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- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
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WASHINGTON
Sunday, December 10, 1967
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Sunday, December 10th, was a romantic, off-beat day.
I woke' a little before 9:00, asked for all the papers and a big pot of c.o ffee,
and leisurely read and ·read
- Lady Bird reads newspapers about Lynda Johnson Robb's wedding; for several hours, Lady Bird reads the love letters LBJ wrote to her while there were courting in 1934; Lady Bird dresses for Diana MacArthur's party; Lady Bird and Tony & Matianna
- - - it mean s a confrontation with that big env e l o pe mar ked "Night
Reading .
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- c r a z y eights with
them.
E a r lie r they had gone fish in g o v e r at the pond,
Thgrhad sat up the night b e fo re u n ti^ ou trageou sly late hour, playing
ca rd s.
But then, a fte r a ll, L u c i had gotten m o re than nine hours s le ep
- ; Lady Bird reads Steinbeck book
- racing in the snow, a c ro s s the lon ely
white grounds.
I read o v e r m y speech fo r Tex a s W om en ’ s Un iv e rs ity , three o r four
tim es, once to Lyndon. , , Did some tran scrib ing, made a check on a ll the
s ilv e r , china, and household
- lg e n c e ,
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- Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird to hair salon; controversy about Lady Bird's property and tenants in Alabama; Lady Bird and Luci Johnson to Huntlands Estate in Virginia; Lady Bird reads Bill White's book on LBJ
- e v e ry night except th is one night and
why did we have to get up and s t a r t ro am in g th is one n ig h t?
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So b ack to bed and up ju st in tim e to m ake it
to the C h ristia n Church - N ational C ity C h ristia
- and thv hom e
mad e b read n1adc m ore news than the sta ti stics of th e prL·ss c o:1f ,,r e;ncc.
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1964
Saturday , July 1Hth__ (_conlin11ed)
Phili p Carter, Hodcling Carler's son , who is no\\' with NEWSWEEK,
was th e re, a very hand som1
- LBJ's presidential campaign; press conference at LBJ Ranch; photos taken of LBJ and Lynda Johnson on horses; LBJ's statement to press about riots; helicopter to Haywood Ranch for boating; BBQ for lunch; Lady Bird reads book and swims; LBJ naps
- him the appropriate key.
Anoth er thing.
Driving
back from Montgomery to Billingsley one night, somcwht:rc in the neigh
borhood of Prattville.:, which she says is a hotbed of the White Ci: izcns
Council, they had seen a bonfire off the road
- for the youngest ·ones instead of g.o ing to the ~peech.
·By 11 ;30 Lyndon was· into his night reading.
He is captive all the
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week nights,
a~.d what a_
glorious relief we.ekends are.!
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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W A SH INGTON
T u e sd a y , A p ril 11, 1967
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I aw oke fro m m y f ir s t night in the Gay Ro o m .
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- ;" visit from John Ben Shepherd and Mamie; ride around LBJ Park, Danz & Martin ranches; dinner; to Cedar House for the night; Lady Bird reads "The Secret of Santa Vittorio"
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where I spent the night with John Duncan and four Commissioners of
Agriculture
from Sowth Carolina., Florida., Georgia. and Tennessee .. John·
arranged this party.
a little
We did a little
story telling,
fishing -- a little
and generally built
- on th e ir T V ."
So the afternoon fo r Lyndon was State of the N ation, night reading*,
and then telephone c a lls, and a b it of a nap. And then we asked the B ill
W hites, only re c e n tly back from R om e, the V alentis, M arianne M eans and
f
h
- resolved to get a minor in teaching which I highly approve.
over the hump and doirig well.
East war.
She certainly is
We had a long discussion tonight about the Near
I know little about it except what I read in the newspaper and my own
conjectures
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A fte r dinner ev ery b od y s e ttle d down to w atch a sp y m o v ie ,
w h ile I w en t o ff fo r m y r e g u la r S aturday night date w ith GUNSMOKE,
and th en b a ck to s e e the r e s t o f the sp y m o v ie .
And then, though I
hoped Lyndon w
- Lady Bird and office work; talk with Luci Johnson; luncheon guests of LBJ; visit to art exhibit at Dumbarton Oaks; trip to Camp David; Lady Bird bowls with June White; the David Brinkleys are guests; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" Lady Bird reads
- what happens in the Primary· Campaign.
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to happen in that campaign.
Nobody knows what's going
Frankly I'm not very optimistic at this point.
I had pretty good crowds today.
I started really last night at La.Crosse at the
Labor Temple, we maybe
- the night with u s ^ It was much too late to go to their
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home. ^ n d we a ll/r o
around in the balmy; intoxicating spring air;
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a lm o st se e m s as though the sunshine does not know the tragedy
- LBJ & Lady Bird arrive at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird reads until 2 a.m. and sleeps late; LBJ, Lady Bird & the Arthur Krims drive around ranch; drought in Texas; lunch; Lady Bird and LBJ take naps; Lady Bird & Luci Johnson Nugent, who is expecting, go
- d for happy reasons because, this
m orning, fo r the f ir s t time in such a long time, Lyndon sounded bouncy
and like h im s e lf and there w e re no night sw e ats.-.
And la te r on in the day, I heard that M cG eorge Bundy had used
- , at la s t , h e w as tir ed .
So it w as an e a r ly night and I read N ich olas and A lexan d ra u n til I w as
s le e p y .
