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- Smathers.
He's
But there was a
She spoke of George and of her
sons and o f continuing to live in Washington for a year or so, but in
true female fashion I could not help thinking with a pang of times
past.
And there were old friends, the Jim Rowes
- of news about tl.e
times the spc·ed of sound at 80, 000 feet.
s:
For instance, yesterd ay
-71 that flies at three
It was deli\·ered too much by
rote, too much like readin g , although there were moments of humor.
I di
- Informal press conference in LBJ's office; Goldwater calls LBJ "the biggest faker of all time"; LBJ walks ground with press; lunch with Senator Richard Russell; visit from Alabama relatives who tell about public accommodations; dinner with friends
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the family graveyard.
the biting wind.
And this morning we were heavily bundled up against
The country is gray and sere.
The only splash of color
the small p ilo t [?] down by the river close to the Lutheran Church.
is the time I shall want to travel
- gy, horn-rimmed
glas s~s
and the: most
comical of exp ressions of distress on he r face, biting h(·r lip, was ent itle d
"Luci Goofed." And anothe r, really quit e> attractive, of Van Cliburn,
Luci (pretty this time) and t he kin
- and who I somehow feel most
drawn to is Kenny O’Donnell, because I will never forget the way he looked that night in the
hospital on November 22nd.
After they left, our long-time favorite friends came for dinner. Upstairs, on the second
floor, informal
- beautiful; and then into the Blue Room , posing fo r
Vogue m agazin e.
The picture w il l be in c o lo r - a c o v e r picture perhaps -
and it sim ply devours time.
ThenI rushed back upstairs and changed into a cocktail dress fo r the
fourth of our s e r
- and came back Monday afternoon!
And this
sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working
P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him,
and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to.
After an hour
- ; LBJ takes nap; upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird does office work & records her diary; Eugene McCarthy showing surge in 1968 race; Hubert Humphrey joins Johnsons for dinner; styes on LBJ's eyes return; Lady Bird has massage and reads Time magazine
- or t h r e e more d r e s s e s , p o s s i b l y an e v e n in g
d ress.
I was i n no mood and t h i n k i n g o f th e b i l l s
t h a t had a l r e a d y mounted up. A nd th e n n e x t i t was
time t o s e e Max Brooks and Roy W h ite.
Max's b u
- an an ecd ote about the f ir s t tim ^ th e
m o st m em o ra b le time,/^the m o st am u sin g tim e^they had spent at the White
H o u se.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
T h u rsd a y , F e b r ua r y 11, 1965
WASHINQTOM
P age 5
W e’d taken a few le s s o
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
- riedm ans
an d t h e Jack G oulds who h a d w r i t t e n a
m a rv e lo u s r e v i e w o f my ABC s h ow.
The John Pom f r e t s
o f t h e New York T im es; th e John S t e e l e s o f Time a n d
L i f e a n d t h e L u c ie n W arren s o f B u f f
- a n
h a l f m y -time w i t h th e S e c r e t a r y .
T h e b e a c h e s p ro b a b ly .
W h a t w o u ld a t o u r i s t w a n t to s e e in T u n i s i a ?
T h e y a r e w o n d e r f u l - - w h ite s a n d .
The R om an-
I n f r o n e s i
- LBJ & Lady Bird watch Today Show; Johnsons spend time with Lyn Nugent; Beautification tour of Washington with Mayor Akin; future Beautification projects in Austin; Lady Bird has lunch & visit in Luci Nugent's room; LBJ & Luci discuss Austin sales
- Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
- k a i l , and t o me i t waA
maytc moment , and. 9- Aeached o u t and. to o k kandyj a n d eveAybody
e l'ie dx-d Ao , and eveAybody pj2.aUjy. wa.A cloAe .to tea .A A --b u t
Lyndon n o t bei ng w i l l i ng to a c c e p t th e s e n time n t s omeh
