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- racing in the snow, a c ro s s the lon ely
white grounds.
I read o v e r m y speech fo r Tex a s W om en ’ s Un iv e rs ity , three o r four
tim es, once to Lyndon. , , Did some tran scrib ing, made a check on a ll the
s ilv e r , china, and household
- for the youngest ·ones instead of g.o ing to the ~peech.
·By 11 ;30 Lyndon was· into his night reading.
He is captive all the
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week nights,
a~.d what a_
glorious relief we.ekends are.!
- d for happy reasons because, this
m orning, fo r the f ir s t time in such a long time, Lyndon sounded bouncy
and like h im s e lf and there w e re no night sw e ats.-.
And la te r on in the day, I heard that M cG eorge Bundy had used
- ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s
Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree
au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them .
I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
- . for the President
From Bees Abell
Reading around to your right the lollowing are a eated
at your table for tomorrow night' a dinner:
Mrs. 1obn N. Dempsey
(Connecticut)
GOT. John A. Volpe
(Mas eachu.aetta)
Mrs. Raymond P. Shaler
(Pemusylvania)
Mr • .James H. Rowe
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1965
Tuesday, August 17th
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Where has the summer gone -- the lovely, golden sum m er?
lie-in-the-ham m ock tim e, my read-a-m ystery-book tim e?
My
Here suddenly
August is more than half over, and the list is long
- grad u ates had
gotten th e ir jo b s a s soon as they had com p leted the c o u r s e .
One of th e
c h e e r y lit t le s u c c e s s s to r ie s that m ake L yndon's tw e lv e o 'c lo c k nights
w o rth w h ile and a ll th e o th er fo lk s too^^W
- Good night's sleep; to National City Christian Church with LBJ; lunch with the Valentis and A.W. Moursund; nap and read Sunday papers; Lynda Johnson & Warrie Lynn bowling in E.O.B; swim and watch TV with guests; Lady Bird's appraisal of Charles
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night.
And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s ,
the o
- and reads papers and night reading; Lady Bird swims in pool; LBJ and McGeorge Bundy discuss Vietnam; Lynda visits with parents and guests; United Nations and Vietnam; reception for handing of Eleanor Roosevelt's portrait is cancelled
- sh o rt, th ese la s t m on th s.
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A ll the
It s e e m s that Lyndon n ev er g ets
I do not know how he a r i s e s to w ork
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so h a rd . A f t e r la y in g down h is night read ing at two, fin ish e d or u n fin ish ed ,
and aw akening
- a sk el’to f sp r e a d -o u t night read in g, and th e r e , sittin g by •
h im , w ith a b ig g rin on h is fa c e , chew ing on a p aper m ark ed 'Top S ecret"
w a s P a tr ic k Lyndon.
We w e r e enth anted (
sa t down and talked to
Lyndon ju st
- Arrival ceremony for General Stroessner, President of Paraguay; receiving line; Luci, Pat & Lyn Nugent are introduced; LBJ & General Stroessner have meeting; Lady Bird reads newspapers and works in office; loan of painting to White House; Lady Bird
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Houae Police,
I think with ao many of them we would like to
take the picture on the North Portico with the police and the
President
informally
poaitioned on the atepa.
October
NOTICE
11,
1968
TO THE PRESS
The President
last night signed HR 19136
- ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se.
We
had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d
e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
- a r ly bed s e e m s im p o s sib le in our l if e .
I am c o n so led
b e c a u s e an ev en in g lik e th is is gen u in ely r e s tfu l to Lyndon.
w e w e r e h om e b y 12, I to s le e p , he for night read in g.
And
- ed v e r y happy and c a r e fr e e .
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1 w a s w ea rin g m y iv o r y ch iffon by Stavrop olous.
Jean L o u is cam e
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and gave m e a v e r y fa n cy up h a ir -d o , and I w as read y by 7:15 to have
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- Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30,
and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he
had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
- 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
- Show; tea with the Bill Livingstons; tea with houseguests; late night due to House vote; 8th Congressional reception; men receive briefing while women have program from Presidential descendants; dinner; Johnsons to Texas; Lady Bird sleeps & reads
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THE SOUTHWEST GATE
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NOT
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TRANSFERABLE
November 18, 1965
Mr. President:
At Marvin's request I am sending the attached "working lists"
for last night's
- Smith; Kermit Gordon; painting from Queen Elizabeth; Lincoln Room; Carl Hayden; Mrs. Paul Douglas; social gathering after dinner; night reading on Panama; Lady Bird's praise for Bess Abell and dinner menu
- e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k .
I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the
a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir
l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
- Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep
- Lyndon's s ta ff Dorothy Territo,
Juanita, and Harry Middleton on whom we have come to depend more and
more.
