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- Saturday, January 4 , 1969
Page One
Our f ir s t fu ll day back in the White House on the last lap!
I usually feel vigorous when we f ir s t return from the Ranch and I
tackle my desk.
This morning I had a b rief conference with Abe and
then saw
- 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
- s the T r u m a n B a lc o n y .
So I s e t t l e d down t h e r e a s the lig h t f a d e d
a n d p h o n e d Abe to d i s c u s s the u s u a l a r r a y of p r o b le m s I s a v e f o r h im .
And w h ile I w a s ta lk in g , Lyndon c a m e
- for Johnson family and LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird walks White House grounds and uses Truman Balcony to speak with Abe Fortas on telephone; Fortases come for coffee; Arthur Goldberg as possible nominee to UN; Fortas to Supreme Court
- od y now b e f o r e the D e m o c r a t i c p a rty .
A nd h e d id n o t s e e m e n t h u s i a s t i c f o r G e o rg e W a lla c e w hom h e c o n s i d e r e d
q u ite s tr o n g .
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I w a s j u s t ab o u t to e x h a u s t the i n t e
- Weaver; Lady Bird meets Senator James Eastland's plane & they tour the LBJ Ranch; small unit housing project; LBJ Park meeting; renovations to the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ, Lady Bird & Senator Eastland tour ranches; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination
- i p a n d s p e e c h - - c e r t a i n l y l a s t f o r a lo n g , lo n g tim e .
I s a w a p a r t of A m e r i c a th a t I knew the l e a s t of a l l - - O r e g o n - - th e f a r
N o r th w e s t,
A nd t h i r d , L yn do n n a m e d Abe F o
- Lady Bird to Portland, Oregon, for last trip & speech; LBJ nominates Abe Fortas as Chief Justice & Homer Thornberry for Associate Justice of Supreme Court; Lady Bird gives speech to American Institute of Architects; Orville Freeman is in panel
- ; 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
- LBJ meets with Clark Clifford & Abe Fortas about 1968 election; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Egal of Somalia; Lady Bird works on Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; LBJ gives speech & awards to Federal Career Women group; Lady Bird
- Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice; arrival ceremony for President Tombalbaye of Chad; Luci & Lyn Nugent are photographed by the press; LBJ signs bills creating Wild and Scenic Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and two National Parks; LBJ gives