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  • sponsors fo r the Houston Symphony when it plays tonight in Constitution Hall, MEMORANDUM c T H E W H ITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Saturday, F e b ru a ry 29, 1964 Page 2 The angel of the Symphony, i s a s o r t of Duchess of Houston, in a cultural way. M
  • a u t i f u l young w i f e , who seems to me S e c r e t a r y of U d a l l and Lee U d a ll ha d been Interior time es c o r tin g them around Washington and just about t h i r t y . brought them to I the White H o u s e , u p from
  • e b e s t w ir e w e could an d a ll w o rd s a r e h o llo w . A s L yndon le f t to go to w o rk h e tu rn e d to m e and s a id "W e'v e l o s t th e s te e l c fig h t; we m a y lo s e th e w a r . T h e y a r e going to in d ic t B o b b y
  • nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
  • 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
  • n u t e s u p s t a i r s , so th a t I co uld show him the M a r y C a s s a t t . T h e y lo o k e d (in the . b u r e a u ) a t the l i t t l e p i c t u r e of E lle n B a r r y ' s p o r t r a i t of m e , w ith th e y ello w i m p r e s s i o
  • Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
  • and then George Bro w n s and for lunch, such a s ho o k h a n d s in th e Bob a bit time is into to a young, w i t h a f e w of vital the -jp-uley. and c o n tr o v e r sia l. coincide w ith hour the who w ere c o m in g a hard place tourists
  • i r c u m s t a n c e . h eart soars. W h en th e t r u m p e t s b lo w , m y A n d w h e n th e y s t r i k e u p th e S t a r S p a n g le d B a n n e r , I t h in k I s t a n d tw o i n c h e s t a l l e r . T h i s ti m e I w a s e s p e c i
  • l :\i!EMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE j WASHINGTON Tuesday, May 9, 1967 Page I .... There is a rhythm to life these days. . . Weekdays crowded, . demanding; and then a weekend two days, sometimes three, that ­ ,~ Time to read and sleep a~d
  • " -" . I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski", and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
  • 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
  • riedm ans an d t h e Jack G oulds who h a d w r i t t e n a m a rv e lo u s r e v i e w o f my ABC s h ow. The John Pom f r e t s o f t h e New York T im es; th e John S t e e l e s o f Time a n d L i f e a n d t h e L u c ie n W arren s o f B u f f
  • s l i k e so m u c h . m o n e y . ; H e l e n lo o k s a t m e in a w r y w a y w i t h a to u c h o f a l m o s t d i s da in . A n d p a t i e n t B e s s e n c o u r a g e s m e a n d r e m i n d s m e th a t t h e r e w i l l b e th e - s o
  • of Achievement" Johnsons meet honored guests at Judicial Reception with receiving line for 700 guests; press ask Judge Sarah Hughes about W. Manchester book; Lady Bird reminisces about 1960 Campaign; visit with friends upstairs; Lady Bird reads "Of Time
  • or t h r e e more d r e s s e s , p o s s i b l y an e v e n in g d ress. I was i n no mood and t h i n k i n g o f th e b i l l s t h a t had a l r e a d y mounted up. A nd th e n n e x t i t was time t o s e e Max Brooks and Roy W h ite. Max's b u
  • 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
  • children leave. We went first to 30th Place, that I’d lived and loved for so long--18 years it was--and then to Mrs. Hendrick’s, and looked at some chintzes. As usual, didn’t find just what we wanted; came home in time for a 4:00 meeting with Clark Clifford