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- 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
- a r y 's
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
Tuesday, A p r il 7, 1964
WASH INGTON
Page 5
in Dallas, when I was 15.
A l l in all, I'd say, I'd settle fo r m y p erfo rm a n ce today, both fo r m y
intake and m y give-ou t, but there is in the background o
- Roanoke Island; Lady Bird sees childhood friend, Emily Crow Selden, from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Press Reports about LBJ's fast driving at the LBJ Ranch
- Lady Bird lunches with Hugh Sidey and Jean Franklin of Time magazine for study on Lady Bird; tea with friends; visit with friend from youth at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Lynda Johnson to New York for Young Citizens for Johnson; Luci
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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- ; Mrs. Johnson returns to White House; Lynda Johnson home for Luci Johnson's baptism; article in Herald Tribune;
- . Actually it’s a hall, but it’s what’s going to be the Johnsons’ informal family sitting room.
It’s remarkable how well my own furniture fits into the room that was Mrs. Kennedy’s. I’m glad
for the taxpayer, and I’m glad for me too because it saves my time
- 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
- I
V
1965 : , ■
Friday, August 27th
Lyndon's 57th birthday was oddly divided between a quiet morning
(I actually lay in bed and did some recording) and hours of riding the nice
edge of tension.
Some time during the morning I got a call from Lyndon
- Telephone call from Bill Moyers; ceremony and presentation of Johnson City park; tour for guests from Time-Life; LBJ arrives in Texas; LBJ's gives a reminiscent speech; Johnsons and guests go to boyhood home; LBJ picks up little boy and gets a kiss
- of news about tl.e
times the spc·ed of sound at 80, 000 feet.
s:
For instance, yesterd ay
-71 that flies at three
It was deli\·ered too much by
rote, too much like readin g , although there were moments of humor.
I di
- Informal press conference in LBJ's office; Goldwater calls LBJ "the biggest faker of all time"; LBJ walks ground with press; lunch with Senator Richard Russell; visit from Alabama relatives who tell about public accommodations; dinner with friends
- , on his other trip to ihc United St;:i.l
- and who I somehow feel most
drawn to is Kenny O’Donnell, because I will never forget the way he looked that night in the
hospital on November 22nd.
After they left, our long-time favorite friends came for dinner. Upstairs, on the second
floor, informal
- beautiful; and then into the Blue Room , posing fo r
Vogue m agazin e.
The picture w il l be in c o lo r - a c o v e r picture perhaps -
and it sim ply devours time.
ThenI rushed back upstairs and changed into a cocktail dress fo r the
fourth of our s e r
- be a centerpiece from a different
adm inistration.
Of course, not ev ery one of the 36 Presidents has had
a special china.
When the supply gets low enough that you can’ t seat a
State Dinner of 100 or m ore people, then its time for the adm inistration
- like to take m y picture as I left.
And ended
This is the
fi r s t time that I can re m e m b e r being c l e a r l y annoyed at the p r e s s . ■
Not knowing how to ask h er to le a v e , I talked to her about the situation
of the press people fro m
- them u ntil they a re one ye a r old.
And then, from the
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H IN G TON
F r id a y , M arch 6, 1964
Page 4
time they a re one ye a r o l d ' t h e y belong to the school from then on.
P arents
can come and do
- Days in M ay), and I
think p e r haps,^I^might have had F ra n ces and H elen , a t one time, and we
drove over/the
Scha rn h orst just as the shades of night w e r e fa llin g fast.
I enjoyed particularly^^taking them around the perilou s stretch
- a u t i f u l young w i f e ,
who seems to me
S e c r e t a r y of
U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been
Interior
time
es c o r tin g them around Washington and
just about t h i r t y .
brought them to
I
the
White H o u s e ,
u p from
- CTJ turns her recorder on/off many times which causes an "echo" sound at times
- sefu l to have M r s,
P ro v e n s en , and I*m n ever s a tisfied , and at 5:30,-q
uit in time fo r Lyndon
S30
and meto go to a quick church s e r v ic e at St. John’ s a c r o s s L a fa y e tte Square,
A so rt of la s t r e s o r t fo r church, la s
- in Perle's. apartment.
Jake Pickles, Lindy and Hale, Senator Ellender.
The Dale Millers, the
I circled the room, had
a drink, some light and pleasant talk and then left before I thought it was
time for them to go into dinner.
Dorothy McCardle
- ; LBJ takes nap; upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird does office work & records her diary; Eugene McCarthy showing surge in 1968 race; Hubert Humphrey joins Johnsons for dinner; styes on LBJ's eyes return; Lady Bird has massage and reads Time magazine
- LBJ & Lady Bird meet with John Ben Shepherd & Mark Gosdin about the LBJ Park & Visitors Center; LBJ drives around with Drew Pearson and German editor, Henri Nanen; Lady Bird meets group from Time-Life; Lady Bird reads "The Eighth Day" by Thornton
- nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
- Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
- hich he c a u g h t
from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
- to Pat in between times describing herself to him th,e scene around
us.
And he was all so sweet and cozy.
But there was another very sad note in the House all day long.
'
\\
;
I love
House.
~very
facet of this job, of this
And I love being
- 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
- to Johnson City for flower harvesting; dinner with Luci & Pat Nugent and friends at Steak Island in Austin; Luci has encounters with the press; Lady Bird to bed and reading "Of Time and The River" by Thomas Wolfe
- Angeles Times reporter; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule; the Johnsons fly to Texas to LBJ Ranch
- Committee of U.S. and Canada; Talk with Luci and Lynda Johnson; Time magazine article on John Connally; Dinner with Congressman and Mrs. Jack Brooks; LBJ's sleeping habits
- HOUSE
WASHINGTON
fMonday, June Z:4; ~ 968
And presently Luci came in.
Page 6
She had been out to dinner.
She curled up
on the bed beside me and we had one of those long conversations which make
me jokingly tell her that she is a part time
- ; 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
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
- riedm ans
an d t h e Jack G oulds who h a d w r i t t e n a
m a rv e lo u s r e v i e w o f my ABC s h ow.
The John Pom f r e t s
o f t h e New York T im es; th e John S t e e l e s o f Time a n d
L i f e a n d t h e L u c ie n W arren s o f B u f f
- trip; Lady Bird has tea with six Ambassador's wives; Mrs. Parker Hart and her time in Middle East; LBJ meets group; Patricia Harris is first African-American woman Ambassador; Johnsons to Celebrezze party; Beautification Bill
- a n
h a l f m y -time w i t h th e S e c r e t a r y .
T h e b e a c h e s p ro b a b ly .
W h a t w o u ld a t o u r i s t w a n t to s e e in T u n i s i a ?
T h e y a r e w o n d e r f u l - - w h ite s a n d .
The R om an-
I n f r o n e s i
- 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
- k a i l , and t o me i t waA
maytc moment , and. 9- Aeached o u t and. to o k kandyj a n d eveAybody
e l'ie dx-d Ao , and eveAybody pj2.aUjy. wa.A cloAe .to tea .A A --b u t
Lyndon n o t bei ng w i l l i ng to a c c e p t th e s e n time n t s omeh
- ; Lady Bird, staff & friends discuss press visit & riots in Washington; Lady Bird talks on phone with Lynda Robb; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter work on speeches & talk to John Connally about Hemis Fair visit; the Secret Service change Lady Bird's arrival time
