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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
- Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
-
Eastern fabl'ic!-. and possibly a new dress for the Convenlivn.
And then
a quick trip dovm to the First Floor to say hello to the wive:,; of the foreign
ministers from Latin America that Mrs. Rusk was condu
- 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
- aging n ew s w as
that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the
in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci,
c
w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
- Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
- programs
-- overcoming
poverty,
opening up new opportunity,
and
making the American
system of freedom
work.
•
·,
.•
Lady
Bird
joins
me in very
warm
regards.
·'·
Mrs. Virginia
Durr
17 Molton Street Building
Montgomery
4, Alabama
...
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···i
- s o f m a n y y e a r s - - b u t b y a new N e g r o S e n a to r w h om
he s c a r c e ly w
d
n
.A
e
k
o d d ly a ls o th a t‘tw o o f th e n i c e s t e v e n in g s w e h a v e
had s o c ia l ly t h is la s t y e a r h av e b e e n w ith a n o
- a ILLLL s. p a ^ l o w h a t uje i h o u ^ } ^
muAi. be a ca r et ak er' s
cot t age.
On i h e way. we came u c a o a a
an AriteAe.Ai.Jjxg. Ai.ghA, a b ig bAand new d n i kiJLLj appaAjenilg.
^ u ^ i. beJng buJJit , a n d maAcJxing up JLo i h e JLop o
- s w h i l e M a r i l y n w a l k e d u p a n d
down b e s id e m e r e la y in g q u e s tio n s and new s a n d m e giving h e r a n s w e r s
u ntil I finally said,
thrilled.
" W h y d o n 't you g et in a n d s w im ?"
S he w a s s o
It a l w
- draws a crowd; Lady Bird has tea for Mrs. Alexandros Matsas, wife of departing Greek ambassador; tea & tours for five new ambassadors' wives; discussion about Shah of Iran; LBJ greets group; John Macy meeting about Fine Arts Commission; bowling
- , 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
- s e s t to the w in d o w .
It s e e m s to happen to J e s s e often .
In Joh n son C ity w e rod e around the boyhood h o m e, d eligh ted
a t th e w a y the new lig h tin g fix tu r e s - - a m uch han d som er lo o k .
m a in lin e s h a v e b e
- is in New Y o rk .
L a t e r in th e a fte rn o o n L y n d a an d P a u l an d I w en t bow ling
a g a in , a n d o n ce m o r e I w as ab ove a h u n d re d - - th is tim e 112.
I alw a y s
f e e l b e t t e r w hen I h a v e s o m e e x e r c i s e .
T
- 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
- d e d - - b y a b o u t 5:30.
And L u c i w as le av in g f o r New Y o r k a l m o s t
w i t h t e a r s i n h e r e y e s a s s h e s a i d g o o d b y e to l i t t l e L y n .
I w e n t to m y r o o m f o r d e s k w o r k a n d t e l e p h o n
- company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam
- o m p eten tly . W ea r in g a lo n g , o ra n g e s w e a ts h ir t
w ith the U n iv e r s ity of T e x a s on i t , h e r new s h o r t h a i r c u t ,
t h is l i ttl e
. b a b y in h e r a r m s , sh e w as a n a d o r a b le s ig h t.
It w a s
- ic t u r e s .
B a c k on the s e c o n d flo o r I took a new grip on lif e , phoned m y
two r e m a in in g h o u s e g u e s t s - - A r c h b is h o p L u c e y and M ayor H a r r y A kin - to w e l c o m e th em .
I w en t in to s e e Lyn,
I
- a s s s k i r t .
It s o u n d e d i n th e p a p e r s
lik e h e r s p e e c h h a d gon e p r e t t y w e ll.
She s p o k e of th e n e w g e n e r a t i o n a n d o u r g e n e r a t i o n .
0
U
O u r s is a new
/>
i d e a l i s m th a t p l
- m u n ic a tio n s m e d ia / t h e D av id B r in k le y s ,
ths John C hancellors, the Wyatt D ickersons, - • N a n c y w as fu ll of new s
- 4 -
1965
S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 13th (c o n tin u ed )
a b o u t th e lo v e ly h o u s e th e y h ad
- a n t to lo o k m y b e s t.
And
the f i r s t r e a s o n w a s th a t L yn do n a n d I w e r e h av ing a f o r m a l p i c t u r e .
I p u t on m y new y ello w s a tin w ith the b r i l l i a n t s .
And he h is tux.
And
w e w e n t in the Y
- 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
- on civil rights, unemployment, school drop-outs, rat eradication, housing, and police brutality in New York City; Lady Bird reads draft speech for Democratic Convention
- to r
of the o u tsta n d in g sy m p h o n y o r c h e s t r a of the U n ited S ta te s - New Y o rk o r
B o s to n , I b e lie v e .
T h e n w e d ro v e a r o u n d tow n a n d lo o k e d a t th e o u tsid e of the l i t tle S unday
h o u s e s , St
- r u a r y 25, 1966
Page 7
Of a l l the th in g s we th o u g h t m ig h t h a p p en in A la b a m a , th is w ould h a v e
b e e n th e l a s t one.
A nd th e n fin a lly , one c u te la d y le a n e d o v e r a n d s a id , " I 'v e got good
new
- ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
