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- doing m y home w ork
fo r the fiv e o 'c lo c k reception fo r the North C arolin a group, whi ch is a
presentation to the White House l ib r a r y of the A m e r ic a n drawings of John
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASiriN O TON
Tuesday, A p r i l 7
- —I congratulated them on Jimmy's being in the
House, and Loraine McGee, very tan, without Gale, who's o ff making a
speech.
And from the Court, there were our life-long friends, Abe
and Carol, and B ill Douglas and Cathy—and I must confess looking
- Johnson family and friends to St. Barnabas Church; press corps is invited in for refreshments; LBJ's plane takes Cantinflas and his sick wife to Temple to hospital; lunch with Senator and Mrs. Paul Douglas; Senator Douglas reminisces about 1960
- .
Up ea rly and out to the a irp ort to c atch
the chartered Convair at 7:00--with L iz , of course, and B ess b e cause we
w ere going to her home te rrito ry , Kentucky; and Congre ssman C arl P e rk in s
whose d istrict we would be covering; B ill
- Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern
- --our first guest in that beautiful place. And so, she and I
walked through the family quarters, and we hung pictures. We put the scenes in the bedroom.
So I feel very much at home. We put Mr. Sam out in the—well, it’s what I call the family sitting
room
- MEMORANDUM
c
T HE W H I T E HOUSE
WAS H I N GTON
Tuesday, M a r c h 3, 1964
This m orning about 11,- Katie L ochheim came fo r a cup of co ffee , bringing
o/
a bound copy of the L a d ies Home Journal^ with her a r t ic le about m e.
It’ s
r e
- Lady Bird has coffee with Kate Louchheim about Ladies Home Journal article; joined by Doris O'Donnell; Lady Bird poses for Vogue magazine photos; fourth Congressional reception; Lynda Johnson as Azalea Festival queen; Luci or Lynda Johnson as queen
- . So I
heartily enjoyed Diana's refreslunerits, went home a little past 7: 00 for the
walk slowly through the first floor of the White House. Already, the wedding
f
is confined to history.
A 16-foot spruce tree -- beautifully shaped -- went up today
- Lester's home; tours and visits at several homes including 91-year-old Mrs. Carlson who knew Aunt Effie Pattillo; Lady Bird reminisces about her youth; flight back to LBJ Ranch; LBJ makes TV report to the nation on Dominican Republic; LBJ has cold
- ; to Luci's home
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
- v e enough sp a rk le and v ita lity to k eep th in gs going and sen d people
home fe e lin g r e a lly e x c ite d that th ey had b een to a g rea t W hite H ouse p arty .
- Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
- Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York
- letter to grandmother at Hye Post Office; guests to boyhood home and LBJ Ranch for lunch; Gronouski on Poland and Red China; Johnsons & guests to Danz place--car is stuck in mud; Lady Bird takes nap & talks to daughters; foreign affairs
- Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has
- Poor weather delays flight to East Texas; Lady Bird answers questions from reporters in Shreveport, LA; drive to Dorris Powell's home in Karnack; new Karnack post office made with bricks from T.J. Taylor's general store; meeting about landscaping
- ; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner for Secretary & Mrs. Dean Rusk at Averell Harriman home; Lady Bird one of 12 best dressed; Herb Block cartoon about Peter Hurd portrait; toasts; Rusk speaks of role of U.S. in world; LBJ praises Harrimans
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and go to St. Mark's Episcopal Church; to Jack Brooks' home for coffee; talk about House and Texas delegation; back to White House for office work; visit from Jack Valentis & Arthur Krims; tv and lunch; the Bob Jacksons
- L y n d a a n d G e o r g e h a d b e e n w i t h m e.
a l s o g oo d t h e a t r e .
I k n ow ,
I t w as
B a c k a t home I f o u n d th e m u p i n
t h e S o la r iu m b a r r e d fro m L u c i a few days I h o p e
sat
And
down f o r a l o n g
- LBJ & Lady Bird attend church at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church; LBJ & Lady Bird visit Percy Brigham at Blanco Nursing Home; Johnsons visit Johnson City bank, ranches, and the Hartman house, LBJ's poverty project; Late lunch; visit
- Lady Bird goes to hair salon and then meets Lynda Johnson at Boyhood Home; tree planting ceremony at Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions where Rebekah Baines and Sam Johnson met; Lynda Johnson's magazine article on "See America;" park is donated
- Park; to future amphitheater & deserted brewery; Faison House in La Grange; Lady Bird plants pine tree; to William Neece home in Warrenton; tour of Winedale by Miss Ima Hogg; to Roundtop to restored homes, Lutheran Church & social hall; Johnsons to Hill
- g s ig n
ab o v e th e B ase O p e r a tio n s t h a t s a i d , "Welcome Home, Mr. P r e s i d e n t
and F a m ily ."
Lyndon made a b r i e f s p e e c h e n d in g w ith h e hoped t h a t
t h e c o u n tr y w ould b e a s u n d e r s ta n d in g
- e n Ly ndon began t o t a l k ,
qui e t l y , low key , g e n tle h i ^ a c t.
^ t woA good a n d 9- wo a
pAoud o^ him.
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And tn e n -it ujcla t i me. to go home and eve.Agbodg. began t o
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dr i f t away ~ - l t wo.a abaul 11: 00
- Lady Bird & party board buses; briefing on Teachers Corps; stop at Silver-Webster High School; Lady Bird leads group along trail to Mathis home; Lady Bird visits with family, photos are done & all ride to school; ceremony; Lady Bird gives speech
- Lady Bird's hair styled; LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Nugent fly to El Salvador; welcoming ceremonies at San Salvador; newspaper headlines; bus tour for First Ladies to President Sanchez' weekend home; Lady Bird describes coffee plantations, villages
