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- ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se.
We
had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d
e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
- on a flig h t a c r o s s
■T ex a s!
L a te in the aftern oon I w ent o v er to L yndon's o ffic e to s e e if
I could find out w ithout a sk in g anything about the r e s u lts of h is c a ll
la te the night b efo r e fr o m P u erto R ic o .
I didn't
- a r ly bed s e e m s im p o s sib le in our l if e .
I am c o n so led
b e c a u s e an ev en in g lik e th is is gen u in ely r e s tfu l to Lyndon.
w e w e r e h om e b y 12, I to s le e p , he for night read in g.
And
- Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with
the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of
C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~
lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press,
Helen Thomas
- LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
- ed v e r y happy and c a r e fr e e .
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1 w a s w ea rin g m y iv o r y ch iffon by Stavrop olous.
Jean L o u is cam e
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and gave m e a v e r y fa n cy up h a ir -d o , and I w as read y by 7:15 to have
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- of trou b le and he h a s not s le p t w e ll.
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sounded fr u str a te d o v er the lack of p r o g r e s s and u se d the w o r d s ^ t a l l y
u n r e a lis tic .
H e sa id h e w ould probably retu rn to T exas T hursday night
for our w eek en
- Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird works on speeches & Beautification luncheon; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird works with staff, Nash Castro & Jane Freeman on tour guide script; Lady Bird calls LBJ in Honolulu; LBJ's eyes
- Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30,
and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he
had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
- Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
- ig h ty A c r e s .
We^ d iv id e d u p in to tw o c a r s a n d d ro v e a r o u n d u n t i l
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i t w a s b la c k night,"- s to p p in g to s e e th e q u a il.
A s w e w e r e h e a d in g e a s t th r o u g h th e M a r tin in th e g la d e w
- Conference on Youth for Conservation and Natural Beauty group at ranch; LBJ reads proclamation for 1967 Conference; Lady Bird makes remarks; car tour of LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird gives deerskin bookmarks; work on James & Mary Davis' home; pick up
- Show; tea with the Bill Livingstons; tea with houseguests; late night due to House vote; 8th Congressional reception; men receive briefing while women have program from Presidential descendants; dinner; Johnsons to Texas; Lady Bird sleeps & reads
- Si ■paon and Alfred O&to,unt1l theJ were quite
old when li~rr1acn diapaon Y1a1teo hie brother and nepbewa 1D
Alab&• 1d 1a73. He apent ao ■ e ti ■e a, ■1 t&thera oo•e and while
tnere read & oook of ■ y mother•• whioh he enjoyed ao aucb tb&t
be wrote
- not u n n o tic e d by m e .
It j u s t h ap p en s t h a t e v e r y night a t d in n e r s in c e
t h e 22nd of N o v e m b e r , L yndon h a s e i t h e r s a id g r a c e o r a s k e d s o m e
a p p r o p r i a t e m e m b e r of th e gro u p to s
- At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
- Smith; Kermit Gordon; painting from Queen Elizabeth; Lincoln Room; Carl Hayden; Mrs. Paul Douglas; social gathering after dinner; night reading on Panama; Lady Bird's praise for Bess Abell and dinner menu
- e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k .
I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the
a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir
l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
- Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep
- parts of Texas. He asks Lady Bird for pictures and describes reading and re-reading her letters; he plans to send her newspaper articles.
- on Lincoln Steffens' book that she is reading and ends by asking when she will see LBJ.
- Twelve hours after writing her last letter, Lady Bird writes that she is still feeling forlorn after re-reading LBJ's last letter. She anticipates seeing friends in Dallas at the Texas-OU football game, thanks LBJ for the NBC folders, and asks him
- in the yard, going fishing, and reading. She asks about a picture LBJ had said he planned to send her and says she plans to have a picture made for him during her upcoming trip to Dallas.
- Lady Bird writes that she feels a little better after reading LBJ's most recent letter but "not much." She asks about LBJ's possible trip to Texas, says she would hate to see him lose a semester in law school, but if he is in Texas perhaps
- Lady Bird received two letters from LBJ today and says sending letters by special delivery makes no difference in the time of delivery. She comments on the clippings he sent, mentions the book she is reading, asks about the GE [General Electric
- recommends books for Lady Bird to read, says he is looking forward to talking to her on Sunday.
- a few birthdays tomorrow.
