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leave our "dailyness 11 and see what we never saw before in the
daily round .--f or art is the window to man's soul. Without it,
he woul d never be able to see beyond his immediate world,
nor could the world see the man within.
We are so often pictured
- New York
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Rededication of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 5/25/1964"
- , which
I was to m ake in the Museum of Modern A rt t h is v e ry night, on the
occasion of the opening of the new wing.
She made a couple of suggestions,
and v e ry good ones they w ere - and M ary has that rare quality of suggesting
th e m i n a way
- Lady Bird's speech for the Museum of Modern Art that evening; to Carlysle Hotel in New York; speech by David Rockefeller; dinner and reception at Museum; party at Adlai Stevenson's home
- .
conversation,
And h a d
a n t h o l o g y --"Chicago
Rugged,
white
it
c ompletely un-
r a t h e r lik e
He h a d n 't hea rd about
l i t t le hard
I h a d h a d b ro ught
He was shaggy h a i r e d ,
almost in a dutch b o b .
t>¥tainT3 l e d in his
- u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s
i s u s e d to.
We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s
w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
- LBJ's 60th birthday; Lady Bird watched Democratic National Convention until 3 a.m.; Lady Bird talks to Lynda Robb on phone; Mrs. Richard Daley invites Lady Bird to luncheon in Chicago; LBJ & Jake Pickle swim; Liz Carpenter calls with Convention
- on t h e i r way to New York and I had asked them to stop by
Monday, January 1 3 , 1969
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the White House and spend the night.
We talked of Alabama and
kinfolks and then I dispatched them on a to u r and joined a second
group, Alice Brown
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
- husband had been
a Senator from - was it New Y ork , or New Hampshire ~ but now we know
her as the w rite r of many books, particula r ly about New Orlean s and L ou isiana,
Baroness S ilvercru ys, the lo v ely R osem ary with whom I occasionaly
get
- and B e s s , and we w ent to u r is t on re g u la r
a ir lin e , w hich se e m e d to be a fa c t of c o n sid e ra b le i n te r e s t to the new sm en ,
a r riv in g in New Y ork, th e re w as a s m a ll c lu s te r of p h o to g ra p h e rs
- Touring Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Lady Bird's description of several paintings considered for loan to White House; to Whitney Museum to view additional paintings; lunch at Mary Lasker's house; to theater to see Arthur Miller's "After
- o re to buy tre e s f o r
Th e p la ns f o r them , drawn by a M r . M y ric k , a re on
L iv e oaks between the courthouse and the p o sto ffic e .
I t was a quiet, pleasant, s o a k -it-u p r e s t , s o r t of day.
One big piece o f news in i t
- h i r t y f o r lu n c h w ith L y n d o n .
T h e C e c il B u rn e y s w e r e in tow n, a n d w e in v ite d th e m o v e r fo r
d in n e r .
T h e h o u se w as q u ie t.
L y n d a w as in New Y o rk s e e in g B a k e r S tr e e t
a n d a f
- on a tour of NA SA
in s ta lla tio n s ^ o ii what is ca lled the Gulf Space C rescent.
A
Beginning at Huntsville, Alabam a, continuing on, the Michaud o p e r a tions out of New O rleans, and then to Slidell , Louisiana; and then to the
test
M ississippi
- ; news reports on the change in spelling of Luci Johnson's name; free concerts by National Symphony Music for Young America
- ork.
And then at noon I flew to New Y o rk with W arrie Lynn, L iz and B e s s ,
We went to the C a rlis l e ^to that b eau tifu l s u ite w h e r e I a lw ay s fe e l that I ’m
in trudin g on the a p a rtm e n t of the fa ir y p rin c e s s ,
Je a n K
- New York
- Lady Bird's desk work; Lady Bird to New York; Lynda Johnson returns from 5-state trip with LBJ; Lady Bird to Metropolitan Opera; lunch; performance of "Il Trovatore"; LBJ speech in Atlanta about race barriers
- New York
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
:~
Mini~:L
- Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
-
and spicy.
She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton
Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter,
and her son, Nicholas and his wife.
I t was a good day for cupid with
Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
- lin g s and th ere w as too m uch p u b licity fr o m
h is end of it and I f e e l sa d a ll around.
A tto rn ey G en era l.
