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- children leave. We went first to 30th
Place, that I’d lived and loved for so long--18 years it was--and then to Mrs. Hendrick’s, and
looked at some chintzes. As usual, didn’t find just what we wanted; came home in time for
a 4:00 meeting with Clark Clifford
- Friends and volunteers help in White House living quarters; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford and others about the White House Fine Arts Committee; preservation of the White House and the Capitol; Jacqueline Kennedy's recommendation to discontinue
- .
Close to two we drove out to the Clark C liffords.
birthday, and they had open house.
Christmas Day is his
There was one of their daughters there,
fiv e of her family, and a secretary who's been with Clark more than th irty
years.
I t 's one
- Christmas Day; telephone calls; Father Kaifer hold mass in Lincoln Room; special blessings for Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent in Vietnam; family opens more presents; Johnsons to open house at Clark Clifford's; LBJ lays down to rest; more telephone calls
- that
convalescence.
I went up in the plane with several of the Justices’ wives; Mrs. Warren, and Elizabeth Black,
and Mary Clark, and several others. And I was aware that some of the old-timers--Tommy
Corcoran, Ben Cohen, Grace Tully--were there with us. There were
- girls.
It was nearly 5:00 before we left, and I had meant to be at Diana's party
at the stroke of 4: 00.
It was going full blast, and all of the kinfolks were there, and a group
{
of Washingtonians as well.
The Ramsey Clarks, the Joe Fowlers
- there were the B a r tle tts o f A la s k a ,
and Mrs.
,
Governor
Harrison of V ir g in ia were tnere and about
six c ouples from the House, inc lud ing the Clark
T h o m p s o n s ^ _ ^ n d a State D in n er was just i n vested foi*
L ib b y
- LBJ sleeps late; breakfast; Lady Bird to the dentist; Law Day Proclamation; UNESCO ceremony; Johnsons to swearing-in of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General; Tom Clark swears in his son, but has to step down from Supreme Court; desk work; lunch; Lady
- is one of my favorite places
in town to go.
The Stu Symingtons were there.
Marie H arrim an without
A verell -- I do not know where in this wide world he is .
without Marny.
The Paul Nitzes.
Clark
C e c i Caruso and her husband.
We had cocktails
- Bird describes Jack Valenti; guests for dinner at White House with meeting about campaign; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and recording White House entertainment
- with guests; Clark Clifford & LB J work on State of the Union
- Clark looking in bouncy good
health, one of the most genuinely at-peace men I know.
Madame Shoumatoff
came in and she was indeed in a way the guest of honor this evening.
She wears her considerable years lig h tly and her conversation is bright
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- Bird encounters Kay Graham at Bowen School; Lady Bird bowls; Lady Bird & Ramsey Clark discuss Washington, D.C. schools; small dinner party with friends; to theater to see "Charge of the Light Brigade;" Lady Bird retires
- Hubert Humphrey visits LBJ; Lady Bird to dentist; Lady Bird describes facets of LBJ's personality; Lady Bird swims laps; renovations to outside of White House; Lady Bird describes trees along streets; Highway Beautification Bill; Clark Clifford
- with Clark Clifford about LBJ Library; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; staff invited for dinner; Dominican Republic
- as Queen Shenandoah; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford about Committee for Preservation of the White House; reception for Japanese Governors and wives; dinner with Jack Valenti; LBJ speaks to Democratic Women's Conference
- Tea for Fine Arts Commission; moving Waterford Chandelier back to Green Room; renovations to the White House; Lady Bird talks with White House Curator Jim Ketchum; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford with report of White House Historical Association
- Johnsons attend Christian Church; LBJ gives kisses to small girl, Kimberly Frye; lunch at White House with the McNamaras; Jacqueline Kennedy; bowling with Lynda; dinner with the Bill Whites and the Jack Brooks; Jake Pickle, Clark Clifford
- , the feeling of
the specialness of every guest.
There were Dean and Virginia Rusk,
Clark and Marny, and Georgia and Ramsey, Marvin and Marion looking
more beautiful all the time, and Stew and Lee ( I told him I wanted to
get together with him and talk about
- of the
the Wilbur Cohens, the Clark
Cliffords, Georgia Clark without Ramsey, and Virginia Rusk without Dean,
who she said, was sick, and C, R. Smith, Stu and Lee--she said she was
feeling fine--and Bill and Jane Wirtz.
