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- as the day for m y W om en D o e r s lu n ch eon .
f'
M r s . V in cen t
A sto r o f New Y ork w as one of the f ir s t to a r r iv e and bow led m e o v er b y
sa y in g that sh e w anted to con trib u te $10, 000 to the b e a u tific a tio n p r o g r a m
- tes a s far ap art a s C a lifo r n ia
and New J e r s e y .
E v ery th in g w as fin e , ex cep t b e c a u se of the r a in the night
b e fo r e and the m uddy yard th ey couldn't s e r v e — the lo c a l la d ie s cou ld n 't - th e lem o n a d e
- r th e f u tu r e , an d to n ig h t is f o r s u c c e s s .
W e a te q u a n titie s of f r i e d f is h , w a tc h e d th e new s on TV ,
e v e r y b o d y 's v e r s i o n o f th e s te e l s tr i k e s e ttle m e n t, a n d th e n
r e t u r n e
- a m e o v e r about
1840 fr o m G e rm a n y , and sh e w a s t e llin g about how h a rd h e r fa th e r
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w o r k e d in th is new p io n e e r la n d .
T h e r e w a s a p o e m about it .
And th en sh e w a s a ls o t e llin g abou t how m u ch
- e w ent on to church
s e r v ic e s at the L utheran C hurch.
is a m em b er o f.
Of c o u r s e , that is what the C h an cellor
And th ere w as a cu rio u s blending of the old and the
new , the e ld e r ly m in is te r spoke in G erm
- Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight
- e lie v e .
She had ju st fin ish ed a new s c o n fe r e n c e and
the p eo p le in ch a rg e o f the F e s t iv a l w e r e rath er w id e -e y e d at how w e ll
sh e had p e r fo r m e d .
She w as r e a lly settin g out to m ake th em glad th
- a n d ta lk e d a n d ta lk e d a b o u t the
U n iv e r s ity , i t s d i f f ic u ltie s , i t s f u tu r e , the new A d m i n i s t r a t i o n in
o
A u s tin , th e in c o m in g G o v e r n o r S m ith, w h a t Jo h n w ould do w ith h is
lif e
- g t h e r e .
The
p a i n t e d w o o d e n c h a n d e l i e r in the li ttl e s ittin g r o o m h a s gone up,
a n d I lik e it v e r y m u c h .
I s p e n t the m o r n i n g stuffing a l b u m s a n d b o o k s into the new
b o o k c a s e s
- Lady Bird works with Herbert Wells & Roy White on LBJ Ranch house renovations; Lady Bird fills bookcases and decorates; good news about Nellie Connally's surgery in Houston; John Connally flies to LBJ Ranch for visit & meeting with LBJ; LBJ, John
- s
th e m a s t e r g u e s t r o o m u p s t a ir s and s a v in g th e G ay R o o m fo r th e
G o ld b e r g s , p u ttin g th e G r o n o w sk is in th e c h ild r e n 's r o o m a n d th e
L a r r y O 'B r ie n s in th e new t r a ile r dow n th e
- , and I
got the news and went back to the plane and told him.
We had all the
LBJ Presidential Library
http://www.lbjlibrary.org
ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781]
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- r o f a l l t h i s dram a g av e u s a s i g n a l , and t o g e t h e r
M u rie l and I w alk ed o u t t h e d o o r and down t h e g r e a t s t e p s o f th e
C a p i to l u n d e r t h e commanding handsom e new ly b u i l t p o r t i c o — f
- a n d a new s t a r t .
•
A nd w e h a d a d e lig h tfu l t im e ta lk in g w ith .W alter a n d M arj o r i e
about th eir hom e.
M a r j o r i e lo v e s i t .
I t 's the b e s t h o m e th e y 'v e e v e r
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
- of the beauty spots
of the county.
About Lyndon Baines Johnson--on August 27, 1908, a proud
g~andfather
mounted his seat to carry his news to the neighbors that day a grandson was
born to him.
The grandfather, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr. predicted
- n g a new p l a y
L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld -
s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t
down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e
f i r e , a n d Dr.
E l i z a b e t h
- White House guests leave; Lady Bird sleeps in; LBJ arranges for tours for Jessie Hunter & the Malecheks; Lady Bird goes to Lynda's room to talk; Lynda has job interviews in New York; Lady Bird visits the George Browns at Huntlands; lunch; nap
- ntry i s in a p ick y m ood ,
T hey told of the new s of Sunday that
w e had d r iv e n too fa s t going to ch urch.
And today th ere w as a b ig
s to r y on the fro n t page of the ''Star" - - a v e r y im p ortan t h ead lin e:
" H e Was A lw ays
- Lady Bird meets with Roy White about renovation plans for LBJ Ranch house; drive up to runway to see the wildflowers; drive on backroads to Austin; Lady Bird describes the scenery; to Luci Nugent's new home for visit, lunch & unpacking; Lady Bird
-
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S iih d ay, M a rc h 17, 1968
WA5HINOTON
Page 2
woxild b e a s o r t of goodby p ic tu r e .
T h e new m i n i s t e r is a y o u th fu l, p le a s a n t m a n , a n d i t w a s c o m fo rtin g
to s in k in to th e r i t u a l of th e E p is c
- t
And L u c i a b s o lu te ly r a d ia n t f ro m h e r "fiv e d ay s
an d s ix nights" as she e x p r e s s e d it of R & R . A nd L yn and L u c in d a in
and o u t of th e ro o m ad d in g th e new d im e n s io n s of a n o th e r g e n e r
- w a y f r o m H o u s t o n
a n d the d e c i s i o n s w a it in g f o r u s in the new r o o m s .
