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(JRJ
on duty tonight)
President to the second floor,
carrying a copy of the new LOOK magazine which carries a story on Yuki -The President read the story aloud to his guests in the Yellow Oval Room.
Mrs. Johnso n
Senator and Mrs. Gale McGee
-
(include visited by)
mjdr's room read G C's morning press briefing
and papers on corner of her desk
2:30p To
2:37p t
Day
e
f or t
Activity
LD
2:24p To
1968
Christian
Gonella
President asked for Luci Nugent - she was at the University - he left word
- to receive guests
(1, 025 guests tonight)
8:17p President
to Apartment
SEE TRAVEL RECORD '
FOR TRAVE L ACTIVITY Fa
Tonight in the family quarters, the I res and
Mrs. J a bluebonnet painting by Palmer
Chrisman w/ plaque reading:
"To Helen and George Mahon
-
to
bring pictures of
she came; also letter from Mrs. Wm.
Ewert so he coul d read it to Mrs. Johnson
w/
Ms. Johnson, Luci and MR
_
WHITE HOUSE .
date
IDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
r DIARY
the
D ,
01 , Day
President
began his day at (Place)
v
f
Time Telephone
- -t-P-r-e-s4de wit h intens e
pride i n the grea t revolutionar y heroe s o f their ethni c background .
list
/'V' ~
6:15p T
6:32 6:3
•^6:37p 7:57
to
DT
o the offic e wit h Leonar d Mark s an d Ji m Jones . Receive d an d read repor t fro m Rosto
- into mjdr's office--signed letter an d looked at 5t paper s
on desk.
Office
with Jim Jones and George Christian
McPherson pl
into Oval Office w/ Jim Jones
George
8:27p t
Saturday
into mjdr's office--reading paper
_ 8:05 p President
_ 8:20 p
e White
- breakfast. -
7:50a Jim
7:52a |
8:25a |
.
.,
J up—"watching the news on tv. Watched the
=
"Today" show. —
Valenti, NYC .
f Jack
Marie
1
Fehme r in ___
_
. .
_
______
PResident read intelligence cables--on Congo situation. __,
.
. The
.—_
Mrs. Johns
-
ay
(include visited by) ture
Col.
/ "
12, 1967 '
~
Gardner
Christian
. Johnson ;
]
,
.
•
Ackley
Califano
The President had previously read a memo from Mr. Ackley on the ABC-ITT merger and
h e would like to talk to Chmn Ackley about
- these thing s an d bring m e th e
action item s fo r th e nigh t reading .
(pl ) Jo e Califano' s sec y - sh e informed Mr . Califan o wa s probabl y just arriving
t his hom e - Presiden t sai d "neve r mind . "
h_ a
.
.
e Presiden t departe d th e Offic e
- to receive guests ;
2:00p The
' arid
'^••"' To
State
2:10p To
•r. ^__
•list to DT
;
-;
&
the State Dining Room for LUNCHEON--117 guests
^
the President's table - reading from his right -- Mrs. Houphouet-Boigny,
Secy
Rusk, Mrs. Charles Terry, Governor John
- reading this said "that' s good. "
' 1:48p
t
1:55p ~
|
1
1:55p 2:43p
2:02p j f
Secy
MW
I |
Mr.
I w/NY
. joined
|
iI
•i
i
i.
,
I
. _
Robert Weaver
(pl)
.
"
Michael Berlin OFF
RECORD w/
Tom Johnson
Post (doing a story on Amb. Goldberg
- reading papers. Joe Califano brought his two sons, Joe and Mark, through
office on the way to South Grounds party -- they were introduced to President and
his hand.
^
Date Septembe
^ ^
•THE WH ^ House
F
r 12 , 1967
PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DAIiV
- , and took his
at the right of the podium.
Hon. Stanley Resor, Secretary of the Army
j read
the citation as the President listened ^___
Sgt Maj Chester Westervelt
j SgtMaj
Chester Westervelt
Then Lt. General Harry W. Kinnard and the Division Sergeant Major
- . JOMMSOM
"*** The
White House ^
Resident began his day at (Piace) Day
Time Tdte^one
. Activity
bn Out
Lo
Thursday
'
(include visited by)
LD
12:00n ;
To
mjdr's desk .
