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1964
Tucsd~y.
July 2.lst
This is a light week for me and an unbearably he:avy one for Lyndon.
Liz. and B
- Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell to Atlantic City for Democratic National Convention logistics; drinks with LBJ, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara & McGeorge Bundy; visit with Nancy Dickerson about wardrobe for convention; discussion with Lindy Boggs & Scooter
- , I sat down to lunch downstairs, in that room where
I first came to a dinner with the Kennedys in January of ’61, with Bess, and Liz, and Ashton, and
Tish Baldridge, who had come down to give us about four days of her time for advice and
getting us
- Mary Lasker spends night in Queen's Room; decorating the family quarters; Lasker speaks with LBJ about Doctors' Conference; Lady Bird lunches with Tish Baldridge, Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter, and Ashton Gonella to plan upcoming state dinners for Queen
- Lady Bird's desk work with Liz Carpenter; interview with Marie Smith for biography of Lady Bird Johnson; meeting with dressmaker; Robin Duke; meeting Lynda Johnson's guests; swim; dinner with LBJ and "Jack"
- as nothing but fin e w o rd s.
. trying to turn it into som eth in g p e r so n a l.
I w as
I m et w ith M rs. P r o v e n se n ,
w ork ed an hour and a h a lf and r e a liz e d that it ju st w ouldn't do.
L iz
w a s w ith us and. I gave h er enough
- to United Orthodox Jewish Ladies luncheon; news articles about Truman Capote party; Lady Bird works on New York speech, but Liz Carpenter has to rewrite; Lady Bird interviewed about beautification; Lady Bird bowls and dines with Dr. Willis Hurst
- th e y.eJJLow Ao>ieA pAe^i^ed ^oAiuajvd and
AO d id th e photo^AopheJiA and out step p ed a movAje AtoA. and
a few m ore VIP 's and no Liz.
Les, looking pale got off
th e plane last and said it had been dreadful weather fo r
from W ashington and w
- Lady Bird decides not to travel to Palm Springs; Lady Bird reminisces about driving road to Austin; Lady Bird to KTBC; Lady Bird & Jesse Kellam to airport to meet Liz Carpenter; lunch; VIPs arriving for Headliners Club annual celebration; bad
- Red Mass at St. Mathews Church; nap and talk with Lynda Johnson; Lynda and Secret Service agent walk to Drug Fair for sundae and soda; dinner with Les and Liz Carpenter, and Jake Pickle; phone call from Robert McNamara about Cyprus; phone calls
- Lady Bird meets with Tom Watson of IBM and Elliott Noyes; Lady Bird meets with Liz Carpenter about upcoming events and tours Washington by automobile; Lady Bird walks White House grounds; Lady Bird to Bess Abell's party; Lady Bird visits with Luci
- Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Luci Johnson gives tour to her history class; possible paintings for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Liz Carpenter about interview with U.S. News & World Report; Congressional reception with briefing
- s ta n d p o in t.
Liz
And we had
b o th d i g e s t e d it a g a i n , h o p e f u lly f r o m the l i s t e n i n g s ta n d p o in t of a
v aca tio n in g fa m ily fro m Idaho F a ll s o r W etum pka, A la b a m a , a n d w hat
w o u ld i n t e
- Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours
- th e y w e re a l l h av in g r e f r e s h m e n ts an d a s k e d th em to m a k e th e m s e lv e s
a t h o m e , I q u ic k ly w en t u p s t a i r s .
L a te r on I h a d a b r ie f s e s s io n w ith Liz
an d D ick N e lso n a b o u t
- Lynda Johnson starts semester at George Washington University; Lynda's first interview with Dorothy McCardle; meeting group of college editors; Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain performance interrupted by LBJ; meeting with Liz Carpenter & Dick Nelson about
- Lady Bird and Bess Abell work on seating chart for wedding; gifts from Luci Johnson to Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter, and Willie Day Taylor; Luci has luncheon for her friend; LBJ has stag luncheon for Prime Minister Wilson of Great Britain; airline
- LBJ and Lady Bird go to National City Christian Church; both watch Hubert Humphrey on TV; LBJ and Jack Brooks discuss redistricting; Lady Bird interviews for chef position; Lady Bird bowls with Liz Carpenter; Johnsons have dinner with several
- Discussion about Big Bend trip; Lady Bird has lunch and swimming with staff wives; Bess Abell tells story about White House telephone operator and Gregory Peck; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has clothes fitting; Liz Carpenter receives
- Johnsons and friends to Johnson City to Sam Johnson House; tourists recognize them; swimming; LBJ takes nap; TV documentary on beautification; drive around ranch; Lady Bird mentions KTBC; Lady Bird talks about Liz Carpenter; candle-lit dinner
- Lady Bird arrives back at White House and then to bed; LBJ, Lady Bird, Luci and Senator Bill Fulbright to National Cathedral for Adlai Stevenson's funeral; Lady Bird takes nap; office work with Ashton Gonella and Liz Carpenter; Secret Service names
- Lady Bird to the dentist and lunch with Liz Carpenter; Lynda and Luci Johnson invite their friends to White House; Lady Bird has tea with Lillian Sevilla-Sacasa; plan to invite diplomatic wives to White House; Lady Bird meets with Members
- LBJ has a fever; Lady Bird and Liz Carpenter work on beautification; lunch and discussion about presidential libraries; Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell; LBJ has press conference; representatives chosen for Churchill funeral; Nicholas Katzenbach
- Lady Bird meets with Jim Ketchum; office work with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell; reception for House members; briefing for House members and tour for wives; Luci in bed with flu; stag dinner to discuss foreign affairs; Lady Bird exercises; news
- Lady Bird feels overwhelmed; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about portrait for White House; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter discuss transcription of diary tapes; Lady Bird has hair styled by Mr. Per; Lady Bird is filmed giving tour of the White House
- Lady Bird attends meeting on LBJ Park; signing ceremony, S.1409 bill earmarking oil & gas receipts to Land and Water Conservation Fund; Lady Bird swims & goes to hair salon; visit with Lynda Robb; work on June monthly movie; meeting with Liz
- photos; Lady Bird meets leaders of Future Homemakers of America; Lady Bird & Luci Nugent to dinner at General William Westmoreland's; LBJ arrives late; Luci talks about Pat Nugent; possible White House intruder; LBJ is sick; Liz Carpenter has emergency
- Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
- t h e r s e l f .
C an you e v e r im a g in e Q u een E liz a b e th
d o in g i t o r M r s , D e G a u lle ? *' It a p p e a r e d th a t th e L o ndon E d ito r h ad ev en
b e t o n e of th e young la d ie s th a t he had s e n t th a t s h e w
- ; Lady Bird, staff & friends discuss press visit & riots in Washington; Lady Bird talks on phone with Lynda Robb; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter work on speeches & talk to John Connally about Hemis Fair visit; the Secret Service change Lady Bird's arrival time
- y M c P h erso n s, with
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P
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
- to buffet for the Scott Carpenters and the Buster Keatons; LBJ leaves for LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird visits with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Lynda's 21st birthday
- ; filming outside; Johnsons to Melvin Winters' for fish fry; LBJ talks with Doris Kearns; Lady Bird, Lynda Robb & Les Carpenter go for walk; men play dominoes; ladies play bridge; Lady Bird & Lynda return to LBJ Ranch
- is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
-
Virginia:
Thanks
reports.
so much for your periodic
They are fascinating
us tied to the grass
and keep
roots.
Affectionately,
.
E
eth Carpenter
P
Secretary
and Staff
Director
to Mrs. Johnson
~Mrs. Virginia
Durr
Box 2173
Montgomery,
Alabama
