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- To Bill Moyers' office for press conference
5:00 To Library to see Mount Holyoake students again. Escorted them to Rose Garden and then
to Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
4. 5:30 To Rose Garden for Presidential signing of Postmaster Work Bill
6:40 To mansion
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No.
Time
4. 3:10 To West Wing w/ Mrs. Smith
4:10 To Jean-Louis accompanied by John Secondari of ABC
5. 6:10 Returned to White House Talked with Liz re: J. Kennedy letter
6:40 Peter Hurds - house guests - arrived
7:55 Vice President
- :45 To the President's Room to visit with him
1. 10:05 To Jacqueline Kennedy Garden to present certificates to
S. Klein Department Store and Hechinger
To Diplomatic Reception Room to greet Charlotte, North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
2. 10:27
- with Liz
Tried on hats w/ Liz, Patsy, and Helen
Wore new blue outfit - Mollie Parnis -- and found it too big.
12:30 Pictures in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden with Mayor of Palmdale, California
Presentation of 300 lilac trees to D.C.
12:50 Left for Capitol w
- Breakfast.
Bathed and dressed.
1. 9:30 Met with Jim Webb in the West Hall -- talked about space, in preparation for
visit to Cape Kennedy.
11:05 Mr. Webb left.
2. 11:10 To the Yellow Oval Room for coffee with guests: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Girard, Dr. John
O
- Force Base and boarded Air Force One.
5:05 Left for New York.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5:53 Landed at Kennedy Airport -- motorcade to the Pierre Hotel.
6:26 Arrived at the Pierre -- to Suite 1915 with the President and Luci.
Comb-out; changed
- with CR Smith and Mathilde.
7:15 Returned home.
5. 8:00 Dinner with guests who came up with us.
Talked about going to church tomorrow -- which movie to see (gossip about
Mrs. Kennedy)
6. 8:45 Saw "Rachel, Rachel." President left after five minutes.
10:45
- minutes later, returned to the second floor
via the Rose Garden and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
Recorded.
Entry No.
Time
Activity
4. 8:55 Greeted Senator Russell at the ground floor elevator landing and walked with
him to the President's office.
5. 10
- To the Blue Room for photos with Mrs. Davis Brinkley and Mrs. Frank Wisner -then received "Friends of the Kennedy Center." To the State Dining Room
for refreshments -- mixed and mingled with guests.
3:02 To the second floor.
3. 3:43 Departed the White House
- and Senator Kennedy on TV)
Nap.
2:00 More guests arrived by small boat: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Deason, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hackler, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Johnson, Dr. Davis and his son Tim, Margaret Mayer.
2:30 Lunch inside: hamburgers.
Called Pat and Luci in Nassau
- , Mr. and Mrs. John Walker.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
4:55 To the second floor.
5:07 To the South Grounds.
5:10 Returned to the second floor.
5:15 Once again to the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for interview with Hugh Sidey of Time.
5:45 To the first
- -- talked with Lynda.
Worked with Ashton.
Looked at evening bags for Liz's birthday.
11:00 To the Yellow Oval Room to meet ambassadors' wives.
12:07 Took the ladies to the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
12:13 Bid guests goodbye; return to the second floor
- albums
11:05 Lynda in to talk/Writing Mrs. Kennedy/Posed for pictures
11:38 Jean-Louis
Noon Left Jean-Louis's
12:05 Arrived White House. Pictures for CARE in Diplomatic Reception Room.
12:20 Departure from White House.
12:27 Arrival at Mrs. Humphrey's
- planting.
11:45 Returned to the second floor.
12:00 Talked with Mary Kaltman and Mr. West.
1:00 To the President's office to join him for swearing-in of Marvin Watson as
Postmaster General -- followed by reception in the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden.
2
- THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
Date Thursday, June 6, 1968
The White House
Time
Activity
ND
(The news has come that Senator Robert Kennedy has died in Los
- -- shampoo, set, and treatment.
4:20 Returned to the White House.
4. 4:35 To the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for reception on the status of women.
5:15 Returned to the second floor. Hot, wilted sandwiches.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5. Birthday party for Lyn
- with President and others
5:15 Mrs. Burg - shampoo and set
Finishing work on Arts Council and Kennedy Center
5. 7:30 Drove to Scharnhorst and joined President, the Hardestys, and Middletons. Stopped
by Eugene Lindy's house. Time of long shadows. Young calves
- coral dressing room
11:21 Left the theater.
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No.
Time
Activity
4. 11:55 Arrived at Newark Airport -- waited in private lounge. Flight delayed because of
change in pilots.
Read Burns's book on President Kennedy
2:15 a.m.!! Left Newark on Braniff
- to the White House -- second floor.
2. 2:46 To the President's office to get him for family picture.
3:03 With the President to join Luci, Lynda, Chuck, and Lyn in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden
for family picture.
3:14 Returned to the second floor
- with the President, Lynda, and Chuck.
11:27 Returned to the second floor with the President, Lynda, and Chuck.
12:40 Jack Valenti to the second floor.
