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  • erien ce a t Roy a l t y ^ ^ ^ Lu ci a r r iv e d fiv e minutes ahead o f schedule - Oh! Surpr i s e fo r m e ! - thi s m orning, at the im posing white columned b r ic k home of State Senator H a r r y Byrd. The f i r s t big event o f the day
  • r e d the fa th er o f to e K orean A rm y . F rom T exas, D r. and M r s . T rum an B lo c k e r , M r s . Douglas Chand or, widow o f the a r t is t , ow ner of a p o r tr a it o f E lea n o r R o o s e v e lt that I w is h the W hite H ouse H M
  • ; Barbara Walters interview with Lady Bird; office work; Lady Bird swims 30 laps; LBJ comes home late for dinner; Lady Bird exercises, has massage and goes to bed
  • me fine! o n e . One b e lo n g s t o James R o o s e v e lt, hang s in h i s home and was done b y a German Jew d u r in g th e e a r ly y e a r s o f H i t l e r ' s a sc e n d e n c y i n t o Germany. B oth p i c t u r e and a r t i s t g o t sm
  • house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
  • LBJ & Lady Bird wake early, but LBJ barely slept; LBJ leaves for Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird to home of Mrs. George Maurice Morris, originally located in Revolutionary War, Connecticut; lunch with Marny Clifford and to Fredericksburg
  • Lady Bird works on Christmas gifts; Lady Bird and LBJ lunch with Gordon Bunshaft, LBJ Library Architect; Johnsons and guests tour the Danz & Martin ranches and the boyhood home; LBJ reminisces about his boyhood; background of Cabinet members; all
  • and Roy White about the LBJ Library; LBJ and Lady Bird have dinner at Bill White's home; guests discuss Richard Russell; LBJ talks of Democratic National Committee problems; article about White House art
  • meets residents, Episcopal Home for Aged, and the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce on 66 thousand project; Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Luncheon; LBJ briefs members of Congress, has Congressional Leadership meeting, and presents award to Adm. H.P. Smith
  • Church services at Camp David; Lady Bird uses home movie camera; visiting with guests; John Steinbeck talks about Russia; crime in the District of Columbia; assistance for law enforcement officers; Johnsons and Grahams to bowling alley; Luci Johnson
  • Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
  • settling in, is a lrea d y as much at home in Washington and has a v e r y nice house. as a cat by the f i r e , has been promoted^ T h e re w e re many Texans but also a goodly sprinkling of other Washingtonian s , I le ft rath er e a r ly to go
  • LBJ leaves next day for German Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird cannot go with him; Lady Bird works on family album; lunch; drive through Watts Branch on way to Betty Talmadge's home to play bridge; Lady Bird describes Watts Branch; Lady
  • Lady Bird spends day with Lynda Johnson; presentation of one millionth "White House Guide Book"; Lady Bird & Lynda to Truman Library in Missouri; President Truman gives tour of Library--Lady Bird describes exhibits; to Truman home with Bess Truman