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- of flo w ers.
And then I went upstairs fo r the nagging troubles of the day, that is,
to listen to a tape of a news conference which two Republican C ongres smen
had had, a fter they had made a v is it to m y tenants in Autauga County, c a r r y ing
- was the head man, and his
assistant Dr. Manigan, and the nice head of all the nurses, Mrs. Jenkins. They took us in, and
we went from floor-to-floor, and I noticed, over my shoulders, the faces of so many familiar
Washington news girls. I missed them. I like
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H I TE HOUSE
WASHINOTON
M onday, M a rch 30, 1964
An e a r ly c a ll fro m B e s s
^
had the am azing news that there was a six
inch snow in Washington and it was s till snowing.
-
T h e r e fo r e the egg r o ll
was out
- u d so n i s g o i n g
th ro u g h
th a t
c r u e l l y l o n e l y t i m e o f b e i n g a new w id o w .
When
t h
—
e
y
And t h e n when L yndon
l e
f t
I w o r k e d o n my c l o t h e s
came i n w i t h S e c r e t a r y R u s k a n d
f o
- Lady Bird sleeps late; Lady Bird mentions her houseguests; Lady Bird works on clothing for New York trip; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and staff members; President Kennedy's appointment of Averell Harriman at State Department; Lady Bird has tea
- ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r
a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d .
It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I
have m et b efo re.
And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
- Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
-
h a d c o n d u c te d th a t o n e - d a y to u r th ro u g h the old 10th D i s t r i c t to s e e
g r a s s r o o ts u rb a n ren ew al and T exas re s to ra tio n s .
M rs.
E. T . X im e n e s of San A ntonio.
And D r . a n d
H e 's a new R e
- guests visit upstairs & receiving line; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; new strain of wheat for underdeveloped countries; entertainment is Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass introduced by Lynda Johnson; former Mexico President Mateos in coma
- d as an antique
T h ere
re
an^old fra m e d print o f N ew Y o rk
h arbor-- the city w h ere Eamon d e V a le ra was b orn a nd a lso a copy o f his
baptism al c e r tific a te and a pictu re o f the church, St, Agne s in New Y o r k
w h ere he
- New York
- Syracuse, New York
- 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
- Lady Bird meets with Sen. John Sparkman and Liz Carpenter about Lady Bird's trip to NASA in Huntsville, Alabama; tea with Clifford & Virginia Durr and daughter, Ann Lyon, Helen Fuller of "New Republic," and Anita Williams; LBJ to New York to address
- of the Lost Colony and he was the
grandfather of V ir g in ia Dare, the f i r s t child born of English parents in the
new w orld.
So h e r e 's a part of the legend of A m e r ic a n h isto ry and one of the ties
that binds us both through h isto ry and art
- a p p o i n t e e s
1 5 8 women a p p o i n t e e s .:
the E ast
front
January
about
row r i g h t
eight new women just
a p p o in t e d who
p JU. '
were to be sworn i n .
affair,
Including
That
was the
C a t h e rin e W h i te,
d e s i
- d B e s s to h a v e a p o s t- m o r te m on th e F e s t i v a l .
o f th e A r t s , an d w e d is c u s s e d th e one-by-one h a m m e r -b lo w s o f th e
f r o n t- p a g e s t o r y - - New Y o rk T im e s , New Y o rk H e r a ld T rib u n e
- Smith, and Lynda Johnson; Warrie Lynn Smith; card from Lady Bird's cousin, Esther Lanier Dade in Ft. Lauderdale; LBJ home from New York
- e r the d e s e r t.
As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it,
looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how
I
v e r y we s t e r n this i s .
so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h .
So new, pro b ab
- our boat had sunk right
a fte r we had le ft January 2nd or 3rd or 4th, we set out boat riding in two
boats, one that had been lent to Lyndon a fter ours had sunk, and the oth er
A. W. ‘ s, equipped with brand new m o tors, which made it stand up on i
- aging n ew s w as
that Lyndon had flow n up, ju st a few h ours ago, to New Y ork for the
in sta lla tio n of A rch b ish op T e r e n c e Cook, taking w ith h im , not on ly L u ci,
c
w h ich i s n a tu ra l, fo r h er strOng C a th o licism
- Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
-
them our a c h ie v e m e n ts of the la s t y ea r and in acq u irin g p ain tin gs and our
h o p es fo r the fu tu re.
The new d rap es for the m ain en tra n ce
that we n eed
and a ls o v e r y m u ch -- new d rap es and ch a ir c o v e r s
- 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 .
c
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
- ken up t h e ir se a ts on the G ro u n d F l o o r ,
and had re fu s e d to budge.
A s i t - i n in the W h ite H o u s e !
So m e 12 o f
th e m , m o s tly young f o lk s .
T h e m e e tin g came to a q u ic k h a lt w h ile B u z z got the new s
- r v a t i o n of
th e W h ite H o u s e .
