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- THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place).
The White House
Date
Entry
No.
Wednesday, June 7, 1967
Activity
9:15
Breakfast.
Worked on read and file in
bed.
Recorded.
Worked
- , Marvin Watson and others.
Reading, in
1:00
1:25
To the
bed;
. . .)
visited with Lynda and Warrie Lynn.
pool.
Returned to the second floor -- lunch on a tray.
Worked with Ashton.
2:45
To Jean-Louis' shop for shampoo and
5:35
Returned
- : furniture, etc.
9:00 Left in car with President and rode around the ranch
9:40 Left in Jetstar with President, Luci, two dogs, Jake, Marie, Mary, Helen, Ashton.
10:00 Arrived Austin and left on Air Force One for Washington
Sat and read on the plane
Ate
- Returned to the White House.
1:45 Lunch in bedroom with Lynda.
Worked in bedroom. Talked with Liz on the phone.
4:00 Ashton in -- worked on mail.
4:20 Bess and Jim Ketchum came in to discuss china.
4:30 Into dining room with the President and Ashton. Read
- with the President, the Humphreys, and Vicki Solomonson.
1:35 President and Vice President to office.
1:55 Mrs. Humphrey and Vicki depart.
In room. Ashton down to work on mail.
3:30 Resting - reading.
5:03 With the President to North Portico to greet Emperor Haile
- to room
Lynda’s toast to Pres. – George that is
Seversky I am a chimney sweep
Marc Chagall“His Face Speaks”
John Loeb
1:12 a.m. Departed Lasker residence.
1:24 a.m. Arrived Carlyle Hotel, Suite 34A.
Retired. Snow falling wind roaring Read Went to sleep 2
- .
3:35 Arrived Civic Center site to inspect.
3:49 Arrived Westward Ho Hotel -- rest in suite.
Rested -- read "To Heal and To Build."
Entry 7LPH
No.
Activity
Secretary
- Williamsburg historical sites
and visited Carter's Grove Plantation.
3:15 Returned to the Bassett House -- Humelsines departed.
3. Lunch tried to
nap - read Sunday papers
LBJ golfed during noon 12-3
Dinner
4. 9:35 Left the Bassett House with the President
- down for a few minutes. Worked on mail.
2:54 Bess left.
Read and worked on mail in bed.
4:45 MW to work on mail.
4:55 Bess returned -- wedding.
5:20 Bess left.
6:44 To the theater for home movies -- Lynda and Simone joined.
7:45 Returned to the second
- floor with Sandy and Liz.
3:05 To the second floor with Ashton.
3:15 With Liz -- reading telegrams, etc. Called Mrs. Nowack in Missouri.
4:00 Worked on mail with Ashton.
5:30 Rested on bed.
7:45 The Krims came down.
8:05 To dinner with the President
- To the President's Room -- reading papers -- Krims joined. Saw "Face the
Nation" (Katzenback) and "Meet the Press" (Rusk and McNamara).
1:30 Lunch with the President, Homer and Eloise Thornberry, Mathilde and Arthur Krim,
Marie Fehmer and John Criswell (on trays
- ,
marys in President's bedroom, mf rubbing the President's hands with oil as the
When asked by mf wh y he got up President
read the newspapers and talked.
so early this morning, the The
President read an editorial and asked Harry McPherson and Walt Rostow
- Smith ____—
Dr. Fox & Ken
Gaddis ,——,
.
(each govt official)
En route the President talked about the trip to Mexico--said everyone/on the border sho
be includedj. He also read the papers sent on Mexican trip. The President also made
changes in his
- calls checked
October 17, 1965
Bethesda Nava l Medical Cente r
Wiite House
Sunday
• Th e nurses reported that th e President slept straight through until 5:30 a and
then napped until about 7:00a , when he starte d reading the mornin g papers
- ^ for brief stay, thence to Regency Room.
And t o the head table.
