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Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Page 8
in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for
invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life.
Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
- d e d - - b y a b o u t 5:30.
And L u c i w as le av in g f o r New Y o r k a l m o s t
w i t h t e a r s i n h e r e y e s a s s h e s a i d g o o d b y e to l i t t l e L y n .
I w e n t to m y r o o m f o r d e s k w o r k a n d t e l e p h o n
- company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam
- a n d a new s t a r t .
•
A nd w e h a d a d e lig h tfu l t im e ta lk in g w ith .W alter a n d M arj o r i e
about th eir hom e.
M a r j o r i e lo v e s i t .
I t 's the b e s t h o m e th e y 'v e e v e r
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
- s e s and word p i c t u r e s and l i t t l e m em ories f o r th e
New York p a r ty th a n k y o u s.
And th e n Bob Knudsen came i n and to o k
a p i c t u r e o f L iz and B ess, and A shton and me a t work i n o u r f a m i l i a r
h u d d le
- n g a new p l a y
L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld -
s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t
down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e
f i r e , a n d Dr.
E l i z a b e t h
-
c
S iih d ay, M a rc h 17, 1968
WA5HINOTON
Page 2
woxild b e a s o r t of goodby p ic tu r e .
T h e new m i n i s t e r is a y o u th fu l, p le a s a n t m a n , a n d i t w a s c o m fo rtin g
to s in k in to th e r i t u a l of th e E p is c
- t
And L u c i a b s o lu te ly r a d ia n t f ro m h e r "fiv e d ay s
an d s ix nights" as she e x p r e s s e d it of R & R . A nd L yn and L u c in d a in
and o u t of th e ro o m ad d in g th e new d im e n s io n s of a n o th e r g e n e r
- w a y f r o m H o u s t o n
a n d the d e c i s i o n s w a it in g f o r u s in the new r o o m s .
So a l i t t l e b e f o r e 1 2 : 00 t h e y d r o p p e d m e off.
M r. W ells had
tp r*
a r r i v e d , an d w e w alk ed th ro u g h , c o n g
- a u s e d on
o u r w a y down th o s e h ig h s te p s so the c a m e r a s co uld g e t a p i c t u r e .
o f u s to g eth er is new s.
Six
Arid th e n w e d r o v e on to Abe a n d C a r o l F o r t a s '
h o u s e . . Abe h a d b e e n te llin g
- .
Lyndon had been t a l k i n g a l l m orning w it h
Jack a b ou t G
i n New Yo r k .
a
t o
i n th e d ays t h a t I h a v e been
L i t t l e C o rey , a s sh e c a l l s h e r s e l f h a s
a c q u ir e d a ca t, Ga t o .A
n
d
-she an
d G a t o h
- n d s as D orothy V redenburg
B u sh , L ibby R ow e, and K atie L ou ch h eim , and proud new a d d itio n s.
T h ere
w a s D r . M ary B unting of the A to m ic E n erg y C o m m issio n and p r e tty
V ir g in ia M ay B row n o f the ICC, th e
- in
and w e had tea on the Trum an B a lco n y and talk ed about the co u n tr ie s to
w h ich they w e r e going.
T hey’re c a r e e r s e r v ic e ad van cem en ts - and two
o f them , s u r p r isin g ly , I had m e t in P a r is !
T his i s a new
- d u st
o f th e h ot s u m m e r .
T h e r e 's s o m e th in g ab ou t c le a n in g up th a t s a t i s f i e s
a d e e p u n d e r ly in g u r g e in m e , no m a tte r w h at new f ie ld s I m o v e in to .
And th e n , w ith J a m e s , I b e
- a n y
of th e m o v ie s t a r s h e is now s e e in g in h is new r o le .
L y n d a a n d W a rrie L y n n h av e clung to g e th e r d u rin g th e s e d a y s b e f o r e
th e w ed d in g .
She is good f o r L y n d a .
O ut of th e re c e iv
- ? "
I got you a n ic e new one. "
" W h e r e d id you p u t th e o l d
" I j u s t f lu n g i t down, th e h i l l s i d e . "
So t o g e t h e r th e y c l a m o r e d do w n the h i l l u n t i l th e d e s k m a n
sw ears.
H e fo u n d the v e r
- e s m o re u s e fu l o r m o r e fun - - th o se
w hom th e g u e s ts of h o n o r p a r t ic u la r l y w a n t to h a v e .
to t r y to b r in g in new p e o p le to e x p an d o u r f ie ld .
A nd a lw a y s a c h e c k in g
So i t w a s a b o
- g e t u s e d to th e ir new h o m e w e h a d p u t
in SIESK w h at u s e d to be th e ut r k e y pen .
in f o r th e m , b u t th e cold w
asp ie r c in g .
