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Rosto
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Justic
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VHITE HOUS E Dat
DENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
e Septembe
DIARY
Wednesda
President bega n hi s day at (Place
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In Out
Lo
White House, Washington. D. C.
or t Expend!Activity
LD
C^
7:55p to
(include visited by) ture
mjdr s room. Worked balance of night reading accumulated daring Secy Udall s
meeting Read tickers and news clips.
8:08p ~ To
Oval office
8:09p t
- REMARKS
1968
i
(include visited by) ture
South
the Miga^k Portico for presentation of new bubble-top limousine to the Secret Service -the President looked at the limousine, and then made
**attendance on page 10
12:54p To
1:00p t
the Oval Office
- t
8:44a ~£
White House T^
(include visite d by)
Situation Room
Rostow
Hon
Edwin Weisl, Sr - New York City
Walt
Rostow
Hon
Dean Rusk, Secy of State (b. 4) - re peace moves, instructions for
Harriman, general discussion of current Vietnam
- worke d w/ m r o n
getting a new se t o f cards typed .
e Meek s - Sa n Antonio - t o as k hi m t o fly Luc i t o Houston thi s afternoo n
Dal
for th e Astrodome appearanc e
e President wen t t o the kitchen - and sa t dow n an d had sor t o f a secon d
- during this mtg -- one of the new tie bars oix on velvet w/ LBJ initials
To Flower Garden for
Presentation of honorary degrees from Texas Technological College (Doctor of Laws)
to President Johnson
and President Diaz Ordaz
Cong. George Mahon introduced
- .
President pointed to all his Melvin Warren (new) paintings in the office
and explained they were awfully good to him since he paid something like
~ $1250 for practically each one. Mrs. Eshkol remarked they were
remarkably
western looking and appealed to her
- by thePresident as he ate his dinner at the LBJ Ranch
_- (
_
dining
room table:
„_______„
___
To
Prime
Minister
and
Mrs.
Eshkol: _____
a
^__ | Aboard 86972 in route John F. Kennedy Airport, New York,USA _
||
"We enjoyed the two days we spent together in our home
- littl e ite m ... . recen t Harri s Poll puttin g LBJ ahea d o f
~" Nixon. .. . gave Gov . th e clippin g an d asked hi m to ge t on e of his peopl e t o complai n t o the
" S. A. Expres s fo r tha t new s ite m K.
~~7:12p Th
e President an d Gov
- The
President - en route the office - w/ President-elect Nixon
--walking slowly along the colonnade --
2:51p To
the Oval Office - showing Mr. Nixon the office -pointing to new TV table and saying, "We have just put this in, and are having that one
(meaning
- channe l Luci , Pa t an d Ly n
were expecte d t o be show n o n news report . (7:2 5 p, Channe l 7 )
6:36pm 6:45 p REMARK
__^^_ RECEPTIO
CLlisttoDT
S at
N for National Counci l o n th e Arts
WHITE HOUS E Dat
e Novembe
r 21 , 196 8
IDENT LYNDO N B
- Canaveral, Florida
Tom
6:30p t
7:05p f
Saturday
D
5:45pm Walt
6:28py t
23, 1968
Krim - in his Long Island residence. New York
Terry Sanford, Durham, North Carolina
- with report on guests coming to dinner -The President said he would call M Mayer
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fort
Activit
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r 26 , 196 8
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m Jone s - p l r Lisago
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m Johnso n f
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Raleigh Milto n - stenotypis t
n Robert Murph y
Walt Rosto w
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VHITE HOUSE Date.
December
>ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DIARY
'resident began his day a t (Place) Time
In Out
11
4:48p -
[
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LBJ
RANCH.
29, 1968
TEXAS Day
™,ph«e I
Activity
Gode
Lo
LD
SUNDAY
(include visited by) ture
5:12 Reading
news
- consternatio n tha t
he joine d theceremony. —Asked tha t th e new s article
be maile d t o Pat Nugen t today.
President t o th e Mansio n w/
George Christia n
Tom Johnso n
Friday
January 10 , 196 7
The Whit e Hous e
DeVier Pierso n
Secretary Josep h Bar
- new agreement to provide for
cooperation in the exchange of atomic information with th e North Atlantic Treaty Organizatio n
and its member nations . Supersedes an existing agreement executed in 1955.
Nominations Sent to the Senate on June 30, 1964
-
Williams
new
Ambassador
to
UN
Economic
and
Social
Council
svc)
H. E. Carl Willem Alwin Schurmann, Ambassador of the Netherlands (presented credentials)
and Mr. Robert C. Creel, Deputy Asst Ascy of State for European Affairs
JV also
and Mr. Chester
-
Walter Jenkins
Alex
Rose
Scarsdale
New York
Walter
Reuther
Rochester Mich
Congr
Geo
Mahon
returning
his
Gov Carl
Sanders
Atlanta
Ga
To
August 1 , 196 4
call
TEXAS
mansion
DINNER w / Mrs . Johnson , Secretar y an d Mrs. Anthon y Celebrezze , Secretar
- to certain sales to common carriers or
sleeping-car companies.
H, R. 9803, An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire the
building constructed on the Fort Jay Military Reservation,
New York, by the Young Men's Christian Association.
(MORE)
- of the Okanogan-Similkameen division. Chief Joseph Dam
project, Washington, and for other purposes.
H. R. 3396, An Act to authorize the addition of lands to Morristown National Historical Park in
the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes.
