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- (State Dining Room) to meet with the Women's Committee on
Poverty.
11:22 Returned to the second floor.
Worked at desk.
12:25 Left the White House with Liz for New York.
1:40 Arrived White Plains, New York.
Left the airport with Mr. and Mrs. Laurance
- , and Warrie Lynn Smith.
2:30 Audio-Visual Committee meeting in the Treaty Room -- Dorothy, Juanita, Arthur
Drexler, Leonard Marks, Horace Busby, Wayne Grover, Jack Valenti, Dr.
Frank Stanton, Sam Houston Johnson, Arthur Krim, Gary Yarrington.
4:31
- -Louis's for shampoo and set.
11:15 Returned to the White House.
2. 11:40 To Colombia Island to plant daffodil bulb with members of the Beautification
Committee.
12:29 Returned to the White House.
1:00 Worked at desk.
(The President had the Prime Minister
- :20 To Hains Point with Mrs. Díaz Ordaz to see Mexican playground equipment.
11:25 Returned to the White House.
Went over White House Preservation Committee letter draft with Liz.
12:00 To the Capitol with Mrs. Díaz Ordaz to hear her husband address
- :15 Greeted wives of Mexican-U.S. businessmen's committee on tour -- Diplomatic Reception Room.
10:19 Returned to the second floor.
Worked with Bess.
12:30 Worked at desk with MW.
1:00 Had lunch in the Solarium with Lynda.
Recorded.
3:30 Went
- -- talked re: Ford's Theatre.
Audio Visual Committee
1A. 10:00 Library meeting in the Lincoln Sitting Room -- Dorothy, Juanita, Drs. Stanton and
Grover -- re: acquisition program on documentaries, etc., from TV networks.
1B. 11:00 Moved into the Treaty Room
- President talking with Governor Lawrence in West Hall with Marvin Watson. Said hello.
1. 11:05 Unveiling of Beautification Stamp in the East Room with President
11:30 Come to second floor with 30 Beautification Committee members (For A More Beautiful Capital
- Austin at the Madison.
(5:00 Lynda had tea for committee from Performing Arts)
5:03 Luci arrived.
6:00 In West Hall Sitting Room with Lynda, Luci, Libby Cater talking.
6:06 President came from office. Gave Lynda and Luci their muumuus. They switched
- of Committee for More Beautiful Capital
1:00 Guests departed
Talked with Liz
2:40 President having lunch w/ Jake and Judge Moursund
Talked with Luci - went over lists (Barbara Howar's)
with Liz
Talked with Bess
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Time
Activity
5:55 Jean-Louis came
- :30 Returned to main house
3:00 Left w/ President on chopper and Cantinflas, Mr. Gelman, Jake,
Jack, Jesse, Marie and Vicky
3:30 Arrived San Antonio. Greeted by large welcoming committee.
Shook hands, etc., and to platform.
(Over)
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Activity
2:25 Called Jim Ketchum to take Susan on tour of the house.
2:29 Called Dr. Hurst.
2:30 Lynda called.
2:45 Chatted with Mary Lasker and Dr. Cain in the West Hall.
3:00 To the Treaty Room for meeting of the Acquisitions Committee
- the South Grounds,
then to the President's office.
2:27 Returned to the second floor.
3. 2:30 Meeting of LBJ Library Committee in the Treaty Room: Dorothy, Juanita, Dr. Grover,
Gary Yarrington, Jack Valenti, Leonard Marks, Arthur Drexler, Mr. Krim, and
Harry
- the President, Joe Califano, Henry Wilson, and Ashton in the second
floor dining room.
3:35 Left the dining room to meet with Jim Ketchum and Mr West in the West Hall.
Discussed the forthcoming meeting of the Committee for the Preservation
of the White House
- on television (via
satellite)
Set up the Yellow Oval Room for 10:00 a.m. meeting; then visited briefly with
Mrs. George Brown in the Queens' Room - discussed hanging a new chandelier
there.
1. 10:00 Meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White
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at Howard Univ.
To Lynda's room for visit.
Met Juanita a bit early re: Library meeting.
Library Committee Meeting in the Treaty Room
with Mary Lasker, Juanita, Dorothy,
DR. Ransom, DR. GROVER, & DR. BAHMER TO DISCUSS ACQUISITIONS
PROGRAM.
End of meeting;all
- . 2:05 Returned to the White House.
2:10 To the Red Room for Beautification Committee meeting.
4:10 To the second floor.
Visited with Lynda.
Worked with Ashton.
Rested in bed -- reviewed for tonight.
4. 6:30 To the President's office.
