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- of the Chiang
horses of the Ming dynasty I believe
Kai-sheks.
overwhelming.
And an exquisite piece of jade for me.
And another piece of
jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain
with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
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- 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
- Meeting Timothy Carroll, poster child for National Hemophilia Foundation; meeting Dr. Daniel McKay, President of the Mormon Church; meeting 100 high school students under U.S. Senate program; Lady Bird's feeling of kinship with the South; dinner
- . Per's for a shampoo and set.
Desk work these days is happily sprinkled with pictures for
autographing.
Because the end of our Administration is near at hand,
people in the government, people in the White House, old friends far
and wide are sending
- by the go vern o rs conferen ce jointly,
with the national go vern o rs association of Japan and the State Department.
T a ll, s e v e ra l-tim e s -g o v e rn o r of D elaw are, E lb e rt C a r v e ll, who’ d
made s e v e r a l trips to Japan
- in the even in g, ^e w as to m ake h is talk oi^ w ar.
T he
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
■■WASHINGTON
Sxinday, M arch 31, 1968
sp e e c h w a s n ot y e t fir m .
P age 2
T h ere w e r e revision s^ ^ people to see^»* so he
b egan to put on h is c l o t h
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- -27, 1966 [Book 30]
Folder Title
Box Number
3
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed in accordance
- Valentine's Day; LBJ has medical exam; Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent's plans after wedding; LBJ is locating Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird attends American Heart Association luncheon and style show; Lady Bird attends
- Natural resources and national parks
- Breakfast; to Calvin Coolidge home, Plymouth; clean water project; National Historic Landmark plaque placed; John Coolidge tour of home; to First Congregational Church & Woodstock Historical Association; ride through Woodstock in 1911 Stanley
- on in the minds of the Secret Service Agc>nts.
But
the guar.ds opened the gate, in streamed the peopl e , and d.ov,•n the road
past the fountains we trailed, Him and Her ut'
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- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; walk around White House grounds--LBJ invited about 200 tourists from Southwest & Southeast Gates to walk with them; Him and Her beagles entertain group; bowling, nap, reading and television; dinner
- .
I readily agreed and said le t's set it up
for tomorrow, Wednesday, so as to catch those m em bers of the
T to T Club, Tuesday to Thursday.
How we used to laugh when
we w ere in the Senate at people who went away for weekends
. Thursday afternoon
- 1964
Sat urday, July 25~
Was an easy and pleasant day.
About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's
office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press
conference.
Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
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- to do this.
It's one of the many
things that the Department of L a b o r is doing to bring people with special
needs, in this ca s e h a ndicapped people, back into the m ain stream of econom ic
life .
The ubiquitous E sther Pet erson, A ssistan t S e
- , but I would say it would be pretty poor pickin 1 G for such as
us in Dallas.
At seven was the big event of the day - - the Am
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- " . . . . that m odern nations no lo n g er can base their salvation and
w e lf a r e
upon an e g o tis tic a l and a g g r e s s iv e nationalism .
, A sm all a r r o w
thrown in the d irection of deGaulle.
Another good phrase was, "W e have our hand out
- !vIEMORANDUM
THE
WHITE
HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Friday,
May 1, 1964
May Day dawned
Democrats
cold
tomorrow
About
and drizzly.
if it's
10 :3 O, I went
still
like
Oh,
poor
Luci
- Oh poor
us and
this!
out to the
National
Cathedral
- Lady Bird to National Cathedral; Lady Bird to Winchester for Apple Blossom Festival; lunch at Dr. Maguire's; Luci Johnson on float in parade; Lady Bird back to Washington; visit at White House by the Abe Fortases; Lynda Johnson
- Johnson's Diary July 1-31, 1964 [Book 11]
Folder Title
Box Number
2
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed
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- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; lunch, newspapers and Republic Convention on TV with LBJ; cocktail party at the Jack Valentis; dinner at White House with friends; news story about LBJ and the Presidency; Bobby Kennedy
- Johnson's Diary March 10-April 8, 1964 [Book 5]
Folder Title
Box Number
1
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C
- Removed from 05/14/1968, page 1.
Paper Clip Removed from 05/14/1968, pages 1- 7.
MEMORANDUM
^
T u e sd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
wASHiNOTON
Page 1
What a d a y . A s w e advance farth er into M ay I fe e l m ore and m o re lik e
- of ab out six cot:ple s that
~hey
would particul
- of t hought in the cou_n l r y, Gold,va t c: :·
said,
11
Eighty per cent of my people ar e conservati ve; abou t t w enty p e r cent
disagree . "
The n he said -- and
h t:.~ !" e
Lyndo n felt that h e showed th e most
enthusiasm, t he most real
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- , probably a little m o re re lia b le
and old fash ion ed than m ost papers.
We le ft the P h il P o t t e r 's ra th er e a r ly , with M a ry M a rg a re t and Jack
V a len ti, stopped by the W om ens National De m o c ra tic Club, w here Diana
and Donald
- to Women's National Democratic Club; Lady Bird visits with Taylor family, including her niece, Diana MacArthur and brother, Tony Taylor
- la te it a little bit into a speech.
And then at one o’ c l o c k , t h e r e cam e one of those things that
m u st be p e c u lia r ly A m e ric a n , a s m a ll g e s tu re of our national fee lin g fo r
the ind ivid ual.
Sen ato r M a rg a re t C
- ty - fiv e
Y e a r s a g o , , , " , and I think I b etter stop.
MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, M ay 27, 1964
P a ge 2
We rode around with him to B la ir House and on the w ay, th ere was
quite a crow d o f people, and frequ
- of TV and c a m era m e n and n ew sm en and the crow d of g u e s ts .
f e e l th at it tak es aw ay from the s e n s e of e le g a n c e .
fo r m a t w ill w o rk in d o o r s.
