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jotted down a statement for him to say in this meeting with President Kennedy and other advisers. Well, you know, I was bowled over. One, I'm not that smart, but I strained every bit of gray matter that I could to produce. I don't know whether
. Shriver and Ethel Kennedy to Texas; LBJ’s ability to recall names; 1960 election night; began working for LBJ when VP.

a moment--two things on this particular incident. One is that in the papers following the assassination of President Kennedy for some time into the Johnson Administration the pundits invariably said that Secretary Udall would be the first to go. until
Evolving of Lady Bird’s role as First Lady; handled all speech invitations; beginning of beautification idea; Sharon Francis; beautification efforts; Walter Washington; planting of Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; billboards; LBJ’s interest

Quayle Cannon. These sketches, extracted in f'ull from the Dictionary of American Biography, are attached. We are pleased to have been of assistance to you in this matter. ~~ Robert H. Land Chief Attachments Office of the Chief of Protocol Room

Folder, "Whistle Stop [4 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

-:aitin r-,irs. Jm-n.es L. r.::1rtin is a younc; houseuife all her volunteer time these uho is ::;pendin~; dnys in an unuGUal comb:tnation of church and country. Iler !'converslOD" to this the assassination 01· President neu emphasis Kennedy last

Kennedy wanted the vice president to represent him, right? C: Right at the independence of an African Republic--Senegal. dent asked me to go along. of two or three people. And the Presi We took a plane and a congressional delegation I remember

John l • Haggartyand General Joseph B. Costanzo Robert s. Folsom Ernest J. Colantonio John J • HsggertyA1bort Harkness, Jr. MaJ• Gen.. Horbert J • Vandor Heido Capt. Alvin C, Berg Col. Frank c. Scofield, Jr. Col, George A. Baldry RECENTU.s

Folder, "Whistle Stop [1 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

Tidewater that for Fitzpatrick, Ffa.rr;pton, I.H. and blue. at meetins Plane Robinson, > A. white above and they like coverage Raleighi._Ji~. Mrs. Robert T.F. of Young Dems., 15 of the 60 planned dressed as Portsmouth, Vice Mayo

~f nails Kennedy found sluggish and to miniature eoffins for cats ,a,nd 800 pairs of size 8-C balky. It has cut taxes and shoes . - - - - - 1the budget, and has kept the The late Skiles Test, a. strung , in trees around the business · expansion

Folder, "Whistle Stop [2 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

that the specific claim that she sought service is not made. You may improve upon this. Another thought, if you would worry about an effort for literal documertation this story can be attributed to either me or former Attorney General Robert Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater (Item)

-access admission to the public papers, many of which are very private papers, of the people involved in governing in high places in Congress, as well as the White House? LC: I think he had people on his staff, like Juanita Roberts, who were goading him

Folder, "Whistle Stop [3 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

traveled 35,000 miles in 71 days to campaign for the Kennedy- She is an enthusiastic Democrat be cause, "It's the party with the most heart and willingness to take a look at change and the most capable of coping with the big challenges of history

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: ELIZABETH CARPENTER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Ms. Carpenter's home in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Liz, let's start off talking about the reaction to the book on the Kennedy assassination particularly
on beautification program; Maxine Cheshire; Ambassador Adlai Stevenson’s relationship with the First Family; Rene Verdon; suggestions on gifts; A White House Diary; LBJ Ranch and the Hill Country; Hirschon collection; letter from Jackie Kennedy to Lady Bird put up

. And the Catholics are a union all their own. She got thousands- literally thousands--of postcards and letters welcoming her to the club. We got very few against. I think that, one, Kennedy's election as a Catholic made it safe for anybody in any religion
Jenkins; evaluation of LBJ’s press secretaries; break between Moyers and LBJ; George Christian; Lady Bird as a business manager; LBJ’s love of giving gifts; communication between Lady Bird and Jackie Kennedy.

Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

their husbands make the pitch for votes. The "family type" of campaign now under way is a natural out growth of the 1960 Kennedy campaign. The late President'• brother, and sisters and mother constantly spoke in his behalf. • .iacl

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