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  • 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
  • and spicy. She was accompanied by a phalanx of relatives, the Burton Bosseys, Alexander, a grandson, and Antoni Shoumatoff, a granddaughter, and her son, Nicholas and his wife. I t was a good day for cupid with Betty Beale there and her new fiance, whom
  • 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
  • e d Z a c h a ry S co tt a n d w e n t to New Y o rk an d th en to H ollyw ood, w h e r e , a s so m a n y m a r r i a g e s do, th a t one p e r is h e d . A nd l a t e r on she b e c a m e M r s , S te in b e c k , And a n o th e r I w a n te d
  • e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s . And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
  • y - a - f a m ily young m e n th a t h av e f ille d th is h o u se in o u r tim e h e r e . a c c id e n t, p ilo tin g a new p la n e . He w a s k ille d in a f lig h t- tr a in in g And L u c i, in a m a n n e r so tr u e l y L u ci, h a s a s
  • . R o b e r t and M r, H in e fo r t h e i r t a l e n t s and s k il ls in to th is l i t t l e bu ilding th a t w o uld h o p e fu lly s e t a new T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 14 (Continued) p la n fo r th is com nnunity and i t w o uld be s o
  • Poor weather delays flight to East Texas; Lady Bird answers questions from reporters in Shreveport, LA; drive to Dorris Powell's home in Karnack; new Karnack post office made with bricks from T.J. Taylor's general store; meeting about landscaping
  • new m a n t e l . Should th e s a m e i n s c r i p t i o n t h e n b e p e r h a p s e n g r a v e d on th e m a r b l e ? We d e c id e d t h a t th a t d e c i s io n sh o u ld b e l e f t up to m y s u c c e s s o r , and I w ould n e i t h e r r
  • e r too . And M a r i e - - a t l a s t L yndon is a c h ie v in g one of h i s a m b itio n s - - h e 's g e ttin g M a r i e tau g h t to sw im . And th e n B e r n i c e B u r g c a m e a n d gave m e a new h a i r - d o , and u n d e r the d r
  • in g a m e m b e r o f the A p a c h e T r i b e a t a b a r b e q u e f o r s o m e 2, 000 o r so. L u c i 's new c a r h a d a r r i v e d - - a g r e e n S tin g r a y - - a c o m b in a tio n g rad u atio n and b irth d ay p re s e n t. L yndon
  • u t, th a t w en t s o m e th in g lik e th is ; A new p r o c e s s of a u to m a tio n h ad b e e n p u t in a t one of th e F o r d p la n ts , th a t p u t o u t of w o rk q u ite a s iz e a b le n u m b e r of p e o p le , an d th in g s g o t
  • ic t u r e s . B a c k on the s e c o n d flo o r I took a new grip on lif e , phoned m y two r e m a in in g h o u s e g u e s t s - - A r c h b is h o p L u c e y and M ayor H a r r y A kin - to w e l c o m e th em . I w en t in to s e e Lyn, I
  • - - the new p in k one w ith th e b ead s^ a'ro u n d th e n e c k f o r th e p a r t y th a t w a s th e r e a l b eg in n in g of the C h r is tm a s s e a s o n - f o r th e p r e s s w o m e n o f W a sh in g to n . ' '• T h e r e w a s a b u ffe t s u p
  • ^ i w a s i t 2 year^agp:^^3)^:the new= -■ s id e w a lk : ; p n ^ ^ w e s t s i d e , ; o f Sis t e r d a le lim e s t o n e r ip p le d an reig lsop d :V th e fe n c e w h e r e th e c a r s d r iv e up to p a r k . We ' v e a lm o s t b r o k e
  • ; .I "^ lenbgatiso m e of th e a d v e n tu r e s h e r m o th e r h a d h a d w ith th e b r a n d E V r-,
  • o m s a l e s f r o m th e g u id e b o o k . T h e new b o o k c o n s H ^ - o u t i n th e F a l l - - th e " L i v i n g W h ite H o u s e " - - L i z s u g g e s ts a f a n fa re p u b lic ity . T h e m e e t i n g l a s t e d a n h o u r a n d
  • ho h a s c o v e r e d u s s in c e 1*11 a lw a y s lo o k b a c k on th em w ■ ith a 'ffe c tio n !1 MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE WASHING TON T h u r s d a y , M a rc h 14, 1968 Page 9 F r a n k R e y n o ld s of A BC; a n d a new -found f r