a n s ittin g .
Tkey. w e r e n 't m o v in g
- ippm ann, the y e a rs a t long l a s t te llin g on th at v e ry sp len d id fa c e .
It gave m e a lo t of p le a s u re to see M rs , M esta th e re , looking ju s t sim p ly
stu n n in g .
And S co o ter and D ale a r e , of c o u rs e , two th
- a d e rs .
We had begun by inviting M r s . W al l ace, the w ife o f the G o vern o r, who
down
incidentally had sent me a nice w ire w elco m in g m e, and gone/the l is t of
State o f f i c i a l s o f women prom inent in P T A , busin e s s and p r
- ib e s i t .
B ut I t e l l h e r h e r h u sb an d
w ill h a v e s e e n en ou gh B u d d h ist to l a s t h im a lif e t im e - - s o n o t m e n tio n
i t to h i m .
And th e r e w e r e D a le and S c o o te r M ille r , w ith D al e , J r . b
- dining
r o o m - - the seco n d day of m y s e lf-im p o s e d d iet.
■
'j-:
But w
at good fr ie n d !
h
'
Nov. 29, 1966,:- T u esd ay
Page
^
/ ^': ^■;
What a h ig h - c la s s , e a r n e s t, ra r e in d ivid u al he i s , and b ein g
■with h im
- im so m u c h , an d I hope
; th a t w e an d h e a n d a l l the s ta f f w ill w eig h al l th is wa;ve of
.......: /p u b lic ity ju d ic io u s ly and p h ilo s o p h ic a lly .
^0
-T
; I s p e n t the m
orning
to P e t e rH
ud.^
V
- for lu n ch , b r ie fly , h u n grily, and then w ent righ t bn
w orking u n til 4:30 when I had an appointm ent w ith M r. D aniel Green^
-
i
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W A SH IN O TO ti
T u esd a y j A p ril 11, 1967
Page 3
of t h e N ation al O
- p e a k e r , a n d i t w a s th ro u g h s w e e t H ale B o g g s, th a t th ey got s p e c ia l
tr e a tm e n t.
A nd, of c o u r s e , th e y w en t to the S m ith so n ia n ; a n d li e s p e c ia lly s u g g e s te d
th a t th ey go to M t, V e
- liv e d
here.
They talked and A rthur Krim, and m o stly I lis te n e d w ith the
ex p a n siv e fe e lin g that th ey r e al l y w e r e im p r e s s e d and beginning to
be e x c ite d .
A fter sayin g h e llo to ev ery o n e and having a cup of c o
- k
of the r i v e r .
T he g r a s s w as d e e p a n d l u s h .
w a n t to p u t c a t t le i n it b e f o r e h e m o w s it.
I m u s t t e l l D ale th a t h e m i g h t
.
How I w is h f o r a c o m b in a tio n t r e e s u r g e o n a n d f i
- is in te r e s te d in .
o u r w o r k eq u als h e r in te r e s t, and I think it w ill.
I hope
Lyndon is en titled to b e
r e a l a n g ry w ith m e fo r holding h im up a good fiv e m in u tes w h ile I w a s
V-J-
.w alking a ro u n d th e g ro u n
- in te r in J une ,
About one out of fo u r p e r s o n s ,/^ o in g through the White H ouse
b u y s it.
It w ill soon go on s a le in c e r ta in s e le c t s t o r e s and i t ' s a lr e a d y on s a le in
m any N ation al p a r k s , a s w ell a s
- .,.
WASHINGTON
Wednesday, May 6, 1964
P age 7
by al l odds b e ing M ary M cG rory, w riting as though she w e re a 12 year old
boy* and making m ore fun of the rep orters them selves than of the
P r e s i dent.
M aybe it was a ll summed up by one little rep o
- tiv e people in town; and al so that deligh tfu l M e rc e d e s
Iguess
ic
lzE
o
h
you would just say that she has m oved through the w o rld of
s o c ie ty fro m the w o rld o f the Suprem e C ou rt,
H er husband cam e up and
introduced h im s e lf
- d as an antique
T h ere
re
an^old fra m e d print o f N ew Y o rk
h arbor-- the city w h ere Eamon d e V a le ra was b orn a nd a lso a copy o f his
baptism al c e r tific a te and a pictu re o f the church, St, Agne s in New Y o r k
w h ere he
- w s of the D e m o c r a ti c N atio n al C o m m i tt e e , and
a l l the p eo ple th a t we know th a t a r e g ettin g d i v o r c e s o r h av in g b a b i e s ; I ’ve
m i s s e d h e r a n d w a s so g la d to h av e a v i s i t w ith h e r
- with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
- Office work; Lady Bird asks for letters of association that set up other presidential libraries; Lady Bird, LBJ, et al discuss appointments; Lady Bird to doctor; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson preview "The White House Story" documentary; Lady Bird
- a p p le ,
h e m u s t h av e e n c o u n te r e d th o se in s o m e W e st In d ie s s to p - o v e r )
to In d ia n s
in w a r p a in t.
