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fo r the Houston Symphony when it plays tonight in Constitution Hall,
MEMORANDUM
c
T H E W H ITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Saturday, F e b ru a ry 29, 1964
Page 2
The angel of the Symphony, i s a s o r t of Duchess of Houston,
in a cultural way. M
- ■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
- a u t i f u l young w i f e ,
who seems to me
S e c r e t a r y of
U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been
Interior
time
es c o r tin g them around Washington and
just about t h i r t y .
brought them to
I
the
White H o u s e ,
u p from
- this.
A ft e r b rea kfa st, around the kitchen table I c a ught an e a r ly plane into
Austin and went to Hausman Beauty Shop.
A s soon as I took m y seat, there
was Anita B r e w e r , of the Austin A m e r ic a n Statesman, who said rather
ap o lo g e
- lady from Lyndon's a rm , so that I hope he got to dance with
n ea rly everyb od y present.
I know he wanted to.
How funny that we should do m o re dancing a fte r 50 than n e a rly any
time in our liv e s ]
And I lo ve it.
The evening was light
- ork and then at 3:15 had m y picture
taken with Martha Hartke, r e c e iv in g a cook book fro m her, hoping that w ill
do some good fo r them in their election.
And then at 4 o 'c lo c k
the day- - a
top o ffic e r s .
what I thought
- beautiful; and then into the Blue Room , posing fo r
Vogue m agazin e.
The picture w il l be in c o lo r - a c o v e r picture perhaps -
and it sim ply devours time.
ThenI rushed back upstairs and changed into a cocktail dress fo r the
fourth of our s e r
- and others who w e r e com ing by, , ,
Some of the stuff I have liv e d with and lo ved at the E lm s.
A t 3 o ’ clo ck I had a picture with Womens' National D em ocra tic Club,
that i s M rs . K e y s e r ling, the P r e s id e n t of it; Kay H a l l e
- 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
- f o r L y n 's b irth d a y p u ttin g on m y w e t h a i r a n u n accu sto n ried
f a ll w h ic h lo o k e d f ra n k ly w h a t it w a s .
I took a b r ie f sto p f i r s t w ith C y n th ia to
L y n d o n 's C o u n c il on R e c r e a tio n
- MEMORANDUM
T H E W HITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F r id a y , A p r il 3, 1964
M r. James F o s burgh a r r iv e d at 10 o 'c lo c k this m orning and we
had n ea rly two hours of a rt talk, about what would be nice to go with
the ChildeH assam a nd the M
- , v e l v e t c o v e r e d p la tfo r m ,
on w h ich r e p o s e d m any, m any, lo vely .,'? l^ b o ra te p illo w s , each b e a r in g the
coat o f a r m s o f a country, and on the p i l l o w s / m e d a l s , rib b o n s, d e c o ra tio n s
r e
-
THE WHI TE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Wednesday, May 6, 1964
Page 3
along - M rs. Charles Tobey, its p illa r and citadel; M rs, Edward Burke
who had been in charge of sewing ev er since time began; M r s. W illiam
B u lo w .
Others that m ean the m ost to us
- , 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
- ld te a m i s le a v in g a t th e s a m e tim e - G e n e r a l
C lif to n , C o m m a n d e r J o s e p h s o n , C o lo n e l C o o k , ”
An
ndthe
T e d C lif to n m a d e a r a t h e r le n g th y r e p l y , i n w h ic h h e d id
j u s t w h
- trip; Lady Bird has tea with six Ambassador's wives; Mrs. Parker Hart and her time in Middle East; LBJ meets group; Patricia Harris is first African-American woman Ambassador; Johnsons to Celebrezze party; Beautification Bill
-
house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
- l o r i o u s .
C lo u d l e s s
blue sky, the e m e r a l d law n, b r i g h t with the s tr ip e d booths fo r r e f r e s h m e n t s ,
the s h e ll f o r the p e r f o r m e r s a l r e a d y in p la c e ,
the c h a ir s bein g put up fo r th
- lo c k with
Lyndon Baines Johnson in Hebrew around the face of the c lo c k , and the hour
them selves w ere m arked with sym bols of the twelve tribes of Isra el.
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H I T E HO U SE
Monday, June 1, 1964
W ASHIN GTON
But m in e
- 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
- n u t e s
u p s t a i r s , so th a t I co uld show him the M a r y C a s s a t t .
