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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
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SpeQ!al to The New York Tl01es
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WASHINGTON,.May !2 - In for small businesses
much of· ·America, there are ers.
pockets of poverty in the midst
The . Appalachia
and farm
program,
of · plepty. ,~ Jiut in Appalachia, strictly ·a regional one
- , Designed Expressly for the F.ducation and Elevation of the Young."
In 1867 he also took charge of the Deseret News, then issued sad-weekly,
and inaediatel.y
changed it into a daily.
His connection with this paper
*Dictionary of American Biography, Vol
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The Crown Prince's
feat was a
source of great pride for Greece, and was warmly applauded by all segments of the population.
The young King is
of national
and world
closely and by reading
News and World Report
well-informed
on current events.
He keeps
- him that rllr. Joe Connally, President of King Fea tu.res and
INS, had had a conference with vou and that an agreement of this
nature had been reac,hed: INS would cease the service and cease
the charge on their news service to us imn1edia tely
- e r c ia l, with L i z and B ess, and I
b e lie v e , F ra n ces Lew ine fo r a New Y o r k appearance t hat I had anticipated
with both dread and the w ill to succeed.
It w a s the f i r s t a n n iv e r s a ry luncheon of the E lean or R o o s e v
- New York
- LBJ and Railroad Strike; Lady Bird to first anniversary luncheon of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in New York; Lady Bird & Jean Kintner to Needlework Shop to design needlepoint pillows for White House; Lady Bird mentions many people
- New York
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ii..el.d.A; and 7 new/.JpapVLwoman. PLeMe look
W.t and [P-ve me ';f0Wl opi..nion.
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.the encl..o/.Jed
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_9. have a couple ot addi..Li.orw .to .the up corru..nfj5.tate dinnvw wl-u...ch cvz..e encl..o/.Jed.
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- State of the Union, LBJ health and exercise, Women Doers Luncheons, possible trip to New York for the opening of The Repertory Theatre
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T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th
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W as lik e a cam p aign d ay.
I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day
s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n .
We ch o se New J e r s e y
b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
- New Jersey
- Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los
- New Jersey
- g day going over the p lan s for the new
; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the
■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n ,
■
although I’d g iv e up another ’
b o o k sh e lf
- Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
- 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
- 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
- and Frances
L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle
Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan
Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
- on the lookout for them.
I talked to International News and think I should have
something by the end of the week.
I am enclosing checks for $1500.00 which you can deposit
in your account in the American National Bank and let Jesse draw
it out to pay bills. I
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Jan u ary
1966
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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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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
- 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
- . von Braun
tried to d e s crib e to m e, ‘'what I was going to be seeing.
At each stop along
the way I would m eet a new e s c o r t o ffic e r , alm ost always a woman.
F irs t
there was the wind tunnel m o d els, to show what effects wind cu
- ; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird gives short speech; reception for Alabama women officials; presentation of watercolor to Lady Bird; relaxing on the plane with press; dinner with LBJ at Marshall McNeil's; news coverage of Huntsville trip
- ip t fo r the new book , "The L iv in g W hite H o u se" ,
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
V
WASHINGTON
T h u r sd a y , S e p te m b e r 1, 1966
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g iv in g h e r s o m e a n e c d o te s abou t our lif e h e r e , p a r tic u la r ly L y n d
- News headlines about troop withdrawal in Europe, taxes and members of President's Club; office work; wedding gifts for Margy McNamara; Lady Bird's upcoming California trip; interview with National Geographic; photo in news of Luci grocery shopping
- 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. ''^,^
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u n io n s.
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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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- 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
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T O N
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Wednesday, A p r i l 22, 1964
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Lyndon w h irled o ff in the h elico p ter this morning, on his way to
open the W o r ld ’ s F a ir in New Y o rk .
I spent the morning doing desk w
- LBJ to World's Fair in New York; reception for leaders of Daughters of the American Revolution with descriptions of attendees by Lady Bird; LBJ's ancestor was founding member of DAR, Mary Desha; Lady Bird looks at samples for Luci's room; Lady Bird
- a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d .
L y n d o n w as
s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly
e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t .
N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
- Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
- e s to r s that I would h ave sw o r n w e r e
a u th e n tic.