H. R. 6601, An Act
- Orde r providin g fo r th e Nationa l Defens e Executiv e Reserv e
NOMINATIONS SEN T T O SENAT E TODAY:
Frederic G . Donner , o f New York fo r a term from Sept . 17 , 1964 , unti l th e dat e o f the
annual meetin g o f the Corporatio n i n 1965
- were behin d him t o enter th e pew :
Director an d Mrs. McCone , Nichola s Katzenbach , Secretar y Hodges , Governo r Connally
and Mayo r Rober t Wagne r of New York, Senato r Huber t Humphre y (who joined him .
at th e doo r o f the church) , Genera l
- by Senator Daniel Brewster, Congressional candidate
Joe Tydin gs, Governor J. Millard Tawes, Congressman Carlton Sickles
Mayor TheodoreMcKelvin,
Crowds lined the streets and all alone the fence line. News photographers and reporters
were also on hand
- r Hug h C . Donlon , of Saugerties. NY in
ceremonies t o be hel d at the Whit e House at 12 noon, December 5. 1964 .
Today announced names of officials appointed to th e new 2 7 member Lewis and Clark
Trail Commission, established by the 88th
- Scientific Adviso r
To
office
/in Cabinet
/in
Cabinet
D. J. Mitchell , Principal Private Sec y
T. Lloyd-Hughes, Advisor o n Public
Relations
R. M. Hadow, C. M. G. , Hea d of News
. Department
H E Rt Hon Lord Harlech
Ambassador
of S B
Room
Room
mtg
mtg
- to Reedy on how PM's press conf
went
then
read
printed press briefings PM's and Reedy's
Walter Jenkins on mjdr's
pl
re press briefing on personal affairs
Nomination sen t t o th e Senate Jun e 9:
Clinton E . Knox , o f New York, a Foreig n Servic e Office r
- A of the Kingdo m
of Cambodi a
Wilson Cowen , o f Maryland , t o b e Chie f Judg e o f the U . S . Cour t o f Claims , vic e
Marvin Jone s
Philip Nichols, Jr . , o f Massachusetts, t o be Judg e of the Unite d States ] Customs Cour t
George Henr y Hearn, o f New
- / A.W. Moursund and WJ
J Edgar Hoover
Sen. Pastore
Sen Saltonstall
Sen. Scott
In the Oval Room w/ Secy Douglas
Dillon
David Lawrence
U.S. news & World Report
In the Oval Room
Dr. Glenn Seaborg and McGeorge Bundy
Waddy Bullion
Sen Russell Long
Mr Charles
- Buelter , Directo r o f Natl Recruitment , NAHS A *
Mrs An n Marsh - Staf f member , Nat l Assoc o f Hearing & Speech Agencie s
In for a pictur e with th e President t o fcbe be use d fo r a cove r stor y i n the magazin e
"Speech an d Hearin g News
- Rostow
Joe
Ca lifano (pl)
l_ t
_j
Bob
.. i
— ______ i
RECORD: Keyes Beech --who
Bob
Fleming
Jorden '
'
i s writing a book on the Far East
" Mr. Beech is with the Chicago Daily News and tn town for a few days. Mr. Jorde n
requested that the P
- in tErhardt and really more faith
in Erhardt than he did in the new man. . . and that
Germany is forever standing there with its hand
out. . . and then he went on and was talkin g generally
about people. . .are always using Russia, .to threaten
you. . and he
- ) .
2:47p . 2:58p Jo
e Califano and Bill Moyers in
MW
315" t
(pl)
.
~305 - 3:40p
330 f
McPherson
....j
3:40p :
;;
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1I
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i
Mrs
in ~
~
Johnson
The
President to the Cabinet Room
to greet some 24 C. W. Post College students from New
- fro m MW's office at same time.
_ 1:31p
.
Dr.
Howard Rusk, President of the World Rehabilitation Fund, New York City -- Memo fm
state d Secy Dean Rusk had called saying Dr. Howard Rusk
~; 1
:17p "
""Wal
t Rostow MWatson
l:17p Marvin
Watson would
- Everett Dirk sen _____^
l_
10:45a t
j
11:20a t
i __________
|
11:25a; j
Joe Califano (pl)
Wal
t Bill
"' ~
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t Rosto w (pl) ____
Moyers - Garden City, New York |
"
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^During thi s mt g Okamot o too k a pictur e o f Dr. Horni g w/ th e
- today
Goldstein left with the President a book , "A Century of Judaism in New York"
w/ inscription, "To President Lyndon B. Johnson, leaderof men an d nations,
architect of The Great Society and friend of Israel, with blessings from Zion. Israel
- by) ture
To second floor w/Secy Weaver and MW - (to discuss Weaver's mtg on renovation of
to Usher's ofc Pittsburgh)
'
Boyd to second floor (to discuss organization problems of the new Department)
Tom
/
_ Thursday _
Day
£ t Expendi. Activity
Codc
LD
-
ate gumbo (cooked by Senator Ellender), salad, and pralines. He spent ^H^^ about
minutes at the lunch table, and after finishing, he. Mrs. Johnson, and Sen Ellender
posed for pictures at the door of the Senator's office for news photographers and pre
- --returning the President's call .
,
,
,—,
1,
4:50p —
.
,
The President asked for Mr. Horace Busby in New York -- he had checked out and
- ' word was left with Mrs. Busby
4:55p t
Secy
5:14p !~tS
en. Russell
"" ~~tSen.
5:35p J
~^~z —1
White House
8
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——_
:
luncheon
guests were Austin ;
bank officials and talk at luncheon
centered around a possible tax increase, the pros and cons, etc -- see below
President to bedroom w/ Mr. Sam Lucchese to fit shoes
3pega8e33ag2Pat33x Arthur "Tex" Goldschmidt - New York
- .
The Hill and the Moursunds left
The President working his desk w/ mf, mary s, and JJ
The President watched and listened to the news as he was working his desk
the President to his bedroom_
