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- into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he
exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night.
don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?"
And then he sa id , "Why
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MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
'W A SK
- New York
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
- New York City
- that Lyndon and h is sta ff kept on the
D o m in ica n situ a tio n .
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M r s . S m ith had com e down fr o m New Y ork to w rap up our va rio u s
p r o je c ts - - L u c i's S o la riu m and m y sittin g ro o m and th e W est H a ll, and,
m o r e im p o
- ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r
a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d .
It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I
have m et b efo re.
And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
- Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
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h a d c o n d u c te d th a t o n e - d a y to u r th ro u g h the old 10th D i s t r i c t to s e e
g r a s s r o o ts u rb a n ren ew al and T exas re s to ra tio n s .
M rs.
E. T . X im e n e s of San A ntonio.
And D r . a n d
H e 's a new R e
- guests visit upstairs & receiving line; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; new strain of wheat for underdeveloped countries; entertainment is Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass introduced by Lynda Johnson; former Mexico President Mateos in coma
- 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
- in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
11/17/2014
Initials
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1965
M onday, M a r c h 29th
B e g a n on an u g ly n ote, w ith NEW SW EEK g r e e tin g u s w ith a s t o r y ,
"In c o n tr a d ic tio n to th e P r e s id e n
- p l e a s u r e o f the e v e n i n g .
A nd i t w a s
n o t u n u s u a l b e c a u s e a f t e r a l l M r s . B a r r o w s w a s a n A m e r i c a n - - a n a tiv e o f
New J e r s e y I b e lie v e .
_
T h e B a r r o w s s e e m e d to h
- of storeroom; phone calls; Lady Bird to hair salon; photos in Yellow Room; Johnsons greet Barrows; exchange of State gifts; dinner under tent in Rose Garden; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ made speech against isolationism in New Orleans on Tuesday
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Wednesday, May 17, 1967
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in South Texas. It is hard for us to keep current, to bring in new names—new blood for
invitations to committees, to add their strength to our personal and political life.
Cecil showed me a delightful picture of a big complex
- s e s and word p i c t u r e s and l i t t l e m em ories f o r th e
New York p a r ty th a n k y o u s.
And th e n Bob Knudsen came i n and to o k
a p i c t u r e o f L iz and B ess, and A shton and me a t work i n o u r f a m i l i a r
h u d d le
- n g a new p l a y
L a t e r on I g a t h e r e d h e r up an d Te x G o ld -
s m i t h , who i s l e a v i n g f o r A s i a n e x t w eek, t o s i t
down f o r a q u i e t d r i n k in f r o n t o f t h e
f i r e , a n d Dr.
E l i z a b e t h
- a n y
of th e m o v ie s t a r s h e is now s e e in g in h is new r o le .
L y n d a a n d W a rrie L y n n h av e clung to g e th e r d u rin g th e s e d a y s b e f o r e
th e w ed d in g .
She is good f o r L y n d a .
O ut of th e re c e iv
- ? "
I got you a n ic e new one. "
" W h e r e d id you p u t th e o l d
" I j u s t f lu n g i t down, th e h i l l s i d e . "
So t o g e t h e r th e y c l a m o r e d do w n the h i l l u n t i l th e d e s k m a n
sw ears.
H e fo u n d the v e r
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- of W om en.
A nd the r a in w h ich h a d h e ld off fo r
u s w a s c o m in g , so w e h a d it in the E a s t R oom - - g r e e tin g s b y L yndon,
th a n k s to th e o u tg o in g p r e s id e n t, a w e lc o m e fo r th e new on e.
A nd th e n
- a s s s k i r t .
It s o u n d e d i n th e p a p e r s
lik e h e r s p e e c h h a d gon e p r e t t y w e ll.
She s p o k e of th e n e w g e n e r a t i o n a n d o u r g e n e r a t i o n .
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O u r s is a new
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i d e a l i s m th a t p l
- y t h a t h a d b e e n a l m o s t
l e v e l e d b y w a r f a r e i n 1950 to '5 2 , a n d now w a s su^rgiiig w ith v i t a l i t y ' - b lo c k a f t e r b lo c k of new b u ild in g s .
A n d th e n o v e r a c o u n t r y s i d e t h a t w a s
- as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions
to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand
C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined.
T h ere a r e now 163
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lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- had dinner and then to bed.
The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from
Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one.
from a mission to find a big stack of mail.
He said he had returned
He had only time to read two
- rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
- and th e A rth u r O kuns.
th e new h ead o f th e C o u n cil o f E c o n o m ic A d v is e r s .
He i s to b e
And fr o m L a b o r,
I. W. A b e l o f th e S te e lw o r k e r s and J o se p h K een a n and ub iq u itou s
G e o r g e M ea n y a n d
- i o n s f o r o u r v i s i t ,
b u t I had no id e a of th e s c o p e of th e p r e p a r a t i o n s . I w as to s e e
th e m in the n ex t two and a h a lf d a y s ^ ra n g in g f r o m new C h in a an d
s i l v e r chop s ti c k s f o r the S
- u s e k e e p i n g . "
O ver and over,
exhibits,
th is the v i s i t o r w ill r e m e m b e r - - the new te c h n iq u e of
th e l o n g l i n e s , b u t w i t h the p e o p l e g o o d n a t u r e d , a n d f o r m e
signing a guest book e v
- .
L y ndon a n d I a n d L u c i h av e c o m e to f e e l v e r y c lo s e to th e s e fe llo w
w o r k e r s of o u r s .
A s I lo o k e d a t H u b e rt a n d M u rie l, a n d M a rg y a n d B ob, a n d
J a n e a n d B ill, I k new th a t v e r y
- e e , c o m p u ls o r y p u b lic s c h o o ls d u rin g A n d rew
J a c k s o n ' s tim e and g o in g o n t i l now w ith the 18 new la w s u n d er w h ic h w e a r e
a tta c k in g o ld p r o b le m s w ith n ew m e th o d s , and a s u m m a r
- to ld m e th e s to r y .
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A nd th e n
O ld a s sh e w as^ sh e g o t a new d r e s s m a n y tim e s a y e a r .
E v e r y b r id e w ho w a s m a r r i e d in th is c h a p e l by tr a d itio n w a s e n title d to h a v e
a s m a ll r e p l i c
- ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
