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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
- 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
- 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
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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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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
- , 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
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And shortly
Wal ter
ther1..~aft
- 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
ed
a
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
- 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 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
- 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
- a r ly bed s e e m s im p o s sib le in our l if e .
I am c o n so led
b e c a u s e an ev en in g lik e th is is gen u in ely r e s tfu l to Lyndon.
w e w e r e h om e b y 12, I to s le e p , he for night read in g.
And
- Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with
the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of
C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~
lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press,
Helen Thomas
- LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
- of trou b le and he h a s not s le p t w e ll.
H is
He
sounded fr u str a te d o v er the lack of p r o g r e s s and u se d the w o r d s ^ t a l l y
u n r e a lis tic .
H e sa id h e w ould probably retu rn to T exas T hursday night
for our w eek en
- Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird works on speeches & Beautification luncheon; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird works with staff, Nash Castro & Jane Freeman on tour guide script; Lady Bird calls LBJ in Honolulu; LBJ's eyes
- Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30,
and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he
had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
- 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
- ig h ty A c r e s .
We^ d iv id e d u p in to tw o c a r s a n d d ro v e a r o u n d u n t i l
.
i t w a s b la c k night,"- s to p p in g to s e e th e q u a il.
A s w e w e r e h e a d in g e a s t th r o u g h th e M a r tin in th e g la d e w
- Conference on Youth for Conservation and Natural Beauty group at ranch; LBJ reads proclamation for 1967 Conference; Lady Bird makes remarks; car tour of LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird gives deerskin bookmarks; work on James & Mary Davis' home; pick up
- not u n n o tic e d by m e .
It j u s t h ap p en s t h a t e v e r y night a t d in n e r s in c e
t h e 22nd of N o v e m b e r , L yndon h a s e i t h e r s a id g r a c e o r a s k e d s o m e
a p p r o p r i a t e m e m b e r of th e gro u p to s
- At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
- e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k .
I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the
a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir
l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
- Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep
- Lyndon's s ta ff Dorothy Territo,
Juanita, and Harry Middleton on whom we have come to depend more and
more.
The dominant question was the short movies,
"Space" is under
way, Leonard reported. He read us a le tte r from [John] Secondari,
the gist of which
- of showing w om en 's p±ax3e in
space, and it 's peaceful b y -p ro d u c ts .
On reading about it, I d is c o v e r that 14% of the p a y r o ll a re women,
in another place, 20% of the p a y r o ll a re wom en, and at Cape Kennedy, clo se
to
33% a re
- read y for
But m y en e r g y , m y sh e e r stren g th , sim p ly d o es not
MEMORANDUM
T u esd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHXNOTOH
m a tch a ll the th in g s to be d o n e.
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So on the th ree h ours back to W ashington,
I la
- ; Lady Bird swims; Mr. Per shampoos & sets Lady Bird's hair; Lynda Robb reads aloud letter from Chuck; Lady Bird names guests at dinner; LBJ & Mrs. Marcos exchange toasts
- NBC interview with Nancy Hanschman; Lady Bird's reads and edits Ruth Montgomery's biography on Lady Bird; reception for Blair House Fine Arts Committee with Robin Duke; needlepoint cushion tops by Lady Bird and ladies of the Cabinet
- 's read
about m e.
I did not sit down with her and have a lengthy talk and it would
probably^,profited therefrom,.. I think.
A t any rate, it gave me a good
opportunity to thank Katie.
Since K a tie 's business is being on the desk at the State
- Gloomy day; breakfast & reading newspapers; LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Dean Rusk to testify before Congress; upcoming Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; Johnsons have lunch with the Arthur Krims; walk around South Grounds
- e s and L iz had a r r iv e d .
B e s s and the c h ild r e n and S im o n e.
E verybod y w as read y,
And so I w en t b a c k to the R a n ch , b o a r d e d
the c o n v a ir fu ll of film c r e w s , s te w a r d s , a n d our lit t le g ro u p
- .; Lady Bird reads headlines, "50,000 March in Support of the Poor"
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I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl
in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski",
and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
- discussed his Honolulu Conference, Vietnam and the SEATO Treaty; LBJ and Lady Bird call Maxwell Taylor about his TV appearance; Johnsons read newspapers
- LBJ and the Vietnam War; Lady Bird's interview with a magazine; Lady Bird reads about Beautification; Lady Bird has lunch meeting with Bess Abell about mail; Lady Bird meets with Stewart Udall about Beautification; Lady Bird swims and has
- as up and d r e s s e d and had read m y little
ca rd s fo r s p e e c h e s th r e e or four tim e s when w e le ft fo r the a irp o rt
a t 8. ■.
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The p lan e w as fu ll of n ew sp ap er p e o p le .
T h ere w e r e the
r e g u la r s , H elen
- d slaw a n d
hot hom em ade b read .
A nd th e n a n g e l food cak e a n d h o m e m a d e p e a c h
i c e c r e a m , a n d a w o n d e rfu l c h o c o la te cak e th a t M a ria lle n h ad b ro u g h t
w ith L y n d o n 's b ra n d on i t
- Lady Bird reads the newspapers; Lady Bird to Johnson City for meeting about new Post Office; Johnsons & Krims helicopter to & drive around Green Mountain Ranch; helicopter to Davis Ranch; Lady Bird & Mathilda Krim walk through fields of wildflowers
- LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests
- LBJ & Lady Bird are at Brooke Army Medical Hospital for tests; doctors find small growth in LBJ's colon; doctors issue press statement; Johnsons helicopter to LBJ Ranch; LBJ meets with Arthur Okun; lunch; Lady Bird to bed and reading; LBJ goes
- Cyrus Vance, Dick Helms & Dean Rusk fly to LBJ Ranch; Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew arrive by plane; lunch; guests depart; Lady Bird still feeling ill, lies down to read; tours of Danz & Martin Ranches; Marvin & Marion Watson arrive by plane; George
