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Beginning at Huntsville, Alabam a, continuing on, the Michaud o p e r a tions out of New O rleans, and then to Slidell , Louisiana; and then to the
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be with friends, to exercise and to catch up -on the thinking
work that
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a day full of appointments ·does not permit.
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.-This day b_egan early .with-~going
- out to be one of the g a y e st
And Noel and J o e C lark - - I w as happy to
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g e t the opportunity to w h isp er to N o el that I n eeded h er h elp on our
p la n s fo r th e C apitol G rounds.
'G o v ern o r J a ck B u rn s of Haw a ii, L in co
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Iarry 0 '3rie:n, and s
- MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 5 , 1966
WASHINOTOH
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L y n d o n ’s d e p a r t u r e to H a w a ii - w o u ld I a l w a y s b e s o r r y t h a t I d i d n ’t
g o ? I t w a s t o t a l l y s e r i o u s
- was among them.
A ft e r v isitin g with them , I went to the m o vie theatre and saw f i l m s
taken at the ra n c h -w h e n the children w e r e young, Lyndon during W orld
War II, a ll of which I soon re c o g n iz e d with dism ay w e r e just the lea
- n.
The s t o r m h a spased.
She r e s e n t s th e s h a r p th in g s h e s a id ab o u t h e r ta k in g a job
w ith th e
S h e r a to n in H a w a ii, o r a t th e W o r ld 's
F a i r o r a t an y job she co u ld g e t a n y w h e r e , b u t
- H:y in;:;. Swi ss bank or sornething and b e ofr on an
isl ~1 nd.
Whe11 I sa id go odbye to them rny next appointment was already
waiting for me.
by and have a
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I h:-·ii asked the Texans who
h~~d
h.:~d
··ink with me bec ause I sc arcely
- in g th e m a ll.
T hink i t w as d e a r
of W rig h t to do it b e c a u s e a s L y n d a s a y s " th is town w as d e s ig n e d
II
f o r C o n g r e s s m e n and t h e i r w ives and not fo r c h i l d r e n and
c h i l d r e n s e ld o m jo
- n d tw o; and
T . J,
II, C h ris tin e and N ancy and S ally , and we a ll s a t down to
lu n ch .
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T u e sd a y , D e c e m b e r 31st
A fte r lunch, the n u cleu s of u s - - th a t is , Tony and T, J, and I,
to g e th e r w ith
- n c o s t u m e o f th e g a y ' 9 0 s c l i m b e d in to a sw in g t h a t h u n g o n a r e d v e l v e t
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a r e t r y i n g t o do i t t o s o m e of m y s t a f f .
n i g h t i s n ’t d o i n g a n y goo d.
T h e y '^ ^ '
T h i s goin g out t o a p
- e on th e g r o un d , to
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s h a r e h e r p r e d ic a m e n t.
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MEMORANDUM ^
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOM
S u n d a y , A u g u st 1, 1965
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A nd so th e c ro w d
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c o n f e r e n c e i n h i s b e d ro o m t o a s m a l l g r o u p o f newsp a p e r men.
Sim ply s a y in g t h a t th e d o c t o r s h a d warned
him a g a i n s t g o i n g " o n t h e
- a d been a member of a gang of
r obber s .
io ld u y i.
ii?
He h a d been aAji.e.Aied AeveAjil. iijne.A, i k e leadeA.
D id he ik -in k he w o u ld be o.ccuAAed. o^ k a v in g A io le n
3 do n o i know, b u i oJL ang A a ie , he w o a (^uieJL a n d
- M EMORANDUM
T H E W H I T E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F i r d a y , A p r i l 17,
1964
T h i s m o r n in g I spent with M r s. J. L e e Johnson - Ruth C a r t e r
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Johnson, daughter o f A m o n C a r t e r -a ca n -d o w om an , v e r y m uch h e r
- Jjx^e. i n w kai
m u^i have been i k e
- ro p in th e o ffice an d s e e .
I s u g g e s te d w e
ii,
A f te r a d r in k we
w e n t to th e b o w lin g a lle y , an d she b e a t m e r o u n d ly tw o a n d a h a lf
g a m e s ; ^S hooting 137 one tim e to m y 105 o r so/^^^ ^
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- o a r d m a rk u p o f the c h a n d e lie r
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S a tu r d a y
C o n t. :
wh i c h Margy h a d g iv e n u s and t hen a b o u t 1 0 :0 0 we w e n t
down t o s e e T h u n d e
- e th e r , L yndon , and the
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N u g e n ts, and th is tim e P a t and L u ci and the R a y s , and J im .
ta lk ed abou t h is tr ip to H a w a ii.
L yndon
H e'd b e e n g r e a tly im p r e s s e d w ith W e s t m o r e -
la n d
- around the w o r ld .