-
I talked to C lark about the new
H e told m e quite sim p ly and stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly that
h e w ould not a c c e p t
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- m en tion ed J a c k ie ’ s hope fo r new d r a p e s
and new c h a ir s i n the State Dining R o o m , but she fe e l s that ad d itio n s w ill
co m e , not fro m m a jo r g if t s , but fro m the s a le of the guide book.
And sh e
w arn ed m e
- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
M o n d ay , F e b ru a r y 15, 1965
WASHINGTON
age 1
It began w ith w o rk a t the d esk , and then a little p a s t 12, leaving w ith
B e ss fo r New Y ork, to a tte n d the p r e m ie r of The G r e a te s t S tory
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York City for premier of "The Greatest Story Ever Told;" Lady Bird visits a playground project in Harlem; Lady Bird views Bobby Lehman's art collection; Lady Bird to Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's home before show; Lady Bird
- New York City
- described the new process and how i t had become
the very popular thing today.
He spoke casually, authoritatively, of
other Administrations, whole decades of them.
strong Republican.
Obviously he was a very
I think we had between the three of us a sense
- Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
- C
f
Jan u ary
1966
72,
T hursday
B e s s a n d I l e f t t h e s n o wy Was h i n g t o n on an
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e a r l y p l a n e f o r New Y o rk .
to c a tc h th e t r a i n .
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,
.
. We t h o u g h t we w uo l d h a v e
But a l u l l
- New York
- 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
- New York City
- ,-^of t r a v e lin g in the f o o t s t e p s
of M r s . K en n edy, in a w ay , that is^ w o rk on A r t m a t t e r s ,
I fle w up to New Y o r k a t 11 and went to the New Y o r k H i s t o r i c a l
S o c ie t y , w h e re I w a s m e t b y D r . H e
- Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
- that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e
fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g
the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K
ck
arn
in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r .
She i s v
- c a m e in .
A nd th e n l a t e r M o llie
I f it t e d a l l the th in g s I h a d s e l e c t e d e a r l i e r th is y e a r - -
a n e le g a n t w h ite ev en in g d r e s s w ith lon g s le e v e s , a n d b o ug ht a d e l i c i o u s
new p
- New York
- Lady Bird awakens to LBJ working in bed; they talk and have breakfast; Lady Bird flies to New York City for clothes shopping and fittings; article about Ed Clark; hair styled for evening; Lady Bird & Bess Abell go to "I Do, I Do" play; Lady Bird
- Pierre Hotel, New York City
- an d to th e B a r t e r
T h e a tr e in A bingdon , an d to d e d ic a te th e new w ing of th e M o d e rn
M u se u m of A r t , a n d see La T r a v ia ta a t th e o p e r a , a n d h a v e a r e c e p tio n
fo r T h o rn to n W ild e r to r e c e iv
- Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has
- ~~-quite the flare of a State Dinner.
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'
cAt my table I had the pxa:x1u1k President, the Ambassador, T£~J.are ,
Virginia, Frank Pace who had been my host when I had been given an award
in New York last December.
It was so good to get
- a lly , attack
on the m a s s iv e problem b e fo r e her,-.
We had a rranged to m e e t he r in New Y o rk , we liked her; I«d asked her
to come down and be our speaker fo r this luncheon.
•
9'
F ro m the Cabinet,/! had M a rg ie M cN a m a ra , because
- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- New York
- New York
- the m e n f in is h e d t h e ir b r ie fin g , we jo in e d th em in the S tate
D ining R oom f o r c o c k ta ils a n d h o r s d ’o u e v e r s .
I h a d a ch a n c e to v i s i t w ith m a n y of th em a b it.
T he new R e p u b lic a n
l e a d e r
- Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Luci Johnson gives tour to her history class; possible paintings for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Liz Carpenter about interview with U.S. News & World Report; Congressional reception with briefing
- im p r e s s e d a s I to g e t i t !
A nd
My sp eech w as
j u s t to c o n g r a tu la te New Y o rk o n s e ttin g a n e x a m p le and le a d in g
-i
1965
F r id a y , M ay 7th (c o n tin u e d )
th e w a y , bu t s a y in g , "D on't r e s t
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York to shop for clothes at the Carlyle; Lady Bird chooses clothes by Mollie Parnis who loans her own shoes; "Salute to Spring" in the rain; ceremony in front of New York Public Library with entertainment--all cancelled and moved
- New York
- en t.
