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- e h is m e e tin g w ith
P o p e Jo h n - - a q u ite r e a l r e la tio n s h ip .
W edding B le s s in g " .
T he h e a d lin e w a s ;
" P o p e M ay B e sto w
" P o p e P a u l VI i s e x p e c te d to b e s to w h is p e r s o n a l
b l e s
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with guests while others attend church; news articles about Johnsons and the wedding; Lady Bird bowls with guests; possible blessing of marriage by Pope Paul VI; gift from Tony Taylor of their mother's silver cups for Luci
- very much information --
and the best Bob Rosseiot said by way of support was we had Pakistan.
Actually
there was reason for bis reticence as Paul Jones . was .t here and proceeded to
launch into one of his typical tirades, this is the .Congressman
- MEMORANDUM'
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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F r id a y , M a r c h 3, 1967
Page 1
;It r e a lly began a t 12:05 a . m . w ith u s a rriv in g at Randolph
and ch an gin g to the J e tsta r bound
- for walk; LBJ picks up Lady Bird & Luci, and they ride around Lewis Ranch; Johnsons to runway to meet Jetstar with Lynda Johnson, Jo Anne Christian & Betty Furness, whom LBJ has appointed to a position; dinner; Paul Dresser is wounded in Vietnam
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- LBJ & Lady Bird have coffee; Lady Bird reads while LBJ telephones & watches television; Johnsons go for walk; tourists on Ranch Road 1; group of African-American children from St. Paul's School, 500 miles away, wait to sing for the Johnsons; LBJ
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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- ; Johnsons and guests go to Commander John Paul Jones' house to see baby owl; bowling; early dinner; two-hour conversation; confrontation between LBJ and Dean Acheson; Speaker Rayburn's comments about Dean Acheson; donation by Phyllis Dillon
- and I
had a quick drink
to eat and then out to the Gala which was really
good entertain
ment.
We went from there to Paul Young's where Sidney Soloman, the Chairman
of the event,
had a party for all participants
people and such.
We d.idn 't stay
- began to 'V{ork me over a bit
vis-a-vis Bob Kennedy.
The Kennedy forces had been working on him and when
Johnson pulled out he capitulated and signed up.
He talked to me about it
and I told him frankly that I had high regard for Bob, but I was kind
- o c a l p o i n t i s t h e o l d w h i t e l i m e s t o n e Vi c t o r i a n
style C o u rt H ouse, d e s c rib e d by M r.
Z i s s e r m a n , the r e s t o r a t i o n a r c h i t e c t ,
a s a s t r u c t u r e u g l y e n o u g h to b e b e
- this bestial oharaoter had bNn put 1nto Hitler 7outh bJ
the Bitler training prosi-••
Little bore , tor exampl•, would t1ra, be
taught oruelt7 tor the Fuerber 1-7 be1q made to kill their deare•t
pt.
I>iDner with able Bri&adie:r Oeneral Paul
1ntormat1on
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I'd like to cat it about four meals in a row.
I lay on top and go t two shad es darker tanned.
I read T hC' Rich
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cousin s, Netti~· M J..::.o n P d lillo Woodyarcl and Due ilk Ptlt iU o Thomas and
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w e re
stop j••"d by \'{ ashingl
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a trip lQ the New Yor k
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Fair
- to be sponsors fo r a h o m e _ a
Vi l lage, fo r the w ives o f dependent fa m il ie s o f o ffic e r s , p rin cip a lly A i r
F o r c e o ffic e r s , but the whole A r m e d F o r c e s in gen era l.
And actually,
I think, she cam e as a sort of e m is s
- to p i e c e s , i t
w o u ld l o o k l i k ^ i f you s tu m b le d in to th e p l a n t . ..
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, N o ble t o l d u s th a t th e o ld - tim e o v e r s e e r s p la n te d th e m b e lo w t h e i r b e d - .
r o o m w in d o
- n d Ben C a b e ll; handsome young C o lo n el H ow ard B u r ri s
and B a rb a ra ;
the only n egro G e n e ra l- - I think he s t ill is -- M a jo r G en eral
Benjam in D a vis- - o r perhaps his son is a lso a G en era l by now.
MEMORANDUM
- - but 4 o*clock T ex a s ti m e at the L B J ranch, to be m et by a
grinn in g Jame s D a vis i n the little w hite g o lf ca rt ----- - and the p ro m ise
o f a re s tfu l to m o rro w .
- e- thatched Governor of Virginia and Mrs. Harris on .
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It is getting so that m ore for eign vis itors land in Willi am.::;burg than
- and gr a n d c h il d and ano th er r e l a t i v e - - a group of s ix .
When they s t a r t e d pouring into the li vi n g r o o m m y f a c e m u s t have
b e e n a s ig h t to s e e .
It turned out to be 18 in s t e a d of the two or t h r e e
- o se th in gs a r e com fortab ly arran ged for m y '
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g u e sts . It i s a gay and a ttra c tiv e room . But how l i ttle 3 -1 /2 y ea r s .in the
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h a s sp o ile d m e a 'little b it. vI
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u se d to lu x u
- w itz -w a s a d e lig h t to h a v e a ro u n d .
He j u s t c a m e b a c k
f ro m a to u r o f a g r e a t m a n y S outh A m e r ic a n c o u n tr ie s .
