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N o b o d y w o u ld b e l i e v e i t .
T h ird , K T B C
's p la n e,
T h e c o m f o r t o f h a v in g a
p riv a te , d isc ree t,m
odeoftravell e a v i n g a t th e h o u r w e w a n t e d , c o u ld b e q u ite w ip e d o u t b y
new
- New York
- Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- -C o lo m b ia n a r t
is str u c k b y the s im ila r ity w ith A s ia tic - - thinks of the land b rid g e and
how the p eo p le got to M ex ico and South A m e r ic a .
So it w as no new co n cep t.
B u t su d d en ly I found m y s e lf fa c e
- a rly e v e r y c o u n t r y / e l s ^ i n the w orld,
s e e the b e s t of our own handicrafts on display and fo r sale.
The little talk ended with an accolade to those who actually produced this
show t h e m s e lv e s - the handicapped.
a new
a lo ss
- and thv hom e
mad e b read n1adc m ore news than the sta ti stics of th e prL·ss c o:1f ,,r e;ncc.
- l
1964
Saturday , July 1Hth__ (_conlin11ed)
Phili p Carter, Hodcling Carler's son , who is no\\' with NEWSWEEK,
was th e re, a very hand som1
- y d r a m a t i c , p r e t t y in c o l o r , b e a u ti f u lly d o n e , I w o u ld s a y a b o u t
1 /3 o n th e p a s s i n g o f P r e s i d e n t K e n n e d y a n d 2 /3 o n th e a c c e s s i o n o f th e
new P r e s i d e n t .
g re a t.
I
- i t a l a s t tr e a tm e n t.
L y n d a B ir d c a m e in f r o m New Y o rk , an d life flow s th ro u g h th e h o u se
w h e n e v e r sh e c o m e s .
C
-
3
-
- 1965
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
L y n d a and I w e n t up to the H ill to W rig h t P a t m a n 's
lu n c h e o n fo r the T e x as D e l e g a t i o n - - w i v e s , c h ild r e n , and g r a n d c h i l d r e n h o n o rin g the t h r e e new m e m b e
- e y a r e r e s p o n s ib le f o r the new fa c e of IBM a c r o s s the
/
c o u n tr y .^ It^ s m aaiy a t t r a c t iv e b u ild in g s , so o fte n on th e o u ts k ir ts of tow n,
c le a n a n d s h a r p lin e d an d w e ll p la n te d , th
- V
MEMORANDUk
.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WA8HINOTON
M onday, M a rc h 1, 1965
T h e new m o n th b e g a n a t th e R a n c h , w ith a g r e y sk y .
vl £ o u
^}
w ith Jew el an d D a le .
I d ro v e a ro u n d
We lo o k e d a t th a t o ld C a lic h
- d and b e a u tifu l, w a s fu ll o f ta lk
abou t t h e ir new h o m e .
I h av e m is s e d h er and M a x e x c e p t fo r ^
b ig
g a th e r in g s fo r s e v e r a l y e a r s and it w a s fun to h a v e a q u iet e v e n in g w ith
th e m . ■^
- a d a l l th e a r t i c l e s - - e v e n enough to s a t i s f y L i z - ab o u t w h a t m y d ay S a tu r d a y had b e e n lik e .
D o ro th y M c C a rd le 's w a s
e s p e c i a l l y good an d N an R o b e r t s o n ’s in t h e New Y o rk T i
- At Camp David; LBJ to Episcopal Church service; Sen. Dick Russell stories about Robert E. Lee and Civil War; Lynda Johnson's knowledge of Civil War; Lady Bird reads news articles; bowling with Secretary McNamara; return to WH; Lady Bird intimidated
- LBJ's network television interview about "the first hundred days" with Eric Sevariad, Douglas Brinkley and William Lawrence; Luci Johnson returns from New York shopping trip; Lady Bird, Lynda Johnson, Warrie Lynn Smith & Jesse Kellam watch
- and
We a l l
waved.