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- ; Johnsons fly to Puerto Rico; LBJ talks with press on plane; Johnsons stay at Porterfield House on Ramey AFB; LBJ talks with General McConnell while Lady Bird, Luci & Lyn tour base; dinner; LBJ plays dominoes; Lady Bird reads "Nicholas and Alexandra"
- ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s
Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree
au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them .
I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
- Grandmother
Forsse late at night and getting caught in a rainstorm.
Of course, the roads
were all just dirt roads that got very muddyand very slippery during a rain,
and [I remember]our having a flat tire.
Wealways had at least two or three
flat tires
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1965
Tuesday, August 17th
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Where has the summer gone -- the lovely, golden sum m er?
lie-in-the-ham m ock tim e, my read-a-m ystery-book tim e?
My
Here suddenly
August is more than half over, and the list is long
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And shortly
Wal ter
ther1..~aft
- about ranch & house renovations; Lady Bird to White House; Lady Bird's straw work bag and books that she is currently reading; Lady Bird visit LBJ in his office; fighting a limited war in Vietnam; late dinner & night reading for LBJ
- MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
P a ge 1
M o th e rs* Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964
A ctu a lly , it [th
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y]began rig h t a fte r we got home from A tlan tic C ity, about
a little p a s t one o 'c lo c k at night, with Lynda, L
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Lyndon and I had a la te b rea k fa st and then got read y to go to
the N ation al C ity C h ristia n Church.
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When w e w alked in I cam e fa ce to fa ce w ith Judge an d M r s.
F e r g u so n fro m
- Jenkins and Marshall
Green, who was assistant secretary, the Secretary and myself worked in doing
up the positions for the trip.
Wewere handicapped by the fact that even at
that time, we didn't have, and we never have had, really, a full read out
from
- not last out the night, and
I called your roother,Judy,and told her
just wanted to let me knowabout it.
about this, and she said that she would go intnediately up to Santa Barbara
to be with her.
That night I didn't sleep well and worried about her
- grad u ates had
gotten th e ir jo b s a s soon as they had com p leted the c o u r s e .
One of th e
c h e e r y lit t le s u c c e s s s to r ie s that m ake L yndon's tw e lv e o 'c lo c k nights
w o rth w h ile and a ll th e o th er fo lk s too^^W
- and report on Jordan; Lady Bird to bed and LBJ to night reading
- e fle c t on the jo ys of re tire m e n t.
If he.
G en era l B ra d ley, re tir e d , has 22 things that he does as public s e r v i ce,
I wonder i f w e ’ l l e v e r quite reach that stage of lyin g in the ham m ock at
the ranch and read in g
- Good night's sleep; to National City Christian Church with LBJ; lunch with the Valentis and A.W. Moursund; nap and read Sunday papers; Lynda Johnson & Warrie Lynn bowling in E.O.B; swim and watch TV with guests; Lady Bird's appraisal of Charles
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truth endureth from generation to generation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
THE LESSON
Read by the RT. REVEREND
JOHN E. HINES,D.D.
Presiding
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night.
And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s ,
the o
- s t r i a l c o u n try .
T h e y w e r e w h o le s o m e and fin e , and I'm g l a d I h ad th e m , e v e n i f
I ’ d h av e b e en up u n til 3 o ’ c l o c k the night b e f o r e .
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I le f t them to go dow n s t a i r s to m e e t the g ro u
- , Braintree, MA; Lady Bird visits with Mrs. Ed Cape of San Marcos about 1937-47, campaigns, and LBJ shaving in a stream; visit with Ambassador and Mrs. Heisberg; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird catches up on reading; Lady Bird & LBJ talk of railroad negotiations
- and reads papers and night reading; Lady Bird swims in pool; LBJ and McGeorge Bundy discuss Vietnam; Lynda visits with parents and guests; United Nations and Vietnam; reception for handing of Eleanor Roosevelt's portrait is cancelled
- sh o rt, th ese la s t m on th s.
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A ll the
It s e e m s that Lyndon n ev er g ets
I do not know how he a r i s e s to w ork
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so h a rd . A f t e r la y in g down h is night read ing at two, fin ish e d or u n fin ish ed ,
and aw akening
- liv e .
The D a v is e s w ill fe e d him .
He
had a n ic e ta lk w ith D a le M alech ek - - in fa ct, he had spen t the night
w ith D a le and J ew ell so that he c o u ld b e h e r e tod ay fo r fu rth er ta lk .
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- a sk el’to f sp r e a d -o u t night read in g, and th e r e , sittin g by •
h im , w ith a b ig g rin on h is fa c e , chew ing on a p aper m ark ed 'Top S ecret"
w a s P a tr ic k Lyndon.
We w e r e enth anted (
sa t down and talked to
Lyndon ju st
- Arrival ceremony for General Stroessner, President of Paraguay; receiving line; Luci, Pat & Lyn Nugent are introduced; LBJ & General Stroessner have meeting; Lady Bird reads newspapers and works in office; loan of painting to White House; Lady Bird
- ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se.
We
had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d
e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
- on a flig h t a c r o s s
■T ex a s!
L a te in the aftern oon I w ent o v er to L yndon's o ffic e to s e e if
I could find out w ithout a sk in g anything about the r e s u lts of h is c a ll
la te the night b efo r e fr o m P u erto R ic o .
I didn't
