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- WILLIAMS ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH KENYA OFFICIALS; LBJ DECLINES BECAUSE OF HIS SCHEDULE AND ASKS FOR A MEMO FOR HIS "NIGHT READING"
- ROBERTS READS LBJ'S CRITICAL RESPONSE TO MEMO IN NIGHT READING CONCERNING HHH'S TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; VALENTI AND ROBERTS AGREE TO DESTROY MEMO CONTAINING LBJ'S COMMENTS
- HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DEER HUNTING, WALKING, READING BRIEFING PAPERS FOR LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT, SAYS HE SLEEPS 4 HOURS A NIGHT, SUGGESTS HE AND KROCK GET TOGETHER AT THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT WEEK
- FORRESTAL REPORTS ON CAMBODIAN ACCOUNT OF RECENT BOMBING, SOUTH VIETNAM'S APOLOGY, PROPOSED US RESPONSE TO INCIDENT, SIHANOUK'S REQUEST FOR US COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES; FORRESTAL SAYS HE HAS SENT ROBERT MCNAMARA'S VIETNAM SPEECH TO LBJ FOR NIGHT
- BUNDY REPORTS ON MEMO FOR NIGHT READING MATERIAL; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATE DEPT'S HANDLING OF PRESS REGARDING POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC TRIP BY GEORGE BALL TO GREECE
- CLARK? ASKS ROBERTS IF HIS MEMO WAS INCLUDED IN LBJ'S NIGHT READING; ROBERTS TELLS HIM A MEMO ON APPOINTMENTS OF JUDGESHIPS WAS INCLUDED BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED
- MUNDT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING LBJ'S REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS MESSAGES FROM BILLY GRAHAM, TOM WATSON PRAISING HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- COLLINS RADIO OPERATOR RELAYS TAPED GREETING FROM LOWELL THOMAS, JR., TO LBJ DURING FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT OVER BOTH POLES; WHILE WAITING FOR TAPE TO BE PLAYED BOOZER PLACES CALL TO "MARY JO" TO DISCUSS ITEM FOR LBJ'S NIGHT READING
- "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; "RE NIGHT FOR STATE OF UNION & DATE"; MCCORMACK PUTS LBJ ON HOLD DURING CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH OTHERS IN HIS OFFICE WHILE
- LBJ READS PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITATION FROM MCCORMACK TO LBJ TO ADDRESS CONGRESS ON STATE OF THE UNION AND LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE OF IT; LBJ SAYS WH WILL NOTIFY SENATE LEADERS IF MCCORMACK WILL NOTIFY HOUSE LEADERS
- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
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WASHINGTON
Sunday, December 10, 1967
Page
Sunday, December 10th, was a romantic, off-beat day.
I woke' a little before 9:00, asked for all the papers and a big pot of c.o ffee,
and leisurely read and ·read
- Lady Bird reads newspapers about Lynda Johnson Robb's wedding; for several hours, Lady Bird reads the love letters LBJ wrote to her while there were courting in 1934; Lady Bird dresses for Diana MacArthur's party; Lady Bird and Tony & Matianna
- - - it mean s a confrontation with that big env e l o pe mar ked "Night
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- c r a z y eights with
them.
E a r lie r they had gone fish in g o v e r at the pond,
Thgrhad sat up the night b e fo re u n ti^ ou trageou sly late hour, playing
ca rd s.
But then, a fte r a ll, L u c i had gotten m o re than nine hours s le ep
- ; Lady Bird reads Steinbeck book
- racing in the snow, a c ro s s the lon ely
white grounds.
I read o v e r m y speech fo r Tex a s W om en ’ s Un iv e rs ity , three o r four
tim es, once to Lyndon. , , Did some tran scrib ing, made a check on a ll the
s ilv e r , china, and household
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- Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird to hair salon; controversy about Lady Bird's property and tenants in Alabama; Lady Bird and Luci Johnson to Huntlands Estate in Virginia; Lady Bird reads Bill White's book on LBJ
- e v e ry night except th is one night and
why did we have to get up and s t a r t ro am in g th is one n ig h t?
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So b ack to bed and up ju st in tim e to m ake it
to the C h ristia n Church - N ational C ity C h ristia
- 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.
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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
- LBJ's presidential campaign; press conference at LBJ Ranch; photos taken of LBJ and Lynda Johnson on horses; LBJ's statement to press about riots; helicopter to Haywood Ranch for boating; BBQ for lunch; Lady Bird reads book and swims; LBJ naps
- him the appropriate key.
Anoth er thing.
Driving
back from Montgomery to Billingsley one night, somcwht:rc in the neigh
borhood of Prattville.:, which she says is a hotbed of the White Ci: izcns
Council, they had seen a bonfire off the road
- for the youngest ·ones instead of g.o ing to the ~peech.
·By 11 ;30 Lyndon was· into his night reading.
He is captive all the
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week nights,
a~.d what a_
glorious relief we.ekends are.!
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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W A SH INGTON
T u e sd a y , A p ril 11, 1967
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I aw oke fro m m y f ir s t night in the Gay Ro o m .
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- ;" visit from John Ben Shepherd and Mamie; ride around LBJ Park, Danz & Martin ranches; dinner; to Cedar House for the night; Lady Bird reads "The Secret of Santa Vittorio"
- on th e ir T V ."
So the afternoon fo r Lyndon was State of the N ation, night reading*,
and then telephone c a lls, and a b it of a nap. And then we asked the B ill
W hites, only re c e n tly back from R om e, the V alentis, M arianne M eans and
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A fte r dinner ev ery b od y s e ttle d down to w atch a sp y m o v ie ,
w h ile I w en t o ff fo r m y r e g u la r S aturday night date w ith GUNSMOKE,
and th en b a ck to s e e the r e s t o f the sp y m o v ie .
