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- Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary
Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
December 9, 1963
Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the
night with us in the Queen’s Room
- to a
I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New
Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love.
It m ak e s th is the
b ig g e st.
We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love.
The r u s s e t glow of
the su n s e t o v e r
- mm
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W ASHINGTON
M onday, F e b r u a r y 20, 1967
P age 1
It w a s a h ard w orking day.
I had m y f ir s t co ffee in L yn da's room .'
She is going b a ck to New Y ork for a w eek w ith M cC a lls, and she is fu ll
- e r a tio n A r t, b e c a u s e
on M onday I w ill be going to New Y o rk and I w ill b e h a v in g lu n c h w ith
M a ry L a s k e r an d p o s s ib ly M r. F o s s b u rg h .
A nd I w an t to b e a lit tle b it
p r e p a r e d f o r how I'm
- LBJ Library meeting; Lynda Johnson joins the meetings; replies are received in response to LBJ Library acquisition letters; possible new fountain for White House ellipse; office work; phone call to Frances Lewine; new drapes for State Dining Room
- s t of w a lk in g
o u t lo o k in g m u c h m o r e a t t r a c tiv e an d on top of the w o rld .
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A t 2 :0 0 w a s m y m a in m e e tin g of the day .
M a ry L a s k e r h a d c o m e dow n fro m New Y o rk a n d N ash , G e o rg e H a rtz o g
- m e n t a new s tr u g g le , e v e r y m o m e n t a new d ir e c tio n - try in g to k e e p the
c r a f t le v e l a n d a w ay fro m th e r o c k s , a n d no s t i l l w a te r in s ig h t.
T h is m o rn in g I h a d a c o n fe re n c e w ith V
- a c tiv e H o llin g s of S outh
I
C a r o lin a an d s t e r n fa c e d , r a t h e r L in c o ln e s q u e , S e n a to r H a n s e n , and
I
yo u n g , t e r r i f i c l y a t t r a c t iv e C h a r le s P e r c y .
h e rs e lf.
So th e new o n
- e y a r e r e s p o n s ib le f o r the new fa c e of IBM a c r o s s the
/
c o u n tr y .^ It^ s m aaiy a t t r a c t iv e b u ild in g s , so o fte n on th e o u ts k ir ts of tow n,
c le a n a n d s h a r p lin e d an d w e ll p la n te d , th
- New Y e a r 's —
re s o lu tio n s-^ n -th e -m id d le -o f-A u g u st f r a m e of m in d .
And th en I h a d a r a t h e r
im p o r ta n t m e e tin g a t 1:30 in th e T r e a ty R oom w h ich I h av e b eg u n to c a ll
-
m y B o a rd of D ir e
- r. G rover and D orothy T e r r ito , Juanita R o b erts and alas, ra th er la te
M ary L a sk e r fo r our seco n d m eetin g of the A cq u isitio n s C o m m ittee.
m a in new s w a s that D r. G rover had d rafted and L y n d o n
rsU'i- '-» rw m
- and r e s t th is w ee k e n d .
'
In th e m o rn in g I d ro v e in to J o h n so n C ity w ith M r. M y e rs a n d
M r. G riffith f r o m th e P o s t O ffice D e p a rtm e n t and d is c u s s e d w ith th e m th e
p o s s ib le new p o s t o ffic e
- Lady Bird reads the newspapers; Lady Bird to Johnson City for meeting about new Post Office; Johnsons & Krims helicopter to & drive around Green Mountain Ranch; helicopter to Davis Ranch; Lady Bird & Mathilda Krim walk through fields of wildflowers
- e s
to th e C a p ito l.
M a r y la n d w ill la n d s c a p e tw o m a j o r a p p r o a c h e s , and
V i r g in i a h a s th r e e p r o j e c t s .
The D i s t r i c t h ighw ay d e p a r t m e n t w ill
h a v e fiv e new a r e a s , in clu d
- t L iz re m in d e d u s a t l e a s t t h r e e
tim e s to c o n v e n e a ro u n d the TV s e t a n d w a tc h L yndon on h is n ew s
c o n f e re n c e .
T h e r e w e re th r e e m a in p ie c e s of n ew s - - the a p p o in tm e n t of a
new U
- went
b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited
m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning.
H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage
C o n tro l.
C o 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
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- 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
- e r too .
And
M a r i e - - a t l a s t L yndon is a c h ie v in g one of h i s a m b itio n s - - h e 's
g e ttin g M a r i e tau g h t to sw im .
And th e n B e r n i c e B u r g c a m e a n d gave m e a new h a i r - d o , and
u n d e r the d r
- is s t i l l ru n n in g a n d L y n d o n h a d a
fu l l d ay w ith h is s ta f f - - B ob Kint n e r and H a r r y M c P h e rs o n a n d Doug
V^
'w
■
C a t e r an d L a r r y L e v in s o n --a new one to m e -- J o e C a lifa n o , M a rv in
G e
- Lady Bird meets with Roy White about renovation plans for LBJ Ranch house; drive up to runway to see the wildflowers; drive on backroads to Austin; Lady Bird describes the scenery; to Luci Nugent's new home for visit, lunch & unpacking; Lady Bird
- a drink.
