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  • must review and reevaluate what we've done and what we're doing. In specific areas we must set new goals, new objectives, and new standards. Not merely what we can do to try to keep things quiet, but what we must do to make things better. Now how much
  • ork. And then at noon I flew to New Y o rk with W arrie Lynn, L iz and B e s s , We went to the C a rlis l e ^to that b eau tifu l s u ite w h e r e I a lw ay s fe e l that I ’m in trudin g on the a p a rtm e n t of the fa ir y p rin c e s s , Je a n K
  • New York
  • Lady Bird's desk work; Lady Bird to New York; Lynda Johnson returns from 5-state trip with LBJ; Lady Bird to Metropolitan Opera; lunch; performance of "Il Trovatore"; LBJ speech in Atlanta about race barriers
  • New York
  • lutr.dou. He ta tile odae• way U yn want Mm lO be. B • J p11 I haY•n't knowa that. l dllak lal1hly of him. Some of the people ta New York • J he doen•t P"· He It.ten• polltelr, bat doe1a•t 1lve. A - That la tru becau•• he could llOI • J aaftldnl to tbem
  • r t s a n d in p a r k s on o u r f iv e s ta te to u r of New E n g la n d . A d ay lik e th is is a n e x h a u s tin g s e m in a r on the g e o g ra p h y , e c o n o m y - - the lo o k of the la n d a n d the p eo p le th a t m a k e up o u r
  • New York
  • Johnsons make a five-state New England tour; crowds at airports; LBJ gives speech at Rhode Island University in Providence; anti-war demonstrators; LBJ speaks at Navy League luncheon in Manchester, NH; birthday party for Senator George Aiken
  • Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, New York
  • thinking that s omehow she has r i s e n l e s s to the tide of o p p o r t u n ity ,th a n Diana, and MEMORANDUM THE WHI TE HOUSE W A S H I N G T ON T hu rsd ay, A p r il 16, 19 6 4 Page 3 me Dr. Blake Smith brought m ethe unw elcom e news which I
  • T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1 T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til .it ;' ■„ .^ i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n o b s ta c le , a m o u n
  • of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
  • to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y . W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t . A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
  • , when the sw itch w a s p u lle d . M ean w h ile , in the 100 y e a r s , the i n t e r c o a s t a l c a n a l h a s gone a l l the w ay f r o m New J e r s e y , down to/\ I t h i n k / \ a p p r o x im a t e l y J a c k s o n v i l l e an d m e a n w
  • new m a n t e l . Should th e s a m e i n s c r i p t i o n t h e n b e p e r h a p s e n g r a v e d on th e m a r b l e ? We d e c id e d t h a t th a t d e c i s io n sh o u ld b e l e f t up to m y s u c c e s s o r , and I w ould n e i t h e r r
  • p l e a s u r e o f the e v e n i n g . A nd i t w a s n o t u n u s u a l b e c a u s e a f t e r a l l M r s . B a r r o w s w a s a n A m e r i c a n - - a n a tiv e o f New J e r s e y I b e lie v e . _ T h e B a r r o w s s e e m e d to h
  • of storeroom; phone calls; Lady Bird to hair salon; photos in Yellow Room; Johnsons greet Barrows; exchange of State gifts; dinner under tent in Rose Garden; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ made speech against isolationism in New Orleans on Tuesday
  • n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too. D avid u. M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o e le c
  • they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e ch a ir . We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e m in u tes
  • Luci Johnson's 18th birthday and anniversary of LBJ's heart attack; Lady Bird has hair appointment; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Luci Johnson's baptism at Catholic church, quietly, without press coverage; Lady Bird and LBJ to New York for speech