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- Natural resources and national parks
- Desk work & phone calls; plaque from National Recreation and Park Association; 220 dogwoods for Columbia Island from 1965 Inaugural Committee; tea for Beautification Committee who donated 2500 dogwoods; 1 million daffodils; hike & bike trails
- of the National Parks S ervices and M r.
West, and we had a final going over of the agenda for the Com m ittee fo r
the P reserva tion of the White House, which m eets Thursday, May 7th,
because M r . Hartzog, as Dire c to r of the Parks S ervices, is the Chairman
- agenda for Committee for the Preservation of the White House; paintings from Alice Brown
- -27, 1966 [Book 30]
Folder Title
Box Number
3
Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed in accordance
- meeting on LBJ Library; planning committee stays for dinner; Lady Bird discusses need for more artwork at the White House; announcement of Luci's wedding goes out to press
- Natural resources and national parks
- dinner with Harry McPherson and Joe Califano; Indira Gandhi was name India's Prime Minister; Inaugural Committee completed its work LBJ talks about hostility in newspaper stories, including one on Tony Taylor
- Johnson's Diary March 10-April 8, 1964 [Book 5]
Folder Title
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(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C
- Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
- Lady Bird breakfasts with LBJ; Lady Bird appointment with Indira Gandhi of India; Lady Bird's lunch with Jane Everhard about Fine Arts Committee; reception for wives of National Academy of Sciences members; LBJ's impromptu speech about "can-do
- Johnson's Diary May 16-June 6, 1965 [Book 21]
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Restriction Codes
(A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C
- Presentations in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden to companies who donated landscaping at schools in Washington; Lady Bird fills in for LBJ to greet group from North Carolina; Committee for a More Beautiful Capital meets on the SEQUOIA; tour of Washington
- v e r y m uchr-^ow g r a te fu l I w a s.
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O ver the p a st th ree y e a r s , the people in th is room h ave p rod u ced n e a r ly
"
two and a h a lf m illio n d o lla r s to take step s tow ard m aking th is nation*s
ca p ito l m o r e liv e
- of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
- ith A r t h u r Kr i m .
hav e b e e n .
And a d i s t u r b i n g one i t m u st
Krim h ad been a n a l y z i n g t h e s t a t e o f a f f a i r s
a t t h e D e m o c ra tic N a t i o n a l Committee and th e y a r e
bad.
H e a v i ly i n d e b t
- LBJ and Lady Bird attend National Christian Church with guests; LBJ whispers a joke to Lady Bird during the service; press stories about Johnson family; lunch at White House and watching Senator Russell Long and Averell Harriman on television; Lady
- Lady Bird performs doctor-recommended exercises; luncheon for women; Helen Hayes; Luci Johnson, National Cathedral School and eye problems; dinner for Senate Committee heads and leadership; briefing for men and tour of WH for women; Margaret Chase
- Natural resources and national parks
- for Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty where Lady Bird makes statement and helps Alan Boyd present awards; Laurance Rockefeller speaks; LBJ joins reception; LBJ swims; Lady Bird reads Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement"
- LBJ has Congressional Leadership Breakfast; Lady Bird meets Ladies Committee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; planning for the Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; photos with the National Association for Retarded Children and their poster child
- 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
- Natural resources and national parks
- Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice; arrival ceremony for President Tombalbaye of Chad; Luci & Lyn Nugent are photographed by the press; LBJ signs bills creating Wild and Scenic Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and two National Parks; LBJ gives
- of the Committee for the President of the White House.
10:10 Coffee in the Yellow Oval Room with house guests: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Podolnick, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weisl, Sr.
Met with Jim Ketchum re: forthcoming meeting of the Committee
- .
Talked with Lynda.
10:30 Worked with A.G.
10:48 To the first floor dining room -- Mary Kaltman re: Committee for the Preservation
of the White House luncheon.
10:59 Returned to the second floor.
1. 11:00 To the East Room with the President for the signing
- .
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
- and Lynda by chopper to Andrews for
5-state - 2-day poverty tour)
10:30 Meeting of Preservation of White House Committee - Yellow
Oval Room
Mr. du Pont Mr. Walton Ketchum
Mr. Fosburgh Mr. Clifford Brown
Mr. Hartzog Mr. West
Mr. Catto
11:00 Dr. Ripley and Mr
- THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, DAILY DIARY
Date Tuesday
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
Time Appointment O P
White House
Day March 10, 1965
Activity (include visited by)
Expenditure
10:30 Joined Committee
- :45 Saw Harry Middleton in the Yellow Oval Room re: films.
2. 11:00 Met in the Treaty Room with Audio-Visual Committee: Grover, Juanita, Valenti,
Marks, Duncan, Newland, Yarrington, Middleton. Territo, Dr. Dan Reed.
12:30 Worked at desk with MWT
- for Jean-Louis: shampoo and set.
1:30 Return to White House.
2. 2:00 To theater with Liz - Heart Association Volunteers.
Accepted million flower seeds.
2:20 To second floor with Mary Lasker.
