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CONGRATULATIONS DARLING ON HAVING NO OPPONENT~ COME
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LADYBIRD~.
THERE IS NO DEPENDABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR WESTERN UNION TIME
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This is a full-rate
Telegram or Cablegram unless its deferred character is in-
dicated by a suitable
symbol above or preceding the address.
WESTERN
UNION
R. B. WHITE
NEWCOMB CARLTON
J. C. WILLEVER
PRESIDENT
CHAIRMAN
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AIR MAIL
NOT
TAXED
PENAUZED FOR BEING URGF.NT AND ESSENTIAL
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ESTERN
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W. P. MARSHALL.
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contributed to the White House with love and generosity.
And then I
sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my
desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking
out very private things, such as the memo I
- to be
ready to supply hbn in the short at time poaaible in antioip tion o a y•a answer
on the pr1oritiea.
4. Jlr. Eaooe had not yet got ott the registered letter to Jlima Radio but
aaaur•• me he will today--and I a1-.ll aee that he doea. It ii
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house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
- month for $25, .and
then it would coat j6.00 a month thereatter. l havn't heard
•'•
,,,
a..
from her yet end em xtremely anxious to. I sent a tracer
on\ ;?. _ wir• to make- sure she got 1t bu1:i ie,tern Union told
me t'li.lt it th•y had not been able
- and came back Monday afternoon!
And this
sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working
P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him,
and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to.
After an hour
- with his own hands w here they now liv e .
MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
W A S H IN GTON
Thursday, May 21, 1964
P age 4
Th ree of their children w ere born in the log cabin.
He now has a part time
job on the Unemployed Parents P rogra m , setting out
- from the T ru m a n B alco n y
He and r e p o r t e r s
and forth^
can.
sort of
$
poet C a r l Sandburg a n d his brother-in-
Edward S t eichenS to hea r and see union
and
management o f f i c i a l s n e g o t i a t e the r a i l r o a d d i s p
- . 'And M r. Stulb erg , the p r e se n t P r e sid e n t of the Union
w ho h a s a d iffic u lt r o le fo llo w in g in h is sh o e s.
,
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‘
; ;We found our s e a ts in a box w ith Mr. Stulb e r g 's w ife an d David “
'T-l'V. 1.*-^ ” ■" * ■ •* !'''
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- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- Notes on State of the Union speech
- , to re m e m b e r what is due the job.
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I s till find it v e ry difficult - - v e ry d ista ste fu l, in fact - - t o say F ir s t Lady. ’
Lyndon has been im m e rse d for the la s t two days in d rafts of his
State of the Union M essage, the f ir
- Back to Washington D. C.; LBJ works on State of the Union message; dinner guests to White House; Lady Bird mentions portions of State of Union message on beautification; Johnsons see movie, "Fail Safe;" LBJ sees Dr. Gould about his throat
- .±
wM a l..eileA /YJ;w. 9 di_c_±a±ed
±he nig)it ai±eA ±he S±a±e
oi ±he Union ~peech. She
di_d ±he penci_J_ mC1.1Lk-in{j/.>.
Mhton
- State of the Union, LBJ health and exercise, Women Doers Luncheons, possible trip to New York for the opening of The Repertory Theatre
- of
Palm Springs,
w hen I say little * I a lm o st have to take it back, when I re m e m b e r what
a long, long stream of com m unicants kept w alking on up to the a lta r a s we
took com m union, I just w onder i f there was a crow d outside that kept
- T uesday, Ja n u a ry 14, 1969
Page 1
T uesday, Jan u a ry 1 4 th was an a b s o lu t e ly u n iq u e day In my
t h i r t y - f o u r y e a r s In W ashington.
I t was th e day Lyndon gave h i s
l a s t S t a t e o f th e Union speech and I
- LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
- ld
b e tau g h t in a few m o n th s a n d a b s o r b m a n y of the y o uth fu l u n e m p lo y e d .
W ith an h o u r long v i s i t w ith D ean R u s k who b ro u g h t good w i s h e s
f r o m t h e l e a d e r s of the S ov iet Union to g e th
- & LBJ discuss foreign aid, UN and Ambassador Goldberg; Sargent Shriver visits LBJ; Lady Bird discusses gardening and park maintenance Job Corps courses; Dean Rusk brings good wishes from Soviet Union
- Office work; LBJ & Lady Bird watch 1966 State of Union message; LBJ & Lady Bird lunch with George Christian; 1968 Presidential election and LBJ's decision whether to run again; Lady Bird meets with John Walker about acquisitions for the White House
- in the United States fo r their senior
high school year.
of our States.
