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Then we faced up to the hard
problem of our actual cabinet installations which must be decided very
soon.
Dorothy said that Max [Brooks] would be in town on Tuesday.
I
suggested that we have another meeting on Tuesday and herein l ies
the danger
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perhaps is much more familiar with this place than any others. Charlotte Brooks, so fresh
and young and pretty, and Jack Valenti, of course, and [unintelligible] too, somewhere we
talked about when and what the Congress might do, the tax bill, the problems
- , the Jack Brooks, and the V alen tis. . »
Then fro m A ndrew s to A u s tin, a r r iv in g b e fo re the sun set, g lo r y Hallelujah!
And a quick chopper to A . W 's ranch.
T h e re was s till a good 30 minute s
of daylight le ft when we got to A. W ’ s
- y M c P h erso n s, with
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Brooks r '
their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s ,
W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls .
And when everyb ody
came about 5:30, we chose up
- Lady Bird to Austin to Hausman Beauty Shop; press at the beauty shop; Lady Bird to Johnson City with LBJ and the Jack Brooks'; to the Haywood Ranch and a boat ride; Lady Bird mentions the abundant bluebonnets; relaxed evening with friends at LBJ
- e n a l o n g t a l k w ith Mrs.
Lindow about t h e l o v e l y p a r t y sh e p la n a f o r L u c i
around V a l e n t i n e t i m e . .. And then Lynda came i n and
had l u n c h w i t h me on t r a y s i n my bedroom.
Roy
W hite and Max Brooks
- Lady Bird spend morning with office work; Lady Bird and J.B. West discuss White House redecorating; Lady Bird discusses Lindow party for Luci Johnson; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson go to see "Hostile Witness" movie; Lady Bird meets with Max Brooks
- ;" helicopter back to White House; Lady Bird & Lynda finish watching movie; Lady Bird recognizes support of Senator Ed Brooke on Vietnam policies
- Photos for United Givers' Fund and Holton Arms; lunch with Diana MacArthur and Lynda Johnson; meeting with Leonard Marks; Pago Pago newspaper article about U.S. election; dinner with the Jack Brooks
- Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson to Wright Patman luncheon for Texas delegation; official photograph session of inaugural gown; LBJ takes nap; dinner with the Jack Brooks and Jake Pickles; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" dockworkers' strike
- Lady Bird breakfasts with Lynda & guests; Johnsons & guests to St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Smithburg; back to Camp David to watch Senator Ed Brooke on "Face the Nation" speak of support for U.S. policy in Vietnam; LBJ calls Brooke to thank him
- LBJ & Lady Bird are at Brooke Army Medical Hospital for tests; doctors find small growth in LBJ's colon; doctors issue press statement; Johnsons helicopter to LBJ Ranch; LBJ meets with Arthur Okun; lunch; Lady Bird to bed and reading; LBJ goes
- VIP Suite, Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
- Johnsons attend Christian Church; LBJ gives kisses to small girl, Kimberly Frye; lunch at White House with the McNamaras; Jacqueline Kennedy; bowling with Lynda; dinner with the Bill Whites and the Jack Brooks; Jake Pickle, Clark Clifford
- Lady Bird has doctors visits and fittings for opera dress; LBJ signs Traffic Safety Bill; Lady Bird receives visit from nuns; nap; tea for Ambassadors' wives; tour of family living quarters; meeting about Western trip; Leonard Marks & Max Brooks
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- McGovern enters Presidential race; LBJ's test at Brooke Army Hospital; dinner; "Hang Em High" movie & bridge game; Lady Bird becomes ill & retires
- LBJ & Lady Bird to Austin for meetings; Lady Bird goes to the LBJ Library site with Lawson Knott & Max Brooks; Lady Bird and Knott return to LBJ's office in the Federal Building; Lady Bird to LBJ Library site with a photographer; Lady Bird to hair
- LBJ and Lady Bird go to National City Christian Church; both watch Hubert Humphrey on TV; LBJ and Jack Brooks discuss redistricting; Lady Bird interviews for chef position; Lady Bird bowls with Liz Carpenter; Johnsons have dinner with several
- Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
- Lady Bird sleeps late; LBJ has sore throat; Lady Bird greets wives of Associated General Contractors; Lady Bird interviewed by Rosemarie Tyler Brooks; Lady Bird has eye appointment to try on glasses; lunch meeting about Big Bend trip; office work
- LBJ, Lady Bird and Luci Johnson to Red Mass at St. Matthews; LBJ spends day in bed; dinner with the Jack Brooks and Bill Whites; George Reedy and the press; visit with Luci and Lynda Johnson
- re a good many other
C o n g re s s m en too, like the John Y o u n g s , and the Jack Brookes.
Just as I thought everyb od y
- I had m et eve ryb o d y and spent
enough time co n v ersin g with everyb od y and the s h e rry and dubonnet had
been
- Lady Bird works on speech; Lady Bird to hair salon; coffee for the Council on the Humanities; Lady Bird discusses the Kennedy Library with I.M. Pei; Lady Bird gives speech during Buchanan School dedication; speeches by Mayor Washington & Brooke
- Square; phone call from Diana MacArthur; LBJ & Lady Bird meet 4-H group; Lady Bird greets Governors; lunch; office work; report of National Foundation on Arts & Humanities; bowling; dinner; LBJ's speech for Brookings Institute; reception; exercises
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and go to St. Mark's Episcopal Church; to Jack Brooks' home for coffee; talk about House and Texas delegation; back to White House for office work; visit from Jack Valentis & Arthur Krims; tv and lunch; the Bob Jacksons
- Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; Lady Bird goes to Spanish class; meeting with Max Brooks; work on speeches for upcoming Appalachia trip; fitting for clothes; Lady Bird & LBJ go down the elevator to his press conference ; LBJ's decision to run
- 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
- 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
- limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
- Carmichael; lunch at Mexican restaurant; LBJ Library model at the Brooks building; Headliners' Club to see Robert Joy portrait of LBJ; to LBJ Ranch; visit with tourists; to restored Courthouse in Fredericksburg; dinner; Lady Bird sleeps in Childrens Room
- 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
- ; office work under hair dryer; tea for friends; rest, office work and telephone calls; hair styled; Johnsons greet Trejos; LBJ gives humorous toast; new White House china; President Trejos' toast receives standing ovation; entertainment by Patricia Brooks
- story of Rip Van Winkle; tour; Lady Bird is asked to be member of Jackson Hole Corporation; tour & visit at Nelson Rockefeller's home; cocktails at Lyndhurst Mansion; dinner at Brooke Astor's home; visit with John & Peter Loeb
