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- Appointment O P Activity (include visited by) Expenditure
6:20 Left Carlyle
6:30 Arrived Waldorf-Astoria for cocktails and sandwiches in
Ambassador Stevenson's suite
7:40 Left Waldorf with Ambassador Stevenson and
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
7:48 Arrived Warner
- The President and party joined.
Toured ranches.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
8:15 Returned to the ranch -- to main house.
8:30 Dinner with the President, Luci, Lynda, J.C. Kellam, Susan Stevenson, LaFaye Davis,
Jim Jones, Helene, and Marie.
9:00 Left
- Work w/ Ashton
Lunch in room
Work on mail
Talk to Mary Lasker
4:30 Leave for New York
6:00 Arrive New York
6:30 Hair combing - Hers (Elizabeth Arden's)
7:20 Leave for Modern Art Museum w/ Adlai Stevenson
7:35 Arrived Museum - Met by René d'Harnoncourt
- with the President for services at the National City
Christian Church. Talk Susan Stevenson
12:15 Returned to the second floor.
2. 12:35 Mr. Saul Pett to the second floor.
12:50 Tom Johnson to the second floor. Hubert - Face the Nation
1:00 Lunch with the President
- with the President for services at the National City
Christian Church. Talk Susan Stevenson
12:15 Returned to the second floor.
2. 12:35 Mr. Saul Pett to the second floor.
12:50 Tom Johnson to the second floor. Hubert - Face the Nation
1:00 Lunch with the President
- , Senator Douglas. Chopper to
Bloomington. Stopped off briefly at Stevenson home. 11:00 To Unitarian
Church and to cemetery. 1:00 Lunch at Stevenson home.
5:15 Returned to White House - Steinbeck autographed "The Grapes of Wrath"
5:20 To South Grounds w
- )
10:50 To church w/ President, Secretary and Mrs. Dillon,
Ambassador Stevenson
1:00 To pool w/ President and Dillons
1:45 Secretary and Mrs. McNamara
2:00 To Rose Garden for pictures
2:15 Lunch
7:45 Mr. and Mrs. Valenti
Mr. and Mrs. Busby
8:30 Dinner w
- reception at Mayflower
6:45 To Scooter and Dale Millers' 25th Anniversary party in Mayflower.
Saw the Jenkins, Busbys, Teagues, Pickles, Bayhs
7:30 To Sharaton Park Hotel for dinner for Adlai Stevenson's
Women's National Demo Club
7:50 Return to White House
- THE WHITE
HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
Date Wednesday, July 14, 1965
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
No.
Entry
Time
1. Recorded all day and I went to
Stevenson died!
Beauty shop in Stonewall 4 p.m.
Activity
- with President for National Cathedral for memorial services for
Adlai Stevenson - Luci went - Senator Fulbright
12:00 Returned to second floor
1:00 Nap
3. 4:30 Wake up - fried egg, bacon, and coffee
sign mail and autograph many, many pictures
Work with Liz
7:15
- Stevenson
12:55 Returned to second floor
2:40 Lunch with President and Marvin Watson
Took nap
5:50 3. Guests arrived - Scooter and Dale Miller,
Lloyd and Ann Hand, Barbara and Howard
Burris
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Entry
No.
Appointment O P
Time
To the pool
- . The President and staff over for dinner).
*********
House guests:
Susan Stevenson - Luci's room.
Gertrude Davis, Hazel, Donna,
Ethel, and LaFaye -- Lee,
Wilma, and Helen's rooms.
Mrs. O. P. Bobbitt - Queens' Room
****
- on tray in room alone.
9:30-10:30 Chief Nauser.
Retired.
*****
House guests:
Sue Stevenson - 301
Davis family
Luci and Lyn - Luci's room.
*****
- . and Mrs. Jack Valenti and Courtenay.
6:46 To the Sequoia with Sybil Dickinson and niece, Congressman and Mrs. Mahon and grandchildren
and Susan Stevenson.
7:20 The President and other guests boarded boat.
Entry No.
Time
Activity
Dinner on the boat.
9
- To the Cabinet Room to join the President and guests for presentation of a bust
of Adlai Stevenson.
12:00 To the second floor with eleven guests from the bust presentation -- coffee.
12:45 Guests left.
Lunch.
Worked with Ashton.
3:54 To the swimming pool.
4:26
- up Nellie Connally.
5:35 Met G. Harvey Jones w/ Jake and traded cars and drove alone.
5:40 Return main house. Shampoo and set in room by Agnes Stevenson.
(looked at wedding pictures under dryer)
(over)
Entry No.
Time
Activity
7:10 To living room
-
and Lyn, Tom Johnson, LaFaye Davis, and Susan Stevenson.
Retired.
******
- Brooks.
11:36 The Trejos left.
11:50 To the second floor.
Retired.