, .
.... , .
. ,. _
. ,. .
,- .,'_ ,
read memo from Larry O'Brien through DeSautels
-
Senator
6, 1968
p
Russell Long in New Orleans
Christopher
r Joh
n Pastore
Henry Jackson
t to mdjr's office --reading memo, ticker
tape and newspaper: said expect another call from Sen.
his
sister; an d that he wanted to return
Sen. Muskie's call
- .
Josep h Montoya called the President - he talked to Jim Jones
3:40p t
4:27p t
°USe Day
y (include visited by)
3:10p Senator
K
25, 1968
McPherson
Russell Wiggins. Brookline, Maine
Califano
Oval Ofc - stopping in mjdr's room
read afternoon press
-
- following guests seated at the President's table
reading around to the President's right;
Mrs. Daniel B. Brewster
Mr. Perry Richardson Ra.sa
Mrs. Arthur
Cohan
Mr. Harry Gould, Sr.
Mrs, Arthur
Mr. William
Krim
Johnson
Mrs. Leon
Hess
Mrs. Henryj Crown
M
- flight , th e Presiden t rea d his speec h an d handed it to Mrs. Johnso n to
read. . .Mrs. Johnso n inserte d severa l lines , whic h were printe d by m f an d
attached t o th e cards.
3:45p Wheel
s dow n - Willia m P. Hobb y Airport, Houston , Tex
- the President of the College who read the citation
On the steps of the Flower Garden w/ the President were:
Cong. J J Pickle, Cong. H^^^ Philip Kazen, Cong. Geo Mahon. Cong. Henry
! Gonzales, Cong, Kike de la Garza, Cong. Richard White.
^Mr. Roy
Furr
President
- group was interrupted long enough for The President to read
his corrected text for tonight's toast, which he approved.
To Mansion. Doug Cater to office as President left. Walked to mansion with
In Mansion ,
To the North Portico -to greet Prime Minister
- just read a memo from Cater telling of a call from
Jim Perkins on the Hershey matter) The President talked about the Public Broadca
appointment pending -- particularly about the chairmanship. The n went into budget cuts and savings in HEW sayin g
10:58p
- wh o read a n article from a
' British Catholic weekly quotin g Cardinal Gilro y o f Sydney, Australia , sayin g "ther e wa s no t
~~ the slightes t doub t that th e whol e o f SE Asi a woul d become communis t property i f th e U S
~~>withdrew fro m
- tak e
them. (Jimm y Nelso n in Flower Roo m sai d wreat h woul d be read y a t l 0 a . m.
and Armed Servic e Aid e wa s expecte d t o pic k them up . A hold wa s place d o n them
Called fro m th e mansio n (Larr y Temple ) to inquir e abou t time an d
-
Activity
LD
7:20pm President
7:25pm 7:29p
White House Day
President
en route back to White House
and to Oval Office accompanied by Jim Jones
Read urgent memos from Rostow and approved
with instructions for Clifford to approve also
WHITE HOUSE Date
-
Sent flower s t o Senato r Huber t Humphrey' s 2 0 year ol d son , Rober t (Bob ) recuperating fro m
removal o f malignant cys t a t th e Humphre y hom e i n Waverly , Minn . Car d read s ''Presiden t an d
Mrs. Johnson . "
Stood
In office
in
w
-
In
Moyers
office
w/
w/
to
say
Kenny
Jack
Goodbye
O'Donnell
to
the
out
Prime
Minister
of
New
at
Valenti
In outer office reading papers and
then to Mansion for LUNCHEON honoring the Prime
Minister of New Zealand, the Rt. Honorable K. J. Holyoake
- better hop e the moon isn't ou t w/ al l thos e polka-jdots . " v m
replied that i t wa s he r Saturda y afternoo n outfit . & Piced out paper an d read t o Mayor Wagner . - art. fr . Evenin g Star-- "Whit e Hous e visit stirrin g Wagne r talk " "Ho w d o