And a s the New Y ork T im e s sa id ,
. "The golden w h ite sp len d or of C arn egie H all sounded m o re lik e a Union
h a ll. ''^,^
.
/ "^
u n io n s.
\
the au d ien ce of th e 50 yea r or so stru g g le of the la b o r
;
^
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L
- New York
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- New York City
- , a u t o g r a p h i n g
(one of th e d u l l e s t jo b s in th e w o rld ) an d c le a n in g off th e d e s k .
news was fro m Luci.
ta l k to W endy.
y o u n g sters.
T h e big
I t r i e d t o t e l e p h o n e h e r i n N ew O r l e a n s a n d d
- Lady Bird walks White House grounds with Lynda Johnson and Carolyn Kellam Curtis, and they have lunch and bowl one game; office work; Luci Johnson launches the SS LOUISE LYKES in New Orleans; LBJ & Lady Bird to Jack Valenti's birthday party; Lady
- v e l y M a ry wi^^^
I
th a t h e r f r i e n d w a s p r o b a b ly
dy ing a n d h a v in g to cope w ith th is u gly , h u m ilia tin g in c id e n t.
I w as a n g ry and b itte r and h u rt.
T he New Y o r k P o s t d e s c r i b e d th e a f
- New York
- New York City
- u d so n i s g o i n g
th ro u g h
th a t
c r u e l l y l o n e l y t i m e o f b e i n g a new w id o w .
When
t h
—
e
y
And t h e n when L yndon
l e
f t
I w o r k e d o n my c l o t h e s
came i n w i t h S e c r e t a r y R u s k a n d
f o
- Lady Bird sleeps late; Lady Bird mentions her houseguests; Lady Bird works on clothing for New York trip; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and staff members; President Kennedy's appointment of Averell Harriman at State Department; Lady Bird has tea
- ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r
a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d .
It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I
have m et b efo re.
And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
- Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
-
h a d c o n d u c te d th a t o n e - d a y to u r th ro u g h the old 10th D i s t r i c t to s e e
g r a s s r o o ts u rb a n ren ew al and T exas re s to ra tio n s .
M rs.
E. T . X im e n e s of San A ntonio.
And D r . a n d
H e 's a new R e
- guests visit upstairs & receiving line; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; new strain of wheat for underdeveloped countries; entertainment is Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass introduced by Lynda Johnson; former Mexico President Mateos in coma
- constituents.
when I got back to the White House I heard the happy news that Lyndon
had d riven down to W inchester, to be present at the crowning of L u c i Baines]
And la te r on, I saw the picture of him standing on the steps to the high school
MExMORAN
- e r a tio n A r t, b e c a u s e
on M onday I w ill be going to New Y o rk and I w ill b e h a v in g lu n c h w ith
M a ry L a s k e r an d p o s s ib ly M r. F o s s b u rg h .
A nd I w an t to b e a lit tle b it
p r e p a r e d f o r how I'm
- Lady Bird meets with Sen. John Sparkman and Liz Carpenter about Lady Bird's trip to NASA in Huntsville, Alabama; tea with Clifford & Virginia Durr and daughter, Ann Lyon, Helen Fuller of "New Republic," and Anita Williams; LBJ to New York to address
- of the Lost Colony and he was the
grandfather of V ir g in ia Dare, the f i r s t child born of English parents in the
new w orld.
So h e r e 's a part of the legend of A m e r ic a n h isto ry and one of the ties
that binds us both through h isto ry and art
- a p p o i n t e e s
1 5 8 women a p p o i n t e e s .:
the E ast
front
January
about
row r i g h t
eight new women just
a p p o in t e d who
p JU. '
were to be sworn i n .
affair,
Including
That
was the
C a t h e rin e W h i te,
d e s i
- p h o n e;
each.
T h e re w as a lo t of
In th e m o rn in g a long ta lk w ith L y n d a B ir d in New Y o rk .
She
is h a v in g a g ay tim e - th e a tr e s an d good dining s p o ts and p a r tie s
a n d b r ig h t p e o p le , an d sh e is s
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and make plans for Camp David with friends; Lady Bird talks with Lynda on phone; phone calls to Horace Busby about LBJ exhibit, Bill Walton about New York Avenue, & Mrs. Paul Mellon about White House grounds and Lafayette
- 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
