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knows what airmail does these days.
Am leaving on 2 :30 train this afternoon for Dallas. F..s.ve
called Bill Clark to ask him if I could see him sometime tomorrow
morning and of course he responded with an invitation to stay at
their house and said he
- for an hour each day.
Since Bill indicated that he Nould take something else, Escoe has
prepared four other suggestions and mailed them to him last night.
Escoe was going to Dallas this morning to see him. Since I
wanted to go to Dallas myself to see 1:rr
- . • Seenie Dr1••
Au• 1.n. 'fe:xu
Sunday 4 p.m.,
De
pril 4, 1943
reat loTe:
Saturlay morning I went by to ae• it ·••Johnson•••
home yet but ahe wa•a'i. Then Saturiay night she e 11•4 ae
••haY1n1 Ju•1
r1Tet-to aay that there were a oupl ot
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I.t you ob~eot, let me k.no • oth rwise I sh 11 write
lilm. An1 old uncl 1 ed r
orda of no u e to ue I sh ll give to Reed's
b cau ., thy ar nice to us and thy need them for eor p, else the1
oan' t g t new record •
Jam1e oalle. Scurry today. was told
- and I have
kept up through the years from Uncle John Will with the news of you all.
Please
remember
me to the girls when you write them.
Thank you so much for your generous
remarks
about Lyndon.
I always
hope we will find a quiet enough week or two
- Press; Homer
Williams of the Postal Clerk (about you); and Mr. Buckner
of the San Marcos Record. Today I see I have the fo~lowing
to write: Mrs. Dale of the J3J..a.nco_Oounty News; Mrs. Glidden of the Johnson City Courier; and Leslie Cooper ot the
San
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CLAUDIA TAYLOR JOHNSON
WHITE HOUSE DIARY TAPES
December 31, 1968
Tuesday, New Year's Eve at the Ranch was dreary and cold.
headline for the world.
An ominous
With the renewed fighting in the Near East, the
U.N. is about to censure the Israelis
- New Year's Eve; renewed fighting in the Near East; Senator Ted Kennedy will fight Russell Long for Senate Whip position; LBJ is swimming every day & walking with Lady Bird; coffee at Rev. Truesdale's; Johnsons meet new Treasury Secretary at airport
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
:~
Mini~:L
- Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
- was all 1.in and they were going to New
York over the week-end for a vacation\ (She was really glad I
_.!..n --, ~
took notice of her to ask her though, and I'm very glad I got
~ --'
that off.) So I actually took Mrs. Arthur Carter, who has moved
up here
- be going to
dinner or meeting him anywhere o
not going to New
York this· week-end and that I
. t want him to call me with
any plans to -~!£1f!ie a meet·
hink he knew it all ahead
of time and was n~ surprised
waa very full of gh.arming
compliments, whioh
- - /, \
mand being approved end he said he had--so I will forbear. \A
~
I
1(rY.
.,,.
I called Kate Foley as soon as your letter came.
Mrs. Forrestal is at Doctors' Hospital, East End Avenue at
87th Street, New York City, N. Y. She has been there for ~, 1 -H
- Transcript of Mrs. Johnson’s Audio Diary
Prepared by Staff of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
December 9, 1963
Monday, December ninth. Mary Lasker had come down from New York last night and spent the
night with us in the Queen’s Room
- of any uncertainties and to enerate a
little enthusiasm.
Now, dear, I shall begin giving you report• on all the thin a you a&ked about.
2.
l.
Statue of' new epaoe
As you suggested l asked Jamie to phon• Sourry •
He phoned both Scurry and San
- March 18, 1942, 12 o'clock noon
Dearest:
Much important stuff is happening tod~y. First. we received three hot wires this morning on the labor situation,
one signed by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of
Austin, the other two signed by San
- Sunday
night.
I awoke Monday morning in my dear fam iliar room, but no,
everything was changed—i t had the impersonality of a hotel room.
All of my things had been moved out over the weekend, packed for Texas.