Now th is new C o m m i tt e e w ould p ic k up s e v e r a l of th e
m e m b e r s of th e W hite H o u se H i s t o r i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n w ho a r e p u r e l y
b u s i n e s s m e n an d v e r
- o o th M r s , J a m e s R o o s e v e lt a n d M r s . M ontoya
fro m New M ex ico w ho i s
s u c h a good m i x e r , a n d M r s . M a c M illa n fro m South C a r o lin a , an d , of c o u r s e ,
^
yown T e x a s d e le g a tio n , H e le n M
- Lady Bird meets with Jim Ketchum; office work with Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell; reception for House members; briefing for House members and tour for wives; Luci in bed with flu; stag dinner to discuss foreign affairs; Lady Bird exercises; news
- . / th a t v e r y o ften g re w in c lu m p s c lo s e by.
I m a d e a n o te to w r ite th e h e a d of th e hig h w ay d e p a rtm e n t in New
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
(
WASHINGTON
S e p te m b e r 23, 1966 - - p ag e 5
M ex ic o to t e l
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- m e to so m e new A f ric a n country, an d h e d id n 't know the
la n g u a g e .
She w a s w o r ry in g a littl e b i t a b o u t how h e w ould g e t a lo n g in
s c h o o l a n d e v e ry th in g - - how
aken ew f r ie n d s .
tm
S o lic ito
- e , riot
”
b e h u rt i f I d id n 't c a ll fo r w e e k s and w e e k s , and b e a v a ila b le to tu c k
in to th e s p a r e h o u rs I h a v e now and th en .
L yn d a is in New Y o rk w ith th e A rth u r K r im s , and L u c i is
a lw a y s
- bowling; Lynda Johnson in New York; Johnsons on Sequoia with friends; Buffalo River and national parks; new portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt for White House
- New York
- Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird swims and then to beauty parlor; Lady Bird's television program on Beautification in Washington, DC; LBJ gives speech at the Smithsonian; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson to New York City to see a play; LBJ has
- New York
- T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1
T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til
.it
;'
■„
.^
i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n
o b s ta c le , a m o u n
- of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
- 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
- s s L a lla ,
a s n o rm a l and in a tten tiv e a s any A m erica n th ree and four y ea r o ld s.
We a r e trying out a new fo rm a t for w in ter a r r iv a l c e r e m o n ie s - honor guard and N ation al A n th em s under the N orth P o r tic
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; Lady Bird to Spanish class; Johnsons welcome King Hassan of Morocco; new winter ceremony format; Lady Bird does office work, has lunch & watches entertainment rehearsal; Lady Bird lists houseguests with some from Marshall
-
to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y .
W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t .
A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new
A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
- y d r a m a t i c , p r e t t y in c o l o r , b e a u ti f u lly d o n e , I w o u ld s a y a b o u t
1 /3 o n th e p a s s i n g o f P r e s i d e n t K e n n e d y a n d 2 /3 o n th e a c c e s s i o n o f th e
new P r e s i d e n t .
g re a t.
I
- and
We a l l
waved.
George has
2
raised
sop h i s t i c a t e d
t a l k i n g to
it
she
hours
to g e t
be
to
a
of
New Y o r k a nd
it
where
t!w
for
a nd h i s
Industrial
I went
she
to
the
through L y n d o n 's
talking
about
i
- 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
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a
P h ilip p in o ,
C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e
Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r,
T h ere w as H ale and
Liindy B o g g s
-
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
(■
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 12, 1968
in v i s i t o r s ' s e r v i c e .
Page 3
And M r . W est who told ab o u t th e c l o s e t s b y
H a m m a c h e r Schlemm e r and the new r u g in the S tate D
- b a r k th a t is a p e c u l i a r
m u s i c to ou r e a r s .
It w a s a good q u ie t ev en in g , a n d it h a d b e e n a happ y w e e k e n d .
;I c a l l e d L u c i a n d r e a c h e d h e r j u s t a s she h a d d r iv e n in f ro m
New Y o
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
- v e r n o r H u g h es
of New J e r s e y c o u ld n ’t b r in g t h a t w o n d e r fu l jo lly M r s , H u g h e s , w ho w a s
te n d in g one o f t h e i r eig h t o r nine c h i ld r e n .
, T h e r e a r e so m a n y young a n d h a n d s o m
- a s t i c a b o u t go ing to
New Y o r k a t 2:00 o 'c l o c k to s ta y a t M a r y L a s k e r ' s h o u s e a n d h av e d a te s
w ith D av e, who r e m a i n s t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g young m a n sh e kn ow s in
s p i t e of q u ite
- k a n d M r s . W illia m T y l e r , w ife of t h e A s s i s t a n t
W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 22 (Continued)
M r s . R ib ico ff, an d th e n I had M r s . H u g h es, th e w ife of th e G o v e r n o r
of New J e r s e y , down b e c
