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  • . With the President cixin his car were: ^ ZHr—7 Committee Stop in the South War i—-—I——to Governor -^—-i Viet-nam .1- ! John A. Burns, and the Congressional delegation ,s^^^,,,.,,.c^,, SK^: !R\VK!. RHf OR!) ^ M)K IMAVKt \(M\!!Y P.^r -^c,-^.., " \n & ^r
  • these took place on a Tuesday because they related to the Senate wives. And then the Congressional Club would have a party for the first lady once a year. So on such official occasions I would see her, and then they were most generous about asking us to White
  • from the Capitol basement; the Congressional Club; Sam Rayburn's social status; the downing of a U-2 spy plane in the Soviet Union; the May 1960 primary election; Dorsey Hardeman and a bill passed in the Texas legislature to allow a person's name
  • -2 a distinguished array f leaders from board room and bureaucracy, congressional committee, campus and union hall. (See box on page 2 for par­ ticipants.) The two-day conference was jointly sponsored by the Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs
  • , Readers' Digest, Ladies' Home Journal, Rotarian ... in books ... and Congressional Record. He has appeared as major-speaker on programs with such prominent personalities as Presidents Eisen­ hower, Truman ... Secretaries of State Acheson, Dulles, Rusk
  • 5. 11:00p * Selected names should be underscored. Walter (Wash, DC) To pick up AW to go look at a nearby ranch To San Antonio -- see travel activity Guest of honor at San Antonio Press Club Gridiron Club Dinner; To Austin -- see travel activity 6
  • :00p 6 10:00p To Dallas - lodestar with Mrs. Johnson, Walter, MMW, Mr. and Mrs. Kellam, AW & Mariallen arrived Dallas, met by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chambers, Mrs. West, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGaha attended Cotton Bowl game with above party at Womens' Club
  • f Gen. 11:09 Departe St Johns then to W Hse for dinner Dem's Club Diana at w/ Mrs. J, JVs - arr'g 7:38p Mac Arthur's Clifton d Women's Democratic Club - arr'g W. House at 11:15 p. party - from - Potter residence,
  • To the White House, arriving at 12:57 Luncheon at the White House - Southern Governors EEO Meeting, Indian Treaty Room, EOB Arrive 274 EOB President Kennedy Walter Jenkins To National Lawyers Club, arrivin g at 7:55, via car 111 for New Frontier Club Dinner
  • to a joint meeting of the National Council of State Garden Clubs and the American Forestry Association at Jackson Lake Lodge. Monday, September 13 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Johnson attends the Women's National Press Club 1965-66 Inaugural Reception-­ Diplomatic
  • Carmel County Club for luncheon. 2:25 Left country club. 2:34 Arrived at President Polk's birthplace for dedication. 3:41 Arrived at the Belk residence. 4:13 To the Alexander Home restoration for tea. 5:19 Returned to the airport and departed from
  • : Conference Room , U.S. Capitol. Pictures made with Elks Club National Essay contest winners and 4-H Club workers Haircut at Senate Barbershop Dropped by Jack Brooks' house for his reception for a group of his constituents Mexican Embass y for receptio n
  • with signs--all seemingly friendly 6:58p I : ,i I Arrived at the Round Up Inn for Cong. Jim Wright's Congressional Club Meeting. Before the President reached the room where the meeting was held-he went into ?gca small room to the left and was presented
  • retired in '54. M: Is it about this period of time that you first met Lyndon Johnson? B: We first met him in the fall of 1948. mutual friends. We had known of him, had many And we were at the country club playing golf, and he and Mrs. Johnson were
  • to Washington from Texas; was down in district visiting for about 20 days. Connally has already left for school in Georgia for approximately 60 days, then is to be assigned to carrier duty. Buck Taylor has already announced for the Tenth Congressional District
  • .. FOR RELEASE AFTER 6:30 P. M. THURSDA Y, MA Y 16, 1968 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WlilTE HOUSE ----------------- -------------------------------------------------REMARKS OF MRS. L YNDON B. JOHNSON GARDEN CLUBS OF AMERICA
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968"
  • with JFK, Bundy, Stevenson. 3/20 Johnsons host party for JBC at Sheraton Park Hotel. 3/21 WH leadership meeting. 3/22 Meets with Rusk and congressional leadership re: Laos at 2 p.m., reads statement to CBS radio afterwards and goes to WH at 4:30. 3
  • in 1949, I went to work for the legislative department of the UAW--United Auto Workers union--here in Washington. My job was mostly research; I read the [Congressional] Record every day and I came to the Hill to get bills and attend hearings. I also
  • Employment history; organization and operation of the Democratic Study Group; support of the Great Society program; attending bill signing ceremonies; accepting position with the OEO; Sargent Shriver; OEO staff members; problems in Congressional
  • in the race for the Congressional seat, and one of them was the very prominent man in Austin, another one was a judge in Georgetown. I don't know who the other three were -- one was a man from Brenham, I don't recall his name. But Lyndon just had
  • Day, 2603 Connecticut Avenue. [LBJ and CTJ attend] February 2/1 Congressional Club Tea for President and Mrs. Truman, 4 p.m. [LBJ and CTJ attend?] 2/2 Truman sends special civil rights message to Congress asking them to establish a permanent
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Prokop -- I -- 2 Thereafter I went to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the congressional office, at which point I did the work on the Model Cities bill. Later I
