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- ( CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES December 31, 1968 Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold. headline for the world. An ominous With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- LBJ and Ambassador's wives, party in honor of Anthony Celebrezze, Lady Bird and Lynda travel plans to New York for shopping, LBJ diet and health
- - ii..el.d.A; and 7 new/.JpapVLwoman. PLeMe look W.t and [P-ve me ';f0Wl opi..nion. ai.. .the encl..o/.Jed 3. _9. have a couple ot addi..Li.orw .to .the up corru..nfj5.tate dinnvw wl-u...ch cvz..e encl..o/.Jed. Y L/-. On 9anucvz..ff 2 0 _9. want
- State of the Union, LBJ health and exercise, Women Doers Luncheons, possible trip to New York for the opening of The Repertory Theatre
- at a little p a st one. The p erso n whose m in istra tio n s I needed m o st was Jean L ouis, and I spent the a f t e r noon getting re p a ire d . T hat too is one of m y New Y e a r's R esolutions - - to look b e tte r at a ll public ap p earan ces
- . And then there was Lynda B ir d in New Y o r k to talk to. She'd been to see " B a r e fo o t in the P a r k " the night b e fo r e , and the night b e fo re that she»d seen " H e llo Doll y " , and she sounded like she'd been having a m a rvelo u s tim e
- Lady Bird sleeps in; meeting with Eleanor Lemair about changes to Solarium; meeting head of Florists Association about Lady Bird delivering Easter flowers; Lynda Johnson in New York City; LBJ and Lady Bird to LBJ Ranch; dinner at Ranch with Jesse
- g ly did go back to sle e p , leaning on L u c i 's p re se n c e to c o m fo rt and pet and re a s s u r e and a lso c o g niza nt o f w ha t a f l u r r y th e re w ould be w ith the new sm en i f I got up at 3 :0 0 A . M . and d ro v e back in . W
Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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- ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Jackson -- I -- 2 the fact that he came from Texas and was in the thirties, as I understand it, a New Dealer. And that liberal image in the eyes of Mr. Roosevelt gave
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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 / i\ 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
- a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d . L y n d o n w as s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t . N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
- Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
- e s to r s that I would h ave sw o r n w e r e a u th e n tic. When I com p lim en ted the v e r y old, v e r y handsom e p ian o, sh e sa id that i t had c o m e fro m New O rlea n s by r iv e r b oat up the M is s is s ip p i and the R ed R iv e
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of champaign; ever done. o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- e Budget Message, / - c 2 - He even t e a s ed Jack about being out of t own--Jack had gone up to New York f o r ju s t one n ig h t. makes us even , ch o se. life , On th e one n ig h t we needed him. That I had been w a itin g fo r months
- THURSDAY, JU LY 2, 1964 - page 1 T h u r s d a y , J u ly 2nd, L u c i 's 17th b i r t h d a y . S e v e n te e n th w as a v e r y s p e c i a l y e a r w ith m e - - th e y e a r w h e n I b e g a n f a llin g in lov e w ith s o m e b o d y new e
- 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. - T h e r e fo r e the egg r o ll was out
- in d e d m e o f the H ans C h r is tia n A n d e r se n s to r y a b ou t the e m p e r o r 's new c lo th e s . If you can g e t enough p e o p le - - en ou gh r e v ie w s - - to s in g , "Th is i s g r e a t, th is i s w o n d erfu l, th is is n e
- New York
- Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- suppose h i s l a s t ap p earan ce i n th e h i s t o r i c a l House Chamber i n an o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n . I t began i n New York in th e P i e r r e . Lyndon had gone back a f t e r th e p a r ty l a t e th e n ig h t b e fo re and I had s
- New York
- Hotel Pierre, New York City
- 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
