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  • . However, as the time drew closer, I think he actually felt that maybe he would win. I remember about a week before we went out to Los Angeles to the convention in 1960 I was in his office talking with him and I said, "Senator, do you think we have
  • ■I' 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th . W as lik e a cam p aign d ay. I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n . We ch o se New J e r s e y b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
  • Angeles Times reporter; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule; the Johnsons fly to Texas to LBJ Ranch
  • MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE W A S H I N G T ON P a ge 1 M o th e rs* Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964 A ctu a lly , it [th ed a y]began rig h t a fte r we got home from A tlan tic C ity, about a little p a s t one o 'c lo c k at night, with Lynda, L
  • ld " f o r And the r o s a r y , g iv en b y P o p e Jo h n to L y n d a B ir d , w ill be h e r " s o m e th in g b o r r o w e d ". H e r " s o m e th in g b lu e " w a s a g o ld lo c k e t tie d w ith a b lu e s a tin rib b o n th a t b e lo n g
  • Luci's wedding day; Lynda sings "Get Me To The Church On Time;" cable from Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird describes her thoughts, decorations & the service; telegram read from the Pope; Luci stops to kiss parents and give roses to mothers
  • to L y n d o n . A ll m o r n in g h e w a s on th e p h o n e, w ith e a c h c a ll r e s t iv e to g e t o ff and in to th e p o o l b y 11 o ’c lo c k . H e s a id , "D on't you w an t to s w im w ith m e?" I h a v e to o b r o a d a s tr a in o
  • Lady Bird preparing for guests at the LBJ Ranch; LBJ signs a highway construction bill on the porch; hostess duties is time-consuming; LBJ tells about communion at the Christian Church; Lynda Johnson moves I to Austin for school; Johnsons greet
  • a l com m u n ity t h at ^ ^ from the v e r y f ir s t h as b een in favor o f M ed icare! I fe lt lo u s y - a poor frie n d , a s la c k guardian o f the in te r e s ts of th ose who have b een our fr ie n d s . D r , T u rch i n, a s o ffic e r
  • MEMORA N DUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Sunday, May 17, 1964 Page 1 I had an ea rly breakfast* kissed a sleepy Lu ci goodby, feelin g that / our lo v ely vacation^/had at least accom plished something, toward returning her to the norm al
  • , b e c a u s e th a t is the r id ic u lo u s h o u r w hen m y h u s b a n d c a m e h o m e to e a t h is s u p p e r on M onday n ig h t - two nig h ts a g o . T h a t ca n n o t b e c o n tin u e d - f i r s t , b e c a u s e I w an t h im
  • 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
  • yndon, rather to the surprise of Service and everybody else King H u sse in of I t h in k , got in the car with Jordan to d r iv e w it h him to From there Lyndon the Secret e l e c t e d to w alk b a c k , B l a ir H o u s e . became e n v e lo
  • co ffee - L yndon h a d m a d e a s u r p r i s e v i s i t the n ig h t b e f o r e t o the G r id ir o n D in n e r - a n d w ho sh o u ld be '' f s ittin g th e r e , b u t R ic h a r d N ixon! j ' H e w a s lo o k in g r e la x e d a n d a f f
  • 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
  • and then George Bro w n s and for lunch, such a s ho o k h a n d s in th e Bob a bit time is into to a young, w i t h a f e w of vital the -jp-uley. and c o n tr o v e r sia l. coincide w ith hour the who w ere c o m in g a hard place tourists
  • accommodations of Con suls and Stude nt E:;;cl:ang e that we arc incre asing ly making with the Iron Curtain countri es. I never lo ok at Dick Russ ell withoul admi ra tion and without thinking of his great talent that I wish werl p ut to mor e vigorous use_
  • MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WASHINOTON S u n d a y , M a r c h 10, 1968 Page 1 I t w a s a d a y o f d e e p g lo o m , lig h te n e d b y th e p r e s e n c e o f the K r i m s . T h a t i s to s a y , i t w a s p u r v e y e d i n th e n e w
  • ; 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
  • the church and duties and functions that I have within the life of the church occasionally bring me into contact with my father in his official capacities, but most of the time they tend to insure that we go separate routes. We're good friends, however
  • ., 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
  • -time job, and supposedly was given a half-day Ivork. So during that summer I went to school from eight to twelve, reported to ,mrk immediately thereafter, and asually left about twelve or one that night. I found out most of my part-time jobs
  • Marcos. a sub-college over there, the tenth and eleventh grade. I was They had I entered over there and had a pretty rough time because this was more or less of a country school that I'd been going to. But I finished the tenth grade and the eleventh
  • back some of our birds in our own hands, the birds that I love so much that we’ve been accumulating through the years. We had dinner with just the Frank Ikards, Mary Lasker, and Jack, and Homer Thornberry. Lyndon’s going to have a hard time doing
  • than I had thought that man of iro n would. He mentioned they would have had their thirtieth a n n iversa ry in a few months. A ft e r eve ryb od y le ft, I took the time to do some reading and som e w ork, and then clo se to seven, J e s s e and I
  • 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