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- Kennedy Garden - Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce re: beautification project
11:55 Returned to second floor
2. 12:45 To Senate Ladies luncheon
3:00 Returned to White House
3. 3:55 To Blue Room to receive Library Committee (49 guests)
4:30 To East Room
- THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place). White House
Entry
No.
MRS. LYNDO N B . JOHNSON, Daily Diary DateJanuary 4, 1966
Activity
Time
Morning at desk writing personal notes: Rietzke, Kennedy letters
11:45 Coffee w/ Bill
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9:30 Work w/ Bess
10:30 Mail, etc.
11:45 To President's office
12:00 Work w/ Liz
2:00 Shopping w/ Dorris Powell (hurt foot)
4:00 Return to White House
4:30 Interview w/ Mr. Manchester who is doing a book at
Mrs. Kennedy's request on the four days
- . Feldstein (Luci's host in Milwaukee)
Nap w/ President
4:20 To Situation Room to see ABC film
6:00 Called Mrs. Kennedy to invite her to sit in box at convention
6:45 To South Grounds for a walk - barefoot - play with dogs
7:30 Jean-Louis to White House
- Left residence w/ Lynda and Luci for Shelbourne Hotel. Press Brunch.
12:00 Returned to residence - Had sandwiched in room - Dr. Travell to massage feet
2:15 Left residence for Deauville for Governor Harriman's reception for
Mrs. Kennedy
3:30 Left
- for National City Christian Church with President and
Mr. and Mrs. Watson
12:10 Returned to White House briefly and left for
Arlington Cemetery to visit President Kennedy's
grave
12:30 Returned to White House
12:40 Took Dr. and Mrs. Gould on tour of first
- with Marilyn.
10:35 Jean-Louis in for a comb-out.
2. 11:00 To the Kennedy Garden for multiple sclerosis ceremony.
11:15 Returned to the second floor.
3. 12:50 Departed the White House to go to lunch at the Symington residence with Mrs.
Symington and Mrs. Fortas
- . Gregory Peck; Lynda; Mr. and Mrs. Wasserman; Mr. and Mrs. Weisl, Sr.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
8:30-9:30 Saw Kennedy-McCarthy debate on TV.
Retired.
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- THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
The White House
Time
Date Wednesday, June 5, 1968
Activity
Dictated June 6, 1968
(3:20 a.m. EST Senator Kennedy was shot in Los
- of Laos and his party for lunch on the second floor.)
3. 1:25 To the Rose Garden and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden with Lynda for photos.
4. 1:40 Left the White House with Lynda for lunch at the Jockey Club.
3:03 Returned to the White House.
Worked
- Avenue and Rock Creek Parkway.
1:55 Returned to the White House.
Recorded (?)
4:10 To the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden with Liz -- worked on trip -- lunch.
5:17 To the second floor with Liz.
6:12 Liz went down.
7:04 With the Krims to the Frank Ikard
- while dressing
9:28 To Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for FTD (floral) presentation of
geraniums
9:38 Departed for Watts Branch and dedication of L. Rockefeller Park
11:09 Left Watts Branch
11:20 Returned to White House
11:30 Meeting in Oval Room
- and Triangles
Down South Capitol Street to S.W. Washington: Texaco Station
1:30 Returned to White House
3. 2:00 To State Dining Room for beautification meeting
2:45 To Jacqueline Kennedy Garden - presented awards
To South Lawn for receiving line
4:00
- :00 Ride out to chopper to greet Senator Gaylord Nelson. Rode with
Senator around ranch.
11:40 Left w/ President, Senator Nelson, and A.W. driving for St. Mary's Catholic
Church for John F. Kennedy Memorial Service.
12:30 Left church and drove back
- To Bill Moyers' office for press conference
5:00 To Library to see Mount Holyoake students again. Escorted them to Rose Garden and then
to Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
4. 5:30 To Rose Garden for Presidential signing of Postmaster Work Bill
6:40 To mansion
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No.
Time
4. 3:10 To West Wing w/ Mrs. Smith
4:10 To Jean-Louis accompanied by John Secondari of ABC
5. 6:10 Returned to White House Talked with Liz re: J. Kennedy letter
6:40 Peter Hurds - house guests - arrived
7:55 Vice President
- :45 To the President's Room to visit with him
1. 10:05 To Jacqueline Kennedy Garden to present certificates to
S. Klein Department Store and Hechinger
To Diplomatic Reception Room to greet Charlotte, North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
2. 10:27
- with Liz
Tried on hats w/ Liz, Patsy, and Helen
Wore new blue outfit - Mollie Parnis -- and found it too big.
12:30 Pictures in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden with Mayor of Palmdale, California
Presentation of 300 lilac trees to D.C.
12:50 Left for Capitol w
- Breakfast.
Bathed and dressed.
1. 9:30 Met with Jim Webb in the West Hall -- talked about space, in preparation for
visit to Cape Kennedy.
11:05 Mr. Webb left.
2. 11:10 To the Yellow Oval Room for coffee with guests: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Girard, Dr. John
O
- Force Base and boarded Air Force One.
5:05 Left for New York.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5:53 Landed at Kennedy Airport -- motorcade to the Pierre Hotel.
6:26 Arrived at the Pierre -- to Suite 1915 with the President and Luci.