The smiling face of "Arturito" no longer
- ; Lady Bird reminisces about coming to the White House in 1963; reception in Blue Room for the Democratic National Committee; the Johnsons fly to New York City to the Pierre Hotel; dinner party for 450 at Plaza Hotel
- there was someone
in ou:r otfioe from eight-thirty in the morning to seven-thirty in
the evening and muoh of the day S1mdny and the moment the decision
was reached, it would mean a. lot to ua if' he would lat us knO"l:h
Fr013 the general compl~'l;ion or the talk
- Judge appointments, Army Air Support Command for Austin, office visits and mailing. Attachments concerning judge appointments for new Municipal Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia
- legtsl t1on, that the House passed it, and O'D. vetoed
it, thereby "saving my skin" and, I gathered, seving his prestige
with hie oompany. He se1d he was going to aue the Reader's Digest u: they printed the New Republic (or '.Nation??) story eeying
- ska again ••I orten I ••Nptel ~or ruture t1111e•• I
alao ••• Benp thia morning-•h• ••• beamiDC am aa14 ha wa led
to talk to me leiaurely an• t leng,h oon.
aul Bolton• llei
me alli a•k•• m•. "8 ti er omorrow.
But the beat ot all ••• aeeillg iear olt
- to a
I t 's a w onderful w ay to w elcom e the New
Y e a r, w ith m y own d e a r fa m ily , people th a t I love.
It m ak e s th is the
b ig g e st.
We looked out o v e r the c o u n try th a t I love.
The r u s s e t glow of
the su n s e t o v e r
- LBJ goes deer hunting; Lynda Johnson to Dallas; Luci Johnson to a game; Lady Bird takes nap; meeting with staff from Washington; social gathering with relatives; T.J. Taylor's estate; dinner with the Wests and Chambers; to Austin for two parties
-
meeting at it's monthly luncheon Wednesday--for which I
would not give two pins except that I do see about twenty
Congressmen's wives there and this time it is being given
as a farewell party for Mrs. Leavy before they leave to
assume the new duties.
V
- ., Its th first t1me en7th1ng of that nature ha ever be•n done
in the history of the te.t1on and ev r7bod7 id eeem \o haT
grend
time.
2.
hie morning H rfield nd I ent to ae
r. Belnan about our
moving. ·e eimpl7 told him that we woulJ be mo•1ng between
- Harfield starting at station and station picnic, KTBC moving studio space, difficulty collecting on old account debts, getting new KTBC studio space furnished and arranged
- e I h a d a d d e d a s p a r k of g a y e ty to h e r d ay .
L y n d a h a s a g r e e d to go to th e New Y o rk b a r b e c u e s
f o r the young c i t i z e n s f o r J o h n s o n , one to be g iv en by
C h arlo tte F o rd
an d one by M a y o r
- Lady Bird lunches with Hugh Sidey and Jean Franklin of Time magazine for study on Lady Bird; tea with friends; visit with friend from youth at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Dallas; Lynda Johnson to New York for Young Citizens for Johnson; Luci
- March 12, 1942--1 P.
Iii
Darling;
The best news I've had today came in a wire from Aunt
Effie this morning--a oopy of' which I shall enclose. In
February, 1939, just before she oame to see us in Washington
when ff'! were living at 1910 Kalorama
- ong
letter 't". eoom.rnending settlom nt tor 1'. 25 t o tlieir New York hea.d,1 u.r~r-
tora--o r m·-- y'bo ho had · lr ady. sont the l etter,
.. r now u sin
t.SC.t-. mud o. but the wholo thin~ OtHl 1t bo h oneotl)' pro nmmoosd
we hour bhn
tho lietv Y
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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- .
a
oopJ of .Dad•
note and I
taking
f~-- ~ll'~,:•/
John H1oks o m by thi morning.
fine, alb 1t he. 1a extremel1 7ouns.
I liked hi
th
loolf:•
n4 ma . er
Beal is so difighted
setting h1ma so is J. abel; I think there 1e a general
e1a m gettlne; round
- ~:45 p. m. April 14, 1943
Dearest love:
The last two days I have almost felt like throwing up my hands
--but I don't think I'd ever really do that.
Yesterday morning I went out to the transmitter and spent about
an hour ·with Mr. Meiners. I don't
- of things that I have
m eant to do, headed by re s t and learn to water ski, those not crossed
off.-'- V’
'
'
We reached the White, House about 1:15 in the morning, so it
was a short night, and I woke up early and worked with Liz before I
•
had a m
- March 11, 1942,
11 A. M.
Darling:
Here goes the volume, written in the morning because if I wait until seven or eight o'clock at night
there is never time enough.