George has
2
raised
sop h i s t i c a t e d
t a l k i n g to
it
she
hours
to g e t
be
to
a
of
New Y o r k a nd
it
where
t!w
for
a nd h i s
Industrial
I went
she
to
the
through L y n d o n 's
talking
about
i
- New Y e a r 's —
re s o lu tio n s-^ n -th e -m id d le -o f-A u g u st f r a m e of m in d .
And th en I h a d a r a t h e r
im p o r ta n t m e e tin g a t 1:30 in th e T r e a ty R oom w h ich I h av e b eg u n to c a ll
-
m y B o a rd of D ir e
- e r in g .
A nd a t r i o of s o u th e r ners - - G o v e rn o r R o b e r t M c N a ir of S outh C a r o lin a , new
0
I b e lie v e ,: a n d M il l s G odw in o f Vir g in ia --^he h a d rid d e n o n th e t r a i n w ith m e
in ‘65.
A nd D
- 01:01 - should be '64, not '65; 03:58 - marble from "New" Mexico, not Mexico; 03:30 to end of tape is very fast and Lady Bird sounds like chipmunk
- r. G rover and D orothy T e r r ito , Juanita R o b erts and alas, ra th er la te
M ary L a sk e r fo r our seco n d m eetin g of the A cq u isitio n s C o m m ittee.
m a in new s w a s that D r. G rover had d rafted and L y n d o n
rsU'i- '-» rw m
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- and r e s t th is w ee k e n d .
'
In th e m o rn in g I d ro v e in to J o h n so n C ity w ith M r. M y e rs a n d
M r. G riffith f r o m th e P o s t O ffice D e p a rtm e n t and d is c u s s e d w ith th e m th e
p o s s ib le new p o s t o ffic e
- 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
- a ll led the g u e sts in . She i s a
P h ilip p in o ,
C . R . Sm ith w a s the on ly Cabinet m em b er p r e s e n t. H andsom e
Danny B r e w ste r and h is new w ife - - the only S en a to r,
T h ere w as H ale and
Liindy B o g g s
- a r s .
A new s e rv a n t - - a C h in a m a n .
L y n d o n h a d a r r a n g e d to h i r e h im in S an S a l v a d o r w ith o u t e v e r l a y i n g e y e s
on h i m , k n o w in g t h a t h e s p o k e no E n g l i s h a n d a l i t t l e S p
- LBJ & Lady Bird to St. Francis Xavier Church; LBJ gives Lady Bird & Jesse Kellam khaki ranch clothes; ranch guests are the Bob Hardestys & Harry Middletons; LBJ hires a new servant, Mr. Wong; Johnsons & guests ride through the Danz & Martin Ranches
- 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
-
MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
(■
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 12, 1968
in v i s i t o r s ' s e r v i c e .
Page 3
And M r . W est who told ab o u t th e c l o s e t s b y
H a m m a c h e r Schlemm e r and the new r u g in the S tate D
- u p e rb c o r n b r e a d , and L y n d o n .
a te s e n s ib ly .
J$ th e lo n g New Y e a r 's v a c a tio n w a s a tim e of the b r id g e to u rn a m e n t,
th is w e e k e n d i s the tim e of m o v ie s .
L a s t n ig h t, i t w a s
- 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
- G rou
n o u sk i, s a id h e w a s fo llo w in g in the f o o t s t e p s of Ju s t ic e
G o ld b erg in tak ing on th is new a s s ig n m e n t an d s a id
h is m i s s i o n i s to b u ild new b r id g e s , h o t ju st to P o la n d , b u t
- done to
hxryx b u r y t r a n s m i s s i o n lin e s in new h o u sin g d e v e lo p m e n ts , and
h e s a id it h a d in c r e a s e d 4 0 0 p e r c e n t in th is l a s t y e a r .
s ta tis tic .
A glow ing
B u t I j u s t w is h e d i K new how
- e s
to th e C a p ito l.
M a r y la n d w ill la n d s c a p e tw o m a j o r a p p r o a c h e s , and
V i r g in i a h a s th r e e p r o j e c t s .
