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  • "NYC"; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 7:16A; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT RECORDING
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  • NEW IDEAS FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR LBJ'S AGENDA FOR NEXT 4 YEARS; POSSIBLE USE OF CLOSED DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS FOR CONSERVATION, RECREATION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT AUSTIN SLUM CLEARANCE PROJECT; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
  • RFK TELLS LBJ HE IS BACK IN WASHINGTON, DC, WORKING; LBJ REPORTS HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, NEW PROGRAMS; EDWARD KENNEDY'S RECOVERY AND RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS RFK IF HE LIKES HIS NEW JOB, COMMENTS THAT HE HAD BEEN HAPPIEST IN THE SENATE
  • Lady Bird writes on stationery from the New Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans saying she showed her father her ring when she returned from Austin, and they talked. Her father and other family and friends think she should wait before marrying.
  • Lady Bird thanks LBJ for the phone call which "made everything alright again." She asks about the "New York business" and the "South Texas deal."
  • LBJ PRAISES US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, THANKS LAWRENCE FOR HIS SUPPORT; LAWRENCE PRAISES LBJ; LBJ ASKS LAWRENCE TO SEND MEMOS ON HIS IDEAS, THANKS HIM FOR HIS PAST SUPPORT, DISCUSSES CHALLENGES OF PRESIDENCY, SAYS HE WILL SEND ARTICLE ON HIS PHILOSOPHY
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, INCREASED WAGES AND EARNINGS, OTHER ISSUES FOR LBJ'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ WISHES WIRTZ AND HIS WIFE HAPPY NEW YEAR, SAYS HE HAS GAINED FIVE POUNDS BECAUSE OF JANE WIRTZ
  • Lady Bird tells LBJ that if he comes to Texas she will be with him "all the time you can put up with." She asks about offers he has received from New York and South Texas. She comments on his low spirits and encourages him to have enthusiasm
  • LBJ writes that "he has just about lost his ambition" although their phone call last night "gave me new strength." He is discouraged by Lady Bird's indecision, says Maury Maverick has offered to lend them his house for a honeymoon. LBJ says he
  • LBJ writes in response to Lady Bird's October 17 letter to him, reassuring her of his love for her. He discusses plans for their future together, including a possible new job. He descibes seeing the play Jayhawker and his plans to go dancing
  • LBJ expresses his feelings about their continued relationship and tells Lady Bird about his mother's letter about her. He writes that the GE [General Electric] plans in New York are "out of the picture." He has caught another cold but will go
  • , talks about the show he saw, and a discussion with Helen [Crouch] about her father who is on the New York Court of Appeals. LBJ tells Lady Bird he is anxious to receive the pictures of her in her cotton dress.
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH LONG, BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS; LBJ TELLS LONG OF HIS MEETING WITH ALBERT GORE ON GORE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONG SERVING AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY WHIP; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN AND INTEREST RATES; INCREASED FEDERAL BUDGET
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE WILL HAVE GALL BLADDER SURGERY, WILL NAME NEW YORK STATE JUDGE JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT; RFK DISCUSSES PAPAL NUNCIO'S CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CURRENT SITUATION THERE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH POPE
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
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  • d e d - - b y a b o u t 5:30. And L u c i w as le av in g f o r New Y o r k a l m o s t w i t h t e a r s i n h e r e y e s a s s h e s a i d g o o d b y e to l i t t l e L y n . I w e n t to m y r o o m f o r d e s k w o r k a n d t e l e p h o n
  • company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam
  • watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union