Your letter or March 9, in which you tell me that
you really are not ~using 100
- ^and ju st as I hoped it w ould be,
■
'
■
I sp en t the e a r ly
■morning w ith L iz on m y few w ord s to say at the J ew ish lu n ch eon and going
o v er r e p o r ts and fa c ts and fig u r e s for m y in te r v ie w w ith M e r le S e c r e s t
- Lady Bird works on remarks for luncheon; Madame Shoumatoff brings new FDR portrait for White House; Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ to be returned; Clark Clifford as possible Attorney General; Lady Bird sees doctors about arthritis in hand; Lady Bird
- ~ a
a permane_nt.
mad dash to get dr~ssed and be ~t ~yndon~:~~- off~c·e.~~~ 1):30.-
. . . : >. . . . ~. . .¢~~~:~ ..
been a heavy d'?wnpou:t in the morning, . but
'
.
.::~-~ "~
,-· -~
ff~stopped_ miracu~onsly,
'$
we walked out ont~ t~e grdunds
- l ar ou n d th e per ipheryof
my well loved Austin.
c e n te r s on on e
Ther e ar e sp r ingi ng up shopping.
very hi l l and v a lle y a n d paAtjufus. landA
moAch ajowa o^ new houAeA,
Some o
- weather; Liz leaves plane in Dallas to drive to Austin; Lady Bird chooses building materials for house in Austin; desk work at Federal Office Building; Lady Bird to Roy Butler's party at the Westgate; Lady Bird meets LBJ at A.W. Moursunds'; swimming; late
- programs
-- overcoming
poverty,
opening up new opportunity,
and
making the American
system of freedom
work.
•
·,
.•
Lady
Bird
joins
me in very
warm
regards.
·'·
Mrs. Virginia
Durr
17 Molton Street Building
Montgomery
4, Alabama
...
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- Maroh 8, 1942
Dee.rest love:
!~~
This is Sunday afternoon and there are on~ Ed, Nellie, and
I at the office. Mary is reading yours eeches at her room at
the Dodge for "prophecies" for 1\Jordon. O. J. i inted this morning--so Mary told me ; I
- Ap ril 15,
Monday
This morning
a possible
visit
I had a c a l l from Dorris
in a ny way I c o u l d .
is no work horse l i k e
add my e f f o r t s to h i s .
Elms and this tim e
may be
which i s v ery inuch n e e d e d ,
^nd Doris w a n
- 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
- Lady Bird is invited to the Greenhouse in Dallas; Lady Bird meets and tours with Roy White, Mark Gosden and National Park Service staff at the LBJ state park; lunch; visit to LBJ birthplace; visit with Roy White about renovations to LBJ Ranch; LBJ
- 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
- Lady Bird to hair salon in Austin; Lynda Johnson to Dallas shopping; Lady Bird and Jessie Hunter to Denison to Eisenhower birthplace; lunch at Holiday Inn; to Fort Worth for tour by Ruth Carter Johnson of Museum of the Southwest; view Museum
- a b le a n d w e ll d r e s s e d .
L y n d o n w as
s tr e t c h e d out in h is p a ja m a s , d rin k in g te a , an d th e y w e r e a p p a r e n tly
e n jo y in g t h e i r v i s i t .
N ixon w a s s a y in g , of th e New Y o rk T im e s
- Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
- New York
- Lady Bird does office work; Lady Bird swims and then to beauty parlor; Lady Bird's television program on Beautification in Washington, DC; LBJ gives speech at the Smithsonian; Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson to New York City to see a play; LBJ has
- New York
- w ho a r e v e r y r i c h o r v e r y
t a le n te d a nd a p p e a r in c o lu m n s , and this is a new d im e n s io n for h e r
b e c a u s e C h u c k R o b b l o o k s l i k e the " A l l - A m e r i c a n b o y " , w h o l e s o m e ,
handsom
- plans; further renovation work when Herbert Wells arrives; Lady Bird & guests drive the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird asks Don Thomas & Jesse Kellam for status of Johnson business affairs; Don & Jesse leave for Dallas; Lady Bird reads; LBJ calls just to talk