So a l i t t l e b e f o r e 1 2 : 00 t h e y d r o p p e d m e off.
M r. W ells had
tp r*
a r r i v e d , an d w e w alk ed th ro u g h , c o n g
- and Hartman ranches; Hartman House - LBJ's "own poverty project;" LBJ talks to Mr. Hartman about birth control pills; Lady Bird calls Mary Lasker about New York benefit dinner
- rove u s around.
A lw ays I lea rn som eth in g new about the d eer.
I'v e n ev e r se e n any so c lo s e w ith the r e a lly fu zzy v e lv e t on th eir
h o r n s.
C la re n ce told us at this sta g e, they w ere a lm o st so ft and
pulpy.
T h ey
- 's new p r o g r a m to a ttr a c t to u r is m .
A t e a c h of the m a jo r e n tr a n c e s o f T e x a s - - fro m A r k a n s a s , /from
O k lah om a,- fr o m L o u is ia n a , fr o m M e x ic o - - a t s e v e n p la c e s - - John h a s
h a d
- d u st
o f th e h ot s u m m e r .
T h e r e 's s o m e th in g ab ou t c le a n in g up th a t s a t i s f i e s
a d e e p u n d e r ly in g u r g e in m e , no m a tte r w h at new f ie ld s I m o v e in to .
And th e n , w ith J a m e s , I b e
- m New Y o rk , in
h is t u x at the sudden in v ita tion of Lyndon) and with J e s s e , to the L e w is
p la c e , w here we m e t A, W. and d rov e o v er to the L o g a n ran ch .
V ery
seldom on a ro a d ,
I s t ill think h o w s tran ge i t m
- it tr u e th at J o h n so n C ity i s p e r k in g up,
c le a n in g up, p a in tin g up, h a v in g a new s e n s e of p r id e and c o m m u n ity
s p ir it , liv in g up to h a v in g a P r e s id e n t in i t s m id s t e v e n if h e i s ju s t
L
- w o u ld b e s o e a s y s i m p l y to d i s c a r d th e m a l l a n d b u y
h e r som e co m p le tely new o n es.
B u t a t 75 o r s o , I c a n n o t h e l p b u t b e l i e v e
s h e w o u ld b e l o n e s o m e f o r the th in g s s h e h
- g e t u s e d to th e ir new h o m e w e h a d p u t
in SIESK w h at u s e d to be th e ut r k e y pen .
in f o r th e m , b u t th e cold w
asp ie r c in g .
We h a d put s o m e fo o d a n d w a te r
A nd L yndon s a id , " If w e d o n 't g e t
- e n c e . .
( - T h e r e h a d b e e n j ^ ^ 'm o s t " a m a z i n g !new s o n th e t i c k e r ,
in th e l i s t
o f b e s t d r e s s e d w o m e n I sh o w e d u p l h ' f if th p la c e a lo n g w ith tw o F o r d s a n d
tw o V a n d e r b
- f i r s t v e r s i o n o f t h e s c r i p t i n th e e a r l y S p r i n g o f ' 6 5
c o lla b o ra tin g w ith L u cia for fa c ts a n d a n e c d o te s a n d m e m o r i e s .
h a d w o r k e d it o v e r f r o m a"new s p a p e r w o m a n ' s
- w ho a r e v e r y r i c h o r v e r y
t a le n te d a nd a p p e a r in c o lu m n s , and this is a new d im e n s io n for h e r
b e c a u s e C h u c k R o b b l o o k s l i k e the " A l l - A m e r i c a n b o y " , w h o l e s o m e ,
handsom
- ,
a f l o o r w o r n s m o o th by m a n y g e n e r a t i o n s .
R oy p la n s to u s e t h i s
p a n e lin g , h o p efu lly , in t h e new v i s i t o r s ' c e n t e r , s to u t beeim s o v e r h ead , b ig lo g s c h in k e d w ith a s o r t
- , and
h e re th e y w e re .
c o m es h er.
E x c ite m e n t is a new m ood fo r L ynda, a n d it be-
S he h a s lo o k e d r a d i a n t , h a p p y , & i i x
of l i f e , a n d I am
so happy about h e r .
in t h e s w i f t c u r r e n t
A n d W
- t e l l i n g s u c h
i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r i e s o f th e fa b u lo u s new c a p it a l, B r a z i l i a , s o m e o f
th e le a d e r s h i p , w h ic h h e th in k s i s t o p - n o t c h , an d o f th e u n b e lie v e a b le
c o n t r
- Friends visit the LBJ Ranch; helicopter to Lewis Ranch; news article about keeping up with the President; drive around Logan property; discussions about Vice Presidential candidates ; Lady Bird mentions the Connallys and other guests; to the Melvin
- to Austin and flight back to Washington; news articles about Johnsons vacation; Alvin Wirtz; Luci Johnson and boy who fell from Capitol bannister
- it i s o v e r !
m a n , and it is w ith a s ig h o f r e l i e f , th ou gh c a s tin g a p a in fu l b a c k w a r d s
g la n c e a t D on C ook, th a t I s h a ll s e t t le in to w e lc o m e a new M e m b e r o f
th e C a b in e t.
A nd it is s o
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s id e w a lk : ; p n ^ ^ w e s t s i d e , ; o f Sis t e r d a le lim e s t o n e r ip p le d an
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lsop
d
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th e fe n c e w h e r e th e c a r s d r iv e up to p a r k . We ' v e a lm o s t b r o k e
