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- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
- Breakfast with LBJ; dress fittings; recording diary; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore; Prime Minister Yew gives speech; new Dwight Eisenhower portrait for the White House; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lynda meets ladies
- Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
- has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ
- ; Congressional reception for 1000 people; photographs were taken; receiving line; Lady Bird quotes from Betty Beale news article; LBJ makes speech via telephone to Texas Exes party
- is m o r n in g coat:
"Oh, I 'm s o r r y about th e bad
n e w s th a t th e b u d g et m u s t m e a n to m a n y o f y o u r c o u n tr y m e n ."
(It s e e m s th e new b u d g et h a s im p o s e d fu r th e r ta x e s on b e e r and
c ig a r e t
- M a ll w h e r e , b o r d e r in g a h e a v y tr a f f i c
a r e a th a t c r o s s e s th e M a ll, t h e r e is a lo n g new b e d of p a n s ie s , a c a r p e t
o f p u r p le a n d g o ld , a n d I p la n te d a s y m b o lic few to f in is h
- it i s o v e r !
m a n , and it is w ith a s ig h o f r e l i e f , th ou gh c a s tin g a p a in fu l b a c k w a r d s
g la n c e a t D on C ook, th a t I s h a ll s e t t le in to w e lc o m e a new M e m b e r o f
th e C a b in e t.
A nd it is s o
- hen it b e g in s to daw n on m e th a t I r e a l ly d o n 't h av e a n y new c lo th e s .
And th e n a b o u t 5 o r 10 m in u te s of one o u t on the f ro n t p o r tic o to
m e e t th a t b e a u tifu l w o m an , th a t e x tr e m e ly c a p
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s e r i o u s n e s s of h e r re a d in g w h ich r ig h t now is W ill D u ra n t, C
aesrnd
and
C h r i s t , w ith the lig h t to u ch of going out to h e a r the new C h r is ty M in s tr e ls ,
w ith two u n n a m e d d a te s .
I
- Lady Bird's trip to New York for clothes fitting; lunch with Billie and Wendy; Tax Bill passed and signing ceremony; LBJ's speech and praise for Sen. Byrd; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mrs. Kennedy's house to present 4 signing pens; presentation of tray
- , __ p e c a u s e he announced 10 o f the
'
50 new fe m in in e jobs in g o v e r n m e n t, w h ich he hopes to p rod u ce w ith in the
next month o r so.
The ra n g e d a l l the w a y f r o m the In te r s t a t e C
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w h
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lenbgatiso m e of th e a d v e n tu r e s h e r m o th e r h a d h a d w ith th e b r a n d
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- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions
to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand
C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined.
T h ere a r e now 163
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lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- had dinner and then to bed.
The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from
Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one.
from a mission to find a big stack of mail.
He said he had returned
He had only time to read two
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird view new LBJ portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Lady Bird works with staff on framing travel certificates; meeting about dinner for Texas friends; Lady Bird attends stag luncheon with LBJ; Lady Bird names
- a n t to lo o k m y b e s t.
And
the f i r s t r e a s o n w a s th a t L yn do n a n d I w e r e h av ing a f o r m a l p i c t u r e .
I p u t on m y new y ello w s a tin w ith the b r i l l i a n t s .
And he h is tux.
And
w e w e n t in the Y
- is worse; Pageant of Peace Christmas Tree lighting; speeches by boy scout, Walter Washington & LBJ; Les Carpenter is very ill; party for press women; gift wastebasket with photo montage; houseguests watching movie; LBJ's assessment of news agencies & Strom
- LBJ & Lady Bird awaken at 3:30 a.m. and have long conversation about decision not to run again in 1968; back to sleep; Lady Bird meets with Tiffany & Co. officials about new White House china; luncheon for Sir Robert & Lady Menzies and Ambassador
- and th e A rth u r O kuns.
th e new h ead o f th e C o u n cil o f E c o n o m ic A d v is e r s .
He i s to b e
And fr o m L a b o r,
I. W. A b e l o f th e S te e lw o r k e r s and J o se p h K een a n and ub iq u itou s
G e o r g e M ea n y a n d
- a r ty .
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T h e J u s tic e h a d c e l e b r a t e d
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h is b ir th d a y on th e w e e k e n d , an d h is c h ild r e n h a d g a th e r e d fro m M ia m i, F lo r id a |
a n d s o m e w h e re in New J e r s e y , h a d h a r d ly h a d tim
- with Lynda Johnson, Aunt Oriole, and join LBJ; drive around LBJ Ranch with Dale Malechek; visit with Diana MacArthur; Johnsons return to White House; Lady Bird talks with Birge Alexander about daughter, Becky; news story on beautification
- o m s a l e s f r o m th e g u id e b o o k .
T h e new b o o k c o n s H ^ - o u t i n th e F a l l - - th e " L i v i n g W h ite H o u s e " - - L i z
s u g g e s ts a f a n fa re p u b lic ity .
T h e m e e t i n g l a s t e d a n h o u r a n d
- on civil rights, unemployment, school drop-outs, rat eradication, housing, and police brutality in New York City; Lady Bird reads draft speech for Democratic Convention
- d i d t h e F a m i l y o f Man and
who r a i s e s some o f t h e w o r l d ' s f i n e s t d e l p h i n i u m s new s t r a i n s .
t o me.
I r e m i n d e d hi m t h a t he h a d p r o m i s e d some
G e o rg e T a y l o r , A r b i t r a t o r
- b la c k v e l v e t
Queen F r e d e r i k a ,
flo w in g c o a t- d r e s s , topped
by a h e a v y v e i l , on the a r m o f the youthful new K ing Constantine.
her
B e s id e
P r i n c e s s Sophie, a nd Juan C a r lo s , on the other side P
- i o n s f o r o u r v i s i t ,
b u t I had no id e a of th e s c o p e of th e p r e p a r a t i o n s . I w as to s e e
th e m in the n ex t two and a h a lf d a y s ^ ra n g in g f r o m new C h in a an d
s i l v e r chop s ti c k s f o r the S
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
- ho h a s c o v e r e d u s s in c e
1*11 a lw a y s lo o k b a c k on th em w ■
ith a 'ffe c tio n !1
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHING TON
T h u r s d a y , M a rc h 14, 1968
Page 9
F r a n k R e y n o ld s of A BC; a n d a new -found f r
- House past home on 30th Place; tea with Secretary Udall and New Mexico friends; small dinner party; "Operation Creche" to obtain creche for White House; LBJ late for dinner; vote on censure of Senator Thomas Dodd
- a n y p la c e s .
New
A nd S ir P a t r i c k s a id , "O n th e
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
c
F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 8, 196S.?
WASHINGTON
P a g e 10
w h o le , i t w o u ld , p e r h a p s h a v e b e e n b e t t e r f o r the w o
- ; entertainment by National Symphony Orchestra, dancer Maria Tallchief, and the New World Symphony; Lynda Johnson to Hawaii to address Little White House Conference on Children and Youth
- s s i n h e l p i n g to b u i l d a -
;
MEMORANDUM
T h u r s d a y , J u n e 1, 1967_
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s e c u re ,- s ta b le a n d p r o s p e r o u s new A s i a .
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A n d t h e n th e l e c t e r n w a s
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- ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
