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- r i v e d a t the White H o u se a little l a t e , h u r r i e d into m y b e a u t ifu l
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new y e llo w d r e s s , ( b y G a l a n o s !) , but s t i l l w a s a litt le l a t e w alk in g to the
E a s t R o o m fo r the fo u r o ’ c l o c k r
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
M onday, M a rch 30, 1964
An e a r ly c a ll fro m B e s s
^
had the am azing news that there was a six
inch snow in Washington and it was s till snowing.
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T h e r e fo r e the egg r o ll
was out
- 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
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them our a c h ie v e m e n ts of the la s t y ea r and in acq u irin g p ain tin gs and our
h o p es fo r the fu tu re.
The new d rap es for the m ain en tra n ce
that we n eed
and a ls o v e r y m u ch -- new d rap es and ch a ir c o v e r s
- s s L a lla ,
a s n o rm a l and in a tten tiv e a s any A m erica n th ree and four y ea r o ld s.
We a r e trying out a new fo rm a t for w in ter a r r iv a l c e r e m o n ie s - honor guard and N ation al A n th em s under the N orth P o r tic
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; Lady Bird to Spanish class; Johnsons welcome King Hassan of Morocco; new winter ceremony format; Lady Bird does office work, has lunch & watches entertainment rehearsal; Lady Bird lists houseguests with some from Marshall
- a le n g th y
p ie c e on th e J o h n so n L i b r a r y fo r th e New Y o rk T im e s .
I me t w ith h im in th e L in c o ln S ittin g R oom a n d s p e n t a b o u t 45 m in u te s
d u r in g w h ic h he to o k n o te s going o v e r the g e n e s
- ; 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
- in g to g eth er in a sp a c e sh ip
to new a d v en tu re, to con q u er a new w orld , than to shoot down
ea ch o th e r 's p la n es a s w e had to la s t nigh t.
to a c tiv ity o v e r V ietn a m la s t n igh t.
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T his tim e it r e f e
- a r ily n , s to p p in g
to c a l l J o h n G o n e lla a t h o m e and c o n g r a tu l a t e h im on the new
b a b y b o r n l a s t n ig h t.
w o uld b e a g i r l .
We h ad so h o ped it
And J u a n it a a b o u t th e L i b r a r y .
R eedy
- AO many. g.o ad ttnie.^, tkeM.e ioa.4 ,J,ovtad Henr y and l ovel y
C h i s tin a .
We t h a n ked them '^oM. tkexA . pant, t n th e p art y '^oA.
doA t Monday. n t ^ k t tn New Yor k and t o l d tkem kow heauJLt^udL
tkeJjL djOLu^kJ.eJi.i kadd>een
- e in th e L B J L i b r a r y .
I know
h o w m u c h e p h e m e r a l w e a r e l e t t i n g p a s s b y - - a l l th e l i t t l e c l i p s o f m e
on new s show s fro m
C a l i f o r n i a to M a in e .
E a c h of the t r i p s h a s b e e n
- Lady Bird swims; LBJ has growths on hands & heel, possibly cancer; Lady Bird has coffee for Ambassadors' wives; office work; lunch with Lynda Johnson to discuss wedding; Lady Bird meets WMAL group to receive film of her New England trip; Lady Bird
- so m e good
We did n o t h av e tim e to go out New Y o r k A v en u e - - the
m a j o r e n t r a n c e f r o m the n o r t h a n d e a s t an d the s h a b b ie s t o f a l l .
So th a t a w a it s a n o t h e r t i m e , a n d M a r y fle w off
- 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
- e s m o re u s e fu l o r m o r e fun - - th o se
w hom th e g u e s ts of h o n o r p a r t ic u la r l y w a n t to h a v e .
to t r y to b r in g in new p e o p le to e x p an d o u r f ie ld .
A nd a lw a y s a c h e c k in g
So i t w a s a b o
- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
- Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
- is m o r n in g coat:
"Oh, I 'm s o r r y about th e bad
n e w s th a t th e b u d g et m u s t m e a n to m a n y o f y o u r c o u n tr y m e n ."
(It s e e m s th e new b u d g et h a s im p o s e d fu r th e r ta x e s on b e e r and
c ig a r e t
- 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
- is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
