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- Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary
Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
December 9, 1963
Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the
night with us in the Queen’s Room
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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
- to a
I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New
Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love.
It m ak e s th is the
b ig g e st.
We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love.
The r u s s e t glow of
the su n s e t o v e r
- 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
- e r the d e s e r t.
As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it,
looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how
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v e r y we s t e r n this i s .
so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h .
So new, pro b ab
- s t of w a lk in g
o u t lo o k in g m u c h m o r e a t t r a c tiv e an d on top of the w o rld .
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A t 2 :0 0 w a s m y m a in m e e tin g of the day .
M a ry L a s k e r h a d c o m e dow n fro m New Y o rk a n d N ash , G e o rg e H a rtz o g
- r v a t i o n of
th e W h ite H o u s e .
Now th is new C o m m i tt e e w ould p ic k up s e v e r a l of th e
m e m b e r s of th e W hite H o u se H i s t o r i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n w ho a r e p u r e l y
b u s i n e s s m e n an d v e r
- T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til
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i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n
o b s ta c le , a m o u n
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
- a c tiv e H o llin g s of S outh
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C a r o lin a an d s t e r n fa c e d , r a t h e r L in c o ln e s q u e , S e n a to r H a n s e n , and
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yo u n g , t e r r i f i c l y a t t r a c t iv e C h a r le s P e r c y .
h e rs e lf.
So th e new o n
- r. G rover and D orothy T e r r ito , Juanita R o b erts and alas, ra th er la te
M ary L a sk e r fo r our seco n d m eetin g of the A cq u isitio n s C o m m ittee.
m a in new s w a s that D r. G rover had d rafted and L y n d o n
rsU'i- '-» rw m
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- v e r n o r H u g h es
of New J e r s e y c o u ld n ’t b r in g t h a t w o n d e r fu l jo lly M r s , H u g h e s , w ho w a s
te n d in g one o f t h e i r eig h t o r nine c h i ld r e n .
, T h e r e a r e so m a n y young a n d h a n d s o m
- e d Z a c h a ry S co tt
a n d w e n t to New Y o rk an d th en to H ollyw ood, w h e r e , a s so m a n y m a r r i a g e s
do, th a t one p e r is h e d .
A nd l a t e r on she b e c a m e M r s , S te in b e c k ,
And
a n o th e r I w a n te d
- went
b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited
m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning.
H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage
C o n tro l.
C o n
- a b l e to
look a r o u n d a n d s e e W a r r e n W oodw ard now in his new r o l e w ith
A m e r i c a n A i r l i n e s , b u t s t i l l s o m e b o d y t h a t I can s o r t of go up a n d le a n
m y head on his s h o u ld e r .
W e w e r e going
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s .
And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s
of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand
in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
- e w ent on to church
s e r v ic e s at the L utheran C hurch.
is a m em b er o f.
Of c o u r s e , that is what the C h an cellor
And th ere w as a cu rio u s blending of the old and the
new , the e ld e r ly m in is te r spoke in G erm
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- New York
- with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas
- New York
- Lady Bird mentions recent parties and hostile news articles; Bill Moyers resigns; William Manchester's book is out; photo albums for Christmas gifts; lunch; Jean Louis' last day; Childrens' Christmas party with puppet show, cookies & ice cream
- u t, th a t w en t s o m e th in g lik e
th is ;
A new p r o c e s s of a u to m a tio n h ad b e e n p u t in a t one of th e F o r d p la n ts ,
th a t p u t o u t of w o rk q u ite a s iz e a b le n u m b e r of p e o p le , an d th in g s g o t
- th e r $ 5 0 ,000 fo r u s fo r th e c o m in g y e a r . So w e can b r e a th e e a s y . :'We can
I-__ Y '
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e v e n a ffo r d to lo o k fo r s o m e new a r t object^ . B e s t o f a ll, he to ld us.,that^the liv in g
W h ite H o u se h a d s o ld
- c o u ld h a v e a r e a l d e d ic a tio n c e le b r a tio n th e r e .
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B u t th e u r g e n t n e e d
-w a s to g e t a c l o s e r w o rk in g r e la tio n w ith th e new h e a d of th e W a s h in g to n
S c h o o l S y s te m to c u e h im
- - - the new p in k one w ith th e b ead s^ a'ro u n d th e
n e c k f o r th e p a r t y th a t w a s th e r e a l b eg in n in g of the C h r is tm a s s e a s o n - f o r th e p r e s s w o m e n o f W a sh in g to n .
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'• T h e r e w a s a b u ffe t s u p
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- , oddly u n c e r t a i n a f t e r th a t b o u t w ith w h a t e v e r i t
w a s in New Y o r k T u e s d a y m o rn in g .
I a m not u s e d to b ein g s ic k , a n d it
annoys and e m b a r r a s s e s m e.
I l e f t a t n e a r l y 3:00, a n d w e n
- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
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;
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lenbgatiso m e of th e a d v e n tu r e s h e r m o th e r h a d h a d w ith th e b r a n d
E
V r-,
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird view new LBJ portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Lady Bird works with staff on framing travel certificates; meeting about dinner for Texas friends; Lady Bird attends stag luncheon with LBJ; Lady Bird names
- o m s a l e s f r o m th e g u id e b o o k .
T h e new b o o k c o n s H ^ - o u t i n th e F a l l - - th e " L i v i n g W h ite H o u s e " - - L i z
s u g g e s ts a f a n fa re p u b lic ity .
T h e m e e t i n g l a s t e d a n h o u r a n d
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
- ho h a s c o v e r e d u s s in c e
1*11 a lw a y s lo o k b a c k on th em w ■
ith a 'ffe c tio n !1
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHING TON
T h u r s d a y , M a rc h 14, 1968
Page 9
F r a n k R e y n o ld s of A BC; a n d a new -found f r
- ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