The D i s t r i c t h ighw ay d e p a r t m e n t w ill
h a v e fiv e new a r e a s , in clu d
- , in f a c t, b e e n a fu ll page s p r e a d in the P o s t to d ay , a b o u t
W h ite H o u se h o u s e k e e p in g , an d the new c h e f.
S u c c e s s fu lly d o n e, I th o u g h t,
w ith p ic tu r e s of the d if f e r e n t k in d of e n te
- Johnsons and Valentis attend National City Christian Church; friends invited to dinner; guests bowl or swim; article in Washington Post about White House housekeeping and new chef; Lera Thomas runs for Congress
- h e 's a N egro.
And M u riel — who had
co m e b a ck a ll the w ay from W averly ju st for th is p arty and w a s te llin g u s
about h er new d a u g h ter-in -la w -to -b e^ Donna.
H er illn e s s of v ir u s pneum onia
h a s b een ra th er
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m .
T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e
O pera in d eed has a new fa c e .
N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T
HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- , reteim a, redbud - - I h ave
a lw a y s w anted a long allel^ o f b loom in g t r e e s , but don’t have the eye to
know w h e re th e y shou ld b e .
,
1
- ':
w en t to the b ir th p la ce h o u se .
It sounds s o p om p ou s.
I m u st find a new n
- b a r k th a t is a p e c u l i a r
m u s i c to ou r e a r s .
It w a s a good q u ie t ev en in g , a n d it h a d b e e n a happ y w e e k e n d .
;I c a l l e d L u c i a n d r e a c h e d h e r j u s t a s she h a d d r iv e n in f ro m
New Y o
- Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
- t L iz re m in d e d u s a t l e a s t t h r e e
tim e s to c o n v e n e a ro u n d the TV s e t a n d w a tc h L yndon on h is n ew s
c o n f e re n c e .
T h e r e w e re th r e e m a in p ie c e s of n ew s - - the a p p o in tm e n t of a
new U
-
Page 2
M o th e r's Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964
out b ird s n ests, that the m other b ir d had flow n away w heneve r he c ame
around to put out new plants o r put in fe r t iliz e r ,- o r cu ltiva te.
But it
alw ays/ ^ a ith fu U y/ ^ ^ tu rn ed
- for the fa m ily .
A fter th ey ca m e, M r s. S h riv er turned
to m e and sa id , "I h ear O sw ald has b een k ille d ."
That w as the f ir s t
new s I had about O sw ald .
We w e r e told by p ro to c o l o ffic ia ls that w e would rid e w ith
M r s
- speeches; office work and walk around White House grounds; the Valentis to dinner; LBJ's diet; news stories about Luci Johnson in New Orleans and Lynda Johnson at royal wedding in Athens
- s w i f e and come o v e r f o r a d r i n k .
he a r r i v e d a l i t t l e
news, t o o .
And
p a s t s e v e n . Todaywas f u l l o f f a m i l y
I t a p p e a r s t h a t L u c i on h e r own h a d g i v e n
an in inte r v i e w t o a C h i l
- v e r n o r H u g h es
of New J e r s e y c o u ld n ’t b r in g t h a t w o n d e r fu l jo lly M r s , H u g h e s , w ho w a s
te n d in g one o f t h e i r eig h t o r nine c h i ld r e n .
, T h e r e a r e so m a n y young a n d h a n d s o m
- a s t i c a b o u t go ing to
New Y o r k a t 2:00 o 'c l o c k to s ta y a t M a r y L a s k e r ' s h o u s e a n d h av e d a te s
w ith D av e, who r e m a i n s t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g young m a n sh e kn ow s in
s p i t e of q u ite
- a good c o m p a n io n L iz O dom i s !
re m in is c e d about v ario u s tr ip s .
We
We h ad a d r i n k in r o u t e , a n d th e n w h e n
w e la n d e d J e s s e m
leaKj o i n e d us and t h e D e a th e s a n d w e w e n t to a new S p a n ish
