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- heons tlla t he
business lead e r s , with a s hort talk by Lyndon.
prol>ably wasn't short.
b:~d
had fol'
Someli11 1c s I thi nk it
And a b r iefing by t he most pcrtit '. l nt Cabinet
members.
Later., one of the aides told me that he thought thc:y
- VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
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a sk the W a lte r Jenkins to c o m e o v e r and have dinner w ith us - and th ere
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w i l l be ju st us, and i t ' l l be such fun.
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It lo o k e d lik e th ere w as no p o s s ib ilit y f o r them to g e t out
until the next m o rn in g
- in the afternoon, I had a business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter
Jenkins, in the forbidding sanctum of the Monroe Treaty Room, that vast, dark place lit by
the chandelier that came from Lyndon’s office, P-38 in the Capitol, that he sent down here
at Mrs
- Friends help Lady Bird decorate family quarters with books and Dorothy Doughty birds; Lady Bird puts out photos of JFK with Caroline, the Taylors and Johnsons; Lady Bird has business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter Jenkins where they discuss
- selves.
We had a late lunch, and then Lyndon, W alter Jenkins, M cG e orge
Bundy
went out to the g o lf cou rse, just as J e s s e Kellam was a r r iv in g
from Austin.
J e s s e is a bit thinner and w hiter than e v e r , and speaks m o re of Louise
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church with the Bill Wirtzes and Orville Freemans; swimming at the White House; Presidential Scholars program and Milton Eisenhower; LBJ golfs with Walter Jenkins and McGeorge Bundy; visit from Jesse
- the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had
made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep.
I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the
children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
- etting it., .B u t the h ills , the su n sh in e, w e re good m ed icin e
fo r u s a ll.
We cam e b a c k to find the M cG eorge Bundy s and the W alter Jenkins
a rr iv in g on a f a s t plane fro m W ashington w ith a lo t of b u s in e s s and a lo t
- Lady Bird takes food to Jesse Kellam's home in Austin; Lady Bird has Jesse Kellam to ranch for the evening; drive to see land that is for sale; LBJ has meeting with McGeorge Bundy and Walter Jenkins; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke"
- up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church
service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that.
I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was
spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
- y M c P h erso n s, with
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their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s ,
W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls .
And when everyb ody
came about 5:30, we chose up
- Jenkins and Je rry
t/i.
K ivett / f o r Huntland,
How lu ck y I am to have an agent who is ed u cated ,
a g en tlem a n , a good com panion, and a good frien d /
On the w ay down i t
and w as chilly .
ra i ned h e a v ily , a s it h as a lm o s t al l
- Lady Bird feels ill and tired; Marta Miller's wedding; coffee at WH for wedding party; swimming and dinner with the Price Daniels, the Horace Busbys and the Walter Jenkins; appraisal of Price Daniel; Lynda Johnson cartoon; A. W. Moursund and Johnson
- , Doug C ater came o v e r to do som e editing and
some discu ssing o n m y little speech fo r Beth Jenkins’ graduation cl a s s
at G eorgetow n V is ita tio n .
M ost a ttra c tiv e man. I ’ m so glad he’ s join ed
us.
E v e ry tim e I went past Lynda
- To Methodist Church in Thurmont; Helen Thomas; Bowling and lunch; Discussions on various topics; Helicopter back to WH; Dinner with the Bill Moyers, the Walter Jenkins and Carl Rowan; Possible appointment of Rowan to USIS
- a r k C lif f o r d in the ro o m w ith L y n do n. - T h e y
w e r e d i s c u s s i n g U n ite d S ta te s Aid to f o r e i g n c o u n t r i e s a n d the U n ite d
N a tio n s ,
L y n d o n s a id , " I w ould lik e to te ll G o ld b e rg we h
- Foreign aid
- & LBJ discuss foreign aid, UN and Ambassador Goldberg; Sargent Shriver visits LBJ; Lady Bird discusses gardening and park maintenance Job Corps courses; Dean Rusk brings good wishes from Soviet Union
- Foreign aid
- Foreign Aid Bill passes; to Philadelphia for funeral of Pennsylvania Congressman William J. Green, Jr.; to Austin to Governor's Mansion to see Connally family; to A.W. Moursund's and the LBJ Ranch; renovations to ranch; visit from relatives; changes
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
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S u n d ay , M a rc h 7, 1966
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w ild flo w e rs of the H oly L a n d .
I knew w h at la y a h e a d of m e a n d d r e a d e d it.
I m u s t te ll h im th a t h is
w o r k fo r AID b ro u g h t so m a n y c r u e l, u g
- Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America
- doing her
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■ ="thank y ou s" r elig io u sly , and is making saodc zero p ro g ress over finding
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. a m aid or fillin g up the gaps in her furniture.
