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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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.About 6 :00, Lyndon and J e sse picked us up and later A. W. joined
us on the L ew
- 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.
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I had wanted to talk ^ .
I had wanted to enlist his own aid as a
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- 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
- 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
- !
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
- Foreign aid
- and India; Rostow talks of Taiwan and aid to Pakistan, Communist China, and Vietnam; dinner and movies; Johnsons back to White House; Lady Bird exercises; LBJ talks with Clark Clifford
- Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
- eth in g s ic k in the lib e r a l view p oin t in a ll th is ."
A t one tim e Lyndon d e sc r ib e d h im s e lf, "I'm lik e a p r iz e fig h te r in the
i
rin g , the right f is t is the m ilita r y , the le ft f is t i s aid, w ash in g, a g r ic
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
- . 2
B a t cl-OAe. -to Munchy -someth i ng f unny h appened .
i
\9 J-oohed
doivn t o t h e catM te g.uaA.cI^otng. t o Jam es' a n d jJxeAje. cjwuche^d
on one -AA.dct we,n.e a .6.i.-^able. g.Aoup o-^JS-UtJie cli.iAdn£.n, aid.
Negr o e s , a l l
- b e e n
s o w o n d e r f u l l y h e l p f u l on the l a n d s c a p i n g a t the K a r n a c k P o s t O ffic e .
I h a d the aide) b e h i n d m e w ho c a l l e d o u t the n a m e s a l e r t e d to l i s t e n
fo r h is.
I d o n 't t h in k
- . West; gift for White House staff; Military Reception at White House; photos with military & Medal of Honor recipients; Chuck Robb is losing weight in Vietnam; General James Cross is leaving as military aide; Elvira Madigan, in theater; visit with school
- s of s e r v i c e .
a n d out o f the h o u s e f o r m o n t h s now .
H e 's an Aide.
h e o u g h t to b e on a p o s t e r f o r the M a r i n e s .
So s h e t o l d u s
W e ' v e s e e n h i m in
In f a c t h e l o o k s l i k e
He h a s
- to th e W o r ld 's F a i r j u s t c o m p le te d , an d T o n y 's new jo b - a s o r t of tr y o u t one f o r AID to s ix c o u n tr ie s of L a tin A m e r ic a .
A nd th e n I s a id , " L e t 's go in to d in n e r , th e fo u r of u s . "
T h e
- e r e so m e 45 y o u n g s te r s
who w o r k e d on the H ill in C o n g r e s s m e n 's o r S e n a t o r 's o f fic e s a n d in
r
v a r i o u s C a b in e t D e p a r t m e n t s a n d a t OE O a n d AID, a n d o u r 6 o r so h e r e
in the W
- in g m ad e v e r y c le a r by C la r k that it w a s b e in g c o m m is s io n e d
and w o u ld b e p aid fo r by the W hite H o u se H is to r ic a l A s s o c ia tio n , a n d
m y o n ly o b lig a tio n w a s to s i t fo r it .
And that th e u
- e us w hen he p aid us a v i s i t s o m e y e a r s a g o ,
and i f you w e r e at th e r a n c h w ith m e you w ould s e e th e lo v e ly b ird s
th at C h a n c e llo r E rh a rd g a v e u s . ''I h a v e ", s a id M r s . K i e p . It tu r n s
- s e x p e r i e n c e
a, ■
i n a u t h o r i t y aro u n d h im - —/ Aid e to a b o u t f i v e p r e s i d e n t s ,
I t h i n k i t is,^— I was p ro u d t o h a v e him on o u r team .
We c a l l e d him and M arie a l s o and th e n C a t h e r i
- ; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ meets with advisors about Vietnam; LBJ meets with and gives speech to White House Conference on Education participants; dinners with aides and James Hagerty; Lady Bird's tv show on beautification; Dwight Eisenhower
- p y and i t d o e s my h e a r t good t o
s e e him t h i s w ay . And R o b e r t a V i n s o n .
She, t o o ,
was one o f t h e o n e s I p a r t i c u l a r l y w a n te d t o com e.
And t h e r e was M rs. R o o s e v e l t ’ s m aid o f 30 y e
- - A V ie t-N a m C ivilian S e rv ic e A w ards - - that w as moving and sweet.
F o r m e r A m b a s s a d o r L o d g e w a s w i t h u s on the s t a g e , a n d a s m a l l
g r o u p of c i v i l i a n s , w o r k e r s in AID, m e m b e r s I b e l
- m e future L ib rary.'
D r . G r o v er , A r c h iv is t o f the U nited S ta te s, w as th e r e , and w e p aid
due h om age to h im and a ll h is m o st co o p era tiv e group.
M r. L y s in g e r ,
w ho had a rra n g ed the exhibit; H en ry L
