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- heons tlla t he
business lead e r s , with a s hort talk by Lyndon.
prol>ably wasn't short.
b:~d
had fol'
Someli11 1c s I thi nk it
And a b r iefing by t he most pcrtit '. l nt Cabinet
members.
Later., one of the aides told me that he thought thc:y
- VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
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a sk the W a lte r Jenkins to c o m e o v e r and have dinner w ith us - and th ere
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w i l l be ju st us, and i t ' l l be such fun.
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It lo o k e d lik e th ere w as no p o s s ib ilit y f o r them to g e t out
until the next m o rn in g
- in the afternoon, I had a business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter
Jenkins, in the forbidding sanctum of the Monroe Treaty Room, that vast, dark place lit by
the chandelier that came from Lyndon’s office, P-38 in the Capitol, that he sent down here
at Mrs
- Friends help Lady Bird decorate family quarters with books and Dorothy Doughty birds; Lady Bird puts out photos of JFK with Caroline, the Taylors and Johnsons; Lady Bird has business meeting with Sheldon Cohen and Walter Jenkins where they discuss
- selves.
We had a late lunch, and then Lyndon, W alter Jenkins, M cG e orge
Bundy
went out to the g o lf cou rse, just as J e s s e Kellam was a r r iv in g
from Austin.
J e s s e is a bit thinner and w hiter than e v e r , and speaks m o re of Louise
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church with the Bill Wirtzes and Orville Freemans; swimming at the White House; Presidential Scholars program and Milton Eisenhower; LBJ golfs with Walter Jenkins and McGeorge Bundy; visit from Jesse
- the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had
made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep.
I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the
children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
- etting it., .B u t the h ills , the su n sh in e, w e re good m ed icin e
fo r u s a ll.
We cam e b a c k to find the M cG eorge Bundy s and the W alter Jenkins
a rr iv in g on a f a s t plane fro m W ashington w ith a lo t of b u s in e s s and a lo t
- Lady Bird takes food to Jesse Kellam's home in Austin; Lady Bird has Jesse Kellam to ranch for the evening; drive to see land that is for sale; LBJ has meeting with McGeorge Bundy and Walter Jenkins; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke"
- up early. He went for a walk, and then a brief church
service at St. John’s. How glad I am about that.
I went in to see Lucy and got the delicious news that she and Beth Jenkins--who was
spending the night with her--after having studied algebra ‘til
- --unv:;rad., "Wall. _ita like
this. Tb& scoret...ry o ·iuu. '
1,.3ady aid he wasn't 0 oing
to 01...ll up 3.JJY more Qf 1 sa
· &, ~t;.;aerre• to aotlve duty.
And. th ra a.r·t; 4 lot c;~ , ·· J'O\llli; r llow • no·t re&@rvea.
liko ~ykes a~ Lindle .-. e
- forget and
I'm very nxious to
ke the l3i1uebon ets. I ant two rolls of
films end they are in the atudy, 1n the little cabinets under the ·
book shelves, 1n the aide olosest to the beth room door, in a long
red box.
at, Uiss
ry, will you please look
- y M c P h erso n s, with
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Brooks r '
their darling little g i r l F r a n k Ika rd s , th e L e s Carpenters,, the Jack B r o o k s ,
W alter Jenkins, H ora ce Busbys and the T y l e r A b e lls .
And when everyb ody
came about 5:30, we chose up
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of gratitude
to God.
aeaaon &Jldplentiful
aid a tongue to express
a •n
1t,
oan oarrJ
Tne payment ot
oropa.
A t.nankful
tn01Sgh 1t pays not the
tna1i God requireaf
•••••••••••••••••••••••
TO SOME IOMD
• o.
my dear oreatures:
Let not your own hearta
- Jenkins and Je rry
t/i.
K ivett / f o r Huntland,
How lu ck y I am to have an agent who is ed u cated ,
a g en tlem a n , a good com panion, and a good frien d /
On the w ay down i t
and w as chilly .
ra i ned h e a v ily , a s it h as a lm o s t al l
- Lady Bird feels ill and tired; Marta Miller's wedding; coffee at WH for wedding party; swimming and dinner with the Price Daniels, the Horace Busbys and the Walter Jenkins; appraisal of Price Daniel; Lynda Johnson cartoon; A. W. Moursund and Johnson
- called me and
said her mother wanted her to come ·
pri l first (next
ednesda.y )--that a friend of hers w
teaching school
close to Marshall had to quit
1ted
r to finish out
her term. So she is going j
he time we will be moving in. It Will be hectic.
aid
- , Doug C ater came o v e r to do som e editing and
some discu ssing o n m y little speech fo r Beth Jenkins’ graduation cl a s s
at G eorgetow n V is ita tio n .
M ost a ttra c tiv e man. I ’ m so glad he’ s join ed
us.
E v e ry tim e I went past Lynda
- To Methodist Church in Thurmont; Helen Thomas; Bowling and lunch; Discussions on various topics; Helicopter back to WH; Dinner with the Bill Moyers, the Walter Jenkins and Carl Rowan; Possible appointment of Rowan to USIS
- a r k C lif f o r d in the ro o m w ith L y n do n. - T h e y
w e r e d i s c u s s i n g U n ite d S ta te s Aid to f o r e i g n c o u n t r i e s a n d the U n ite d
N a tio n s ,
L y n d o n s a id , " I w ould lik e to te ll G o ld b e rg we h
- Foreign aid
- & LBJ discuss foreign aid, UN and Ambassador Goldberg; Sargent Shriver visits LBJ; Lady Bird discusses gardening and park maintenance Job Corps courses; Dean Rusk brings good wishes from Soviet Union
- Foreign aid
- Foreign Aid Bill passes; to Philadelphia for funeral of Pennsylvania Congressman William J. Green, Jr.; to Austin to Governor's Mansion to see Connally family; to A.W. Moursund's and the LBJ Ranch; renovations to ranch; visit from relatives; changes
- -a.