Only the Fowlers and
Freeman~
were absent
- food flown in from San Antonio; Lady Bird bowls with friends; Life magazine story on Luci Johnson; dinner at Clark Cliffords; Lady Bird and Clark Clifford continue discussion about LBJ Library; evaluating art objects offered to the LBJ Library; emphasis
- Phone call received about Vicki McCammon's family; Lady Bird works on Luci's wedding; Tom Clark's party for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; houseguests in the White House; work on Luci Johnson's wedding plans; family matters; Lady Bird mentions guests
- at State; Lady Bird talks on phone with Ramsey Clark & Bill White; Lady Bird meets with her staff about next 10 months; Lady Bird works on upcoming Texas trip; Lady Bird receives facial from Diana MacArthur, and they have dinner with LBJ
- Lady Bird awakens to LBJ working in bed; they talk and have breakfast; Lady Bird flies to New York City for clothes shopping and fittings; article about Ed Clark; hair styled for evening; Lady Bird & Bess Abell go to "I Do, I Do" play; Lady Bird
- Subjects on LBJ's mind; LBJ & Lady Bird swim; Lady Bird does office work & Christmas thank yous; LBJ lunches with VP Humphrey; dinner with Bill Whites and Clark Cliffords; Luci Johnson discusses upcoming wedding
- conference about Vietnam, LBJ's campaign trips, and civil rights; more houseguests expected; Lady Bird compliments her staff; LBJ addresses volunteers; Johnsons helicopter to Haywood Ranch with the Clark Cliffords; boating; dinner at LBJ Ranch
- Funeral service for Adlai Stevenson; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about LBJ Library; Lady Bird to Scharnhorst and Lewis Ranches with John William Klein to clean and decorate; University of Texas coaching staff and families to LBJ Ranch
- and Ramsey Clark appointments; Luci Johnson's interview in Ebony magazine; evening with the Nicholas Katzenbachs
- Meeting with Clark Clifford about Fine Arts Committee; possibility of permanent Curator; Committee on the Preservation of the White House; interview with "Look" magazine; tea with Governor and Mrs. Breathit of Kentucky; Luci Johnson; dinner
- Visits by Darrel Royal, University of Texas football coach, and the Houston Symphony; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ's first press conference; luncheon with Miss Ima Hogg and others; visit with friends, Ann Clark and Mrs. Herring; stories about
- Lady Bird is at Luci & Pat's home; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird to Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX; program at Coty Library for opening of Edward Clark collection; Lady Bird receives fifth honorary degree & makes a speech
- Lady Bird feels overwhelmed; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about portrait for White House; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter discuss transcription of diary tapes; Lady Bird has hair styled by Mr. Per; Lady Bird is filmed giving tour of the White House
- LBJ & Lady Bird to Hemis Fair, San Antonio; gun control legislation; ceremony at Hemis Fair; speeches by Ed Clark, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, John Connally & LBJ; LBJ & Lady Bird tour exhibits; LBJ receives questions from the press; painting for LBJ
- Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
- servicemen; appointment with Mrs. Avraham Harman; Lady Bird takes a nap; Lady Bird to Clark & Libby Thompson's reception; Lady Bird meets LBJ at Robert McNamara's party; quiet dinner at the White House; Lady Bird does exercises and has a massage
- LBJ has breakfast with Prime Minister Menzies of Australia; Lady Bird goes to the Congressional Club for presentation of doll wearing miniature of her inaugural ball gown; lunch with Sir Robert and Lady Jackson and Ed Clarks; ABC film
- Washington Beautification sites; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about her travels; Johnsons have dinner with the Ed Clarks
- ; LBJ rides about Camp David with Robert McNamara, Clark Clifford & Tony Taylor; LBJ talks with John Chancellor; Vietnam; appointment of Goldberg to UN and Chancellor to USIA; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson
- and India; Rostow talks of Taiwan and aid to Pakistan, Communist China, and Vietnam; dinner and movies; Johnsons back to White House; Lady Bird exercises; LBJ talks with Clark Clifford
- Johnsons & Clark Cliffords drive the ranches; Lady Bird describes wildflowers & birds; helicopter to John Hill ranch; to St. Luke's Church; to cypress grove along Pedernales River; to Hill's for lunch; Lady Bird to Fredericksburg courthouse
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