The dominant question was the short movies,
"Space" is under
way, Leonard reported. He read us a le tte r from [John] Secondari,
the gist of which
- in answering the m ail M rs, Kennedy had received
af ter the P resid en t’ s assassination.
L iv e ly , attractive, a newspaperman's
wif e - she said you could read just so much of it, day after day, time after
time until you fin ally got saturated with g r
- palace.
Sincerely,
J. Willis Hurst, M. D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Mrs. Bess Able
The White House
Washington, D. C.
President Leopold Sedar Senghor
.S'EE1
His ExcGllenoy Leopold
s.
Sengbor
llr. Benjamin H. Read
J une 2, 1966
- begun when
I read a Joe A ls o p column about an elem en ta ry school tea ch er i n H a rlem^
M rs , Kate Tutman, whose s tudents w e re fro m a m ighty u n d erp riviled ged
segm ent o f A m e r ic a n l ife , and about her tough, and rath er gay re
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the Saturn rocket.
That^plus voluminous m a t e r ia l that L illia n L e v y and
Jim Webb had sent m e, gave me heavy reading fo r a long evening, and^I
hope/y^better preparation fo r what I see to m o rro w in Hun
t s v i lle .
I certa in ly wouldn't c
- read y for
But m y en e r g y , m y sh e e r stren g th , sim p ly d o es not
MEMORANDUM
T u esd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHXNOTOH
m a tch a ll the th in g s to be d o n e.
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So on the th ree h ours back to W ashington,
I la
- ; Lady Bird swims; Mr. Per shampoos & sets Lady Bird's hair; Lynda Robb reads aloud letter from Chuck; Lady Bird names guests at dinner; LBJ & Mrs. Marcos exchange toasts
- NBC interview with Nancy Hanschman; Lady Bird's reads and edits Ruth Montgomery's biography on Lady Bird; reception for Blair House Fine Arts Committee with Robin Duke; needlepoint cushion tops by Lady Bird and ladies of the Cabinet
- 's read
about m e.
I did not sit down with her and have a lengthy talk and it would
probably^,profited therefrom,.. I think.
A t any rate, it gave me a good
opportunity to thank Katie.
Since K a tie 's business is being on the desk at the State
- eB a k ey^who w e m igh t want to in v ite to le a v e th e ir p a p e r s.
;
As
D r. G ro v er sa id , you sp read a w id e net and g et a m ig h ty few f is h and yet
I, m y s e lf , can t e s t if y that to b e ask ed i s taken a s a com p lim
- being the life
blood of T exas, and dams and irrigation the biggest interest Lyndon
during his fir s t four ye a rs in the C on g re ss, so we had our conversation
cut out for each other.
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And another thing, I had read with great delight aboutDr
- b e f o r e ,
c o u ld s ta n d up as the
farces.
in
that was never a f a v o r i t e
have read a b i t
everywhere
S h a k e s p e a r e /o f
I f i n a l l y got
S h a k e s p e a r e 's e a r l i e s t p la y s
one
j u s t r ig h t
- and 16-hour w orking days a lw a y s on public v ie w .
And
la s t , a long sw im in the lake on Sunday.
I took w ith m e the G erm an background to read and le f t in str u c tio n s
with P a ts y to m e e t and put in th eir room s our h ou se g u e
- as up and d r e s s e d and had read m y little
ca rd s fo r s p e e c h e s th r e e or four tim e s when w e le ft fo r the a irp o rt
a t 8. ■.
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w
The p lan e w as fu ll of n ew sp ap er p e o p le .
T h ere w e r e the
r e g u la r s , H elen
- Visit by Mayor Robert Wagner and sons; LBJ & Lady Bird to memorial service for Senator Clair Engle; lunch; Lady Bird reads "When the Cheering Stopped"; dinner with Anthony Celebrezze, Willard Wirtz, Dick Goodwin and their wives; Robert Wagner
- ; Lady Bird back to White House; wedding gift for Luci Johnson; funny story about 25 tourists as stand-ins; LBJ gives speech to American Alumni Council; talk with Luci and Pat Nugent about wedding; Lady Bird reads press stories about White House weddings
- on LBJ; Gridiron Dinner; Lady Bird gives tour of White House and has dinner with Mrs. Dobie; Lady Bird goes through "Read and File"
- Snow in Washington; reading and editing Ruth Montgomery's book; decorating Lynda's and Luci's rooms; meeting with Dick Adler about entertainment for Italian state dinner; briefing by Frank Meloy on Italy; LBJ's late for dinner because of Cabinet
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and
"The
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Before his
Library C a r l
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arrival
S a n d b u r g 's
P r a i r i e Y e a r s '"The l i f e
read up a b i t from Lynda B i r d ' s
"F o g " T h e
w a s,
p eo p le Y e s .
th o u g h t.
"The War Y e a r s "
of L i n c o l n
