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- Hatr May 7, 1966
LBJ Ranch Day
Saturday
Act! vity(inc!ude visited by)
President awake and reading papers.
Secretary McNamara.
b.1
Secy Rusk.
Bob Fleming.
President departed main house, with GT.
On Danz property.
Back at main house. Dropped
- Rusk (b.4) - re dominican problem and
general discussion of world problems
Arrived in the Oval Rm Ofc - strolls into MJDR/s Ofc and sees Xmas wrapped package
on her desk asking who i t is for and what it is. . .reads label fm Teamsters Union
and makes
- , President , Nat l Assoc o f Letter Carrier s
Mrs. Florenc e Mahoney , Washington , D C
Richard McCaffrey , Nat l Counci l o f Catholic Me n
John McCarthy , Nat l Catholi c Welfar e Con f
Margaret Mealey , Nat l Counci l o f Catholic Wome n
James M . Read
-
secretary McNamara. William Bundy. Michael Forrestal.
John McNaughton. John Colby. Averill Harriman
on
Viet
Nam
Off Record
George Wheeler,
To MJDR's office
w/ Bundy and Valenti
talked with Bundy and read
newspapers
To Oval Room w/ JV
GER
Drew Pearson
- - staye d until ll:15 p
DINNER w / Mrs . Johnson , Cong , an d Mrs. Jac k Brooks , Clar k Cliffor d
Cong, an d Mrs. Brook s departe d
Retired
Flowers sent to
Mrs Perry
Johnson
learned of Mrs
Dorothy
Territo
Card
Mrs
Alben
read
Barkley's
daughter
when
-
Gordon
paper
in
Director
Webb
returning
his call
In outer
ofc
reading
papers
shows various
articles to Walter Garden
Heller
Secy Wirtz
Busby
Valenti w/ him
decided on Rose
To Cabinet
Room
pictures
w/
attached
to diary
back to
Cabinet
Room to chat
w
- and vegetable
sticks
Kathy MacArthur
Speaker McCormack
Kathy
MacArthur
until
To Cabinet Room to greet OAS
ambassadors
in
informal
Him and
Her Blanco
session
Larry O'Brien
John Steele
returning
the President's call
In outer office reading
children's
- (pl)
Thomas Corcoran
Bob Kintner (in Watson's ofc.)
To Oval ofc.
desk
Reading things in mjdr's
room
first
OFF RECORD: Hon. Thurgood Marshall
Standing in
Watson's ofc talking
M Watson (pl)
Harry McPherson
Working desk w/ VM
MWatson (pl)
w/ Chmn
- Calls checked
yb
DECEMBER 1, 196
19655
WHITE HOUSE - TEXAS
WEDNESDAY
Texas s
Don Thomas - Austin, Texa
Breakfast in bed w/Mrs. Johnson - reading newspapers
McGeo. Bundy - Wash, DC
To the office - work s his des k w/Jake Jacobsen
Joe Laitin
- . V M for flight to XKX Washingtor . D . c
During the flight, the President visited w / the Congressmen discussin g bill s
now o n the Hill - Texa s politics - an d read the papers. (He did not nap)
He also visited w/ JV , Luci, and VM during th e
- Lunch Week
To the
office
stopping
in
outer
office to say
to G Reedy
What are
they
saying
that
it's
like
old
times
here at the
White
House
referring
to press
reaction
to his
press
conference
this
morning
In outer office
reading
Washington
Daily
News
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Mary Slater
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Mr. & Mrs. Wesley West —
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The President rose during dinner and went into the office to read the latest
tickers. He picked up one about Luci and Pat
- /Harry McPherson's note. President started reading it and immediately told
Geo. Christian to see if he could get the VPresident back who obviously had been
with him at the Statler-Hilton.
Standing outside porchway reading Wattenberg remarks w/Geo
- . The President was unhappy that they were not
at the Ranch waiting, and more unhappy when he found that they had not left Fredericksbu
yet.
