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- out to be one of the g a y e st
And Noel and J o e C lark - - I w as happy to
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g e t the opportunity to w h isp er to N o el that I n eeded h er h elp on our
p la n s fo r th e C apitol G rounds.
'G o v ern o r J a ck B u rn s of Haw a ii, L in co
- MEMORANDUM
Q
THE WHITE HOUSE
S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 5 , 1966
WASHINOTOH
Page 1
L y n d o n ’s d e p a r t u r e to H a w a ii - w o u ld I a l w a y s b e s o r r y t h a t I d i d n ’t
g o ? I t w a s t o t a l l y s e r i o u s
- d t o J i m m y
I o a w J o e K e n n e dy ge.t h im a jo b w it h lli5 ' Itq u u r -ii ii g xtist'a
a r e t r y i n g t o do i t t o s o m e of m y s t a f f .
n i g h t i s n ’t d o i n g a n y goo d.
T h e y '^ ^ '
T h i s goin g out t o a p
- ro p in th e o ffice an d s e e .
I s u g g e s te d w e
ii,
A f te r a d r in k we
w e n t to th e b o w lin g a lle y , an d she b e a t m e r o u n d ly tw o a n d a h a lf
g a m e s ; ^S hooting 137 one tim e to m y 105 o r so/^^^ ^
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A nd
- e th e r , L yndon , and the
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N u g e n ts, and th is tim e P a t and L u ci and the R a y s , and J im .
ta lk ed abou t h is tr ip to H a w a ii.
L yndon
H e'd b e e n g r e a tly im p r e s s e d w ith W e s t m o r e -
la n d
- ot the
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B r u m id i
o ld f a m ilia r on e that I lo v e d i^ ii^ w ith the Bacaiajgysdie c e i l in g s , and P a u l or
John b o w in g h o s p ita b ly , know ing e v e r y o n e o f u s by n a m e .
B ut a s tr a n g e ,
w h ite c a ta c ly
- , I th ii^ it w as around th ree
o ’c lo c k , Lyndon w ent o v er to h is o ffic e , and I talk ed to Lynda and to L u ci.
Both o f them w e r e e m o tio n a l, L u ci cry in g , Lynda d istrau gh t.
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th is do to the b o y s?
What d oes
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- that the McNamaras had requested the
Valentis.
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is always pleasant to have Florence Mahoney to a party.
She was a request of the Gardners.
Lynda Bird came.
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She feels close
to nearly everyone in the Cabinet:://>As soon as I greeted
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Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, December 1-28, 1966 [Book 39]
Box Number
Restriction Codes
(A) CtOMd by Ex k u Uv * Ordw 1332S governing K C a ii to nitlDiMl security Information.
(B) a o a e d by statute or by ths agancy wtiich originatad tha documant.
(C
- i t i a l e d i t " o . k . ".
An d I d i s c u s s e d w ith h im h is own d e c i s io n of
l a s t F r i d a y n ig h t a n d a s k e d if it w e r e i r r e v o c a b l e b e c a u s e L y n d o n
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- g w o u ld b e c o m p le te w ith o u t
h im ,- ii^ h e s ta ff, J im J o n e s , a n d M a rie , M a ry R a th e r , L a r r y T e m p le .
D in n e r w a s a l l L y n d a B i r d 's f a v o r ite s - s te a k , a n d s p in a c h , h o m e m a d
- , g r a d u a l p u ll- o u t of G Is
s ta rts .
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"IF till
A f te r th e s tr e n u o u s d e m a n d in g l a s t t h ir te e n daysyi o r w a s i t tw o lif e t i m e s ^
th is w a s s o r t of a n is la n d of p e a c e
- is s a p ic tu re -
A nd P a t r i c k lo o k e d a d o r a b le in h is
A ir F o r c e u n ifo rm m ad e b y L y n d o n 's ta il o r to m e e t h is D addy in
H a w a ii.
A nd i t w as an a b s o lu te ly h e a v e n ly p ic tu r e o u t th e r e w
- T I — t II .1 1..
