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  • the nomination, when he said that he would do it. F: Did you ever meet with Mr. Johnson personally at Los Angeles? P: Yes. We ' d go into some of t he rooms. At times we'd go over to the Bi.ltmore, and in my position I could go in and out of those rooms
  • LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination
  • --this was early 1960--and he spent the whole time trying to find out what I knew about whether Lyndon Johnson was actually going to be more than a favorite son candidate in the Los Angeles convention that year. This was early 1960. And I never would tell him
  • than he I s got to 00 in with or that he 1 ll get after he does. pn,::;;-Jency can uet H for him. I think the I hcive spoken from t1ih1aukee to Chicago to fle1,1 York to Los Angeles to Illinois last night, and G:~·t tj1 sburg and Dallas
  • his thanks. about the following morning. F: That was John Connally. But, you, Mr. /Mann, did not do any work prior to the Los Angeles meeting · to~ard M: That's what I remember getting him the nomination for the presidency? No, I wasn't active
  • : Yes. She taught school in Los Angeles, and rve also been told that he would hitch a ride and go to Los Angeles to see his cousin. Then they frequently would drive out to the Kimball R.ailch, who she later married, my uncle [Henry Kimball], and our
  • had a public relation, advertisi ng agency, and I had been involved in the 1954 campaign--! mean from 1948 to 1954. I was con­ nected with KVET from the fall of 1946 until the spring of 1948, at which time I joined Ed Syers and Windy Winn
  • is to go back and kind of figure how you got in the position to know Lyndon Johnson. L: I was introduced to him by Gene Lasseter. F: Yes, from over in East Texas. L: Yes. She was from East Texas. At that time, she was C. V. Terrell's secretary.. He
  • there. Bird had been to Battle Creek with her aunt at some time and had learned to eat the proper things. I never did, not at that time. I would always eat things like angel food cake and whipped cream and that sort of thing, but Bird dutifully ate what
  • M EM ORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE S a tu rd a y , J u n e 4, 1966 WASHINGTON Page 1 S a tu rd a y , Ju n e 4th, b e g a n w ith a sw im w ith L yndon - - j u s t the two of u s . I lo v e to be a b le to s a y " y e s " to h im w hen he w a n ts u s
  • LBJ & guests tour the ranches; Lady Bird spends time with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird talks about Rebekah Johnson; photos taken of LBJ and Lady Bird in the wildflowers; LBJ and Lady Bird vote at the courthouse; Lady Bird mentions 1941 Senate race; LBJ
  • house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
  • n u t e s u p s t a i r s , so th a t I co uld show him the M a r y C a s s a t t . T h e y lo o k e d (in the . b u r e a u ) a t the l i t t l e p i c t u r e of E lle n B a r r y ' s p o r t r a i t of m e , w ith th e y ello w i m p r e s s i o
  • Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
  • of A u s tr a li a a n d M r s . A llo tt a n d M rs . B ill D r iv e r a n d M a u re e n M a n s fie ld . m a n , the S e n a to r. And the lo n e A few tim e s h e h a s b e e n jo in e d b y one o th e r - - th e P r e s i d e n t . T h is tim e h
  • ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
  • ., a J.A.g}vt Jia.A.n ^’ aJJ^ng, and 3 / ve lo .4 l my. w i s h t o h a v e a s n o w tfelIrobgnihsaW on--onJjy a ^ew Ac.aJJieJie.d '^JLake.^ one. a'^±e.Anoon an d ik e y dLidn'± Ai.ay. down i-o i k e C h ild ren 's G a rd en . (aAAyxng an uni>Aje.JJja
  • i r c u m s t a n c e . h eart soars. W h en th e t r u m p e t s b lo w , m y A n d w h e n th e y s t r i k e u p th e S t a r S p a n g le d B a n n e r , I t h in k I s t a n d tw o i n c h e s t a l l e r . T h i s ti m e I w a s e s p e c i
  • Subjc c t(s) covered time on tape - 9 .Johnson never could rccogn i.zc that he was no longer the Senator from Texas but the Vici? President of the U. 11 The Kennedy family and staff was treated very syr:ipathet by Johnsun 12 . Transition; Kenney
  • s l i k e so m u c h . m o n e y . ; H e l e n lo o k s a t m e in a w r y w a y w i t h a to u c h o f a l m o s t d i s da in . A n d p a t i e n t B e s s e n c o u r a g e s m e a n d r e m i n d s m e th a t t h e r e w i l l b e th e - s o
  • of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
  • g e n t s . M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r . We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
  • Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
  • love". B u t i t w a s n ' t the lo n g , g e t t i n g - t o - k n o w - y o u t a l k t h a t I h o p e h e a n d C h u c k c a n h a v e s o m e t i m e s oon. E a r l y i n th e d a y I h a d b e e n to a c e r e m o n y in th e E a s t R o o m
  • LBJ & Lady Bird watch Today Show; Johnsons spend time with Lyn Nugent; Beautification tour of Washington with Mayor Akin; future Beautification projects in Austin; Lady Bird has lunch & visit in Luci Nugent's room; LBJ & Luci discuss Austin sales
  • Lady Bird comments that this time last week she and LBJ drove to Marshall and mentions that she is writing by candlelight because their "Delco" is "pfft." She describes finding and cleaning her mother's stone flower pots. She talks about LBJ's
  • is looking forward to getting more books from him and writes "I believe I miss you more all the time."
  • Lady Bird tells LBJ that if he comes to Texas she will be with him "all the time you can put up with." She asks about offers he has received from New York and South Texas. She comments on his low spirits and encourages him to have enthusiasm
  • Lady Bird discusses a possible trip to Washington in November, December, or January and the things she and LBJ will do. She mentions that her time could be limited by a trip she must make to Alabama and by work being done on the house.
  • Lady Bird received two letters from LBJ today and says sending letters by special delivery makes no difference in the time of delivery. She comments on the clippings he sent, mentions the book she is reading, asks about the GE [General Electric
  • LBJ sends Lady Bird a picture postcard of the Hotel Occidental dining room and thanks her for the pictures she sent him that get kissed "almost a million times a day." He writes that he had lunch at the hotel and plans to take Lady Bird there when
  • Reference No. 12816 April 7, 2008 Processing Note A copy of this transcript was interfiled on this date from the Alpha transcript series. There is no recording to go with this transcript. DATE: 3/14/68 TIME: 5:57 PM CALLER: Richard Daley Pages
  • from the Congressional Campaign Committee, [of] which he was then serving as chairman, the sum of two hundred dollars. That might not sound like a big contribution from a congressional cam­ paign committee today, but it was a lot at that time. It came
  • was then teaching public speaking in Sam Houston High School in Houston, hav­ ing graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers• College at San Marcos the year before. He \'las twenty-three at the time. His appoint­ ment to the secretarial position was announced
  • Date: 4/3/02 Processing Note The conversation between Mildred Stegall and Bobby Baker documented in the following transcript was not recorded on Dictabelt. Mildred Stegall took shorthand notes of the conversation at the time of the call
  • Smathers. He's But there was a She spoke of George and of her sons and o f continuing to live in Washington for a year or so, but in true female fashion I could not help thinking with a pang of times past. And there were old friends, the Jim Rowes
  • at the door. It was one of the most relaxed and satisfying parties I've been to in a long time, partly because I was still flowing from that sensation of obligation finished -- job accomplished. I had told the White House that there would be no one for supper
  • something to them. Lyndon said to President Truman, " I'v e been looking over a ll these b ills I passed, and I want you to know, over and over and over they began in your time, they were your ideas. I was just able to build on the good things you'd