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- I discovered Mr. West and
th is wonderful s t a f f .
Now I shall return to i t .
I rested and worked
with Ashton, and then close to four, had my h a ir combed and went down
to the Blue Room for a reception fo r the Democratic National Committee
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
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in the · Washington Hilton who had paid $250 a plate -- the proceed~ to be
divided equally between the Senate and House Congressional committees.
Phil Re.&an singing the National Anthem .as he has since time began,
and looking very . little older .
A new touch
- National politics
- assistance; Lady Bird has dressing fitting with Adele Simpson; tea for East Wing staff; Democratic Campaign Committee Fund Raising Dinner; John McCormack, Ed Muskie, Hubert Humphrey & LBJ give speeches; Richard Daley family are houseguests
- , is
E isen h o w er."
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of
And then he ta lk ed D ie m .
he d o e s.
It alw ays m ak es me u n com fortab le w hen
H is death, he reg a rd s a s a h ideous turning point in the w ar and
a b la c k sp ot in our nation al life .
And then h e talked o
- LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
- ; 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
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to the C h ie f of P r o t o c o l ,
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to see were the
on the Committee f o r
the White House,
Assistant
and then he
r ec eiv e
I were pa r t i cu l a r l y g l a d
George Browns s h e ' s
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appointment
Inform ation
the Small B u s i
- Possible dam at Caddo Lake; reception at White House for women appointees in LBJ Administration; Lady Bird mentions names and titles of several appointees; LBJ dinner with George Browns; Lady Bird to National Theatre for Royal Shakespeare Company
- the Advisory Committee for the
National Parks to get some briefing on i t ) , and Orville and Jane, C.R.,
B ill and Jane Wirtz, and Wilbur and Eloise Cohen, our bridge playing
friends the Alan Boyds, Bob Weaver without Ella, who has been absent
from a ll
- 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
- Johnson's Diary March 10-April 8, 1964 [Book 5]
Folder Title
Box Number
1
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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Wednesday, May 17, 1967
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- LBJ is in a dark mood; death of Senator Richard Russell's son; White House Festival of the Arts; press response to Festival; Lady Bird takes a nap; reception for Inaugural Committee workers; quick remarks by LBJ; visit by Tony and Matiana Taylor
- Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association
- Lady Bird watches Chancellor Adenauer's funeral on television; annual meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Oveta Culp Hobby donates Waterford Crystal chandelier; Lady Bird is in receiving line at Senate Ladies Luncheon
- Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting
