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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • again, a delicious hour's nap. And then before my date with Walter Reuther, I got a hurried call from Luci. Oh, couldn't I please come - - no, later wouldn't do - - j u s t NOW - - i t will only be a minute. I just HAD to. S o I went upstairs
  • Lady Bird has meeting about Beautification Bill in Congress; lunch and trip to beauty parlor; fun visit with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird meets with Walter Reuther; LBJ has stag dinner for businessmen and labor leaders; Lady Bird visits with her Aunt
Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)
  • told my husband that my epitaph woulb be, 'She planted three trees!"' She said that an interest in beautification in the United States was growing, and she spoke of projects initiated by General Electric, Walter Reuther, and the National Associa­ tion
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)