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Sunday, O ctober 3, 1965
Page 6
I t w a s a blue ribbon gathering - - t h e N elso n R o c k e fe lle r s ,
Speaker and M r s. M cC orm ack, Dean and Virginia R usk, C ard in al
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- b e c a iis e y o u d o n 't h a v e th e fu e l to co n tin u e g e ttin g th e jo b d o n e w ith o u t
th e m o m e n tu m o f s u c c e s s .
M o re f ittin g s in th e a fte rn o o n a n d d e s k w o r k .
; ; W e is l to- a skthem
opnd
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- io n , A d am
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C la y to n P o w e ll, in a n a t m o s p h e r e te n s e w ith v io le n c e an d h a tr e d .
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th e m to d i s c u s s s ii^ o f f e r i n g th e l i t t l e h o u s e i n J o h n s o n C i t y w h e r e L y n d o n
g r e w u p to th e N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , a n d a p i e c e o f l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t w o u l d
- is one w om an in the au d ien ce who m ay a r is e and sa y 'Stop the War
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, May 10, 1967
Page II
in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er.
It did
- r e e to q u a lif y f o r s o m e of t h e s e b e a u t i f i c a t i o n f u n d s ^w e r e N e w H a v e n w h e r e
ii
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 10, 1966
Page 7
R i c h a r d L e e i s M a y o r
- d . A
day o f s h e e r
tu rm o il
f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii,
f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i -
(
b ilitie s
about i t
and b e i n g d e a f
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;^THE WHITE' HOUSE,
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W e d n e sd a y , M a rch 15, 1967
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WASHINGTON
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- s brother Bud, Bud
Bogen, who I mention~d had climbed through the Sierras, also went into
the Air Corps, becamea test pilot for Douglas and was killed flying the first
Douglas experimental four-engine bomber prior to World War II, when Douglas
- World War II
- e r e h e r e b e c a u s e ii he h a d a s k e d L yndon on a b o a t tr i p on th e P o to m a c
to co m e a n d d e d ic a te it.
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He f e e ls th a t su c h s y s te m s w ill so o n b e a s m a t te r
of c o u r s e a s R E A p r o je c ts
- r o o m .
L y n d o n w a s h a v in g n e w s p a p e rm e n in th e fa m ily d in in g r o o m , an d
II
b e s id e s I w a n te d lu n c h in J a n e 's r o o m . I d re w h e r in th e c o n v e r s a tio n
a b o u t w h a t s ta te s h e h a d
- , working as hard as they can,
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r
to achieve some stability in it.
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And so with this mixture of problemsXnd blessings, my dear husband
went to I:>ed about midnight, and I rem etnbered one amusing little vignette
iI
T~ts~
of the morning, at the T
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W e d n e s d a y , M a y 15, 1968
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o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t G o v e r n m e n t i s a s e r i e s of c h o i c e s of a s s i g n i n g p r i o r i t i e s .
Ca
S>.iI t w a s a g o o d d i n n e r - - c o r i a l ea-int jo c a n d r o
- v e r s i t y in th e e a r l y *30's - - h e ' s a N ew Y o r k F im ie ii-S ea n: now
I g a t h e r a n d i n t e r e s t e d in A u s t r a l i a w ith s o m a n y b u s i n e s s t i e s .
I gave
t h e m m y lo v in g d e s c r i p t i o n
- e a l on i t w ith a d e lig h tfu l p ic tu r e of D o lly and th e
s y n o p s is of w h a t w e w ould s e e — t h ir ty m in u te s f ro m A ct II.
th e w a it e r s g a llo p e d and H e llo D olly w a s enchantm ent!!
g a llo p , th e c o s tu
- n d yo ii.
I am a s u c k e r fo r that song.^ I h a v e to b lin k b a c k the te a r s b e c a u s e the w o r d s of
i t c o m e s tr a ig h t out of m y h e a r t.
. .
.
T h en I w e n t a rou n d the c ro w d sh ak in g han d s w ith a s m
