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  • thinking that s omehow she has r i s e n l e s s to the tide of o p p o r t u n ity ,th a n Diana, and MEMORANDUM THE WHI TE HOUSE W A S H I N G T ON T hu rsd ay, A p r il 16, 19 6 4 Page 3 me Dr. Blake Smith brought m ethe unw elcom e news which I
  • New York
  • Not a successful day; breakfast with LBJ; Lady Bird to New York on clothes-shopping trip; meeting with Robert Dowling about Sterling Gardens; Lynda Johnson interviews for job; Lady Bird returns to White House; physical exercises; Lady Bird views
  • New York City
  • 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
  • ^ t h e s e days. w n We t a l k e d a b o u t ^ i s t i c a , and the f ir s t p la ce I e v e r saw C . that odd G reek w ord,^ a new c ity a r isin g in the d e s e r t /^ o m e 15 or ZO m ile s from K arach i, w h ere the sc ie n c e of how
  • ^ .^Somehow f o r m e h e j u s t f its th e d e lig h tfu l S ta te of V e rm o n t th a t he r e p r e s e n t s ! b r a n d new G o v e rn o r of M a ry la n d an d M r s , A gnew , I b e lie v e t h e i r I n a u g u ra l i s th is w e e k en d , Sol L
  • New York
  • Carlyle Hotel, New York City
  • s w h i l e M a r i l y n w a l k e d u p a n d down b e s id e m e r e la y in g q u e s tio n s and new s a n d m e giving h e r a n s w e r s u ntil I finally said, thrilled. " W h y d o n 't you g et in a n d s w im ?" S he w a s s o It a l w
  • draws a crowd; Lady Bird has tea for Mrs. Alexandros Matsas, wife of departing Greek ambassador; tea & tours for five new ambassadors' wives; discussion about Shah of Iran; LBJ greets group; John Macy meeting about Fine Arts Commission; bowling
  • g t h e r e . The p a i n t e d w o o d e n c h a n d e l i e r in the li ttl e s ittin g r o o m h a s gone up, a n d I lik e it v e r y m u c h . I s p e n t the m o r n i n g stuffing a l b u m s a n d b o o k s into the new b o o k c a s e s
  • Lady Bird works with Herbert Wells & Roy White on LBJ Ranch house renovations; Lady Bird fills bookcases and decorates; good news about Nellie Connally's surgery in Houston; John Connally flies to LBJ Ranch for visit & meeting with LBJ; LBJ, John
  • r e and:ajcciBix a r c h i t e c t u r e . I ’ve h a r d l y w o r k e d a s h a r d on a s p e e c h a n d i t w a s the l o n g e s t one I th in k I‘v e e v e r d e l i v e r e d . I spoke of the new c o n s e r v a t i o n w h ich m e a n s f
  • c o u ld h a v e a r e a l d e d ic a tio n c e le b r a tio n th e r e . c B u t th e u r g e n t n e e d -w a s to g e t a c l o s e r w o rk in g r e la tio n w ith th e new h e a d of th e W a s h in g to n S c h o o l S y s te m to c u e h im
  • Congressional Prayer Breakfast; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ has television news conference; story about Adlai Stevenson's birthday cake; Stevenson discusses the Soviet Union, the United Nations, the Congo and China; Lady Bird meets with Barbara