They h;id been dispersed all across this union i.n 47
Lyndon and Luci and I arrived on the South Grounds \•.:hen
they \Vere ab:ea
- with guests; Clark Clifford & LB J work on State of the Union
- of the S e g n i s th at
F ra n k M alloy had b ro u g h t me the evening b e fo re . . . Looking a t the p ic tu re s
of m e m b e r s of the p a rty so I would re c o g n iz e them .
T hen, a t noon, I drov e down w ith Lyndon to the Union S tation fo r
-
B e in g a m e m b e r of th e M a r r i e d W o m e n 's Union,
I h a d b e e n d i s p o s e d n o t t o l i k e h e r , b u t i t i s v e r y d i f f i c u l t n o t to l i k e
her.
She is w h o le s o m e and n a t u r a l and w a r m - l o o k
- ^
1965
M onday, J a n u a r y 4 th
O ne of th e b ig d a y s of th e y e a r f o r u s - - th e S ta te of th e Union
M essage!
A t n in e o 'c l o c k to n ig h t - - th e f i r s t t i m e i t 's b e e n a t n ig h t s in c e
F D R , c r e a t
- White House houseguests and seating for inauguration; dresses for Lady Bird, Lynda & Luci Johnson; Gerald Ford elected Minority Leader in House; State of the Union message; speech includes education, medical research and national beauty; LBJ & Lady
- State of the Union Message; Lady Bird has a Beautification luncheon and tour of Washington, D.C., including public housing projects; LBJ has lunch at 6:30 p.m.; Lady Bird attends State of the Union Message with family and friends; 20-day bombing
- watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union
- LBJ and Lady Bird talk in bed about their future; Lady Bird works on income tax for Luci and Lynda Johnson; LBJ staff working on State of the Union speech; Lady Bird presents awards at event for National Wildlife Federation; newspaper articles about
- House to change for art exhibit at Pan American Union--Lady Bird describes the art; Johnsons dine with the Max Friedmans and George McGhee; there are discussions about Western Europe and Vietnam
- lothing Union and rem em b ered how I had a sk e d
him how old he w a s w hen he ca m e to th is country.
And he sa id , "It
a ll dep en d s." It turned out he had given h is age in th ree d ifferen t
w a y s to su it the n e c e s s it ie s of the o c c
- e r e l a s t w e e k , r e a f f i r m i n g a g r e e m e n t
on V i e t - N a m
and M a l a y s i a , an d they s p l i t on t r a d e with C u b a and c r e d i t
with S o v i e t Union,
Well, B r i t a i n m u s t li v e by t r a d e an d L o
- LBJ works on State of the Union message; Lady Bird, et al, to Buchanan School to see renovated playground; Beautification meeting at the White House; LBJ meets with Congressional leaders; statement drafted on LBJ's decision not to run in 1968; Lady
- as com m union, .but an e x tra o rd in a ry
b r i e f s e r v i c e . . ' A n d I f in d m y s e l f m i s s i n g B ill B a x t e r v e r y m u c h .
. / ‘
^
*' . "
A s w e drov e aw a y , London sa id , ''Why don't w e s t op by J a c
B ro o k s ' a n
- r e enough t h e p r e a c h e r to o k
h i s t e x t r a t h e r p e r s o n a l l y on t h e S t a t e of t h e Union
^
w i t h a c c e n t on V ietnam w hich c a u s e s me t o f l i n c h .
And
one l i n e was a b o u t l i f e , n o t V
- as t h a t e v e r y f a c e wa s i n t e r e s t e d
a n d m any w ere s m i l i n g .
g o t up t o
ta k e
I t w as a c o m m u n ity .
com m union we d i d
w as no a l t a r r a i l o f c o u r s e .
it
Wh e n we
s ta n d in g .
The l i t t l
- t e d h is o r d e r s to a l l of th e G e n e r a l s ,
had l o s t h is .
He
S om e G e n e r a l, p o o r dope,
T h e y w e r e found in t h e f o r e s t , w r a p p e d a r o u n d a co up le
of c ig a rs , by a Union S e r g e a n t.
T h
- no, we went by
to s a y h e llo to D a v id D u b in sk y and what we thought w a s a m e e tin g of
h i s g a r m e n t union w o r k e r s .
I
It turn o u t to be that_— i t tu rn e d out tha t
Q .y
D a v id D u b in sk y and a l l of h is c h u m s
- a r l y a n y a c t o r p r e s e n t - th e S ta te of th e Union a s f a r b a c k a s I c a n r e m e m b e r .
And the
J o e M oodys of GSA.
T h e r e w a s a t l e a s t one l i t t l e g i r l w h o se r e l a t i o n to th e w hole
p a r t y