The President read the backs of pictures purchased on the trip and then looked carefully
at the paintings.
George Christian
- and changed clothes
To the office -- reading memos and tickers
The President -- accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Krim Mr. and Mrs. Bishop
drove on the ranch area --to the Malechek House - on the Reagan Ranch,
Danz Ranch area
Returned to the Main House. While
- Archbishop Lucey welcome him and designate the President as one
who gives good example, lives his religion -- a doer, not a talker -listened attentively to a Scripture Reading
and then stood as the Gospel of today's service was read -- a narration
- to the tickers to read.
To the barber shop.
Returned to the office with Walt Rostow
Joined by Secretary Dean Rusk, Asst Secy Lincoln Gordon, Bill Bowdler.
-- to discuss the OAS Charter changes - Gordon to leave Washington on Friday Bill Moyers ioined 11:04 group
- "
- - s read
*
newspapers
DeLoach
Speaker John MacCormick (returnin g the President's call) (b.
Cong. Carl Albert (b.
1)
1)
O ._,,
To Fish Room to greet group fr. Texas an d New Mexico on behalf of Guadelupe National
Returned to Offic e w/Horace
- awoke and came downstairs. He read the papers on
desk, alone, and then went into the kitchen for breakfast. Sgt. Gaddis called
Jones that the President was in the kitchen, and Jim Jones joined in the kitchen
to chat at 8:15am . The President and Jim
- Thursday
White
House
July
30 1964
Awake
read
papers
breakfast
w/ Mrs J
met w/ JV
EKG and
blood pressure
taken
by
Dr Burkley
Did
exercises
Weighs
209
pounds
mayor
Robert Wagner
of NYC
fr mansion
Clifton
C Carter
fr mansion
Senator
Edmund
S
Muskie
-
The President read for the cameras the last two paragraphs of his message on the ]}
VietNam supplemental
Back to Oval Rm Ofcw/ MW
To Cabinet Room w/ MW ^
for presentation of First Sermon Print
Standing w/ the President before the cameras were:
Rev. Bill Baxter
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The President read a report of the latest poll and discussed it with Lynda, Mrs
n and the other s i n th e stateroom . He remarked tha t hi s popularit y ha d
risen to 68-77% support of his Vietnam policy
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1:45 7p
balls
bow l o f chil i __——— —
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8:50am President
—9:00am President,
office
Reading morning Situation R norn reports
Jake
.Tarnh.qpr 1 qt hip Austin office
in Living Room w/
Hal Woodward f Chairman, State Highway Board
J. C. Dingwall, State Highway Engineer
Tom Wood
-
Christian (pl)
—
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5:05p t
I
Joe
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5:10p t
j
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George
5:15p |
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t
5:16p I |
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f '
MW
MW
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Califano (pl)
... . —
Christian (pl)
.
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(pl)
- from the President's office - reading from
- of the Mansion w/ General Clifton to present the Distinguished Service
Medal to General Paul D. Harkins, USA - walked in with ruffles and flourishes. .made
remarks after greeting Harkins and Secy. McNamara. McNamara read citation. President
Pinned medal
- October .8, 196 5
WhiteHouse - N . N . M . C . - Bethesda , Md .
FRIDAY
The President awakene d an d showered and shaved. . .
Pre-operative medicatio n wa s applie d t o the President - - the n he read th e newspapers.
He aske d fo r Bil l Moyers
- Browning of Bishop, Texas scheduled for Saturday
c) there are a few items for signature on signing table
Returned to Oval Office with Secretary Fowler
- and Francis Bator - Bator out at 1:30p
Secy Rusk
Pres. reading tickers
Joe Laitin (pl)
Joe Laitin (pl
- on the ground as well as the others -Then noticed Mr. Bryant and the dogs and played w/ Freckles and Kim
for the cameras benefit
Pics by Oke. Frank Wolf,
To mjdr's room -- picking up papers off her desk and reading them
and reading notes that MW handed him
- to choose as his personal gift
gif t t o Mrs. J.