When I com p lim en ted the v e r y old, v e r y handsom e p ian o, sh e
sa id that i t had c o m e fro m New O rlea n s by r iv e r b oat up the M is s is s ip p i
and the R ed R iv e
- , and M r s . H a rris o n , on th e ir
way to New Y o rk , m et us the re , and we had a ceremony dedicating th is
v e ry complete fa c ility fo r the to u ris t -- picnic tables under an a ttra c tive
lit t le ro o f, a barbecue p it, w ater fountain
- k e lin g .
F ir s t I tr ie d the a llo v e r m a sk and the f in s .
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b e s t e x p e r ie n c e s - - a new w o rld .
It w as one of l i f e ’s
S ea fa n s, fr a g ile a s la c e , g r e y
■ and p u rp le and g r ee n , w avin g g en tly
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of
champaign;
ever done.
o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has
L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is
t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- was the head man, and his
assistant Dr. Manigan, and the nice head of all the nurses, Mrs. Jenkins. They took us in, and
we went from floor-to-floor, and I noticed, over my shoulders, the faces of so many familiar
Washington news girls. I missed them. I like
- in d e d m e o f the H ans C h r is tia n A n d e r se n s to r y a b ou t
the e m p e r o r 's new c lo th e s .
If you can g e t enough p e o p le - - en ou gh
r e v ie w s - - to s in g , "Th is i s g r e a t, th is i s w o n d erfu l, th is is n e
- New York
- Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- suppose h i s l a s t ap p earan ce i n
th e h i s t o r i c a l House Chamber i n an o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n .
I t began i n New York in th e P i e r r e .
Lyndon had gone back
a f t e r th e p a r ty l a t e th e n ig h t b e fo re and I had s
- New York
- Hotel Pierre, New York City
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b a c k f o r l u n c h ,. and th e n I sp e n t the a fte rn o o n w ith R o y .
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- c h w a s p a in te d , had a. new flo o r , c le a n and b r ig h t
i n s i d e , o n ly , a la s , w ith c o lo r e d w in d o w s th a t w ou ld h a v e b e e n b e t t e r l e f t
c le a r . .
L yn d on w a s in an e x u b e r a n t m o o d .
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- 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
- d B e s s to h a v e a p o s t- m o r te m on th e F e s t i v a l .
o f th e A r t s , an d w e d is c u s s e d th e one-by-one h a m m e r -b lo w s o f th e
f r o n t- p a g e s t o r y - - New Y o rk T im e s , New Y o rk H e r a ld T rib u n e
- may we
drink in new strength to help us reach the restless hearts of men.
Give us Thy secret, and the power to share it with our fellows;
that we may go back to the world and its duties, stronger, simpler,
~weeter; and may become more worthy messengers
- aging n ew s w as
that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the
in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci,
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w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
- Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
- m e n t a new s tr u g g le , e v e r y m o m e n t a new d ir e c tio n - try in g to k e e p the
c r a f t le v e l a n d a w ay fro m th e r o c k s , a n d no s t i l l w a te r in s ig h t.
T h is m o rn in g I h a d a c o n fe re n c e w ith V
- a n ,
and he kept u s laughing a l l the w ay.
And C lifto n D a n ie l o f the New Y o r k T i m e s ,
s o r t of second on the desk, I ga th e re d , under T u r n e r C a tle d g e - the s o n - in - la w
o f the P r e s id e n t , who w as a l w
- and reminiscences of President Truman; New Hampshire primary
- . / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by.
I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
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WASHINGTON
S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5
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- New Mexico
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
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- New York
- George Washington's birthday; Lady Bird to New York City to purchase clothing; visit with Lynda Johnson; Mollie Parnis reminisces about Mamie Eisenhower; lunch, looking out over Central Park; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to Mary Lasker's party; Lady
- New York City
- n o t to u ch i t f o r two d a y s .
T h e n on m y w a y to New Y o rk ,
I sto p p e d in the R o s e G a r d e n f o r p i c tu r e s
w ith N an cy G a te s H a y e s a n d h e r h u s b a n d B ill a n d J e ff a n d C h ip a n d C indy a n d
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- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird visit; LBJ has been swimming every day for two weeks; office work; photos in Rose Garden with houseguests; Lady Bird leaves for New York City; outfit for 1969 Inaugural; Lady Bird is fitted for new clothing
