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  • ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them . I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
  • & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
  • " -" . I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski", and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
  • discussed his Honolulu Conference, Vietnam and the SEATO Treaty; LBJ and Lady Bird call Maxwell Taylor about his TV appearance; Johnsons read newspapers
  • 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
  • Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to Smithsonian for "Reading is Fundamental;" welcoming speech by Dillon Ripley; speeches by Lady Bird & Margy McNamara; LBJ Library meeting covered by press; Lady Bird bowls with Muriel Humphrey & Jane Muskie; press take