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  • Vietnam
  • Problems of the Johnson administration: inflation, Vietnam, Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ; press reaction to departure of Bill Moyers; Lady Bird writes response to Peter Hurd; work on upcoming Vice Presidential dinner; Lady Bird visits with Lynda about
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons and Dean Rusks tour the LBJ Ranch and the Martin Ranch; Rusk talks about Brazil, Haiti, Vietnam, China and Africa; discussion of the LBJ Library and School of Public Affairs; lunch; Jimilu Mason works on LBJ bust; Lady Bird uses movie
  • Vietnam
  • to Woman's National Democratic Club Benefit Show; dinner with Oveta Hobby and Jim & Ida May Cain who are leaving for Vietnam; agricultural help for Vietnam; Uncle John Pattillo dies; talk of arts and events
  • Vietnam
  • Lynda Robb returns from California seeing Chuck off to Vietnam; LBJ's speech on Vietnam; LBJ goes to church with Luci & Pat Nugent; LBJ visits with Hubert & Muriel Humphrey; Lady Bird's "See America" trip; Horace Busby & Lady Bird work on LBJ's
  • Vietnam
  • Washington's Birthday; Lady Bird joins LBJ in bed for coffee and to read newspapers; tension about Vietnam; LBJ mentions role of press; Lady Bird works on tile samples and clothes from Mollie Parnis; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson about article
  • Vietnam
  • House to change for art exhibit at Pan American Union--Lady Bird describes the art; Johnsons dine with the Max Friedmans and George McGhee; there are discussions about Western Europe and Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • to Bethesda for meeting with LBJ and Abe Fortas about the overwhelming duties of the presidency; dinner with Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; LBJ talks about soldiers in Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • takes nap; Lynda Johnson visits New Orleans; guests for dinner; talk at dinner about LBJ School for Public Affairs and Vietnam; to theater to watch films
  • Vietnam
  • House; Johnson family fly to Texas; LBJ talks about Dominican Republic, Surveyor landing, and events in Vietnam; boating at Haywood Ranch; Lady Bird explains LCRA, dams, LBJ and FDR
  • Vietnam
  • ; Lady Bird gives statement; Mall beautification project; President's Commission on the Status of Women meeting; meeting about filming of Luci Johnson's wedding; dinner with Senator Russell with talk of Vietnam; late night visit to Catholic Church to pray
  • Vietnam
  • ; LBJ rides about Camp David with Robert McNamara, Clark Clifford & Tony Taylor; LBJ talks with John Chancellor; Vietnam; appointment of Goldberg to UN and Chancellor to USIA; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson
  • Vietnam
  • Bird & the Ed Clarks to Corcoran Gallery; tea & tours at White House for the Clarks & guests; LBJ speaks briefly to guests; Lady Bird practices Appalachia speeches; dinner at Scoop Jackson's home; LBJ reads John Steinbeck letter about Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • some of the guests, the press, and the entertainment for the night; Lady Bird visits with Erhard about Germany; toasts; LBJ mentions Vietnam & Great Society in toast; visits with houseguests upstairs; Lady Bird introduces entertainers
  • Vietnam
  • ; 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
  • Vietnam
  • is moving slowly; Lyn Nugent follows Lucia Jane around giving her hugs & plays on Lucinda Robb's baby buggy; Christmas buffet dinner; Johnson family speaks with Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent, together in Vietnam; Lady Bird reads "Reflections" by Helen Hayes
  • Vietnam
  • several former White House staff and Roosevelt family and friends at party; Lady Bird talks with Roy White about renovations at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's weight; Mike Mansfield report on Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • . 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
  • , then reads Louis Auchinclass book, Brownstone Front; LBJ meets with foreign policy advisers about Vietnam; Poverty Bill passes; Adlai Stevenson; Arthur Schlesinger book
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons have coffee & newspapers; Lady Bird works on guests & menus; phone calls to Marnie Clifford, Lera Thomas & Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird to dentist & dress fitting; call about Karnack Post Office; visit with Lera Thomas about trip to Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • for Shah of Iran; LBJ & the Shah of Iran exchange toasts; Johnsons & Shah greet dancers on stage after the ballet; donations of artwork to White House & the LBJ Library by Armand Hammer; Lady Bird visits with David Lilienthal about Vietnam; LBJ & Lady Bird
  • ; convocation is by William Beinecke; lunch in the backyard of Grogen Lord home; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird, William Beinecke & Ed Clark give remarks; back to Luci Nugent's home; Lady Bird with Phyllis Nugent to see renovations at Rebekah Johnson's old