A nd th e F lem ish a r t i s t s , R e m b r a n d t a n d F r a n tz H al s ; and van E y c k
and Ru b e n s
- hite H ouse.
T he P o r t e r H a rd y s and I ta lk ed about L u c i's going down to be A z ale a
Q ueen; and the Bob Jo n es re m in is c e d w ith m e about m y tr ip to H u n tsv ille .
T h e re w e re old tim e rs like M ike K erw in; and M anny C
- ita te
to th em ?
T h e re w e r e the C o lm e r s of M is s is s ip p i; the C o o le y s of N o rth C a r o lin a ;
the H u b e rts o f L o u is ia n a ,^ w h o m L yndon u s e d to s e r v e long ag o on th e N av al
- s is t e r , of planning it h e r s e lf -•
■ and sh e 'd o b v io u sly had a w h ale of a good tim e . A nother thing had b e e n nice" - during the ev en in g L ynda’s D addy had c a lle d fr o m T e x a s, in te r s p e r s in g it,
as I found la
- is a v ictim of
and
h e m o p h ilia , xrf the Nation al H em oph ilia Foundation had brought him to the
White H ouse to b egin its cam paign to help the hundred thousand or so v ic tim s
o f the d is e a s e .
He w as a slig h t, fr a il, s e lf - p o s
- a in .
A fte r the s e r v ic e w as o v e r , we w an t b a c k to the ro o m
w h e re co ffe e is s e r v e d an d so o n found e n t that th ey al l . q u ite sw am p ed w ith
p e o p le who were sh a k in g h a n d s a n d b rin gadh in g th e ir c h ild
- Meeting to discuss upcoming speeches; Lady Bird's space trip to Huntsville, AL; office work; LBJ's press conference in East Room, with critique by Lady Bird; press conference questions; Eisenhower comment about press conferences; family dinner
- was.
To m e
the m ost touching thing of al l w as Anna R osen berg Hoffman,
handsom ely dressed , h er fin g e rs as bright with j e w e l s as her mind it s e lf
is bright, reading the la st l e t t e r s that she r e c e iv e d from M r s . R o o s e v e
- d th e m
so m u c h . R e al l y th e y w e r e a g lo r y .
T h e n b a c k to m y ro o m f o r a lig h t lu n c h , s ig n in g a h ig h s ta c k
of m a i l , a l l th a n k -y o u s to Cal if o r n ia and N ew M e x ic o . M a r c i a M ad d o x
- . A N a tion al P a rk S erv ice sig n pointed off to the righ t - r 2 / 10th
r -of a m ile t o the p etro g ly p h s . ’
'
We le f t the oxen road and follow ed a m uch n a rrow er t r a il that wound
upw ard u n til w e cam e to a w a ter f a ll
- Press stories on engagement of Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; visit of Peter and Henrietta Hurd; lunch with Hurds , Jack Brooks, et al; unveiling and discussion of the Hurd portrait of LBJ; portrait receives poor reviews from the Johnsons; Lady Bird
- ivid u al.
The M arin es sa y th ey g et w ord
of a wounded o r k ille d m an to h is pa r e n ts w ithin 18 h o u rs, so this i s one
of those t im e s w hen no new s is good new s - and you sw eat it out.
I
,
MEMORANDUM
THE W H IT E HOUSE
- e d a y s and n ig h ts w e r e a c o n sta n t b la z e of p a r tie s and L ynda B i r d / al l
th at h e r h o s t e s s c o u ld w ant!
It h ad b e e n L iz o r B e s s ' id e a ,, a v e r y -g o o d on e, to m a k e a d if fe r e n t ,
o ff b e
- p r o m is e m e , n o t m y g ay L u c i.
L y n d a B ir d ,
b l e s s h e r , d id c o m e , s a t on th e f r o n t ro w , a n d w as a good h o s te s s
to th e A m b a s s a d o r a n d M a rc h io n e s s M e r r y d e l V al f r o m th e S p
- d u c e d , w ith a few w o rd s , H al H o lb ro o k , who d o es
a n im ita tio n of a w e ll-k n o w n n e w s p a p e r m a n of long tim e a g o , M a rk T w ain
o f The Territorial Ent e r p r i s e .
H is m a k e u p is f a n ta s tic a lly
- had j u s t n o tifie d h e r i t w o uld b e r e d .
S o m e t i m e l a s t w e e k I h a d f in al l y m a d e the d e c i s io n on th e l o v e l i e s t
S w a t c h of r e d w o o l f o r a c o a t and d r e s s e n s e m b le to be b o u g h t t