- MONDAY
August 10 , 196 4
White Hous e
Awake
read
Mrs Johnson
newspapers
joined
Breakfast
in
bed
McGeorge Bund y (f r Mans . )
Robert Anderso n - Ne w Yprk City , (fr Mans , )
Luci
Baines
San Francisco
fr
mans
George Reed y (f r Mans
-
Arthur M. Okun
Oval Office - reading papers
G Reedy
Alex
Rose
NYC
Sen B Everett
SWEARING-IN of
until 5:20
Schiff
Sloan
Taff
Penelope Thunberg
Weidenbaum
returning
Jordan
his call
NC
returning
his call
To East Room of mansion - stopped on porch
- into the Cabine t Room . GE R and
read
JV were there. Georg e explaine d tha t sinc e th e President hadn' t rea d th e scrip t t o be used for
to
the 1 0 minute fil m fo r th e Unite d Fund, h e might lik e t o ru n throug h it. Th e Presiden t began,
and the n
-
no sir never are Read
saying
I've got no hope in
State
To mjdr's office
Where's Yolanda
is she on vacation
I'll
is getting
some sun
today
To
Press Office
Dep for
mansion
Bill
Moyers fr house
John Knigh t - Akron , Ohi o
Jack Valent i
George Reed y
- Connally , Jac k Valenti , Marvi n
Watson, S A Kivett an d Johns , Dr . B urkley, Co l Connell, Pau l Glyn n an d
Ashton Gonella . I n flight th e Presiden t sa t opposit e Governo r Connall y and
discussed th e latest Presidentia l polls , an d he read th
- displeasure of the Democratic ticket or
Advance men for Memphis
support for the Republican ticket such as those observed reading: "No ADA For Me"
Bill Jordan
ass't to
"America
Not For Socialism" Also seen more than a few times were large pictures of
Sen Dick
- Bundy
out 1:30
White House Press
took
pics
Maxwell
Taylor
To Jack Valenti
office
reading the newspaper and talked
Gerald Siegel
took him into his office
Counsel for
Secretary
Secy Rusk
to
Post
December 3 1964
White
Thursday
House
.Dr. Fran
.Dr
-
Prime Minister
Harold
Watson
Secretary
Dillon
Gardner
Ackley
William
McChesney
Martin
Sir
Eric
Roll
McGeorge Bundy
McNamara
joined
the above
Room
7
to
join
group
To oval office
w Secy Rusk McNamara
pausing
but not stepping
to read
Rusk McN
- room ) (Th e Senato r lef t earl y -- abou t 6:3 5 pm)
McGeorge Bund y (throug hseparate meeting and read at2:40p. Then released to British.To Oval Offi
wanted t o tal k t o the Prim e Ministe r abou t woo l problems, an d tha t h e (mcGB ) would
- - - fr . mansion )
b -- r e comin g t o offic e - - wil l se e Marsh a Fish , niec e o f Mary Fis h an d asking
if ther e i s anythin g t o hav e i t read y becaus e he'l l onl y b e abou t 5 or 1 0 minute s
then want s t o tak e na p before goin g ou t
- "
mjdr's room - reading editorial page of "Evening Star"
I
i.
Oval Ofc - w/ Walt Rostow •
~
I MW
(pl)
"~
;
KHITE Housf
Date April
6, 1967 '
«NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
MARY
> .
Resident began
,„, The
--•
Telephone
Tune
f
11
Lo
In Out
7:55p 7:57p
- roo m and
that h
_____________ _
——— M_ i MP«--Q»%pfr
4:30p T
L
atin American
e reall
J
talke d w / MW
y care
editio
d fo
t stair s !•••••••••• > surprisin g staf f
an d read y t o go . H e cam e int o th e
and
r non
n o f TIM
m f abou t
- it was time to go. The President told MW —
come on in to his office . The President then read his speech over
Harry
i
._
~~
Marvin
| to
ij
1:30p, '
'•. |
,
___
McPherson--in the Navy Mess--asking if the acts referred to in his speech
al l been passed