The President listened to the entire program, __
Senator Frank Carlson, Presided
^
Lt. Gen. M. H. Silverthorn, USMC, Ret, gave the invocation
Mr. Justice Clark gave Old Testament Reading
Hon
-
/ /
/t? /J
calls
carded
March 6 , 1965
The White House
Saturday
To Office w/Marvin Watson
Chalmers Roberts , Washington Post
McGeorge Bund y
Willard Shelto n , AFL-CIO News
To Press Office t o read ticker and
Bill Moyers
McGeorge Bundy
Cong. Jack
-
President received his guests in the Blue Room, then to the State Dining Room
lunch.
At the President's table, reading from his right:
Mr. Frederick R. Kappel, Chmn, Exec. Comte, American Tel & Tel. Co, NYC
Mr. Sidney J. Weinberg, Partner, Goldman, Schs
- by)
Arrived office-- to desk to read tickers. As he came in he said that it looked
like we had gotten some pretty nice pictures (some paintings
LUNCH with Mrs. Johnson, Bob Komer, Amg Arthur Goldberg
Fresh soup, x cottage cheese salad, gingerbread
Departed
- . (she is J. C. Kellam's older daughter)
The President read a letter to Betty Beale, gave her a copy, and then
read his answer to the letter, and gave her a copy.
The President to the first floor
w/ Lyn Nugent --The President walked around the reception
-
Mr. Sam lMMiln IIWP L
Judge A. W. Moursund
George Christian
Mary Rather
f&S&sfT JRJ, mf
"
I -i
l:35p To
2;23p '
LUNCH
I.
11
2:36p 1 I
2:49p j North
i
'
-
| where
i
the office
he read a draft of the State of the Union address to
George
-
Polls
At
desk
reading
papers
and
Bill
Moyers
ret
his call
Jack
in
California
tickers
Valenti
Dick
Nelson
in w/ polls
on Virginia
Pic taken
w/ Richard
Nelson
President
to Dick's
parents
for their
30th wedding
Horace Busby
Mrs Johnson
Jack Valenti
- earthquake. The President saw Dr.
Burkley, and read suggested messages to Mr. McDermott. Gov. Egan -- teletypes from Bundy
9:30 t
Conference Call - w/ G. Reedy, Secy. Vance, Bill Mo yers. McGeorge Bundy -- joined on
Call by Gov. Egan at 9:45 am
b, 6a & b
10
- of tea and read newspapers.
Ashton in and Mrs. Ellington to decide on what to wear. Hairdresser in (told about
dream about CTJ taking her back to Washington with her)
5:15 Went to President's Room to see if he was ready to go downstairs. Waited
-
Potter saying that up until the Guam Conference it had been said that Ky
nothing and Ho was the strong force. Upon reading this note , the President
said, "Bring him in. ")
/HUE HOUS E Dat
CKT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
e
The Whit e House ~
'resident bega n
- Today released
text
of msg. to be read
by
Amb.
Harriman
at
Von
Steuben
Day
Parade in NYC White House
Breakfast
Miss Courtenay Valenti
Dale Meeks, Ranch
Dale
Malechek,
Mary
Ann
at LBJ Ranch
Means
Riordan
mjdr (Pl)
Marvin
Bill
Watson
(pl
- , the President read briefing papers for his visit w/ Gromyko and
talked w/ Rostow about the upcoming meeting
Arrived White House -- and to Oval Office
,-^ October 10, 1966
LBJ Ranch ^av
Monday
Activity (include visited by) tur
Expf!
(Jot
Depart Randolph AF
- to read ticker, then */
to living room to greet Larry Blackman and
his secretary, Sandra Cass C/^
v'
/DINNER w/ Mrs. Johnson, Larry Blackman, Sandra Cass, Dale Meeks,
Liz Carpenter, Pat and Luci Nugent, Ashton Gonella, JJ, mf
During dinner the President
- / Cong Pickle and Gov Connally
The President read and approved his speech for tomorrow's Astronaut ceremony
and read a Rostow wire from Washington concerning his meeting tomorrow w/
McCloy.