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$25 a week or $25 a month? I can't
~ .letter to Chuck. Was it
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tell, as he rather had it typed over
- LBJ upcoming work plans for a campaign, Lady Bird plans regarding living arrangements in Texas vs. Washington D.C., Lady Bird travel plans, Lady Bird books and reading
- Lady Bird reading "Kitty Foyle," TJ Taylor raising cattle, CCC work, Environmental Conservation, Congressional Calendar and the War, Juanita Roberts
- Maroh 8, 1942
Dee.rest love:
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This is Sunday afternoon and there are on~ Ed, Nellie, and
I at the office. Mary is reading yours eeches at her room at
the Dodge for "prophecies" for 1\Jordon. O. J. i inted this morning--so Mary told me ; I
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After we finished talking to i,.~ ---•three o'olook we
could not go to sleep, so we all sat aro
and discussed the
various possibilities of the no-- J- •Jli:I- m.on't; s until about four,
and then Nellie and Macy went
ep and I alternately read
Time and t
- enough to get good and tire d ..
Th e n we w alked.
Th e n everybody la y down f o r a nap o r f o r read ing,
getting up in tim e to watch F o re ig n M in is t e r Thanat Khom an of Th a ila n d
on M E E T T H E P R E S S .
C alm , a u th o rita tiv
- Mother's Day; gifts from Lynda & Luci; "gourmet" breakfast; bowling and a walk; naps or reading for all; on television, watching Foreign Minister Khoman of Thailand on "Meet the Press;" Bill White; more bowling and dinner; back to the White House
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than I had thought that man of iro n would.
He mentioned they would have
had their thirtieth a n n iversa ry in a few months.
A ft e r eve ryb od y le ft, I took the time to do some reading and som e
w ork, and then clo se to seven, J e s s e and I
- Kellam; Lady Bird reads and works; to the Warren Woodward's for supper
- Room with a daughter, a nephew. and some friends, beginning
properly, of course, with the blessing.
In the afternoon v:c slept and read.
revival.
Sundays are our day of
A'1
- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; walk around White House grounds--LBJ invited about 200 tourists from Southwest & Southeast Gates to walk with them; Him and Her beagles entertain group; bowling, nap, reading and television; dinner
- read
j u s t n o t boun c y-
retriev e
was g e t t i n g
d i s s p i r i t e d b ed tim e,
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- Lady Bird works with her office staff; Luci Johnson and her conversion to Catholicism; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson; LBJ returns to work; Lady Bird reads Task Force on Beautification report
- ls e in a c ir c le around u s, and I began, a la s ,
by read in g (and h e r e in l i e s one of m y g rea t d iss a tis fa c tio n s w ith m y se lf)
the sta tem en t that I had in m y hand.
F ortu n ately, the f ir s t p a r t /w a s read ing
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- to know, as a fem a le
p a rticip a n t in a p ictu re s to r y w as what to w e a r . I d ecid ed on m y
h ea v y w alking sh o e s from the Grand Tetons and p o ss ib ly som e
h ea v y u n d erw ea r.
And m y b eig e pants s u it .
He sp read out m aps
- Bardwell, to read~ayor Miller. He approved
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.it. He said Hers1:.,~ohnson had been by to see
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n _ him asking if h~ou n't approach you with the
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for the Senate--or at least help them see
- her to ask if we can 1)uy or rent it for the duration.
At present we pay $3 per □ onth per machine --would expect to pay
her the sa ::1e . JEr . Escoe told me this inc lvded u1)kee1) and repairs
but on reading the contr&cts 2.nd looking at bills paid I
- Breakfast with LBJ; coffee with niece, Becky Alexander; Lady Bird meets Dave LeFevre's parents; sunbathing and mail; reading, swimming and walking with dogs; dinner with LBJ; LBJ's decision to run for Presidency; letters from parents of fallen
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the Saturn rocket.
That^plus voluminous m a t e r ia l that L illia n L e v y and
Jim Webb had sent m e, gave me heavy reading fo r a long evening, and^I
hope/y^better preparation fo r what I see to m o rro w in Hun
t s v i lle .
I certa in ly wouldn't c
- ext y ea r or so I want to n ail down som e h isto r y .
Then w e had b re a k fa st in the kitchen and read w ith a little
pain, a little s a d n e s s , that te m p est that L u ci's c o n v e r sio n to C a th o licism
h a s ca u sed .
L iz sa id
- 50 or
so le t t e r s , a ll h ostile, about speeding, b e e r and dogs.
Some o f them w e re
MEMORAN DUM
THE W H ITE H OUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
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W edne s day, A p r il 2 9, 1964
s illy , cru el, quack - r ig h t read y fo r the waste basket file
- Office work; lunch with Mayor Daley's wife, Eleanor, and others; stag reception for Latin American Ambassadors; Dorothy Vredenburgh and needlepoint chair for Blair House; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird mentions books she is reading
- Personal reading; telephone call with Mary Lasker about items for White House; Philip Bobbit's visit to White House; walk on White House grounds; to "West Side Story" with Lynda Johnson and Philip Bobbit; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Republican Convention