Iona woulo objeot to coming to the Shoreham ulced her ••or••
tar,'. fhe aeoretaey •aid. •he didn't know whether ahe minded
or not but •h• did happ81l to know that •h• never bad done eo.)
ot oour,ee., it will t,e. ditterent when I am baok 1n m.;, own
- such
a subj ct to him. I lauc.,b.ed an ·aid that as tar
aa I w concerned tershey \:ailU just tre h out of
credit with us.--! thoutiht he ·1a.s a good 'boy and
quite alright, but l just wieled he would make up
hi mind -which one he ,:m.s £or and proceed
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
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S u n d ay , M a rc h 7, 1966
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w ild flo w e rs of the H oly L a n d .
I knew w h at la y a h e a d of m e a n d d r e a d e d it.
I m u s t te ll h im th a t h is
w o r k fo r AID b ro u g h t so m a n y c r u e l, u g
- Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America
- doing her
..
■ ="thank y ou s" r elig io u sly , and is making saodc zero p ro g ress over finding
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. a m aid or fillin g up the gaps in her furniture.
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V
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.About 6 :00, Lyndon and J e sse picked us up and later A. W. joined
us on the L ew
- understand people who speak of
doinu something "to pass the time." l l ~
It's nearly ten-thirty and I 1 ra still at the office, because what with exercises and beauty parlor and school I aid
not e;et here until nearly six. Had very nice letters from
l\Irs
- their materials rror..i priorities and if they could
not {;et them in -s ix months then the grant would lapse.
·
Cliff ,aid that •verything was on a "day to day11· be.aia
these daya a.nd h• didn't know how long th• shut-down order
would be in ef'feot
- in the White House?
And then back to the Truman Balcony to meet Walter Reuther.
We had iced tea and I listened to him mostly.
to him about beautification.
■ . iiviv,■
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I had wanted to talk ^ .
I had wanted to enlist his own aid as a
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- to start :;ett1ng the
papers made up. He aa1d we oould will the government bonds ,o her, but it would be in•
volved and he ould aug eat that 1 juet assign trot uota tor A'l.8,000 (dad'a) to her wh•n
l have r•oovered it tram the Marshall bank. He •aid to do
- · 1zeable number and ebould b paid on a P• 1. basis for those
w
aid dra •
dle
o aJ, I 1 h I or om ne had BOD ov r th e b fore
e bought th station an mede them oome down some in pr1oe because ot
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these "blown up" aoeounts reoeivable.
1a,e we d1d not, I
- that uncle John ho.d told him the bulk of the timber came
of:' of Exhibit B lands, end &SkP,d what about that . He -:;aid he
guea8ed Le must have b~en ju.:;t se:pc..rating out ~Y...hibit A lands on
one hand, a"1d including with Bxhibit B lu.nds th€" ? n acres
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- LBJ talks with Sol Linowitz; Johnsons helicopter to Austin to Civic Center and Presidential Suite at Federal Building; Lady Bird & Lynda to St. Austin's Catholic Church for Beth Jenkins' wedding; drive through Zilker Park to Green Pastures
- collecting paintings for Sears and Roebuck; tea at Mary Lasker's home; return to D.C. for Lynda and Luci Johnson's spring vacation; surprise birthday party for Walter Jenkins
- Foreign aid
- LBJ on phone with McGeorge Bundy about foreign problems; LBJ meets with Dale Malechek about LBJ Ranch; lunch with staff, helicopter to Bergstrom and flight to DC; LBJ talks with press pool about Vietnam; Foreign Aid Bill; stop in Columbia, SC
- limits for future groups to WH; Ashton Gonella; Lady Bird shops for hats; Governor's race of John Connally & Don Yarborough; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Jack Brooks, Walter Jenkins and Pierre Salinger
- tr e a ts for m y se lf, so when we a r r iv e d a t
L aG u a rd ia, a f te r lunch on b o a rd the p lane, we w ent to the f i r s t tr e a t.
A
v i s i t to a p ro je c t in H a rle m , sp o n so re d and p aid fo r by M rs. V incent A s to r,
S o
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The fr e e w a y , N at O w ings s a y s ,
i s a lr e a d y fu n d ed and the r e f le c tin g p o o l ca n be p aid fo r b y the m o n e y
s a v e d b y r e r o u tin g the fr e e w a y s tr a ig h t in s te a d of in a c u r v e .
s tr a ig h t ta k e
- Foreign aid
- from Lynda Johnson; wedding present from Ethiopia; foreign aid bill passed; packing suitcases for Luci Johnson; LBJ on boat with several ambassadors; Lady Bird dines with Luci and Betty Beale; long conversation with Luci Johnson
- Foreign aid
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- n g .
So w e s a t a n d t a l k e d .
H is m a i n i n t e r e s t
w a s h o s p i t a l s . I t s e e m s t h a t AID h a s b u i l t q u ite a few t h e r e . . S ta f f in g t h e m i s
a n o th e r p ro b le m and a s e rio u s la c k .
I n s
- and Lady Bird dine with Jim and Ida May Cain; Dr. Cain talks about trip to Vietnam and aid for hospitals