  • -Chairman, Dinne r Cmtee , D . A . o f Sa n Francisc o Cong. Geo . P. Miller , Dea n of Northern California Congressiona l Delegatio n Mrs. Byro n Rumford , wif e o f Secy o f Demo Stat e Centra l Committe e Cong. Phili p Burton- 5t h Congressional Distric t
  • . Christian to 2d floor (MW Valenti - to 2d floor • . in and out) "get me Sen. Tom Kuchel" - Op. reported he was out on the golf course Congressional Country Club ... President said "never mind. " __! 10:57a| ._ i| i t j . Op. - "get me Dale Malechek
  • . Enroute she will stop to cut a ribbon at the Savannah Press Club in the Desoto Hotel and make a brief visit to the home of Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America.) 12:50 p.m. Depart Savannah 1:40 p. m. 1:45 p.m. Arrive Depart Jesup, Jesup
  • at the home of Evalyn Walsh McLean, a very famous hostess of those days. This was a one and only time for a young congressional couple like us. First thing, Lyndon didn't like to go to parties, as I've probably said a dozen times, and kept on turning things
  • Visiting the home of Evalyn Walsh McLean and socializing in 1941; Lady Bird's participation in a 75th Club luncheon honoring Eleanor Roosevelt; riding in Sam Rayburn's car; diversity in the 10th District; Lady Bird Johnson using her movie camera
  • and Scooter Miller at the Women's National Democratic Club. Lyndon and I also went to a reception honoring Margaret Chase Smith at the F Street Club. She was an important figure in that time, and, to a considerable extent, a friend of ours. There were
  • have talked about before, that went on and on, like the Texas Ladies delegation every month and the 75th Club, and the Congressional Club. To this there was added for me something that was a joy for twelve years, and that was participation in the Senate
  • Bolton's daughter Beverley's thyroid cancer treatment; 1949 health issues in the Johnson family; civil rights issues; the 81st Club; women's teas and luncheons; James Forrestal's resignation as secretary of the navy and death; LBJ's opinion of Winston
  • of course include going to the National Theater, and on her first visit Mount Vernon and Arlington and the monuments, and then taking her to the usual Friday afternoon teas at the Congressional Club, which gave us rather rich fare, as I look back over
  • the formation of rival clubs down there. Do you know anything about that? FR: Yes, I'm fairly familiar with it. PB: Can you tell us about it? I don't think we have really ever got the story. FR: Before I got to San Marcos there was a clUb on campus
  • announces allocation of $620,000 for use in extending power lines in 10th District. 2/3 When LBJ returned to Washington from short visit to Texas, he found congressional accounts with the Sergeant-at-Arms had been frozen for GAO audit. Audit showed shortage
  • with Rowland Evans, and author of Lyndon B. Johnson, An Exercise in Power, as well as other books, including one now on the Nixons. To begin with, you were still a fairly junior congressional reporter at the time your book begins. How close on that level were
  • my tastes were still bounded by a limited life--an exciting event at the Congressional Club or the 75th Club to take constituents to. One event of the spring was to go to the New York World's Fair on a special train with a whole lot of congressmen
  • Johnson's time spent sight-seeing and attending events at the Congressional Club or the 75th Club; visiting Bill White in New York City; Sam Rayburn, Wright Patman, Nat Patton, and other Texans in Washington, D.C.; visits with Aunt Effie Pattillo; summer
  • Congressional Liaiso n Officers OFF is a weekly occurrence, and the President sat in the front of the at a table w/ Barefoot Sanders an d the Postmaster General) RECORD JHITE House Dat e August 21, 1967 CNT LYNDON B. JOHNSON MARY 'resident began his day
  • to Doug Cater Stopped to shake hands and visit With crowd in front of Social Security Building. Arrived Friendship Airport Plane off the ground-- Jake Jacobsen, Marvin Watson in cabin with the President. Congressional members onboard to cabin--served
  • - Briefing for Committee Chairman of the House CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ,Cong. Carl Albert OFF RECORD ^m
  • weren't there. Thal was the agony shared by all who were close to him. Joe Califano (back to camera) and Charles Haar confer with LBJ. Taken in 1966, the picture predates Mr. Califano's present anti-smoking position. 9 From Indian Clubs to Golf Clubs
  • : Secret Service and appropriations. Attends National Press Club annual congressional night dinner and show that evening. 3/22 9:45 a.m., gives sendoff to Pres. of Togo at National Airport. Sits in on staff meeting in P-38 at 11 a.m. Holds Texas press
  • is an opportunity. I.might also tell you about the time that he sent me as a delegate to the Texas Press Club Association. We had in the college a press club, and those of us who edited the newspaper or annual belonged to the press club. of it. I believe he
  • in 1935 before leaving to run for Congress; housing in Austin, TX; list of people who helped and advised on NYA and the Congressional campaign; trip to D.C. on FDR's train
  • . It was the first improvement the city had. It was an Indian village and Maury restored it, with the help of the government funds. G: Did Mr. Johnson know Maury Maverick? Q: Oh, yes, real well. G: Did he assist him either in the NYA or the congressional
  • of the ~~ormon Church had made the &tatemeut that Johnson looked like the man that could lead the free people of the wor ld. Wil:dman said he was ready to start to work and if we were ready to start having Johnson clubs formed then they ,vere ready to go ahead
  • - on the outskirts of St. Augustine, Florida. The Congressional Committee reports that Lynch's harangue lasted more than an hour and "was couched in almost incredibly bloodthirsty language." Following his speech the audience administered a physical beating