12:45 Mary Fehmer to the second floor.
Saw Ted Kennedy on
TV in the President's Room with him, Lynda, and
Went
- for an attack on Lebanon, and I pray
that any crisis w ill hold o ff another twenty days. And for the country, an
interesting headline.
Senator Teddy Kennedy w ill fight Russell Long for
the job of Senate whip.
Lyndon is not waiting for the New Year.
Ever
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- /operations c lo s e to Picayune, and fro m there, fin a lly , to C a p e
Kennedy.
It would fo llo w the path of the Saturn, fro m it 's birth place in
Huntsville, to its launch pad at C a p e Kennedy.
F o r me/' the purpose is / to find a device to get
- and w ife .
The Ir is h have r e a lly put th eir stamp on our p o litic s ]
And fro m the court - Justice and M r s , Brennan - this r e a lly was the
II
night fo r the Iris h m a fia ,
The sta ff that we had in h erited fro m the Kennedy A d m
- and Warrie Lynn Smith at State Dinner; Kennedy family; death of Indian Prime Minister Nehru; LBJ's toast; entertainment by George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst
- To the theater with the above guests, the President, and Luci to see: "March,
1969" report.
10:45 To the second floor.
10:55 The Mohrers left.
11:20-12:00 Chief Dunn.
Retired.
*******
House guests:
Mr. and Mrs. George Christian - 326.
Miss Joan Kennedy - 324. *******
- Roy Hofheinz - 303; Mr. and Mrs. George Christian - 326. Joan Kennedy - 324.
- for the hospital. Back for Lynda. Re: Tony. stay at Kennedy suite.
12:34 Arrived - Bethesda Naval Hospital -- visited the President.
3. Nap! Called George Mahon.
4:15 Returned to the White House.
4:46 Tea in the West Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Tippett and Mr
- to have lunch
with the President.
2:18 To Mr. Per's shop for comb-out.
3. 2:50 Returned to the White House.
3:25 To the first floor -- had pictures taken with the house guests in the Red Room.
3:40 To the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden with Erv Duggan
- .
Recorded.
2:36 Called Bob Knudsen.
2:37 Called Ashton to ask for October 19th diary envelope.
Continued recording.
3:45 To the pool for swim.
4:15 Returned to the second floor.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
4:35 To the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for photos
- Smith, Ervin Duggan, John Criswell, Marie Fehmer,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson, Colonel and Mrs. Robinson, Rev. Billy Graham (conducted
services), Lynda, Luci, General and Mrs. Ginsburg, Jim Jones, Sam Houston Johnson.
12:25 All to the Jacqueline Kennedy
- 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
- would not be a candidate for re -e le c tio n .
desk is a bleak business.
Emptying a
I thought about how the house had looked
when I had v is ite d Mrs. Kennedy five years and two months ago.
could be gripped by the sadness then.
Today I cannot.
I
- te d though I didn*t m e et them so a lso w e re the
Gene Cham bers and H. E. Butt; old tim e rs lik e Tom C o rc o ra n a nd Jim
Row e; quite a fe w g o v e rn o rs , in cl uding the Sanfords; not a Kennedy in
sight, and ev e ry w h e re m o re and m
- , I sat down to lunch downstairs, in that room where
I first came to a dinner with the Kennedys in January of ’61, with Bess, and Liz, and Ashton, and
Tish Baldridge, who had come down to give us about four days of her time for advice and
getting us
- to be the trad e m ark
of Lyndon and h is b o y s.
A ctu a lly in cold fac t, he n eed s m any of the things
that Bobby Kennedy has and r e p r e s e n ts and is able to
a ttr a c t.
But , as he h im s e lf sa id , we tr a v e le d d ifferen t
p a th s
- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; lunch, newspapers and Republic Convention on TV with LBJ; cocktail party at the Jack Valentis; dinner at White House with friends; news story about LBJ and the Presidency; Bobby Kennedy
- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- Tour of White House gardens with Mrs. Paul Mellon; plan to create a Jacqueline Kennedy garden; personal time swimming with friends and family; approval for Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; telephone call to Jacqueline Kennedy
- the sum m er.
MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
Sunday, M a y 3, 1964
WASHINGTON
Page 2
I think Kennedy sent back, during those three y e a rs that he did it, a good
number o f in form ed, enthusiastic friend s and possibly future public
servants them
- in answering the m ail M rs, Kennedy had received
af ter the P resid en t’ s assassination.
L iv e ly , attractive, a newspaperman's
wif e - she said you could read just so much of it, day after day, time after
time until you fin ally got saturated with g r
- . We talked about how to
bridge the gap betw een the Kennedy adm inistration and the Johnson adm inistration and,
as Lyndon would say, how to breed the best of the two to each other, and I tried very
earnestly to express my thanks to him.
I came on home
- the
tram poline used to be.
It is now g o n e ^ it belonged t o M r s . Kennedy^and
the hole has been f ille d and lev e le d .
We la y down on the ground and looked up at the blue, blue sky until we
began to fe e l damp and cold, and then thought what