(mf and JJ closed the office at 11:30p, and the President
- reading cables and AP and
DINNER w/ Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Or eole Bailey Judge
Mr. J. C. Kellam Mr.
Jake Jacobsen Marie
Vicky McCammon
UPI tickers
and Mrs. A. W. Moursund
Donald Thomas
Fehmer
Steak, creamed fresh corn, cold vegetable salad, peaches and ice
- ^,.May 6, 1966
LBJ Ranch
Day Friday
Acti vity(inc!ude visited by)
- President had breakfast, read papers, talked with JJ.
Departed main house by car. President, Simon McHugh, Mr. Kellam.
At hangar.
Back to main house.
Bob Fleming in San Antonio
- Hatr May 7, 1966
LBJ Ranch Day
Saturday
Act! vity(inc!ude visited by)
President awake and reading papers.
Secretary McNamara.
b.1
Secy Rusk.
Bob Fleming.
President departed main house, with GT.
On Danz property.
Back at main house. Dropped
- Rusk (b.4) - re dominican problem and
general discussion of world problems
Arrived in the Oval Rm Ofc - strolls into MJDR/s Ofc and sees Xmas wrapped package
on her desk asking who i t is for and what it is. . .reads label fm Teamsters Union
and makes
- , President , Nat l Assoc o f Letter Carrier s
Mrs. Florenc e Mahoney , Washington , D C
Richard McCaffrey , Nat l Counci l o f Catholic Me n
John McCarthy , Nat l Catholi c Welfar e Con f
Margaret Mealey , Nat l Counci l o f Catholic Wome n
James M . Read
-
secretary McNamara. William Bundy. Michael Forrestal.
John McNaughton. John Colby. Averill Harriman
on
Viet
Nam
Off Record
George Wheeler,
To MJDR's office
w/ Bundy and Valenti
talked with Bundy and read
newspapers
To Oval Room w/ JV
GER
Drew Pearson
- - staye d until ll:15 p
DINNER w / Mrs . Johnson , Cong , an d Mrs. Jac k Brooks , Clar k Cliffor d
Cong, an d Mrs. Brook s departe d
Retired
Flowers sent to
Mrs Perry
Johnson
learned of Mrs
Dorothy
Territo
Card
Mrs
Alben
read
Barkley's
daughter
when
-
Gordon
paper
in
Director
Webb
returning
his call
In outer
ofc
reading
papers
shows various
articles to Walter Garden
Heller
Secy Wirtz
Busby
Valenti w/ him
decided on Rose
To Cabinet
Room
pictures
w/
attached
to diary
back to
Cabinet
Room to chat
w
- and vegetable
sticks
Kathy MacArthur
Speaker McCormack
Kathy
MacArthur
until
To Cabinet Room to greet OAS
ambassadors
in
informal
Him and
Her Blanco
session
Larry O'Brien
John Steele
returning
the President's call
In outer office reading
children's
- . Rivkin dep'g @ 2:40
7 2:40 To European Coal and Steel Community for discussion w/ acting Pres
8 3:03 To Hotel
Nap
9 8:12p To Foreign Affairs Ministry for PMs dinner (see guest list, seating chart, reading cards of toast, etc.) w/ Mrs. J
Amb. and Mrs
- to inspect the stone work of
the walls.
10:14 President returned to office. Guests to theater. On to Jean-Louis for shampoo and
2. 10:25 haircut. Read guest list for Tchaikovsky Reception.
11:15 Left Jean-Louis
11:20 Arrived Per of Georgetown for permanent
2
- and decided to go speak to wives of Federal Bar Association
9:25 To first floor to greet the ladies (50)
9:30 Back to second floor
Read background sheets of Burma
9:45 Liz came over to talk
10:15 Liz left
Worked at desk
11:10 Lynda came in to talk
11:20