T h e y lo o k e d (in the .
b u r e a u ) a t the l i t t l e p i c t u r e of E lle n B a r r y ' s p o r t r a i t of m e , w ith th e y ello w
i m p r e s s i o
- Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
- e- thatched Governor of Virginia and Mrs. Harris on .
I
It is getting so that m ore for eign vis itors land in Willi am.::;burg than
-
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
- of A u s tr a li a
a n d M r s . A llo tt a n d M rs . B ill D r iv e r a n d M a u re e n M a n s fie ld .
m a n , the S e n a to r.
And the lo n e
A few tim e s h e h a s b e e n jo in e d b y one o th e r - - th e P r e s i d e n t .
T h is tim e h
- ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
- a r e t h e s e n e x t few m o n t h s ,
E th e l w as a lo n g w ith B ob by .
w o n d e rfu l a r t i c l e th a t h a d b e e n
I sp ok e of w hat a
- - I m e a n t th e
one in L I F E
w h e r e h e h a d a l l th e c h il d r e n s w a r m i n
- .,
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
- l
:\i!EMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
j
WASHINGTON
Tuesday, May 9, 1967
Page I
....
There is a rhythm to life these days.
.
.
Weekdays
crowded,
.
demanding; and then a weekend
two days,
sometimes three, that
,~
Time to read and sleep a~d
- a r y without p o rtfo lio, fro m the top
.
.
^
brass, to say that M cN a m a ra is wielding too heavy a hand, or am I imagining
things.
A t late lunch tim e i w alked in th e door, just in time to encounter
Lyndon
and then Huff Baines and his w ife
- riedm ans
an d t h e Jack G oulds who h a d w r i t t e n a
m a rv e lo u s r e v i e w o f my ABC s h ow.
The John Pom f r e t s
o f t h e New York T im es; th e John S t e e l e s o f Time a n d
L i f e a n d t h e L u c ie n W arren s o f B u f f
- and came back Monday afternoon!
And this
sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working
P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him,
and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to.
After an hour
- s l i k e so m u c h
. m o n e y . ; H e l e n lo o k s a t m e in a w r y w a y w i t h a to u c h o f a l m o s t d i s da in .
A n d p a t i e n t B e s s e n c o u r a g e s m e a n d r e m i n d s m e th a t t h e r e w i l l b e th e - s o
- of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
- o m
a n d I r e a d m y P o r t l a n d s p e e c h , the B , Y. M o r r i s o n l e c t u r e f J f o r the A m e r i c a n
liistitu te of A r c h ite c ts .
lo n g , lo n g t i m e .
l a s t ^ I s w e a r s p e e c h a n d p u b lic a p p e a r
- t w h a t m a t t e r s to m e .
I ts b e i n g t h e r e f o r m e to
r e m e m b e r a n d lo o k a t a n d a l l o u r f r i e n d s a n d th e J o h n s o n L i b r a r y a n d m a y b e
s c h o l a r s o f the f u t u r e , f o r t h i s p e r
- g e n t s .
M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the
It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that
m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r .
We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
- Lady Bird's first honorary degree from Texas Women University; Lady Bird's speech, "This is a good time to be a woman;" speech by John Connally; luncheon and gifts; humorous mistake in presentation of gift to John Connally; "Chapel in the Woods
- to have some private conversation and that
would be m y time to depart.
So I did, thereby not seeing the thousand or
so guests cla m o rin g at the gates.
I rushed hom e, feelin g stra n gely truant,
jumped into m y red lace dress and went out to the W
- l t h e v e r y d a y I go o u t - - " C a r e s s I n f a n t i n e " .
This
w o u ld b e f o r the b ig 4 - p o s t e r b e d a n d f o r the curtains^ in c o m b in a ti o n
w ith the lo v e ly , c l e a r , yello w b r o c a d e - - soft a n d
- At 10:33, the time Lady Bird says is "11:30" rather than "11:00"
- . Actually it’s a hall, but it’s what’s going to be the Johnsons’ informal family sitting room.
It’s remarkable how well my own furniture fits into the room that was Mrs. Kennedy’s. I’m glad
for the taxpayer, and I’m glad for me too because it saves my time
-
contributed to the White House with love and generosity.
And then I
sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my
desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking
out very private things, such as the memo I
- Smathers.
He's
But there was a
She spoke of George and of her
sons and o f continuing to live in Washington for a year or so, but in
true female fashion I could not help thinking with a pang of times
past.
And there were old friends, the Jim Rowes