- ivid u al. The M arin es sa y th ey g et w ord of a wounded o r k ille d m an to h is pa r e n ts w ithin 18 h o u rs, so this i s one of those t im e s w hen no new s is good new s - and you sw eat it out. I , MEMORANDUM THE W H IT E HOUSE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- o d e in w ith M u r i e l a n d O p al - - L yndon a h e a d w ith H u b e r t a n d th e S e n a to r o v e r a new high w ay th a t w a s o pen ed to d ay f o r the f i r s t ti m e . And th en t h e r e w e r e g a th e r in g c r o w d s a n d
- staff; Johnsons fly to Houston Astrodome for Humphrey rally; new Houston highway; Lady Bird reminisces about 1941 campaign; Lyn Nugent walks with grandfather; speeches by Ralph Yarborough, LBJ & Hubert Humphrey; return to LBJ Ranch; LBJ's speech on tv
- u p e rb c o r n b r e a d , and L y n d o n . a te s e n s ib ly . J$ th e lo n g New Y e a r 's v a c a tio n w a s a tim e of the b r id g e to u rn a m e n t, th is w e e k e n d i s the tim e of m o v ie s . L a s t n ig h t, i t w a s
- e d ! \ N e v e r w ill ; T h e S e c r e t S e r v ic e p ic k e d u s up w ith a c a r , a n d w e d r o v e up p a s t the c e m e t e r y to s e e the h a n d s o m e new hurir tgow o n g ate M r . W e i g l h a s m a d e u s to m a t c h
- LBJ and Lady Bird have breakfast and go for walk; new wrought iron gate at family cemetery; meeting about landscape design for ranch; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and others; LBJ's weight loss; renovation of Johnson home in Johnson City; Lady Bird
- e s to th e C a p ito l. M a r y la n d w ill la n d s c a p e tw o m a j o r a p p r o a c h e s , and V i r g in i a h a s th r e e p r o j e c t s . The D i s t r i c t h ighw ay d e p a r t m e n t w ill h a v e fiv e new a r e a s , in clu d
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m . T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e O pera in d eed has a new fa c e . N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- speeches; office work and walk around White House grounds; the Valentis to dinner; LBJ's diet; news stories about Luci Johnson in New Orleans and Lynda Johnson at royal wedding in Athens
- s w i f e and come o v e r f o r a d r i n k . he a r r i v e d a l i t t l e news, t o o . And p a s t s e v e n . Todaywas f u l l o f f a m i l y I t a p p e a r s t h a t L u c i on h e r own h a d g i v e n an in inte r v i e w t o a C h i l
- e d an d ta lk e d to m e . He s a i d he w a s j u s t b a c k f r o m New Y o r k a n d th a t he h a d ta lk e d to e v e r so m a n y e n v o y s a t the U n ite d N atio n s - - a l l of th em w ith w a r m m e s s a g e s h op ing fo r the P
- LBJ has better color; LBJ ordered clothes in New York for Lynda, Luci and Lady Bird; extreme cleaning at White House during Johnsons' absence; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about her article for National Geographic; description of hospital
- 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
- ite s . I ask ed e v e r y o n e to b r in g an y c h ild r e n o r g r a n d c h ild r e n th at w e r e v i s i t i n g . A nd B ill D e a so n and. D r . G eo rg e D a v is and h is new w i f e . and Ju a n ita to b r in g h e r m o t h e r . j
- tu r e s who w a s k illin g a l l of h i's l i t t l e k i d s - new b o r n g o a ts — a n d a b o u t a r e t u r n of w o lv e s who had n o t b e e n s e e n in t h e s e p a r t s f o r m a n y y e a r s u n til th e l a s t t h r e e o r fo u r
- a rd e n . t. V' : . ' of j u s t c a llin g fo r th f r o m h i m s e l f and f r o m e v e r y o n e a r o u n d h im the l a s t o u n ce of s tr e n g t h . - T h e new t u r f is b e in g ■‘ 'i saa MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINOTON M
- 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. X ', ; - z T his tim e it r e f 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
- 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
- a n e m p e r o r . A nd s o m e of m y own staxfefoe L o w e s to p t , an d m y S te u b e n bow l f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s . A nd t h e n we lo o k e d a t new ^ r u g s f o r the f a m ily dining r o o m . One w a s p e r f e
- 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