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- New York Times, saying that he had put off reading these ugly
things as long as possible
He then read the paper the entire trip to San Antonio
Date November
,ia
- visited by) ture
The doctors and nurses awakened the President and gave him the usual early morning
and his breakfast.
tests
8:35a Mary
S in —Jake Valenti and Courtenay were already in: Courtenay in a very happy
mood, obviously pleasing the President
- . his call)
In office working desk from morning pouch out of Washington
To front lawn and joined Mrs. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Young
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Horner
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gill
Hon. Sargent Shriver and aide - Bill Mullins
Hon. Bill Crook and aide
- r^tr August 4, 1966
White House p^
Thursday
Expendi
Activity (!nc}udc visited by) ture
Awake Paul
(Jode
Glynn says the President's main interest thi
morning was to go on another lose-weight campaign.
^Jake Jacobsen
Marvin Watson
Dale Meeks
- usher's checked
calls checked
Ilatf January
White House p^
11, 1966
TUESDAY
Activity (include visited by)
Breakfast in his roomMW, JJ and JV in
Arrived in MJDR's Office - "good morning - ladies and gentlemen" to yb and mjdr.
To the Oval Rm Ofc
-
To the Oval Office w / Jack Valenti __
Placed call to Senator Everett Dirksen -- only if he is in his office {
--the Senator was not --cancelled the call (Off record - will see him in morning
JV set up the appointment w/o telling the Sen, that he will
see
- (pl)-_-. "
Glynn reported that the President took a
bath this morning instead of his usual shower)
-
—
-
Mrs. Lloyd Hand
Valenti and Califano
To Oval Ofc w/ Joe Califano, Harry McPherson, MW
To the Theater w/ MW
for presentation of the "Heart
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morning newspapers.
The President went to his bedroom to dress 'for church,
Departed the Cam p -- an d motored to Thurmont w / Mrs. Johnson, Lynda, Hon.
and Mrs. Horace Busb y. V M and "Him" :
Arrived a t the SixatstfcxRfcpp Methodist Church o f Thurmon t
- /H.TE HOUSE Date Oct
24, 1968 ;•
>ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DIARY
The
Resident began his day at (Place) Day
T^;_ Telephone
f
Time
In Out
1T
Lo
or t ExpendiActivity
Arthur
Mr.
9:1 la f
9:37a ' ~~
B Krim - New York City
George Meany
8:50a
- news
Bill Moyers
NBC group
Bob Fleming
A copy of the film was presented to the
President in a special case.
Bob Fleming made available to the President the mail reaction on the "Hill Country:
program -- favorable - 260; critical - ^§4; miscellaneous
- - i n New York City (thru Wh. Hse Board) •
12:50p t
1:07p i L_J
_____________________
Meek s in Johnson City. Texas - at Judge Moursund's
|
1
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Watson (off the board) in New York City
12:11p t
1:
——
Califano ;
11:34a £
1
- )
concerning UPI 10 concerning Johnson plan to hike personal and corporate income
taxes. The President told BM to add —"That's a lie."
The President signed seven programs to go to the family of this morning's Medal
of Honor winner
Mildred Stegall (pl
- calls
checked
usher's checked
Datf August
White House Dav
2, 1966
Tuesday
Breakfast
Staff in bedroom this morning: George Christian, Jake Jacobsen, Marvin Watson
Congressman Jack Brooks
Joe Califano
Senator Lister Hill (b.8) - re handling
- ) Th
Time Telephon
:.
In Ou
tL
.
y
Thursda
y
y (includ e visite d by )
Mike Manatos , a t th e Capito l
.
• Toda
y accepted th e resignatio n o f Arthu r S . Lan e a s U . S. Distric t Judg e fo r
the Distric t o f New Jersey (Trenton) , t o b
- /VH.TE HOUSE Date
DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DIARY
October
D -j u-began his day
/TO at (Place)
\ Day
the
President
Time Telephone
11
In Out
Lo
(include visited by)
Hon.
Mr.
Ramse y Clark, the Attorney General
Robert (Bob) Strauss, of Dallas, Tex
- 100 .
Arrived Nashvill e Airpor t - - greete d crowd s - handshakin g
Aboard AF # 1
To Ne w Orleans, Louisiana , aboar d A F # 1 . t f Th e President cam e i n the mai n cabi n
and visite d wit h the Press Poo l for th e entir e flight .
New Orlean s
- , Dallas, Texas
I T,
A. Kincaid. LaVernia, Texas
| D.
V. Guerra. McAllen. Texas
Charles
D. Fuller. Roswell . New Mexico
Dolph
Briscoe, Jr. , Uvalde, Texas „_
Ed Ketchum, Duncan, Oklahoma
/Hire Housf
Date April
*NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
MARY
'resident
- Pierpoint, CBS
Mr. Frank Reynolds. ABC News
Mr. Harold A. Richman, Washington, DC
Mr. Kenneth M Scheibel, Donrey Media Group
Mr. Hugh Sidey, Time Magazine,sat at Pres table
Mr. Charles S. South, Dallas, Tex
Mr. John S. Stewart, Durham, N. C.
Mr. R Peter
- . , Unite d Steelworkers o f America
Kenneth S . Adams . Chr. , Phillip s Petroleu m Co . , Bartlesville , Okla .