And then, though I
hoped Lyndon w
- Lady Bird and office work; talk with Luci Johnson; luncheon guests of LBJ; visit to art exhibit at Dumbarton Oaks; trip to Camp David; Lady Bird bowls with June White; the David Brinkleys are guests; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" Lady Bird reads
- the night with u s ^ It was much too late to go to their
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home. ^ n d we a ll/r o
around in the balmy; intoxicating spring air;
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a lm o st se e m s as though the sunshine does not know the tragedy
- LBJ & Lady Bird arrive at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird reads until 2 a.m. and sleeps late; LBJ, Lady Bird & the Arthur Krims drive around ranch; drought in Texas; lunch; Lady Bird and LBJ take naps; Lady Bird & Luci Johnson Nugent, who is expecting, go
- d for happy reasons because, this
m orning, fo r the f ir s t time in such a long time, Lyndon sounded bouncy
and like h im s e lf and there w e re no night sw e ats.-.
And la te r on in the day, I heard that M cG eorge Bundy had used
- , at la s t , h e w as tir ed .
So it w as an e a r ly night and I read N ich olas and A lexan d ra u n til I w as
s le e p y .
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- ; Johnsons fly to Puerto Rico; LBJ talks with press on plane; Johnsons stay at Porterfield House on Ramey AFB; LBJ talks with General McConnell while Lady Bird, Luci & Lyn tour base; dinner; LBJ plays dominoes; Lady Bird reads "Nicholas and Alexandra"
- ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s
Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree
au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them .
I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
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1965
Tuesday, August 17th
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Where has the summer gone -- the lovely, golden sum m er?
lie-in-the-ham m ock tim e, my read-a-m ystery-book tim e?
My
Here suddenly
August is more than half over, and the list is long
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And shortly
Wal ter
ther1..~aft
- about ranch & house renovations; Lady Bird to White House; Lady Bird's straw work bag and books that she is currently reading; Lady Bird visit LBJ in his office; fighting a limited war in Vietnam; late dinner & night reading for LBJ
- MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
W A S H I N G T ON
P a ge 1
M o th e rs* Day, Sunday, M ay 10, 1964
A ctu a lly , it [th
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y]began rig h t a fte r we got home from A tlan tic C ity, about
a little p a s t one o 'c lo c k at night, with Lynda, L
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Lyndon and I had a la te b rea k fa st and then got read y to go to
the N ation al C ity C h ristia n Church.
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When w e w alked in I cam e fa ce to fa ce w ith Judge an d M r s.
F e r g u so n fro m
- grad u ates had
gotten th e ir jo b s a s soon as they had com p leted the c o u r s e .
One of th e
c h e e r y lit t le s u c c e s s s to r ie s that m ake L yndon's tw e lv e o 'c lo c k nights
w o rth w h ile and a ll th e o th er fo lk s too^^W
- and report on Jordan; Lady Bird to bed and LBJ to night reading
- e fle c t on the jo ys of re tire m e n t.
If he.
G en era l B ra d ley, re tir e d , has 22 things that he does as public s e r v i ce,
I wonder i f w e ’ l l e v e r quite reach that stage of lyin g in the ham m ock at
the ranch and read in g
- Good night's sleep; to National City Christian Church with LBJ; lunch with the Valentis and A.W. Moursund; nap and read Sunday papers; Lynda Johnson & Warrie Lynn bowling in E.O.B; swim and watch TV with guests; Lady Bird's appraisal of Charles
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night.
And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s ,
the o
- s t r i a l c o u n try .
T h e y w e r e w h o le s o m e and fin e , and I'm g l a d I h ad th e m , e v e n i f
I ’ d h av e b e en up u n til 3 o ’ c l o c k the night b e f o r e .
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I le f t them to go dow n s t a i r s to m e e t the g ro u
- , Braintree, MA; Lady Bird visits with Mrs. Ed Cape of San Marcos about 1937-47, campaigns, and LBJ shaving in a stream; visit with Ambassador and Mrs. Heisberg; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird catches up on reading; Lady Bird & LBJ talk of railroad negotiations
- and reads papers and night reading; Lady Bird swims in pool; LBJ and McGeorge Bundy discuss Vietnam; Lynda visits with parents and guests; United Nations and Vietnam; reception for handing of Eleanor Roosevelt's portrait is cancelled
- sh o rt, th ese la s t m on th s.
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A ll the
It s e e m s that Lyndon n ev er g ets
I do not know how he a r i s e s to w ork
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so h a rd . A f t e r la y in g down h is night read ing at two, fin ish e d or u n fin ish ed ,
and aw akening
- liv e .
The D a v is e s w ill fe e d him .
He
had a n ic e ta lk w ith D a le M alech ek - - in fa ct, he had spen t the night
w ith D a le and J ew ell so that he c o u ld b e h e r e tod ay fo r fu rth er ta lk .
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- a sk el’to f sp r e a d -o u t night read in g, and th e r e , sittin g by •
h im , w ith a b ig g rin on h is fa c e , chew ing on a p aper m ark ed 'Top S ecret"
w a s P a tr ic k Lyndon.
We w e r e enth anted (
sa t down and talked to
Lyndon ju st
- Arrival ceremony for General Stroessner, President of Paraguay; receiving line; Luci, Pat & Lyn Nugent are introduced; LBJ & General Stroessner have meeting; Lady Bird reads newspapers and works in office; loan of painting to White House; Lady Bird