Comb-out; changed
- with CR Smith and Mathilde.
7:15 Returned home.
5. 8:00 Dinner with guests who came up with us.
Talked about going to church tomorrow -- which movie to see (gossip about
Mrs. Kennedy)
6. 8:45 Saw "Rachel, Rachel." President left after five minutes.
10:45
- minutes later, returned to the second floor
via the Rose Garden and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
Recorded.
Entry No.
Time
Activity
4. 8:55 Greeted Senator Russell at the ground floor elevator landing and walked with
him to the President's office.
5. 10
- To the Blue Room for photos with Mrs. Davis Brinkley and Mrs. Frank Wisner -then received "Friends of the Kennedy Center." To the State Dining Room
for refreshments -- mixed and mingled with guests.
3:02 To the second floor.
3. 3:43 Departed the White House
- , Mr. and Mrs. John Walker.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
4:55 To the second floor.
5:07 To the South Grounds.
5:10 Returned to the second floor.
5:15 Once again to the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for interview with Hugh Sidey of Time.
5:45 To the first
- -- talked with Lynda.
Worked with Ashton.
Looked at evening bags for Liz's birthday.
11:00 To the Yellow Oval Room to meet ambassadors' wives.
12:07 Took the ladies to the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
12:13 Bid guests goodbye; return to the second floor
- albums
11:05 Lynda in to talk/Writing Mrs. Kennedy/Posed for pictures
11:38 Jean-Louis
Noon Left Jean-Louis's
12:05 Arrived White House. Pictures for CARE in Diplomatic Reception Room.
12:20 Departure from White House.
12:27 Arrival at Mrs. Humphrey's
- planting.
11:45 Returned to the second floor.
12:00 Talked with Mary Kaltman and Mr. West.
1:00 To the President's office to join him for swearing-in of Marvin Watson as
Postmaster General -- followed by reception in the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden.
2
- -- shampoo, set, and treatment.
4:20 Returned to the White House.
4. 4:35 To the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for reception on the status of women.
5:15 Returned to the second floor. Hot, wilted sandwiches.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5. Birthday party for Lyn
- with President and others
5:15 Mrs. Burg - shampoo and set
Finishing work on Arts Council and Kennedy Center
5. 7:30 Drove to Scharnhorst and joined President, the Hardestys, and Middletons. Stopped
by Eugene Lindy's house. Time of long shadows. Young calves
- to the White House -- second floor.
2. 2:46 To the President's office to get him for family picture.
3:03 With the President to join Luci, Lynda, Chuck, and Lyn in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden
for family picture.
3:14 Returned to the second floor
- with the President, Lynda, and Chuck.
11:27 Returned to the second floor with the President, Lynda, and Chuck.
12:40 Jack Valenti to the second floor.
12:45 Mary Fehmer to the second floor.
Saw Ted Kennedy on
TV in the President's Room with him, Lynda, and
Went
- for an attack on Lebanon, and I pray
that any crisis w ill hold o ff another twenty days. And for the country, an
interesting headline.
Senator Teddy Kennedy w ill fight Russell Long for
the job of Senate whip.
Lyndon is not waiting for the New Year.
Ever
- 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
- /operations c lo s e to Picayune, and fro m there, fin a lly , to C a p e
Kennedy.
It would fo llo w the path of the Saturn, fro m it 's birth place in
Huntsville, to its launch pad at C a p e Kennedy.
F o r me/' the purpose is / to find a device to get
- and w ife .
The Ir is h have r e a lly put th eir stamp on our p o litic s ]
And fro m the court - Justice and M r s , Brennan - this r e a lly was the
II
night fo r the Iris h m a fia ,
The sta ff that we had in h erited fro m the Kennedy A d m
- and Warrie Lynn Smith at State Dinner; Kennedy family; death of Indian Prime Minister Nehru; LBJ's toast; entertainment by George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst
- To the theater with the above guests, the President, and Luci to see: "March,
1969" report.
10:45 To the second floor.
10:55 The Mohrers left.
11:20-12:00 Chief Dunn.
Retired.
*******
House guests:
Mr. and Mrs. George Christian - 326.
Miss Joan Kennedy - 324. *******
- for the hospital. Back for Lynda. Re: Tony. stay at Kennedy suite.
12:34 Arrived - Bethesda Naval Hospital -- visited the President.
3. Nap! Called George Mahon.
4:15 Returned to the White House.
4:46 Tea in the West Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Tippett and Mr
- .
Recorded.
2:36 Called Bob Knudsen.
2:37 Called Ashton to ask for October 19th diary envelope.
Continued recording.
3:45 To the pool for swim.
4:15 Returned to the second floor.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
4:35 To the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for photos
- Smith, Ervin Duggan, John Criswell, Marie Fehmer,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson, Colonel and Mrs. Robinson, Rev. Billy Graham (conducted
services), Lynda, Luci, General and Mrs. Ginsburg, Jim Jones, Sam Houston Johnson.
12:25 All to the Jacqueline Kennedy
- the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had
made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep.
I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the
children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
- would not be a candidate for re -e le c tio n .
desk is a bleak business.
Emptying a
I thought about how the house had looked
when I had v is ite d Mrs. Kennedy five years and two months ago.
could be gripped by the sadness then.
Today I cannot.
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