.
,
I
I do not b e lie v e th is
’
O utside, fin e - - the color
- on a
3
co u ch , look in g at h er little dog, both of them planning som e d ev ilm en t.
We sp en t a p le a sa n t hour and a s I w alked out, saw groups of sch o o l
ch ild r en , people sm ilin g and w aving at m e ,
I s m ile d and w aved b ack
- LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
-
Collection Title Lady Bird Johnson's Diary
Folder Title
Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, April 9-30, 1964 [Book 6]
Box Number
1
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute
- , of which T e x a s i s v e ry m uch in n eed.
He s a id "O ne of the g r e a t ta s k s of p o litic a l le a d e r s h ip i s to m ak e the
people a w a re that they s h a r e a
and b e lie f,
fu n dam en tal unity of i n t e r e s t , p u r p o se
I am
- , 1965 [Book 14]
Folder Title
Box Number
2
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed in accordance
- Title
March 2 - 31 , 1968 [Book 54)
Box Number
6
Restriction Codes
(A) Cloud by Executive Order 13526 governing access to national security lnfonnatlon.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agenc y which originated the document.
(C) Closed In accordance
- Natural resources and national parks
- Johnson's Diary, May 7-26, 1967 [Book 44]
Box Number
5
Restriction Codes
(A) CloMd by Executive Order 13S26 governing access to national security infornwtion.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency wtiich originated the document.
(C) Closed In accordance
- to University of Texas to meet Dr. Harry Ransom and see the campus; fly back to LBJ Ranch; hair styled; dinner for 24 people; entertainment by folk singer
- .
And I thought I could s e e people com ing up
to them to a rg u e w ith them .
So by now I w as read y fo r this so rt of a c iv iliz e d even in g of
good in te lle c tu a l f a r e a nd good food that I could a n ticip a te w ith the
G o ld b erg s
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
- ugh t, w a s n ot s p a r k l i n g a n d
t h e r e w a s i n t e n t i o n a l l y / v e r y l i t t l e h u m o r in it.
M any, m any people c a m e
up to the f r o n t t a b l e to s h a k e h a n d s with u s a n d g e t a u t o g r a p h s , a n
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is a m o s t p r o lif ic l e t t e r - w r i t e r , a n d sh e ^ ta k e s c a r e of h e r people-^^
W o rk w ith L iz ,^ n d h o u rs of r e c o r d in g b ro k e n by a n o th e r v i s i t w ith
o tiie r p e o p le .
L y n d o n c a lle d m e .
He
- 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
- , Ly ndon waA no^ xix a
pa r ty mood, noi. even wXJih ike^je people. .
TkeJie.^A AOme
kang. oveA. '^A.om jJioAe kouAA o^ Sa tur day ni g h t when he. woke
up a6out03:
wxjJx ^e\/eAj^ paJjr^ Xn kU^ cke^i. and we cal l e d
ik e Chi e f a n d jJxan
- Natural resources and national parks
- Last full day in White House; Johnsons & Billy Grahams to National City Christian Church; Lady Bird writes letter to Curator, Jim Ketchum, about Children's Garden with thank you to his staff; thank you letter to John Loeb; more acreage for national
- people
M u r ie l a n d I w a lk e d in p a s t a s e a o f f a m i l i a r
f a c e s a n d to o k o u r s e a t s a t t h e h e a d ta b le w h e r e m i r a c u l o u s l y O p a l
Y a r b o r o u g h w a s on M u r i e l 's r ig h t a n d N e llie C
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- a s of t c o c o o n t h e r e in A u s t i n w i t h c h i l d r e n of r i c h
people, a lovely s t r e e t w h e re e a s e and s e c u r ity p re v a ile d .
a s h e r m o t h e r I a m glad.
A n d of c o u r s e
B u t I r e c o g n i z e t h a t
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- Johnson's Diary, November 13-21, 1964[Book13]
Box Number
2
Restriction Codes
(A) Clo•d by Encullve Order 13526 governing access to national ucurtty lnfonnatlon.
(B) Closed by atatute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed In acc:ordance
- Lady Bird breakfasts with LBJ and family; Lady Bird to National Gallery of Art for Distinguished Ladies' Reception; Lady Bird describes reception and people; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson and her girlfriends; Lady Bird and LBJ to pre-gala
- g h t i s a n o t h e r one of t h o s e r e c e p t i o n s f o r the C o n g r e s s i o n a l
people.
T h e r e due a t 6,
I p u t on a s o r t of g o ld a n d s i l v e r l a m e d r e s s
that Lyndon h a d bought m e in P a r i s , quite
- ; National Symphony Orchestra's Music for Young Americans; Congressional Reception with comments about members & wives; briefing for Congressmen & tour for wives; dinner and dance; article by Dorothy McCardle about lights off at WH
- only about t h i r t y m inutes, the f i r s t o f f i v e
stops,
A r e g u l a r m arathon
1
Next, t o
the S t a t l e r -
H i l t o n and t h e n t h e Armory where t h e r e were 1 3 , 0 0
r
people.
Tonfeht t h e d e c o r a t i o n s h a d
- LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Johnson to prayer service at National City Christian Church; Inauguration; funny story about Fern Baines; seating on inaugural platform; LBJ takes oath of office and gives address; inaugural luncheon; Lady Bird's classmate from
- and Tony, and one of Lyndon’s father and mother, on a table. It will
take shape and warmth and life and the story of a family, but it won’t be done in a day. And
it’s marvelous to have the help and the guidance of people like Marny and Jean.
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