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WASHINGTON
February 29, 1968
4:35 p. m.
Mr. President:
John Criswell called with the following
two items :
1. Jim Farl ey had an eme r gency
operation (nothing serious) this morning.
He is in St. Claire's Hospital in New York
City.
Send flowe7
YES
- first vestiges of the new day can be seen.
Date March
19, 1967
PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DAILY DIARY
The President began his day at (Place) Aboard
T-_ Telephone
fort
Entrv Tune
\o' 1
1
1^ Ou
AFOne 26000--en route Hickam AFB
Expend,-
Activity
LD
- . Johnson
.——
.
——
Marvin Watson_^___
Bill Moyers —^._—.^
—=
-
Bob Knudsen
Doctors in to give ekg
During the morning, the President talked about various subjects. He retold the stor
about mf in Thailand--not going to the King's dinner, but going out
- y - Washington , D . C .
Secy. McNamar a - - Washington , D . C .
Cong. Graha m Purcel l - Dallas . Texa s
Judge A . W . Moursun d - Johnso n City , Texa s
Bill Moyers - Austin , Texa s
Dale Mal echek
To the offic e
LUNCH w / JJ , MF , V M -- sou p
- Editor , Chicag o Dail y New s
William Ruggles , Edito r Emeritus , Dalla s Time s Editoria l Pag e
Harry Papazia n o f the Hearst Foundatio n
Milt Kaplan , Hears t Headlin e Servic e
William Randolp h Hearst, Editor-in-chief , Hears t Newspaper s
Dr
- . Jame s Cai n - Rochester , Minn .
Mrs. Clifto n Daniel s - NYC
The Vic e President - Waverly , Minn .
Secy o f State Dea n Rusk
Senator Russel l Lon g
Walking - fo r th e morning mil e w/ Mrs . Johnso n
Hon and Mrs. Marvi n Watso n
mf
Thurs
Jan 2
- Jan 7,
The White House
Tuesday
The President sat for most of this day for a sculptor^, Mr. Robert Berks
--Mr. Berks came in at 9:00 this morning, and stayed most of the day
Califano - pl
Horace Busby
Rostow - pl
Hon. Charles Zwick, Director
-
trying
to go to the
bathroom
all
morning
ya'll
keep
trying
to stop
me
To
bathroom
Back in
office
discussing
press
conference
and
then
discusses
article
in
newspaper
concerning
his tentative
Thursday
night
Written
up
trip
to Texas
on last
all
cards
- . (returning his call)
George Reedy -- Austin
The President met w/ Jack Valenti in his room during the course of the morning while
he made his phone calls. ,
(The President after his phone cal l w/ Deke DeLoach asked that no phone calls be noted unless
he
- ) re General Humphrey's news conference
large number of civilian deaths in Vietnam.
George Reedy
(b.1) - inviting him to come to his bedroom for a
visit
Secy Rusk (b1) re Max Frankel story this morning in papers
George Reedy upstairs
Bill Moyers
- i n bed w/ Mrs . Johnson while readin g papers .
Bill Moyers -- Washington, D. C.
• Colone l Mik e Cook --to discuss plans fo r departur e thi s morning to San Marcos, Texa s
To the office .
Congressman Car l Albert - - McAllister , Oklahom a — RE
- Thursday
President began his day at (Place) Day
In
Time Telephone
1• 1
Out Lo
12:20p 12:27p
12: 27p f
i or t
Activity
LD
The
Right Honorable Keith Holyoake, C. H.
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Jones
12:30p ~
t Temple
12:31p t
Jones
12:32p 12
-
Lunch
Atlantic
w/
Justice
City
fr
Goldberg
JV
Dick
Nelson
mans
Walter Jenkins
Atlantic
City
fr
mans
Senator
Eugene McCarthy
Atlantic
City
fr
mans
Dr
Frank
Stanton
New York
City
fr
mans
George
Reedy
Walter
Jenkins
George
Nap
John
Reedy
- by Secy Fowler, was that
Jim Hagerty, VPres., ABC, NYC
there needed to be new labeling of
John A. Schneider, Pres., Broadcast Group, CBS, NYC
Savings Bonds, new methods of
Arthur Tatham, Chairman, Exe. Com. Tatham Laird & Kudner Inc., Ch
merchandising, new
-
In the office - reading
readin g press tickets and this morning-' s press briefing. Listening to
news over- radio
Amb. Arthur Goldber g - New York, New
Ne w York (b. 2)
2)
re Amb. talking to
t o McGeo. Bundy, Bob Komer and Secy Freeman
re food allottment
-
OFF RECORD (The taping was supposed to have been done this morning
but the President didn't have time)
February is National
)0 In
Heart Month
mjdr's room reading the newspapers
'2 To
5 t
THURSDAY
_____
(inc!ude visited by) ture
LD
- Hampton, Conn
Orvan W. Hess, M. D. , New Haven, Conn
/^> l&^^1Shy&3e%x&4u^43^^ SEE
PAGE 13 for more ATTENDANC
To office w/ mw
Joe
Walt
Califano
Rostow
Date June
White House Dav
15, 1966
Wednesday
Activity (includ e visited by)
To the Cabinet Room
- To
•
the Oval Office - w/ MW — telling mjdr that he was fighting to turn over a new
leaf c and was trying to avoid his nap in the mansion in the afternoon's and might take
his nap in the office like he did the other day. He asked mjdr to look into the
of giving
- Walker Stone's relative
here
George Reedy
for Walker Stone's dtr's wedding
Walter Jenkins
To Cabinet
Room
w/ Jack Valenti
says
to VM
Carol
Welch
Good
morning
Are
you
girls
flirting
w/ each
other
Meeting
w/
US
Ambassadors
to Latin
America
Lincoln
Gordon
- calls
&
security
checked
Date November 11, 1966
L B J Ranch Dav
Friday
Activity (inctude visited by)
E
The President awakened (as he told Sen. Mansfield in telephone conversation later in
the morning. )
Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, New York
- ranch by car , drivin toward Johnson City with the President at the wheel.