Hon. Rober t B. Anderson , Car l M . Loeb , Rhode s & Co. , NY C
James W. Aston , Pres . , Republi c Natl Ban k of Dallas, Texa s
Richard
- , Capt Barry Beck, ExpendiMrs . John Gonella, Activity (include visited by) J Jones, mf , Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Krim
Mrs. Johnson / boarded at 5:00a - from Texas
The President staye d in his room this morning until noontime.
He and Mrs. Johnson were both
- .
Mr. Orville F. Beal, Chmn of Institute of Life Insurance and President of The Prudential
\ Insurance
Company of America, Prudential Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07101
Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Utah
Congressman Frank T. Bow. Ohio
Senator Everett Dirksen
- trip to Austin this morning and made comments
regarding
the model houses he and Mrs. Johnson visited. He mentioned the
homes
were flimsily built, horribly furnished and very disappointing to see. Pres
and Mrs. Johnson further discussed the bes t house
- treaty and the space tre
President agreed and said to tell him to come out sometime today.
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9:20a ibt
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The President and Bill Moyers also discussed the twisted story appearing in the
morning's Rxtdxnna Baltimore
- Leadership Mtg. this morning. President found said arti
and had MJDR clip - took w/him.
BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP MEETING OFF
Cabinet Room (oke
Attendance:
(see p. 3 this diary)
RECORD
in for pics)
Date June
White House Day
11, 1966
SATURDAY
Activity (inc
- l package " fo r settlemen t o f the strike . H e met i n the roo m w /
the aforementioned , an d w / JV .
Earlier i n th e da y the President had aske d fo r thi s morning' s Resto n colum n f r NYTime s
and three o r fou r o f the more appropriat e
- by )
To Yellow Oval Room for presentation of credentials by
^/ Amb. of Pakistan, Agha Hilaly
(/^ and Amb. of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cyrille Adoula
j Amb. James Symington
Cong Hale Boggs - New Orleans , L a ^
To Oval Office
^
Date NOVEMBER 4, 1966
- Meyer , corresponden t
for th e Dalla s Time s Heral d be invite d t o join - - sh e accepted -- an d
•t
11:00p j
i:
i
i1 .
joined at midnight .
Watche
—-
d th e 11:00 p new s
^^ ^Br
/HUE House Date
August
KMT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
MARY
president
- 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
- 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
- , Transportation
Secy Alexander Trowbridge, Commerce
: Actng
. Gov.
Farris Bryant, Dir., OEP Mr.
W. Marvin Watson
\
Col. James U. Cross Dr.
Marlyn W Voss
At . Sheffer Lang, Fed Railroad Administrator
__ William H. Tucker, Chmn, ICC John
J. Linnehan, Co-Chmn, New
-
Lewis, Irene, Office of Secy of Interior
Lambe, James M - Natl Park Service
McCloud, John - Washington Daily News
n^e March 10, 1966
White House Day
THURSDAY
Activity (inctude visited by)
s (this page reserved for attendance at signing ceremony
- --- fr. Mansion)
Ann Garga n (cousi n to Ambassador Josep h Kennedy ) - - Hyannisport , Mass . (n r fr . Mansion )
(Sgt. Gaddi s say s tha t Pres , als o spok e t o the Ambassador - bu t just briefly )
To offic e - - say s goo d morning t o mjdr, gw , v m
- fireplac e in the offic e wa s move d with a Warren painting o f
cattle i n it s place . Th e Presiden t the n walked into th e kitchen, "t o chec k o n the
n i n there. " H e went int o th e livingroo m where he notice d that on e o f two
new Warren
- Date June
7, 1966
White House - LBJ Ranch & Washington, D.C. p^ TUESDAY
Awakened and had breakfast in bed - read newspapers and listened to the morning
news on television
Marvin Watson - Washington, D. C.
Mrs.
_ The President - w/ Mrs. Johnson
- to
•his bedroom , sa t i n his gree n chai r an d had a cu p of tea. H e then wen t back
to bed, remainin g onl y a little while , an d returned t o his gree n chai r t o watch
morning new s o n television.
The President was examine d b y Drs. Hallenbec k
- October 20, 1965
N.N.M. C.
Wednesday
Awake - the reading the morning papers - drinking a cup oi te a
The President dressed and then sat in a chair across from hi s row of television
sets and watched the mornin g news as h e ate his breakfast.
Bill
- Tuesday
(include visited by) ture
Jones (on business ser vice)--The President had just heard Bob Pierpoint on the
one o'clock news say that Rev. Akinwas oftheChurch of Christ. The President told
to find out where the misinformation came 4> from
- //HITE HOUS E Dat
e
DENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
DIARY .
President bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) Da
Time Telephon
11
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In Ou
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e
Activit
oL
D
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7:30am Presiden
t awak e and havin g breakfas t
New Yor k
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Secy Willard Wirtz - Wash, DC
:.
j
George
:
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:
,
.
Christian - San Antonio, Tex - re items for press briefing this morning.
President said he didn't like to read that he had been "asleep" most of the
plane trip from Montevideo because
- sent the President a ltr - recd early this morning
in Washington) -- and this call served as a reply to that ltr ;
8:QOp The
President went to the lower level of the terrace to joi n
The Rt. Hon. Harold H. Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia
During
