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- lin g s and th ere w as too m uch p u b licity fr o m
h is end of it and I f e e l sa d a ll around.
A tto rn ey G en era l.
-
I talked to C lark about the new
H e told m e quite sim p ly and stra ig h tfo rw a rd ly that
h e w ould not a c c e p t
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- described the new process and how i t had become
the very popular thing today.
He spoke casually, authoritatively, of
other Administrations, whole decades of them.
strong Republican.
Obviously he was a very
I think we had between the three of us a sense
- Breakfast; desk work; swimming; hair salon; new china for the White House; luncheon with Walter Hoving, Chairman of Tiffany's; photos in State Dining Room with White House Tour Office; tea for Independent Agency wives; Lady Bird records diary; talk
- that M ary L a sk er is going to g iv e m e
fo r m y b irth d a y . 'D o ris and I talked about the p o s s ib ility of m y con tribu tin g
the planting to the new P o s t O ffice that is to go up in K
ck
arn
in a c a ll to B rook e A s to r .
She i s v
- k e lin g .
F ir s t I tr ie d the a llo v e r m a sk and the f in s .
^
b e s t e x p e r ie n c e s - - a new w o rld .
It w as one of l i f e ’s
S ea fa n s, fr a g ile a s la c e , g r e y
■ and p u rp le and g r ee n , w avin g g en tly
- to New Y o rk where Lynda w ill c ra sh the bottle of
champaign;
ever done.
o ver the bo w ’of the sh ip , the f i r s t one she has
L y ndon's cold is s t i l l wi th h im , reducing h is
t e r r if ic energy to bounds where the r e s t of u s can keep
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
M onday, M a rch 30, 1964
An e a r ly c a ll fro m B e s s
^
had the am azing news that there was a six
inch snow in Washington and it was s till snowing.
-
T h e r e fo r e the egg r o ll
was out
- in d e d m e o f the H ans C h r is tia n A n d e r se n s to r y a b ou t
the e m p e r o r 's new c lo th e s .
If you can g e t enough p e o p le - - en ou gh
r e v ie w s - - to s in g , "Th is i s g r e a t, th is i s w o n d erfu l, th is is n e
- New York
- Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- constituents.
when I got back to the White House I heard the happy news that Lyndon
had d riven down to W inchester, to be present at the crowning of L u c i Baines]
And la te r on, I saw the picture of him standing on the steps to the high school
MExMORAN
- thinking
that
s omehow
she has r i s e n l e s s to the tide of o p p o r t u n ity ,th a n Diana, and
MEMORANDUM
THE WHI TE HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
T hu rsd ay, A p r il 16, 19 6 4
Page 3
me
Dr. Blake Smith brought m
ethe unw elcom e news which I
- e r the d e s e r t.
As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it,
looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how
I
v e r y we s t e r n this i s .
so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h .
So new, pro b ab
- aging n ew s w as
that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the
in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci,
c
w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
- Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
- n o t to u ch i t f o r two d a y s .
T h e n on m y w a y to New Y o rk ,
I sto p p e d in the R o s e G a r d e n f o r p i c tu r e s
w ith N an cy G a te s H a y e s a n d h e r h u s b a n d B ill a n d J e ff a n d C h ip a n d C indy a n d
C
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird visit; LBJ has been swimming every day for two weeks; office work; photos in Rose Garden with houseguests; Lady Bird leaves for New York City; outfit for 1969 Inaugural; Lady Bird is fitted for new clothing
-
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M o th e r's Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964
out b ird s n ests, that the m other b ir d had flow n away w heneve r he c ame
around to put out new plants o r put in fe r t iliz e r ,- o r cu ltiva te.
But it
alw ays/ ^ a ith fu U y/ ^ ^ tu rn ed
- speeches; office work and walk around White House grounds; the Valentis to dinner; LBJ's diet; news stories about Luci Johnson in New Orleans and Lynda Johnson at royal wedding in Athens
- d th e F D R c r y s t a l - - v e r y e le g a n t a n d seldo m
u s e d now.
A n d th en u p s t a i r s in to m y new p in k w ool a n d one l a s t b o n in g -u p
on the g u e s t l i s t , an d th en b a c k d o w n s ta ir s to the G r e e n
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s .
And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s
of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand
in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
- LBJ speaks at Coast Guard Academy graduation, New London, CT; Lady Bird gives commencement address at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School; Lady Bird gives her speech a C+; Lady Bird presents diplomas to Walter Jenkins' daughter, Beth; Luci
- a tannis h -b e ig e m a t e r i a l b e c a u s e
th a t i s the o v e r a ll c o lo r of the c a m p u s .
He h a s h e a r d of a s o ft b e ig e g r a n ite
fro m a New M ex ico q u a r r y th a t he w a n ts to lo o k in to .
in the F r e e r G
- New York
- with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas
- New York
- the C l a r k C lif fo r d s ; and h av in g the b e s t tim e of
a l l , the young E d W e is ls f ro m New Y o rk .