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.About 6 :00, Lyndon and J e sse picked us up and later A. W. joined
us on the L ew
- in the White House?
And then back to the Truman Balcony to meet Walter Reuther.
We had iced tea and I listened to him mostly.
to him about beautification.
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I had wanted to talk ^ .
I had wanted to enlist his own aid as a
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- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- LBJ talks with Sol Linowitz; Johnsons helicopter to Austin to Civic Center and Presidential Suite at Federal Building; Lady Bird & Lynda to St. Austin's Catholic Church for Beth Jenkins' wedding; drive through Zilker Park to Green Pastures
- collecting paintings for Sears and Roebuck; tea at Mary Lasker's home; return to D.C. for Lynda and Luci Johnson's spring vacation; surprise birthday party for Walter Jenkins
- Foreign aid
- LBJ on phone with McGeorge Bundy about foreign problems; LBJ meets with Dale Malechek about LBJ Ranch; lunch with staff, helicopter to Bergstrom and flight to DC; LBJ talks with press pool about Vietnam; Foreign Aid Bill; stop in Columbia, SC
- limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
- tr e a ts for m y se lf, so when we a r r iv e d a t
L aG u a rd ia, a f te r lunch on b o a rd the p lane, we w ent to the f i r s t tr e a t.
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v i s i t to a p ro je c t in H a rle m , sp o n so re d and p aid fo r by M rs. V incent A s to r,
S o
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The fr e e w a y , N at O w ings s a y s ,
i s a lr e a d y fu n d ed and the r e f le c tin g p o o l ca n be p aid fo r b y the m o n e y
s a v e d b y r e r o u tin g the fr e e w a y s tr a ig h t in s te a d of in a c u r v e .
s tr a ig h t ta k e
- Foreign aid
- from Lynda Johnson; wedding present from Ethiopia; foreign aid bill passed; packing suitcases for Luci Johnson; LBJ on boat with several ambassadors; Lady Bird dines with Luci and Betty Beale; long conversation with Luci Johnson
- Foreign aid
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- n g .
So w e s a t a n d t a l k e d .
H is m a i n i n t e r e s t
w a s h o s p i t a l s . I t s e e m s t h a t AID h a s b u i l t q u ite a few t h e r e . . S ta f f in g t h e m i s
a n o th e r p ro b le m and a s e rio u s la c k .
I n s
- and Lady Bird dine with Jim and Ida May Cain; Dr. Cain talks about trip to Vietnam and aid for hospitals
- Foreign aid
- of Cuba and Che Guevara and foreign aid; Jack Valenti tells stories of his trip to Brazil; Johnsons back to the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird takes long swim
- Foreign aid
- 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
- gives White House tour to group of Texans; President's Commission on Heart, Stroke and Cancer reception; Lady Bird mentions guests; LBJ's visit to Mayo Clinic; LBJ & Lady Bird to Woman's Democratic Club for party for Walter Jenkins; dinner with friends
- 30th Wedding Anniversary with photos taken; Lady Bird walks White House grounds; session with Robin Duke and Kandi about wardrobe; news article; talk with Walter & Marjorie Jenkins; meeting with Mary Lasker about the 1965 Inaugural; farewell
- Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
- eth in g s ic k in the lib e r a l view p oin t in a ll th is ."
A t one tim e Lyndon d e sc r ib e d h im s e lf, "I'm lik e a p r iz e fig h te r in the
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rin g , the right f is t is the m ilita r y , the le ft f is t i s aid, w ash in g, a g r ic
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
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B a t cl-OAe. -to Munchy -someth i ng f unny h appened .
i
\9 J-oohed
doivn t o t h e catM te g.uaA.cI^otng. t o Jam es' a n d jJxeAje. cjwuche^d
on one -AA.dct we,n.e a .6.i.-^able. g.Aoup o-^JS-UtJie cli.iAdn£.n, aid.
Negr o e s , a l l
- b e e n
s o w o n d e r f u l l y h e l p f u l on the l a n d s c a p i n g a t the K a r n a c k P o s t O ffic e .
I h a d the aide) b e h i n d m e w ho c a l l e d o u t the n a m e s a l e r t e d to l i s t e n
fo r h is.
I d o n 't t h in k
- . West; gift for White House staff; Military Reception at White House; photos with military & Medal of Honor recipients; Chuck Robb is losing weight in Vietnam; General James Cross is leaving as military aide; Elvira Madigan, in theater; visit with school
- s of s e r v i c e .
a n d out o f the h o u s e f o r m o n t h s now .
H e 's an Aide.
h e o u g h t to b e on a p o s t e r f o r the M a r i n e s .
So s h e t o l d u s
W e ' v e s e e n h i m in
In f a c t h e l o o k s l i k e
He h a s
