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- I discovered Mr. West and
th is wonderful s t a f f .
Now I shall return to i t .
I rested and worked
with Ashton, and then close to four, had my h a ir combed and went down
to the Blue Room for a reception fo r the Democratic National Committee
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
- some o f the problem s o f the d a y .
,
D e m o cr a tic Committee i s f u l l o f p ro b lem s and d e e p l y
i n d e b t.
The N a t i o n a l
A rth u r Krim has been l a b o r i n g v a l i a n t l y
to b e h e l p f u l .
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- National politics
- and Roy White about the LBJ Library; LBJ and Lady Bird have dinner at Bill White's home; guests discuss Richard Russell; LBJ talks of Democratic National Committee problems; article about White House art
- the Advisory Committee for the
National Parks to get some briefing on i t ) , and Orville and Jane, C.R.,
B ill and Jane Wirtz, and Wilbur and Eloise Cohen, our bridge playing
friends the Alan Boyds, Bob Weaver without Ella, who has been absent
from a ll
- ik I n a u g u r a l
n memory, w h ic h makes Howard B u r r i s , th e
Parade Committee Chairman a D ip lo m a t as w e l l a s an
E x e c u tiv e .
Texas had a f l o a t t h a t was a r e p l i c a o f
th e LBJ r a n c h h o u s e , w i t h a p
- LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Johnson to prayer service at National City Christian Church; Inauguration; funny story about Fern Baines; seating on inaugural platform; LBJ takes oath of office and gives address; inaugural luncheon; Lady Bird's classmate from
- .
The meeting was all about the Fine Arts Committee, of which it may be a long time until I
hear the last. Bess and Liz were there. Clark is a most remarkable man, so suave and
persuasive and handsome with an almost Shakespearean delivery. I tried to tell him
- 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
- Harry Middleton in the Yellow Oval Room about our films,
a never-ending project.
And then on into the Treaty Room for our
last meeting of the Audio-Visual Committee.
I think when this is
over I want to declare a long moratorium on several words
- Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
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Wednesday, May 17, 1967
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in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for
invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life.
Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
- Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
- February 1 , 1965
Monday
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B e g in s
th e b u sy d ays a g a in .
Mr. James
F o s b u r g h head o f Mrs. K ennedy's Fin e A rts
Committee came in a t 1 1 :0 0 and we ta lk e d Whi t e House
a r t.
He b ro u g h t w ith him a b ig b
- Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue at new Rayburn House Office Building; Lady Bird gives short dedication speech; Lady Bird stops at Inaugural Committee office to thank staff ; Lady Bird works on Inauguration planning; Lady Bird starts new diet
- Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
- Second Beautification Committee meeting; participants take tour of Washington for possible beautification projects; office work; nap; Selma, Alabama, and Voting Rights; ninth Congressional Reception; Selma incident
- Lady Bird attends St. Marks Church and mentions the sermon; parishioner mentions one of LBJ's poverty committees; church members take communion; Lady Bird returns to White House and coffee with Lynda Johnson and George Hamilton; lunch was Mexican
- Presentation of Johns Adams silver urn to White House with Adams family members present; Mark Bortman, People-to-People program, and visit of Bashir Ahmed, camel driver, during Vice Presidency; Committee of Preservation of the White House; Bortman
- ; bus tour & dedication of Haines Point fountain; remarks by Lady Bird; LBJ gives remarks to Committee; Beautification booklet; Lady Bird meets with Charles Maguire; LBJ to reception given by African-American appointees; LBJ awakens ill and goes