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I lo ve to le a rn from him.
A ls o fro m F o r d / t h e r e was Henry F o rd , II - and in s illy fem inine
fashiony^my mind kept turning to A n n ^ th e w ife fro m whom h e ’ s re cen tly
d ivo rc ed , whom I w ill m e et
- and w ife .
The Ir is h have r e a lly put th eir stamp on our p o litic s ]
And fro m the court - Justice and M r s , Brennan - this r e a lly was the
II
night fo r the Iris h m a fia ,
The sta ff that we had in h erited fro m the Kennedy A d m
- a r d s and a fflu e n c e .
i s m o r e o fte n g iv in g .
we are.
II
S u c c e s s i s n o t a l w a y s i n g e t t i n g , it
It d o e s n o t c o n s i s t o f w h a t w e d o b ut r a t h e r w h a t
S u c c e s s i s n o t a l w a y s a n
- II I N O T O N
W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 10, 1964
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b o r n to m a n * s m o s t e x c e p t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y .
Y o u a r e y o u n g e r th a n m o s t
of th e e a r t h ’ s q u a r r e l s a n d o l d e r th a n m o s t
- it y of H a w a ii, a n d she w as going to s ta y on for a w hole w e e k of
v a c a tio n - h e r f i r s t t r i p , r e a l l y , on h e r own.
O u r f r i e n d . J a c k B u r n s , the G o v e r n o r of H aw aii, w ill le n d a good
h an d
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T h i s w as
p u s h , p u s h , p u s h t h r o u g h m a s s e s of h u m a n ity , w h ic h n e v e r s e e m e d
to b o t h e r the e b u l l i e n t Ts ii vanana.
And f in a lly a c h a n c e to s i t down at
a t a b l e in the end of the r o
- ie w outside, as one looks toward the Washington monument and
MEMORANDUM
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fr e q u ently sees a ba llet of seagu lls/ 'in f ront of it.
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of the s m a ll tr ia n g le
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B r u m id i
o ld f a m ilia r on e that I lo v e d i^ ii^ w ith the Bacaiajgysdie c e i l in g s , and P a u l or
John b o w in g h o s p ita b ly , know ing e v e r y o n e o f u s by n a m e .
B ut a s tr a n g e ,
w h ite c a ta c ly
- , I th ii^ it w as around th ree
o ’c lo c k , Lyndon w ent o v er to h is o ffic e , and I talk ed to Lynda and to L u ci.
Both o f them w e r e e m o tio n a l, L u ci cry in g , Lynda d istrau gh t.
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What d oes
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Valentis.
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is always pleasant to have Florence Mahoney to a party.
She was a request of the Gardners.
Lynda Bird came.
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She feels close
to nearly everyone in the Cabinet:://>As soon as I greeted
- e n o t q u ite a c c o m m o d a t e d y e t to the p a c e a t w h ic h L y n d o n
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TH E W H IT E
- Meitner, scientist, during World War II
- ) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
11/17/2014
Initials
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II nil II.
1965
W ednesday, M ay 19th
W as one o f th o se days so fu ll to o v erflo w in g o f dem anding e v e n ts,
ea c h one so im p
- o r b o a t in
s e a r c h of L yndon.
T hey c o n fid e d th a t L yndon w a s a good w a t e r s k i e r j
s a w h im out on s k ii s l a s t y e a r a n d h e ' s p r e t t y good a t it ,
I
G e o rg e R e e d y
s a i d - - - " T h e P r e s
- n a s
a y o u n g L i e t i t e n a n t w h ic h h e p r o n o u n c e d " iis te n a iff " b / o u g h t a s u i t —
a M i l i t a r y U n i f o r m f r o m a L o n d o n s h o p a n d th e n h e w e n t b a c k in th e
s a m e s h o p in 1964.
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- ; John Connally reminisces about Navy years with LBJ; Pearson tells story of tailor in London during World War II
- o r i c l a n d m a r k s p r o v i d i n g the b a c k g r o u n d .
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D i n n e r w a s in the R o s e G a r d e n , one lo n g m a i n t a b l e , the r e s t r o u n d
t a b l e s f o r te n .
T h e M a r i n e B a n d p la y in g f r o m th
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Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, December 1-28, 1966 [Book 39]
Box Number
Restriction Codes
(A) CtOMd by Ex k u Uv * Ordw 1332S governing K C a ii to nitlDiMl security Information.
(B) a o a e d by statute or by ths agancy wtiich originatad tha documant.
(C
- ld go u p i n p a r t of th e
open s p a c e .
A s I w a lk a d r i v e a r o u n d th e c a m p u s , ‘I a m c u jo U y a w a r e o f
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II
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, how c r o w d e d i t i s b e c o m in g . .vT h e f o r t y a c r e s i s now j u s t a n a f f e