And then
M u riel and J e r r y d eparted on a la d ie s trip to New Y ork, shopping and
b a lle t.
H u b ert's le a v in g tom orrow to shoot qu ail, I think, in South C a ro lin a .
He en joys life m o re than n e a r ly anyone I know.
The r
- le fu lly in n e e d of new f a b r ic s an d c o lo r , v e r y m u c h th e
s te p c h ild o f th e h o u s e b u t y e t th e m o s t u s e d a r e a .
I ta lk e d a b o u t w h at
I lik e d , sh o w ed M r s . B ro w n p ic tu r e s o f th e r o
- th e r $ 5 0 ,000 fo r u s fo r th e c o m in g y e a r . So w e can b r e a th e e a s y . :'We can
I-__ Y '
"
e v e n a ffo r d to lo o k fo r s o m e new a r t object^ . B e s t o f a ll, he to ld us.,that^the liv in g
W h ite H o u se h a d s o ld
- ic t u r e s .
B a c k on the s e c o n d flo o r I took a new grip on lif e , phoned m y
two r e m a in in g h o u s e g u e s t s - - A r c h b is h o p L u c e y and M ayor H a r r y A kin - to w e l c o m e th em .
I w en t in to s e e Lyn,
I
- c o u ld h a v e a r e a l d e d ic a tio n c e le b r a tio n th e r e .
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B u t th e u r g e n t n e e d
-w a s to g e t a c l o s e r w o rk in g r e la tio n w ith th e new h e a d of th e W a s h in g to n
S c h o o l S y s te m to c u e h im
- - - the new p in k one w ith th e b ead s^ a'ro u n d th e
n e c k f o r th e p a r t y th a t w a s th e r e a l b eg in n in g of the C h r is tm a s s e a s o n - f o r th e p r e s s w o m e n o f W a sh in g to n .
'
'• T h e r e w a s a b u ffe t s u p
- a tio n p r o je c t, new b u ild in g s
a t a n ew c o m m u n ity c o lle g e in T e n n e s s e e , w inding up a t a r e c e p tio n a t
th e H e r m ita g e g iv e n b y G o v e rn o r B u fo rd E llin g to n fo r e d u c a tio n -o rie n te d
p e o
- g r a p h s a n d
c o n g r a t u l a t e d L y n d a on the new b a b y a n d b e a m e d a n d s h o w e r e d u s
w ith g o o d w ill.
A nd I s a w M a r i e S h e p p e l w h o s e h u s b a n d u s e d to
s e r v e in the S e n a te w ith u s
- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
- h e r d a u g h t e r .
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t h e f a m i l y of t h e H e a r s t n e w s p a p e r m a n .
w re c k , I b e lie v e it w a s New Y e a r 's D ay.
They are
T h e w h o le f a m i l y w a s i n a c a r
T hey w e re s e r io u s ly in ju re d
- ,
a f l o o r w o r n s m o o th by m a n y g e n e r a t i o n s .
R oy p la n s to u s e t h i s
p a n e lin g , h o p efu lly , in t h e new v i s i t o r s ' c e n t e r , s to u t beeim s o v e r h ead , b ig lo g s c h in k e d w ith a s o r t
- 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
- m u n ic a tio n s m e d ia / t h e D av id B r in k le y s ,
ths John C hancellors, the Wyatt D ickersons, - • N a n c y w as fu ll of new s
- 4 -
1965
S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 13th (c o n tin u ed )
a b o u t th e lo v e ly h o u s e th e y h ad
- ^ i
w a s i t 2 year^agp:^^3)^:the new=
-■
s id e w a lk : ; p n ^ ^ w e s t s i d e , ; o f Sis t e r d a le lim e s t o n e r ip p le d an
reig
lsop
d
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th e fe n c e w h e r e th e c a r s d r iv e up to p a r k . We ' v e a lm o s t b r o k e
-
;
.I
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lenbgatiso m e of th e a d v e n tu r e s h e r m o th e r h a d h a d w ith th e b r a n d
E
V r-,
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird view new LBJ portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Lady Bird works with staff on framing travel certificates; meeting about dinner for Texas friends; Lady Bird attends stag luncheon with LBJ; Lady Bird names
- f r o m a l l s id e s .
And th ey c a m e from ,
H a g g a r t y a s w e ll a b o u t h i s h a n d lin g of the new s o ffice.
d eserv ed .
W
E v e r y on e 's
And y e t e v e r y one in a p an g o r t h r u s t to w a r d G e o r g e .
w is h
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
- ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
