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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)

in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)

National politics
; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee

Telephone conversation # 2525, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/17/1964, 12:49PM (Item)

National politics
LBJ ASKS ABOUT REEDY'S HEALTH; REEDY CRITIQUES DRAFT OF LBJ'S SPEECH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION IN SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN, OTHER UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; RFK; "TEXAS MAFIA" VS. "IRISH MAFIA" ON WH

Telephone conversation # 9674, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)

National politics
LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S LACK OF ACTION ON TAX BILL; FOWLER'S TALK WITH HERMAN TALMADGE ABOUT BILL; FULBRIGHT'S ALLEGED ANGER ABOUT NOT BEING INVITED TO WH DINNER; LEE METCALF; REPUBLICAN VOTES ON BILL; EVERETT

Telephone conversation # 10204, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/2/1966, 8:05PM (Item)

A (National Security)-SANITIZED
National politics
CREATION OF SENATE CIA WATCHDOG SUBCOMMITTEE OF FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE; UNFAVORABLE POLL ON VIETNAM; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION; CUBA AND USSR; COMPOSITION OF US FORCES IN VIETNAM, USE OF RESERVES; DRAFT REJECTEE

Telephone conversation # 6328, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/11/1964, 8:26PM (Item)

National politics
LBJ TEASES RUSSELL ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS SERVING IN RESERVE UNITS; STROM THURMOND; RUSSELL REPORTS ON PRESS STORY ABOUT HIS TRIP TO LBJ RANCH ON 11/22/64, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL CARL SANDERS; LUCI JOHNSON'S REMARKS ABOUT LOSING

Telephone conversation # 5860, sound recording, LBJ and ALEX ROSE, 10/10/1964, 2:22PM (Item)

National politics
CAMPAIGN ADS; GOLDWATER'S MEMBERSHIP IN JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY SUMMIT COMMITTEE; ETHICAL CHARGES ABOUT WILLIAM MILLER; ROSE WARNS AGAINST SHOWING OVERCONFIDENCE; VOTING STORY; MADISON SQUARE GARDEN RALLY; WHISTLESTOP TRIP; DNC; RFK SENATE RACE; STETSON

Telephone conversation # 9623, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/5/1966, 8:27AM? (Item)

NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL

Telephone conversation # 13007, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)

INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM; CLIFFORD'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REACTION TO MARCH 31ST SPEECH, PEACE TALKS; SELECTION OF PARIS AS SITE OF TALKS; PROMOTION FOR JAMES

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/17/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Page 8 in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life. Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

double amputee ..- -/re lost to Romney .-fr'nd his pretty wife Alice. Dear Robin Duke's frienrl, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, who helps h(:r out by being Chairman of the Blair House Fine Arts Committee. The luncheon was remarkable for several the loudspeaki

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/15/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)

LBJ is in a dark mood; death of Senator Richard Russell's son; White House Festival of the Arts; press response to Festival; Lady Bird takes a nap; reception for Inaugural Committee workers; quick remarks by LBJ; visit by Tony and Matiana Taylor

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/12/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

Hair salon; Luci Nugents escorts Tricia Nixon & Nixon Cabinet members' children through White House; Lynda & Chuck Robb are in Bangkok; last meeting of Committee for the Preservation of the White House; report on White House Historical Association

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/8/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)

Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting

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