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New York 22, N. Y.
My
dear Eliot:
These days "tempue fllgits 11 at such an ac
celerated
pace that I am startled
to :f'ind that so much
tnne has passed since the receipt or your letter
or March
30 without an answer.
At the outset, I must advise
- legtsl t1on, that the House passed it, and O'D. vetoed
it, thereby "saving my skin" and, I gathered, seving his prestige
with hie oompany. He se1d he was going to aue the Reader's Digest u: they printed the New Republic (or '.Nation??) story eeying
- be going to
dinner or meeting him anywhere o
not going to New
York this· week-end and that I
. t want him to call me with
any plans to -~!£1f!ie a meet·
hink he knew it all ahead
of time and was n~ surprised
waa very full of gh.arming
compliments, whioh
- ' and his helpers. s,re better able
to ·serve ·the tOth dis_trict than a new man i
with ·a newset-up could ·.ever do-under
the corifused ::l_)resent _conditions. _ .· ·
·,
No one -knows when this war will cease- I
we ea~estly pra·y it will be -soon
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
:~
Mini~:L
- Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
- believe there
really is a clever campaigh going on to take away all the
gains of the New Deal and turn the country back to the folks
who ran it in the Twenties--and unfortunately they seem to
have enough right on their side because of the War that they
may
- and, say, the faction that
Price was identified with. Was it the old party and the new party?
S:
Yes. George had a group that they called the new party; that was to throw [out] the old party that
used to be in Jim Wells County for more than twenty-five
- •••• The
~
Aubrey Williams, Maury Mavericks, Mrs. John Corson, Alt"'
meyers, a Mrs. Ellen Woodw~rd of Mississippi--quite a sle
of ardent New Dealers, that now nearly extinct breed.
Mr. Corson has been drafted by Altmeyer into holding three
·
jobs, one of which, re
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Easter
Valentine'i, Day
- a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d .
L y n d o n w as
s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly
e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t .
N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
- 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
- . I have
not said anything. I have thought of talking to Justice Clark,
but I found .they are goihg to make the decision in San Antonio
tomorrow.
A -
What does Clark have to do with it?
B -
He has some function over there, some new
- Smith, and Lynda Johnson; Warrie Lynn Smith; card from Lady Bird's cousin, Esther Lanier Dade in Ft. Lauderdale; LBJ home from New York
- . / 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
- down.
"The Rotunda,
he said, "is right past the tunnel, rightpa st the underpass.
back of the Capitol you turn right."
and tried to ff nd it, and I went
11
In
I did go down New Jersey and
~trai - ght
ahead and went and went.
finally walked al
- the
door where he could get in, so he wouldn't have to touch the door.
I don't know what his [trouble with Johnson was].
got in that.
Of course, he
Well, they were just anti-New Deal, first place, see.
It wasn't Lyndon.
Of course, it became personal
- o d e in w ith M u r i e l a n d O p al - - L yndon a h e a d w ith H u b e r t
a n d th e S e n a to r o v e r a new high w ay th a t w a s o pen ed to d ay f o r the
f i r s t ti m e .
And th en t h e r e w e r e g a th e r in g c r o w d s a n d
- staff; Johnsons fly to Houston Astrodome for Humphrey rally; new Houston highway; Lady Bird reminisces about 1941 campaign; Lyn Nugent walks with grandfather; speeches by Ralph Yarborough, LBJ & Hubert Humphrey; return to LBJ Ranch; LBJ's speech on tv
- e d !
\
N e v e r w ill
;
T h e S e c r e t S e r v ic e p ic k e d u s up w ith a c a r , a n d w e d r o v e up
p a s t the c e m e t e r y to s e e the h a n d s o m e new hurir
tgow o n
g ate M r . W e i g l
h a s m a d e u s to m a t c h
- LBJ and Lady Bird have breakfast and go for walk; new wrought iron gate at family cemetery; meeting about landscape design for ranch; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and others; LBJ's weight loss; renovation of Johnson home in Johnson City; Lady Bird
- it was an anti - Kefa uver as much as he just t hought
1
Kefauver was too much middle-ground , midd le-part of t he country, and
he r eall y t hought that Jack Ke nnedy had more possibiliti es, that he
wa s youn g and a new fac e .
Therefore he just pushed him
- ite s .
I ask ed
e v e r y o n e to b r in g an y c h ild r e n o r g r a n d c h ild r e n th at w e r e v i s i t i n g .
A nd B ill D e a so n and. D r . G eo rg e D a v is and h is new w i f e .
and Ju a n ita to b r in g h e r m o t h e r .
j
- Church services at St. Barnabas with Mr. & Mrs. Scotty Reston, Lynda and Gerri Whittington; to Johnson City with stories of LBJ's grandparents and Indians; to Austin to see Gov. & Mrs. Connally; to Sen. Ralph Yarborough's for New Year's; flight
- the campaign I to1d you that I had been to
Washi.ngton, that I was familiar with Washington, I knew where the
offices were, and I knew who was in charge, and I had had some
experienc e, and you wouldn't have to break in a new man; that I
could go
- u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s
i s u s e d to.
We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s
w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
- a n d ta lk e d a n d ta lk e d a b o u t the
U n iv e r s ity , i t s d i f f ic u ltie s , i t s f u tu r e , the new A d m i n i s t r a t i o n in
o
A u s tin , th e in c o m in g G o v e r n o r S m ith, w h a t Jo h n w ould do w ith h is
lif e
- New York
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- r o f a l l t h i s dram a g av e u s a s i g n a l , and t o g e t h e r
M u rie l and I w alk ed o u t t h e d o o r and down t h e g r e a t s t e p s o f th e
C a p i to l u n d e r t h e commanding handsom e new ly b u i l t p o r t i c o — f
- ntry i s in a p ick y m ood ,
T hey told of the new s of Sunday that
w e had d r iv e n too fa s t going to ch urch.
And today th ere w as a b ig
s to r y on the fro n t page of the ''Star" - - a v e r y im p ortan t h ead lin e:
" H e Was A lw ays
- Bird and Lynda Johnson visit; Johnsons to the Jack Valenti's; Luci Johnson babysits Courtney Valenti at White House; news stories about White House weddings, Lynda Johnson's return from Europe, and LBJ-John Connally relationship
- New York
- West Point, new York
- h e r d a u g h t e r .
c>
t h e f a m i l y of t h e H e a r s t n e w s p a p e r m a n .
w re c k , I b e lie v e it w a s New Y e a r 's D ay.
They are
T h e w h o le f a m i l y w a s i n a c a r
T hey w e re s e r io u s ly in ju re d
- t e l l i n g s u c h
i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r i e s o f th e fa b u lo u s new c a p it a l, B r a z i l i a , s o m e o f
th e le a d e r s h i p , w h ic h h e th in k s i s t o p - n o t c h , an d o f th e u n b e lie v e a b le
c o n t r
- , the
Q jxjiA .p ^
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
- 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
- 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
- in that?
M:
Of cours e, I thoug ht since Sena tor Johns on was
the Majo rity Lead er of the
Sena te and there had been a lot in the news paper
s abou t the poss ibili ty of
his cand idacy , that he poss ibly migh t be a cand
idate . I belie ve he told me
- 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
- to ld m e th e s to r y .
(
A nd th e n
O ld a s sh e w as^ sh e g o t a new d r e s s m a n y tim e s a y e a r .
E v e r y b r id e w ho w a s m a r r i e d in th is c h a p e l by tr a d itio n w a s e n title d to h a v e
a s m a ll r e p l i c