*****
House guests:
Mr. and Mrs. O.P. Bobbitt - Queens' Room
Susan Stevenson - Luci's room
Judge and Mrs. A.W. Moursund - Lincoln bedroom Gertrude Davis, Hazel, Ethel, Donna, and LaFaye
- : Mr. and Mrs. Alan Dulles, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lovett, Honorable and Mrs. Dan Martin,
C.R. Smith, Mrs. Madeline Low)
12:04 Returned to the White House.
Retired.
*****
House guests:
Dr. James Cain - 327
Susan Stevenson - 301
Gertrude Davis and four
- , Luci.
11:30-12:20 Chief Mills.
Retired.
House guests:
Luci and Lyn - Luci's room
Dr. Cain - 327
*****
Sue Stevenson - 301
Gertrude and four Davises - third floor
*****
- Stevenson - 301
Billy Graham - 303
Grady Wilson - 327
Gertrude Wilson and family.
*****
- . *****
House guests:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Berlin - 303
Mr. and Mrs. J. Waddy Bullion - Queens' Room
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jaworski - 327
Susan Stevenson - 301
Gertrude Davis and family - third floor *****
- on Truman Balcony
7:05 Congressman Edmondson, Mssrs. White, Stevenson, Adams, Jones to East Garden to see
Mrs. J.
7:08 To East Garden to greet guests and to receive peaches
7:20 Returned to second floor
7:45 Ate on a tray in Lynda's room while she
- .
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson, Margaret Mayer, Jim Jones.
(8:06 The President, Lynda, and guests to the theater to see "Detective.")
8:30-9:30 Chief Dunn.
10:15 All dinner guests left.
Retired.
House guests:
Sue Stevenson - 301
Gertrude Davis and four
- scholars.
knowledgeable about the m edallion its e lf.
I wi sh I had been m o re
A ll I could do was give him a big
sm ile and sort of blow him a kiss of appreciation.
And A dlai Stevenson was there; and Nichole Alphand was there, looking
like a little g
- 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
- r s a r y
r e c e p t io n .
S m a ll, n e a r ly all T e x a n s, old f r ie n d s , the Seppalas.
And then we continued on to the Sheraton P a rk , w h ere the W om en s
D e m o c r a t i c Club was having a dinner f o r A dlai Stevenson
- Lady Bird and Eric Goldman work on Georgetown Visitation speech; preservation of Lincoln Room at Blair House; Israeli reception at Mayflower Hotel; dinner for Adlai Stevenson at Sheraton Park Hotel by Women National Democratic Club
- second floor for Oval Room
6:55 Departed mansion for Pier One. In car with Mrs. J., Mr. and Mrs. Barefoot Sanders,
Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks, Mrs. Pickle, Mary Rather.
Other guests besides those already listed were Susan Stevenson and LaFaye Davis
- e lt M e m o r ia l
Foundation, and I was going because Jean Kintner had asked m e to.
And
A d la i Stevenson had fo llo w ed it up with an even m o re p ersu asive le tte r.
Jean m et m e at L a Guardia, took me by the hand and had me in tow a ll
- attending Eleanor Roosevelt event; Anna Rosenberg Hoffman reads letters from Eleanor Roosevelt; Adlai Stevenson
- e c r e t a r y and M r s .
D illo n to go to St. M a r k 's to chu rch
with us, and when A m b a s s a d o r Stevenson c a m e o v e r about 10:15 in the
m o r n in g , to talk a li t t l e b u sin ess, we s o r t o f abducted him and took
him
- LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda and Luci to St. Mark's with Secretary & Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson; Dillons and Robert McNamaras to lunch at White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird and LBJ say goodbye to Lynda's boyfriend, Bernie
- Lady Bird records her diary; death of Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; University of Texas professors are guests at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird describes the drawings in the Trans Pecos caves that will be covered by the Amistad Dam
- 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
- Congressional Prayer Breakfast; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ has television news conference; story about Adlai Stevenson's birthday cake; Stevenson discusses the Soviet Union, the United Nations, the Congo and China; Lady Bird meets with Barbara
- a r y la d ie s o f the P r e s s
Club, w as A d la i Stevenson, the Hugo B la c k s , the Ja m es R o o s e v e l t s ,
the
F r a n k lin R o o s e v e lt s , the John R o o s e v e l t s , and the C u rtis R o o s e v e l t s , who
in his c h ild h
- Funeral service for Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about LBJ Library; Lady Bird to Scharnhorst and Lewis Ranches with John William Klein to clean and decorate; University of Texas coaching staff and families to LBJ Ranch
- Lady Bird arrives back at White House and then to bed; LBJ, Lady Bird, Luci and Senator Bill Fulbright to National Cathedral for Adlai Stevenson's funeral; Lady Bird takes nap; office work with Ashton Gonella and Liz Carpenter; Secret Service names
- the Fall," and critique of play and actors; Adlai Stevenson
- , then reads Louis Auchinclass book, Brownstone Front; LBJ meets with foreign policy advisers about Vietnam; Poverty Bill passes; Adlai Stevenson; Arthur Schlesinger book