We h a d put s o m e fo o d a n d w a te r
A nd L yndon s a id , " If w e d o n 't g e t
- a tio n p r o je c t, new b u ild in g s
a t a n ew c o m m u n ity c o lle g e in T e n n e s s e e , w inding up a t a r e c e p tio n a t
th e H e r m ita g e g iv e n b y G o v e rn o r B u fo rd E llin g to n fo r e d u c a tio n -o rie n te d
p e o
- c h
tim e , :th a t y o u .sta.n d a n d s ta n d a n d lo o k a t sw a tc h e s a n d m a k e l i s t s of l a s t
y e a r 's th in g s a n d w h a t you n e e d to f it in f o r the big e v e n ts of the y e a r . th a t
r e q u i r e new d r e s s
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
- Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
- A b e a n d mew ho w a t c h e d h i m , a n a w e s o m e
N ot e n tir e ly new fo r m e .
a n h o u r b u t fo r days, fo r w eek s.
'
I h a d s e e n i t in 1955.
Bu t n o t f o r
B u t th e n h e c o u l d e s c a p e f r o m
b e i n g M a j
- of W om en.
A nd the r a in w h ich h a d h e ld off fo r
u s w a s c o m in g , so w e h a d it in the E a s t R oom - - g r e e tin g s b y L yndon,
th a n k s to th e o u tg o in g p r e s id e n t, a w e lc o m e fo r th e new on e.
A nd th e n
- e n s a i d o n e tim e
th e c o u r t in New J e r s e y h a n d e d dow n a d e c is io n
w h e r e a n o ld la d y in h e r w ill h a d le f t a b e q u e s t to B illy S u n d a y b u t s h e r e a l l y
m e a n t B illy G r a h a m — a n d th
- t e l l i n g s u c h
i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r i e s o f th e fa b u lo u s new c a p it a l, B r a z i l i a , s o m e o f
th e le a d e r s h i p , w h ic h h e th in k s i s t o p - n o t c h , an d o f th e u n b e lie v e a b le
c o n t r
- a s s s k i r t .
It s o u n d e d i n th e p a p e r s
lik e h e r s p e e c h h a d gon e p r e t t y w e ll.
She s p o k e of th e n e w g e n e r a t i o n a n d o u r g e n e r a t i o n .
0
U
O u r s is a new
/>
i d e a l i s m th a t p l
- y t h a t h a d b e e n a l m o s t
l e v e l e d b y w a r f a r e i n 1950 to '5 2 , a n d now w a s su^rgiiig w ith v i t a l i t y ' - b lo c k a f t e r b lo c k of new b u ild in g s .
A n d th e n o v e r a c o u n t r y s i d e t h a t w a s
- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions
to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand
C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined.
T h ere a r e now 163
^
lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- had dinner and then to bed.
The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from
Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one.
from a mission to find a big stack of mail.
He said he had returned
He had only time to read two
- a n t to lo o k m y b e s t.
And
the f i r s t r e a s o n w a s th a t L yn do n a n d I w e r e h av ing a f o r m a l p i c t u r e .
I p u t on m y new y ello w s a tin w ith the b r i l l i a n t s .
And he h is tux.
And
w e w e n t in the Y
- and th e A rth u r O kuns.
th e new h ead o f th e C o u n cil o f E c o n o m ic A d v is e r s .
He i s to b e
And fr o m L a b o r,
I. W. A b e l o f th e S te e lw o r k e r s and J o se p h K een a n and ub iq u itou s
G e o r g e M ea n y a n d
- f r o m a l l s id e s .
And th ey c a m e from ,
H a g g a r t y a s w e ll a b o u t h i s h a n d lin g of the new s o ffice.
d eserv ed .
W
E v e r y on e 's
And y e t e v e r y one in a p an g o r t h r u s t to w a r d G e o r g e .
w is h
- i o n s f o r o u r v i s i t ,
b u t I had no id e a of th e s c o p e of th e p r e p a r a t i o n s . I w as to s e e
th e m in the n ex t two and a h a lf d a y s ^ ra n g in g f r o m new C h in a an d
s i l v e r chop s ti c k s f o r the S
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
- o n e o f th e b ig g e s t
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
(
WASHINGTON
M onday, S e p tem b e r 5, 1966
Page 5
w o r d s in the v o c a b u la r y o f the s a n ita r iu m .
m y w o r ld then^
And th ey w e r e b ra n d new to
^ n d I think
- to r
of the o u tsta n d in g sy m p h o n y o r c h e s t r a of the U n ited S ta te s - New Y o rk o r
B o s to n , I b e lie v e .
T h e n w e d ro v e a r o u n d tow n a n d lo o k e d a t th e o u tsid e of the l i t tle S unday
h o u s e s , St
- n e d h e r little
h e a d f r o m s id e to s id e .
H e r f in g e r s a r e e x t r e m e l y long an d d e lic a te .
I s e e no l i k e n e s s to an y b o d y - - j u s t a new li t t l e p e r s o n in t h i s w o rld .
L y n d o n a n d I
