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- was.
To m e
the m ost touching thing of al l w as Anna R osen berg Hoffman,
handsom ely dressed , h er fin g e rs as bright with j e w e l s as her mind it s e lf
is bright, reading the la st l e t t e r s that she r e c e iv e d from M r s . R o o s e v e
- attending Eleanor Roosevelt event; Anna Rosenberg Hoffman reads letters from Eleanor Roosevelt; Adlai Stevenson
- Breakfast with LBJ; coffee with niece, Becky Alexander; Lady Bird meets Dave LeFevre's parents; sunbathing and mail; reading, swimming and walking with dogs; dinner with LBJ; LBJ's decision to run for Presidency; letters from parents of fallen
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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.
Page 2
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
- ext y ea r or so I want to n ail down som e h isto r y .
Then w e had b re a k fa st in the kitchen and read w ith a little
pain, a little s a d n e s s , that te m p est that L u ci's c o n v e r sio n to C a th o licism
h a s ca u sed .
L iz sa id
- 50 or
so le t t e r s , a ll h ostile, about speeding, b e e r and dogs.
Some o f them w e re
MEMORAN DUM
THE W H ITE H OUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
^
W edne s day, A p r il 2 9, 1964
s illy , cru el, quack - r ig h t read y fo r the waste basket file
- Office work; lunch with Mayor Daley's wife, Eleanor, and others; stag reception for Latin American Ambassadors; Dorothy Vredenburgh and needlepoint chair for Blair House; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird mentions books she is reading
- Personal reading; telephone call with Mary Lasker about items for White House; Philip Bobbit's visit to White House; walk on White House grounds; to "West Side Story" with Lynda Johnson and Philip Bobbit; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Republican Convention
- wa$ never heard .
This is Lynda 1 s first day at work in
McG~orgc
Du:i
- 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
- LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers about LBJ's Gridiron speech; lunch and a swim with the McNamaras; LBJ, Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy to Burning Tree for golf; Lady Bird reflects on LBJ's recent actions and successes; dinner at the McNamaras
- 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
- Gloomy day; breakfast & reading newspapers; LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Dean Rusk to testify before Congress; upcoming Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; Johnsons have lunch with the Arthur Krims; walk around South Grounds
- e s and L iz had a r r iv e d .
B e s s and the c h ild r e n and S im o n e.
E verybod y w as read y,
And so I w en t b a c k to the R a n ch , b o a r d e d
the c o n v a ir fu ll of film c r e w s , s te w a r d s , a n d our lit t le g ro u p
- .; Lady Bird reads headlines, "50,000 March in Support of the Poor"
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his arm around m e, and the resulting picture was r e a l l y amusing.
The
caption under it read, or so L i z opined, " L a d y B ird , a fte r this is o v e r,
le t 's you and m e go out and have a drink.
T h e re was a second and somewhat le
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"
-" .
I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl
in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski",
and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
- discussed his Honolulu Conference, Vietnam and the SEATO Treaty; LBJ and Lady Bird call Maxwell Taylor about his TV appearance; Johnsons read newspapers
- Lady Bird records diary; Lady Bird walks Scharnhorst and Danz ranches and talks about harvesting wildflower seeds; Lady Bird describes a family of armadillos; Lady Bird reads "The Devil's Advocate" by Morris West; another walk later that day; Lady
- with pneumonia.
Imagine walking in an apple orch a rd at nine
o 'c lo c k in the morning, in a sheer organza evening d ress, in about 50 d eg ree
tem perature, m istin g rainj
I ve b e en delighted to read that she ' s posed w illin g ly fo r the many
- 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.
. / ?
And another thing, I had read with great delight aboutDr
- s te m h a s b e e n i n s t a l l e d and new t u r f
c
MEM ORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
S a tu r d a y , Ju n e 13, 1964
sp read .
Page 3
Soon t h e r e w ill be a l it t l e s u m m e r h o u s e , w h e r e one c a n have
te
- e p t e m b e r and O c t o b e r and November o f 1 9 3 4 , a n d f r o m
me t o h im a b o u t t h e same t im e a n d t h e r e were a few
f ro m hi m i n s u c c e e d i n g y e a r s on up t o 1 9 4 0 .
Though I
h a v e n ' t re-read them i n
- LBJ and the Vietnam War; Lady Bird's interview with a magazine; Lady Bird reads about Beautification; Lady Bird has lunch meeting with Bess Abell about mail; Lady Bird meets with Stewart Udall about Beautification; Lady Bird swims and has
- Johnsons to church with the Hubert Humphreys; party for Bill White; Lady Bird reads "The Ordways;" LBJ meets with House and Senate leaders about Selma and voting rights; dinner with the Valentis and Harry McPherson
- Canadian Prime Minister Pearson gives speech about Vietnam; lunch with Pearson in Aspen Lodge; discussion is about Civil War and Lake Erie pollution; Lady Bird reads "Hurry Sundown" and goes for walk with Secret Serviceman Jerry Kivett; bowling
- 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
- Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours
- o m e o f h e r p i c t u r e s a n d s o m e of h e r p r i z e d b o o k s .
I read
a l i t t l e b i t i n U n c le R e m u s t h a t D ic k R u s s e l l h a d g i v e n h e r , p r a c t i c a l l y a
d e a d la n g u a g e now .
I l i k e d t
- at the White House; LBJ goes to office; Lady Bird tries to nap and reads script for Barbara Walter's interview; dinner party with friends; Lady Bird takes ladies through the tour she will give for Barbara Walters; John Gardner's resignation
- 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. ■.
l'
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
- d slaw a n d
hot hom em ade b read .
A nd th e n a n g e l food cak e a n d h o m e m a d e p e a c h
i c e c r e a m , a n d a w o n d e rfu l c h o c o la te cak e th a t M a ria lle n h ad b ro u g h t
w ith L y n d o n 's b ra n d on i t
- ; Sargent Shriver on "Meet the Press;" Johnsons call Shriver; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird reads newspapers; Johnsons & guests to bowling alley; call to Luci Johnson Nugent; dinner; LBJ falls asleep during movie; bridge game; Commander Jones' girls
- Lady Bird reads the newspapers; Lady Bird to Johnson City for meeting about new Post Office; Johnsons & Krims helicopter to & drive around Green Mountain Ranch; helicopter to Davis Ranch; Lady Bird & Mathilda Krim walk through fields of wildflowers
- LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests
- LBJ & Lady Bird are at Brooke Army Medical Hospital for tests; doctors find small growth in LBJ's colon; doctors issue press statement; Johnsons helicopter to LBJ Ranch; LBJ meets with Arthur Okun; lunch; Lady Bird to bed and reading; LBJ goes
- Cyrus Vance, Dick Helms & Dean Rusk fly to LBJ Ranch; Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew arrive by plane; lunch; guests depart; Lady Bird still feeling ill, lies down to read; tours of Danz & Martin Ranches; Marvin & Marion Watson arrive by plane; George
- LBJ & Lady Bird meet with John Ben Shepherd & Mark Gosdin about the LBJ Park & Visitors Center; LBJ drives around with Drew Pearson and German editor, Henri Nanen; Lady Bird meets group from Time-Life; Lady Bird reads "The Eighth Day" by Thornton
- goes backstage to see Mary Martin & Robert Preston; delay at Newark airport because first pilot is drunk; Lady Bird reads James McGregor's book on JFK; return to White House