Jack Valenti (pl)
Jack Valenti
Valent i (pl)
Vicky McCammon - New York
To MJDR's Ofc - reading newspapers,
(yb notices JV is ringing the Pres. 's pl
p l - and tells the President. He says
to tell him he's
- assistant s an d their assignment s an d resignation s
the PM' s visit
Economic stabilit y o f this countr y -- sinc e 195 7 -- th e mos t
Walking dow n the river - - Pedernale s w / press member s
Return
to office
and
worked
desk w/ HB & JV
Read Draft
- Beautiful da y
bright, crisp cool weather ,
f or t
Activity (include visited by)
35 degrees , sun bright , clear skies
LD
Lo
7:45 a.m.
The President
awake
8:00 a.m.
reading newspapers, watching TV
Breakfast in be d
Mrs. Johnson, Jim Jone s and Paul
-
Jones
mf
- w/ George Christian
(Christian out at 3:15p)
During the afternoon, the President rested
talked on the telephone
read the papers
3:25p t
Tom
Johnson
1968
Dec
VHITE HOUSE Date
DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
20, 1968
DIARY
T-
Time Telephone
- Bundy
Retired
P. 3
Sunday
White House
Sept. 13, 1964
Notes on office
While in the office, the President met w/ Dick Nelson regarding some new poll charts,
walked wit h him to George Reedy's office to read the current ticker, and then returned
- :50;
cleans
up desk & signing
table - reads ticker
tapes fr Press Conference
Depart
Oval
Room
for mansion
Dale
Secretary
Secretary
Malechek at LBJ Ranch, Texas
Dillon
Wirtz
8:30
Dinner
10:45
To bed
w/
Cong. Jack
Pickle,
his
Navy
(J.B. Pickle
-
around
South Grounds
w/ newspaper
men - returning
to
office at 1:36 - (5 times around)
Picture
taking
w/ Earle Cooke, Jr in Cabinet Room
reading newspape r in outer office , say s to girls, "The y asked Luci if she'dever been aqueen
before, an d she sai
-
of
foreign
students
John Steele and Andrew Haskell
(presented portrait of Sam Rayburn)
To Cabinet Room
to tape a message for J. Edgar Hoover
In outer office reading
newspapers
w/ JV
To Oval
Office
Sen. Russell Long (b.2)
Secy Freeman
(b.2)
Secy McNamara
(b
-
Miguel
J
Moreno
Jr
w/ McGeo Bundy
Amb
Duke
Secy Tom
Mann
Special
and
Ambassador
Thomas C Mann
Panama
Jorge Illueca
Asst Secy of State for LA
and
affairs
Thane
Kuhlman
Secy Wirtz
In outer ofc reading ticker
To the Cabinet Room to join
meeting
w/ Secy
-
reads ticker press clips calls out to yb
to keep door open between his office
mjdr's
Governor David
Lawrence
Pittsburg
Pa
Malcolm
Kilduff
re clearing
a statement
re Ed McDermott
OEP
going to Montana
out
Walter Jenkins
calls
out to yb
he's going
-
and Sen. Humphrey
Mr. Najeeb Halaby
Governor
Munoz - Marin
of Puerto Rico
Sen. Mansfield
Sen. Mansfield
Sen. Mansfield
Reading first edition of afternoon papers - in rocking chair
Nancy Dickerson
Walter Jenkins
in office
Cabinet Room - Meeting w/ Science
-
- reading first
edition
papers w/ JV and BM
Secretary
Wirtz,
Mr. Bundy, Mr Feldman
To the pool
w/ JV, BM, McGeorge Bundy
Secy.
McNamara
(nr)
In the mansion
Arrive office
Justice
William
Secy. Freeman
Monday
2-24-64
to office
door
of afternoon
O. Douglas