And in a ro o m fu ll of p r e t t y w o m e n , it w ould hav e b e e n h a r d to find one
^
a s lo v e ly a s L u c i B a in e s J o
- new m a n t e l .
Should th e s a m e i n s c r i p t i o n t h e n b e p e r h a p s
e n g r a v e d on th e m a r b l e ? We d e c id e d t h a t th a t d e c i s io n sh o u ld b e
l e f t up to m y s u c c e s s o r , and I w ould n e i t h e r r
- of the J e f f e r s o n P ilg r im a g e ; a n d
M is s D o ro th y V aughn of S tra w b e r r y B an k in P o r ts m o u th , New H a m p s h ir e .
A nd th e r e w a s a s iz e a b le c o n tin g e n t of tr a v e l p r e s s th e r e .
N a tu r a lly
- e in th e L B J L i b r a r y .
I know
h o w m u c h e p h e m e r a l w e a r e l e t t i n g p a s s b y - - a l l th e l i t t l e c l i p s o f m e
on new s show s fro m
C a l i f o r n i a to M a in e .
E a c h of the t r i p s h a s b e e n
- Lady Bird swims; LBJ has growths on hands & heel, possibly cancer; Lady Bird has coffee for Ambassadors' wives; office work; lunch with Lynda Johnson to discuss wedding; Lady Bird meets WMAL group to receive film of her New England trip; Lady Bird
- so m e good
We did n o t h av e tim e to go out New Y o r k A v en u e - - the
m a j o r e n t r a n c e f r o m the n o r t h a n d e a s t an d the s h a b b ie s t o f a l l .
So th a t a w a it s a n o t h e r t i m e , a n d M a r y fle w off
- n g a new p l a y
L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld -
s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t
down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e
f i r e , a n d Dr.
E l i z a b e t h
- e to 11, M r. M yrick and Jimmy Pitt ca m e out
and s a t in the fro n t yard w ith m e , show ed m e the new r e v is e d sk e tch ,
and the e s tim a te - - it now runs c lo s e to $ 1 3 ,0 0 0 .0 0 , s ix fo r the land
and m o r e than s ix fo r
- E d i t o r s
w h en t h e y h av e t h e i r a n n u a l m e e tin g in A p r i l, to how m a n y of th e
f u n d - r a i s i n g d i n n e r s L yndon an d I sh o u ld m a k e it a p o in t to go to.
V i s it s to K en tu ck y , M ic h ig a n , New
- ; LBJ to New York for Joseph P. Kennedy dinner; Lady Bird dinner and talk with Luci Johnson; business meeting with A.W. Moursund; watched play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" in the Lincoln bedroom
- Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC
- e n c e . .
( - T h e r e h a d b e e n j ^ ^ 'm o s t " a m a z i n g !new s o n th e t i c k e r ,
in th e l i s t
o f b e s t d r e s s e d w o m e n I sh o w e d u p l h ' f if th p la c e a lo n g w ith tw o F o r d s a n d
tw o V a n d e r b
- has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ
- of W om en.
A nd the r a in w h ich h a d h e ld off fo r
u s w a s c o m in g , so w e h a d it in the E a s t R oom - - g r e e tin g s b y L yndon,
th a n k s to th e o u tg o in g p r e s id e n t, a w e lc o m e fo r th e new on e.
A nd th e n
- is m o r n in g coat:
"Oh, I 'm s o r r y about th e bad
n e w s th a t th e b u d g et m u s t m e a n to m a n y o f y o u r c o u n tr y m e n ."
(It s e e m s th e new b u d g et h a s im p o s e d fu r th e r ta x e s on b e e r and
c ig a r e t
- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions
to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand
C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined.
T h ere a r e now 163
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lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- the new c o n s t r u c t i o n , a n d
then d r e s s e d an d left fo r K e r r v ille for 3 - 1 /2 w o n d erfu l h o u r s seeing
s o m e th in g g r e a t h a p p e n to the h ill c o u n try .
- M r . a n d M r s . H o w a r d B u t t a n d a w h o
- on civil rights, unemployment, school drop-outs, rat eradication, housing, and police brutality in New York City; Lady Bird reads draft speech for Democratic Convention
- o n e o f th e b ig g e s t
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
(
WASHINGTON
M onday, S e p tem b e r 5, 1966
Page 5
w o r d s in the v o c a b u la r y o f the s a n ita r iu m .
m y w o r ld then^
And th ey w e r e b ra n d new to
^ n d I think
- o n n a lly w as on m y left,
.
a n d the w ife of the new G o v e r n o r, M r s . P r e s t o n S m ith , an d M a v is H eathe
a n d M r s . H a r r y A ik en a n d M r s . R o la n d B oyd a n d L iz Odom w h o h a d
b e e n c h a i r m a n
- n e d h e r little
h e a d f r o m s id e to s id e .
H e r f in g e r s a r e e x t r e m e l y long an d d e lic a te .
I s e e no l i k e n e s s to an y b o d y - - j u s t a new li t t l e p e r s o n in t h i s w o rld .
L y n d o n a n d I