Returned memo
- of the School Volunteer Committee
and the Mayor,
10:15 Arrived Nottingham High School for Dr. Julius Richmond Day
Cafeteria: greeted Head Start Volunteer
Auditorium: panel on Head Start and tribute to Dr. Richmond
presented with a painting of a negro boy
- and breakfast
Work on desk
10:00 To Rose Garden for swearing-in of L. Rockefeller
10:45 To Oval Room for meeting of Committee for Preservation of
White House
(11:15 President left for Detroit)
12:15 Meeting adjourned
12:20 Took all guests to first floor to look
- re: oral histories.
12:05 Bobbitt called from Austin. Worked at desk with MWT.
1:30 Lunch on tray in room alone.
3. Met with Bess and Jim Ketchum re: agenda on the Committee for the Preservation
of the White House meeting (Thursday, December 12th).
3
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is interested in making the film using multi-screen techniques).
3:30 End of meeting. 3:51 Luci came in.
3:55-4:05 Met with Helene and Bill Gemmell in the West Hall re: sketch of ranch house.
4:05 Met with Jim Ketchum re: agenda for Preservation Committee
- Carlyle.
Entry No.
Time
Activity
5:30 Called Governor Daniel. Re: coming to dinner
5:32 Called Jim Jones Re: coming to dinner
5:33 Called Bess.
5:38 Called Simone.
5:45 Leonard Marks called re: last meeting here of Audio-Visual Committee.
5:48 Helene
- beautification
To the Red Room
Adjourned to
for Beautification
the Jacqueline Kennedy
Committee
meeting.
Garden for presentation of Beautification Awards.
Returned to the second floor.
Several pictures were taken
in the China
Roo m (by the
portrait
- Meeting of the Audio-Visual Committee of the LBJ Library in the Treaty Room:
Dr. Grover, Dr. Stanton, Jack Valenti, Leonard Marks, Dorothy, Juanita.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5:00 Meeting moved to the China Room, then to the theater to see
- for shampoo and set.
5. 7:00 Returned to the White House. Reviewed Mexico info with Ashton.
Made phone calls re: meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.
6. 8:10 To the North Portico with the President to greet President and Mrs. Díaz
- Harry Middleton in the Yellow Oval Room about our films,
a never-ending project.
And then on into the Treaty Room for our
last meeting of the Audio-Visual Committee.
I think when this is
over I want to declare a long moratorium on several words
- Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
- Meeting with Clark Clifford about Fine Arts Committee; possibility of permanent Curator; Committee on the Preservation of the White House; interview with "Look" magazine; tea with Governor and Mrs. Breathit of Kentucky; Luci Johnson; dinner
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in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for
invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life.
Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
- 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
- Bird taking home movies; back to Schornhorst; Okamoto takes photos for Beautification Committee; boating at the Haywood Ranch; helicopter to West Ranch for dinner
- double amputee ..-
-/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice.
Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r
out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee.
The luncheon was remarkable for several
the
loudspeaki
- Meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; publications by the White House Historical Association; possible paintings for the White House; completion of the White House Library; Lady Bird visits with President Dwight
- 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
- LBJ, Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson and the McNamaras to St. Mark's Church; lunch with George Browns and Bob McKinneys; Alice Brown asked to be member of Committee for Preservation of the White House; paintings for White House; LBJ and golf; Lady Jackson
- Lady Bird with Carl Rowan to Smithsonian's USIA exhibit, "Architecture USA;" meeting of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capitol; Lady Bird mentions members of the Committee, agenda and beautification projects ; Lady Bird meets with Horace Busby
- Meeting on Arts project; Executive Order establishing Society for Preservation of the White House and permanent curator; possible members of Society; Jacqueline Kennedy; Fine Arts Committee and the Painting Committee; swim and trip to Mr. Per's
- February 1 , 1965
Monday
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B e g in s
th e b u sy d ays a g a in .
Mr. James
F o s b u r g h head o f Mrs. K ennedy's Fin e A rts
Committee came in a t 1 1 :0 0 and we ta lk e d Whi t e House
a r t.
He b ro u g h t w ith him a b ig b
- Lady Bird meets with J.B. West about household matters; office work; swims laps in pool; seventh Congressional reception; Education Bill is out of committee; Congressmen to briefing and wives to theater and second floor; funny story about Mrs. Ralph
- with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
- Lady Bird flies back to Washington, D.C.; upcoming party for Orville Freeman's daughter; party for friends to give them magnolias; meeting of the audiovisual committee of the LBJ Library; "Life in the White House" exhibit; CBS and NBC films
- Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue at new Rayburn House Office Building; Lady Bird gives short dedication speech; Lady Bird stops at Inaugural Committee office to thank staff ; Lady Bird works on Inauguration planning; Lady Bird starts new diet
- Lady Bird looks at portraits of FDR and a photograph album for the White House; Lady Bird visits with Usher about decorators for White House; subjects for meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Nathanial Owings invited