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o p tim is m , h e w a s r e
- c h o f th e h is t o r y o f th a t d a y .
w a s v e r y p le a s a n t to s e e how M r s . L o n g w o r th w a s en jo y in g h e r s e l f .
It
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h a d b e e n p la n n e d e s p e c ia lly fo r h e r g r a n d c h ild , b u t I
- t it w hen I sa id o f a ll the
ta le n ts I w ish ed I p o s s e s s e d , the one I m o st en vied w as the a b ility
to m ak e w o rd s "m a r ch and sin g and connonade and ta lk the co o l,,
dem anding v o ic e o f r e a s o n ."
W ell, it w
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Ly ndon's
office,
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i vk eAe. J t k e^e.
Ap e . n i . J t k eJ i n. J j u^e
- re fresh m en ts
and a little vis itin g .
That meant about 213 m e m b ers strong, and this
included the T ex a s State Society or rather the B oard of D ire c to rs of the
c,
T ex a s State Society, and a ll the officers thereof, who w e r e being
- d to s p e n d the n e x t f o u r t e e n
days in n e g o t i a t i o n s
to prevent a s t r i ke .
was a most u n i q ue -White House vi s i t /
said
goodbye to them^and
important word to me was St e i b e n 's
the l a s t
And
and
very
r
- ng
w i t h Lynda B i r d who h a d , b l e s s h e r , b e e n
standing in lin e
a t t h e House Embassy t o u r , h a vi n g h e r
ti
s m a l l t o u c h o f co m e -o n t o t h e i n d e f a t i g u a b i e l i n e
of
t o u r i s t s who m i
- as o v e r I s lip p e d b a c k in to
th e liv in g ro o m and w a tc h e d th e end o f th e m o v ie w h ic h w as lig h t
an d fun in a s ty le a s n ew a s pop a r t and vi n yl d r e s s e s , a n d th e n
to b e d by m id n ig h t. . .
T he r
- e y
w e r e , le d b y th e tw o c h a i r m e n , J a c q u e lin e S h a rp , a N e g ro g i r l , a n d G e o r g e
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WA3BINOTON
W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 2 8, 1966
Fox.
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A n d g e o g
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T o d a y h a s r u n th e g a m u t f r o m e x a lta tio n to g r ie f , f r o m
a f i r s t s u c c e s s to a f i r s t tr a g e d y in th e s p a c e s to r y .
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a n d w e w e n t in to the. S ta te D in in g R o o m - f o r ;
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- t b u s i n e s s a t th e R a n c h .
R a th e r c a lle d .
And M ary
I w o u ld b e l o n e s o m e i f t h e r e w e r e e v e r a tim e ; w h e n
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M a r y d i d n 't c a l l !
It i s s o c o m f o r t i n g to h a v e J i m C a in a n d W
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W e d n e sd a y , M a rch 3 , 1966
Page 7
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lo v e , and it w a s the end of a day sp a r k lin gw ith s u c c e s s .
It w a s 10:30 b e fo r e a ll ou r g u e s t s d e p a r te d and that in i t s e l f , i s a '
c r it e r
- th is w o n d e r f u lly g e n e r o u s th in g l a s t y e a r , w ith m e a s s p o n s o r ; a n d a g a in
th is y e a r .
A n d I 'm a s g r a te f u l a s any one o f th e 6, 000 c h i l d r e n .
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W in z o la M c C le n d o n b e g a n
- t h a t i t w a s b a d g o in g .
B ut we
m a d e o u r w a y a c r o s s th e r i v e r o n c e m o r e a n d t a c k l e d i t .
;
S u d d e n ly w e c a m e u p o n a Vi te x t r e e - - I c a n o n ly c a l l i t a t r e e b e c a u s e
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M EM ORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
• WASHINOTOM
W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 9, 1965
Page 2
a t th e d o l l s lin in g th e w a l l s o f th e p a r l o r , n e w ly d e c o r a t e d , h
- p a r t y an d I f e lt h a p p y .
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B a r t l e t t h a d b e e n e s p e c ia lly a r tic u la te and in te r e s tin g in
h e r c o n tr ib u tio n u p s ta i r s a b o u t w h a t youth h a d done in A la s k a , p r in c ip a lly
- e o f i t - - "Vi c t o r y Thro u g h A ir P o w e r ".
A n d h e s a i d , " Y e s , I s p e n t m o r e th a n 50 y e a r s o f m y lif e w o rk in g bn
a i r p l a n e s a n d n o w I a m a 'c h im n e y s w e e p '
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S o m e o n e r e m a r k
- th e n s t e e r e d B i l l W ir tz
A n d l a t e r th e S e c r e t a r y o f S ta te .
I w a n te d to m a k e
i t a b r i g h t e v e n in g f o r h e r to o , a n d to sh o w m y a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r th e v i t a l i t y .
Vi
- I d o n ’t r e m e m b e r
o f A b r a h a m L in c o ln ,Vi' s o m e m e d i o c r e , o ne I th o u g h t q u ite a w f u l . - A n i n t e r e s t i n g
c o l l e c t i o n o f F D R m e m o r i a b i l i a , in c lu d in g c a m p a ig n b u tto
