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THE WHITE HOUSE
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T u e sd a y , A p ril 11, 1967
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I aw oke fro m m y f ir s t night in the Gay Ro o m .
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- ;" visit from John Ben Shepherd and Mamie; ride around LBJ Park, Danz & Martin ranches; dinner; to Cedar House for the night; Lady Bird reads "The Secret of Santa Vittorio"
- , at la s t , h e w as tir ed .
So it w as an e a r ly night and I read N ich olas and A lexan d ra u n til I w as
s le e p y .
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- ; Johnsons fly to Puerto Rico; LBJ talks with press on plane; Johnsons stay at Porterfield House on Ramey AFB; LBJ talks with General McConnell while Lady Bird, Luci & Lyn tour base; dinner; LBJ plays dominoes; Lady Bird reads "Nicholas and Alexandra"
- ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s
Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree
au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them .
I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night.
And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s ,
the o
- B . Johnson said last night
he _$1.2 b1ll1on below prev ious \ she's plea serl (hal some Repuh
esllmates. But the forecas t for licans are concerned over pov
next . year's red-ink spe!'~ing erty among tenants on her land
was increased by $900
- Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with
the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of
C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~
lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press,
Helen Thomas
- 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
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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
- as up and d r e s s e d and had read m y little
ca rd s fo r s p e e c h e s th r e e or four tim e s when w e le ft fo r the a irp o rt
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The p lan e w as fu ll of n ew sp ap er p e o p le .
T h ere w e r e the
r e g u la r s , H elen
- and President's waiting room; Lady Bird to Ringling Bros. circus; Lady Bird reads mail and a book
- 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
- Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
- Bird mentions guests; topics of conversation are jobs for the handicapped & anti-American sentiment in France; toasts; Lynda Johnson toasts to George Washington; Lady Bird visits; snowing; Lady Bird reads; San Antonio wins cleanest city award
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th e f a c ts a n d th e fe e lin g s of e a c h g ift, on the we^ekend b e f o re I d id the show ,
o n a M onday m o m in g .
and read y p h ra se .
I lik e to r e a d a n d stu d y , a n d b e
- Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
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c o u n trie s.
And I do not th in k i t is m y im a g in a tio n th a t m a k e s m e
s e e in D ean R u s k an a l m o s t i m p i s h tw in k le of th e e y e , a m o r e
read y sm ile .
And ev e n V i r g in i a , a s L u c i w ould
- Lady Bird has hair styled while she reads John Adams' "Familiar Letters;" Lady Bird describes picture on plane & mentions press; breakfast; Lady Bird describes each stop; tour of "Old House" where four generations of Adams lived; luncheon; toasts