They looked at the Park Land.
They drove around looking a the new park site, the old park site, and the boyhood home,
not stopping at any of them.
Depart Johnson City
Dale Meeks
- calls checke
d
eA~A-
October 14, 1965
White Hous e (Bethesd a Naval Medical Center
Thursday
Awake - joined b y Mrs. Johnson fo r breakfas t
The President went to the bathroom and shaved.
For the remainder of the morning , th e President
- Date t
White House p^
January 29, 1966
i.
SATURDAY
- Activity
Expendi-
(inctude visited by) turc
Code
Situation Room
Engineer
McGeorge Bundy Met
w/ staff members this
morning - MW,JJ, JV
Justice Abe Fortas
Mrs. Johnson
- NYC (Carlyle
- . Johnson returned
to say goodbye to the President before leaving for
NYC. Jack
Valenti came in at 10:30a. The
President dressed in a blue suit, but wore his
new brown shoes this morning- -they are the
new shoe from Lucchese and he wants to see
if he likes
- TODAY sent Water Pollution message to the Dam
Congress
White House Day
Feb 23, 1966
Wednesday
Expe
Activity (inctude visited bv) tut
Juice
and
Co<
coffee
Situation Room
Situation Room
To Red Room to say good morning to his breakfast guests
- the principals deci
to call representativesof unions and carriers to the White House for a meeting later this morning.
(^ 8:Z6a 1
t Charles
Murphy, Annapolis, Md.
b.4 re airline negotiations
Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board
and to congratulate him
1 (today
- . Albert Dent, President, Dillard Univ. , New Orleans
Mr. Kermit Gordon, VP, the Brookings Insttution, Wash ngton
Dr. Philip Lee, Asst Secy of HEW
Mr. Joseph Wilson, President, Xerox Corp. , NYC
Dr. Peter Bing !
Thomas Vail, Publisher, Cleveland Plain
- we have information offices interpreting the Manila Conference.
Marks told the President of his plans of getting worldwide distribution as soon as
possible. Marks :mf
The President this morning read digests of all the news from back home
As he filed
- , commence d o n vm's an d mf's dresses , "Blu e an d pink here thi s morning ,
they're goin g prett y strong.")
To office
The Attorney
J Valenti
General
returning
his call
mf -"I' m goin g to the bathroom . Tel l Jac k if he need s me or need s to tal k
- , asking how many bushels had been harvested.
to see Dale Malechek where he was working on the fertilizer machine. They_
talked about the rain which had fallen this morning, talked about the fawns, the new
tanks, and stocking the tanks with fish.
10:16a
- for Margaret McNamara
To Cabinet Room for SIGNING CEREMONY of resolution permitting membership
^ in
the AmericanLegion to VietNamveterans
The President handed MHH one of REMARKS by the President
the pens used for the signing to
ATTENDANCE:
John E. Davis, new
- into Annapolis, but ended up at West Point.
Pres stated that we had all best get to bed if we were going to church in the
morning. Everyone retired to their Respective rooms, mjdr, gt, and jj went to
office to check over some things, and then retired for evening
- , and paassBaBbEsdxthgx at this ceremony
the President presented the Committee's "Employer^ of the Year"
Ernest
Ochel
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Awards to the Boeing Company, Wichita Division, and to John W. Payne
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p .,,A^p jC ^ - Dallas
optical company executive
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Secretar
y Dea n Rusk i n
New Yor k Cit y
3:34pm t
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- Datr December
LBJ RANCH pay
19, 1966
Monday .
Activity (:nc!ude visited by) ture
ExpendiCode
Secretary Robert McNamara _____
Larry Blackman (Dallas area code)
The President outside by the pool talking with Ga rdner Ackley and
Dr. John Roche
-
with John Macy and
w/ the President saying that the men
Civil Service Commission Regional Directors
were in Washington for a manageLawrence H. Baer - New York
ment session on he implementation
Asa T Briley, San Ax Francisco
of the President's program
- . „ Inc. , NYC
H Lawrence Parker, Morgan Stanley & Co. , NYC
John H Perkins, Continental 111 Natl Bank & Trust Co. ,Chicago
Chas. C. Pierce^ Rauscher Pierce & Co. ,Dallas, Tex
Albert Pratt, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Boston, Mass.
Donald T. Regan
- . Richar d Hughes , Governo r o f New Jersey; Senato r Harriso n
Williams, Ne w Jersey; Senato r Cliffor d Case , Ne w Jersey; Secretary Udall ; Secretar y o f th e
Army Ailes;
(The Arm y turned ove r 27 1 acres t o th e stat e o f New Jersey)
Off Record
- by) ture
Jake
10:38a The
_
Sunday
The Presiden t read the morning papers, and discussed church plans w/ Mrs. Johnson
the early hours of the morning (about 8:30am).
jj
10:40a. t
Day
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