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  • ; exchange of State gifts; receiving line; Lady Bird mentions many guests; LBJ's toast about our form of government; Sir Alec Douglas-Home's toast about Cuba; the "Strolling Strings" and dancing
  • , the w ife of our old fr ie n d Gus Wortham. In the next one was M iss Ima, v e r y re g a l, v e r y e ld e r ly , but v e r y full of excitem ent and v^rve about what ^ was going on. With h er w e re the d im in u tiv e Sir John B a r b a r o l l
  • doing m y home w ork fo r the fiv e o 'c lo c k reception fo r the North C arolin a group, whi ch is a presentation to the White House l ib r a r y of the A m e r ic a n drawings of John MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE WASiriN O TON Tuesday, A p r i l 7
  • —I congratulated them on Jimmy's being in the House, and Loraine McGee, very tan, without Gale, who's o ff making a speech. And from the Court, there were our life-long friends, Abe and Carol, and B ill Douglas and Cathy—and I must confess looking
  • ; railroad negotiations in the Cabinet room; dinner for Henry Fowler at C. Douglas Dillon's home
  • belong b o w in g McNamaras just day in A p r i l , ihe negroes, there q uite a re f r e q u e n t l y came home an u p h i l l who kno'ws/^I thinl#:/\ the w ithout A f t e r w a r d we to o k the s e a r ch M a r k ’ s i s always is a s
  • Smith, and Lynda Johnson; Warrie Lynn Smith; card from Lady Bird's cousin, Esther Lanier Dade in Ft. Lauderdale; LBJ home from New York
  • 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
  • s i d e t h e p o i n t . And t h e n t o t h e b e a u t y p a r l o r an d t h e n t o work w i t h Ka n d i in t r a n s f o r m i n g some o f my e a s t e r n f a b r i c s i n t o ha n d so m e "a t home" c l o t h e s f o r s m a l l d i n
  • her trip to Acapulco; bowling with Muriel Humphrey; dinner at Hubert Humphrey's home; discussion about Senate and leadership; return to White House and to sleep
  • 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
  • p y so up in bed w ith a l l D e p a r t m e n t 's S ta te that the get a tt e n d e d t o . reache d home I r e a l l y w a s n ' t the indeed a When I I propped info rm a tio n on Jordan and took a q u ic k course on y oung K in g Hus s
  • LBJ and Lady Bird stay at Taubman home in Palm Springs, CA; meeting with Mexican President Lopez Mateos; Charter Day exercises at UCLA with speeches by LBJ and Mateos; luncheon for women given by Governor's wife, Mrs. Pat Brown; visit to Abraham
  • u sin e ss c o n fe re n c e w ith J o e . t o g o home w i t h h i m , J o e h a d a s k e d h im T rudyeh ad cooked th e t h i s he f o u n d a v e r y p l e a s i n g " o f my h u m b l e o r i g i n ." to He h a d b e e n h a v i n g So I
  • v e enough sp a rk le and v ita lity to k eep th in gs going and sen d people home fe e lin g r e a lly e x c ite d that th ey had b een to a g rea t W hite H ouse p arty .
  • Visit of Prime Minister Aldo Moro, Italy; Lady Bird takes home movies in the Rose Garden; state dinner; Lady Bird mentions attendees; Lady Bird converses with Foreign Minister Fanfani at dinner; Leontyne Price is entertainment for the evening
  • Valentine gifts; D.C. League of Women Voters fundraiser; Heart luncheon; "Americans-At-Home" Program; visit by the John Steinbecks, and their story of visiting Russia; office work; LBJ to St. Louis for its Bicentennial; visit with Mary Lasker about
  • Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
  • Bird; reception for Democratic state chairmen; Lady Bird to David Lloyd Kreeger home to see paintings; Lady Bird critiques paintings; to John & Ashton Gonella party; dinner at White House with Lynda & Chuck Robb; Chuck & Pat Nugent leaving soon
  • Johnsons attend National City Christian Church; sermon on rioters; negative stories in the newspapers about renovation of Johnson homes; lunch with friends; viewpoint on business community and economics; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird goes
  • m a l l m a r b l e h e a d of A u g u s t u s C a e s a r , p i r a t e d out of Ita ly , it h a d b e e n found in s o m e c o n s t r u c t i o n b u ild in g or home. A n d a c c o m p a n y i n g it a l e t t e r i n J o h n S e c o n d a r i
  • g e n t s . M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r . We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
  • Bird & the Ed Clarks to Corcoran Gallery; tea & tours at White House for the Clarks & guests; LBJ speaks briefly to guests; Lady Bird practices Appalachia speeches; dinner at Scoop Jackson's home; LBJ reads John Steinbeck letter about Vietnam
  • ib le u s e s of the p la c e . A nd she h ad , in fa c t, so g e n e ro u sly in v ite d m e to com e up to h e r A d iro n d ack s s u m m e r home^vlind to P alm B each b e fo re . / . A s m u ch a s I w ould love to,Xl h ad alw ays sa id
  • a r v e lo u s An e n g r a v i n g o f George W ash in g to n and c lo c k s f o r t h e g i r l s . Then d o w n s t a i r s t o t h e E a s t Room f o r t h e r e c e i v i n g l i n e . I 'm g e t t i n g v e r y much a t home w i t h t h e
  • taken by TIROS 6; performance of "Oklahoma"; Lady Bird mentions home movies from '41 Senate campaign; Lady Bird mentions decorations & food; Lady Bird talks with President Tsiranana; Lady Bird walks lawn and then dances with General Clifton
  • ; dedication ceremony for Wilkes College's Science Center; homes along the Susquehanna River; back to Washington for meeting with and reception for Democratic National Committee; with LBJ to Camp David
  • House past home on 30th Place; tea with Secretary Udall and New Mexico friends; small dinner party; "Operation Creche" to obtain creche for White House; LBJ late for dinner; vote on censure of Senator Thomas Dodd