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MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
Tuesday, A p r il 7, 1964
WASH INGTON
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in Dallas, when I was 15.
A l l in all, I'd say, I'd settle fo r m y p erfo rm a n ce today, both fo r m y
intake and m y give-ou t, but there is in the background o
- Roanoke Island; Lady Bird sees childhood friend, Emily Crow Selden, from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Press Reports about LBJ's fast driving at the LBJ Ranch
- . Actually it’s a hall, but it’s what’s going to be the Johnsons’ informal family sitting room.
It’s remarkable how well my own furniture fits into the room that was Mrs. Kennedy’s. I’m glad
for the taxpayer, and I’m glad for me too because it saves my time
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house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
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contributed to the White House with love and generosity.
And then I
sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my
desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking
out very private things, such as the memo I
- Smathers.
He's
But there was a
She spoke of George and of her
sons and o f continuing to live in Washington for a year or so, but in
true female fashion I could not help thinking with a pang of times
past.
And there were old friends, the Jim Rowes
- , red ties and ballet slippers.
And, they
perform ed, as an o fferto ry , a dance to Randall Thompson’ s Hallelujah, the
fir s t time I ev er saw dancing in church!
It was rea ll y beautifully, gracefu lly
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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This is
the f i r s t for me.
The f i r s t time to be the guest at
such a luncheon.
a
one of
m y self,
Mrs.
f t e
r
fift e e n times as being
the h o stesses-- twelve times as a Senate
three times as the
wife
wife of the Vice P resid e n t.
Dominick
- , on his other trip to ihc United St;:i.l
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and
then
George Bro w n s and
for
lunch,
such a
s ho o k h a n d s
in
th e Bob
a bit
time
is
into
to
a young,
w i t h a f e w of
vital
the
-jp-uley.
and c o n tr o v e r sia l.
coincide
w ith
hour
the
who w ere c o m in g
a hard place
tourists
- and who I somehow feel most
drawn to is Kenny O’Donnell, because I will never forget the way he looked that night in the
hospital on November 22nd.
After they left, our long-time favorite friends came for dinner. Upstairs, on the second
floor, informal
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:\i!EMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
j
WASHINGTON
Tuesday, May 9, 1967
Page I
....
There is a rhythm to life these days.
.
.
Weekdays
crowded,
.
demanding; and then a weekend
two days,
sometimes three, that
,~
Time to read and sleep a~d
- HITE
(
H O US E
W A SH INOTON
Saturday, F e b ru a ry 29, 1964
P a ge 3
the arran gem en ts fo r the appearance, and this was an ex cellen t time
also to have in the White H ouse, those other m e m b e rs of the Texas
so ciety that I m ay not get
- beautiful; and then into the Blue Room , posing fo r
Vogue m agazin e.
The picture w il l be in c o lo r - a c o v e r picture perhaps -
and it sim ply devours time.
ThenI rushed back upstairs and changed into a cocktail dress fo r the
fourth of our s e r
- be a centerpiece from a different
adm inistration.
Of course, not ev ery one of the 36 Presidents has had
a special china.
When the supply gets low enough that you can’ t seat a
State Dinner of 100 or m ore people, then its time for the adm inistration
- like to take m y picture as I left.
And ended
This is the
fi r s t time that I can re m e m b e r being c l e a r l y annoyed at the p r e s s . ■
Not knowing how to ask h er to le a v e , I talked to her about the situation
of the press people fro m
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THE W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
Tuesday, A p r i l 28, 1964
P a ge 3
president of the National Bu s iness and P r o f e s sional Womens Club s .
I always like^ to have one G o v e r n o r ’ s w ife to these luncheon s , and
this time it was M r
- and came back Monday afternoon!
And this
sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working
P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him,
and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to.
After an hour
- the
publicity is ugly and it w ill be used abundantly by the Republican party fo r
the next five months I expect.
A t any rate, it was Abe*s opinion to do nothing, at least fo r the time
being.
I asked Elaine to go down and tel l Charlie Cutler I thought he
- a u t i f u l young w i f e ,
who seems to me
S e c r e t a r y of
U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been
Interior
time
es c o r tin g them around Washington and
just about t h i r t y .
brought them to
I
the
White H o u s e ,
u p from
- voting'll#' day ^
the f i r st p r im a r y in T e x a s .
B u t one c l o s e -b y state - I think it w a s D e l a w a r e - topped the l i s t with
296 d e le g a t e s !
I s a w som e old time fr ie n d s , like D o r i s C r o m i t y fr o m N orth
C
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Broadway play; m y own m in ister B ill Baxter and his pretty young wife,
from St. M arks; M argaret Truman Daniel and her husband Clifton Daniel
o f the New Y ork T im e s; Abe F ortas and Woody and Mary Ellen Woodward.
This is the firs t time w
- 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
- a r y without p o rtfo lio, fro m the top
.
.
^
brass, to say that M cN a m a ra is wielding too heavy a hand, or am I imagining
things.
A t late lunch tim e i w alked in th e door, just in time to encounter
Lyndon
and then Huff Baines and his w ife
- ell, a lm o st v e r y w e ll, and she would like the m elon accent in it.
M ost of a ll, was the fact that I took some time to get her opinion, and that
I wanted it.
qV
And then next on the agenda,^’^was a m eeting then with B o is fe u ille t
Jones
- in Perle's. apartment.
Jake Pickles, Lindy and Hale, Senator Ellender.
The Dale Millers, the
I circled the room, had
a drink, some light and pleasant talk and then left before I thought it was
time for them to go into dinner.
Dorothy McCardle
- that cou ld be a so u v e n ir.
Since then w e have p r a c tic e d givin g
them so m e en terta in m en t ahead of tim e - this time the Singing S argean ts -^
th eir au tograp hs p rin ted on the backs of the program s. The y a r e s e a te d
in c h
- hich he c a u g h t
from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
- to have some private conversation and that
would be m y time to depart.
So I did, thereby not seeing the thousand or
so guests cla m o rin g at the gates.
I rushed hom e, feelin g stra n gely truant,
jumped into m y red lace dress and went out to the W
- to Pat in between times describing herself to him th,e scene around
us.
And he was all so sweet and cozy.
But there was another very sad note in the House all day long.
'
\\
;
I love
House.
~very
facet of this job, of this
And I love being
- of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
- Angeles Times reporter; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule; the Johnsons fly to Texas to LBJ Ranch
- Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
- Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
- HOUSE
WASHINGTON
fMonday, June Z:4; ~ 968
And presently Luci came in.
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She had been out to dinner.
She curled up
on the bed beside me and we had one of those long conversations which make
me jokingly tell her that she is a part time
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
- At 10:33, the time Lady Bird says is "11:30" rather than "11:00"
- riedm ans
an d t h e Jack G oulds who h a d w r i t t e n a
m a rv e lo u s r e v i e w o f my ABC s h ow.
The John Pom f r e t s
o f t h e New York T im es; th e John S t e e l e s o f Time a n d
L i f e a n d t h e L u c ie n W arren s o f B u f f
- trip; Lady Bird has tea with six Ambassador's wives; Mrs. Parker Hart and her time in Middle East; LBJ meets group; Patricia Harris is first African-American woman Ambassador; Johnsons to Celebrezze party; Beautification Bill
- d it and then
handed it to his m oth er, who a ls o k is s e d it and kept it in h e r hands.
Then
the national anthem w as being played^?in m ou rn in g time^and a chorus of
young b o y s ^ i n long,^'^^d r o b e s » / ^ the oth er side o f the b