3. 3:05 With Mary Lasker to theater. Beautification Committee
- on correspondence
Lunch on tray in room
2:35 To South Grounds for walk
2:57 To Per of Georgetown for comb-out
3:33 Returned to White House
4:00 1. To Blue Room to receive members of
Committee for a More Beautiful
Washington (26 present)
4:20 To Red Room
- . and Mrs. George Brown
8:50 Breakfast with the President
9:40 Mrs. Carpenter to second floor
10:40 1. Committee for the Preservation of the
White House meeting - second floor Oval Room
12:15 Meeting ended - guests departed with the exception of Mrs.
Brown
- Hitchcock
7:00 Departed Camp David via chopper w/ McNamara and Emmet Riordan
7:43 Arrived White House
1. 8:55 Departed via car accompanied by Liz for State Department,
gave remarks opening Conference on Natural Beauty
10:30 Visited Townscape Committee
- in bedroom on bed and reviewed material for the beautification meeting
4. 3:05 CTJto Blue Room to greet Beautification Committee members and invited guests
3:35 CTJandguests depart White House via bus for fountain tour
3:37 arrive at the Zalles site and pose
- Garden for coffee with members of the Beautification Committee.
11:18 Bus tour of Buchanan School and beautification spots on Columbia Island with
committee members.
12:21 Returned to the White House -- to the second floor alone.
3. 12:40 To the State
- Room.
Tom Kuchel, Scoop Jackson, church
Gruening, Chief Justice, Secretary Udall,
Hayden, Wayne Morse
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
4. 2:40 To the ground floor with luncheon guests to greet other members of the Beautification
Committee.
2:45 Boarded bus
- :10 Called Jim Ketchum.
11:21 Called JB West.
11:26 Called photo office and talked to Mary Matheus.
2. 11:30 Committee for the Preservation of the White House meeting in the Yellow Oval Room
(see enclosed agenda)
1:05 Luncheon with the Committee
- . With President
6:50
8:10
to
with President
Clifford
Back to third
To Luci's room
In her
floor
to
room:
to see
watch
Mrs.
and
Helene Lindow's shower
speech
to
to the
for
Patsy. Talked
Campaign Conference Committee
East Room
for
receiving line
- with President, Secretary and Mrs. Rusk. To Scharnhorst.
1:30 Return to Ranch Secretary mentioned LBJ Library asked to be on its board committee
2:15 Lunch with President, Secretary and Mrs. Rusk, Mr. Greenfield, Jake, Marie, Vicki and Ashton,
and Jimilu Mason
- Shelton Marie Smith
Jerry van der Harvel Betty Beale
2:00 Nap
4:30 Work on mail
3. 5:40 To East Room - Inaugural Committee workers
6:10 President to East Room for remarks
6:20 Refreshments in State Dining Room
7:00 Return to second floor
4. 8:15 To movie
- :25 To Sam Rayburn House Office Building for luncheon United Church Women's Committee of 100
1:55 Departed
2:05 Arrived White House
Worked with Bess on guest lists and Ashton on
correspondence
3:45 Mr. Kellam arrived as house guest
(More) 1
Entry
- and departed for Smithsonian
11:00 Arrived Smithsonian - viewed USIA's exhibit
"Architecture - USA" - posed for publicity pictures
11:35 Returned to White House
Met w/ Liz
2. 2:00 to 4:10 Meeting of the Committee for a More Beautiful
Capital
3. 4:45 To West
- about swearing-in time
of L. Rockefeller
11:30 Down to first but tea late for President's signing of S.B.A.
Amendment
Worked on desk
11:45 Clark Clifford came to discuss meeting of Committee on
Preservation of White House
1:00 Jean-Louis for shampoo
- , Queens, and Treaty rooms
(Don Thomas and son, Frank Erwin and son, John Adams, Bob Mueller, Taylor Gless)
4:10 To library for coffee and cakes
4:50 Mary Lasker
5:00 4. To Blue Room to receive Committee on "Heart, Stroke, and Cancer"
6:25 To second floor
6
- House, accompanied by Mrs. Perle Mesta and Liz
Carpenter
10:00 Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue in new Sam
Rayburn House Office Building (President attended)
10:45 En route to White House; stopped by Inaugural
Committee for visit
11:15 Returned to White
- with the President in his room
11:05 Mr. James Fosburgh - Fine Arts Committee
11:50 Mr. Fosburgh left second floor
11:55 To East Room
12:17 Returned to second floor
12:30 Mr. Fosburgh returned
1:00 Left second floor with Mr. Fosburgh to look at paintings on
First
- , Wauhillau LaHay, and Robert Cahn (?).
12:40 End of interview.
Lunch on tray in room.
1:11 Called Bess.
1:13 Called Virginia Rusk.
1:15 Called Betty Tilson.
2:01 Liz called.
2:08 Called Luci.
2:09 Bess called.
2:10 Library committee meeting in Treaty Room
- and beautification.
1:10 Returned to the second floor.
2:03 To the library for Beautification Committee meeting.
3:40 To the second floor (looking for bouquet)
3:50 Returned to the library.
4:00 To the East Room to see "We're On Our Way."
4:42 Received guests
- it was too overcast.
10:00 Doug Cater.
10:45 Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bishop (he's writing a book about the assassination).
12:30 The Bishops left.
Lunch in room.
Recorded.
4:00 Saw Jim Ketchum re: agenda for Committee for the Preservation of the White
