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- 7 0 s - - and m ade up a lis t fo r B e ss, using two o f our p erson a l
telephone books a nd w ra ck ing m y brain , , - Those people I would lik e s o m e tim e to in vite to a State Dinner| and another lis t of those fo r recep tio n s,
luncheons
- Lady Bird finishes Bill White's book on LBJ; Lady Bird records her White House Diary; Lady Bird walks with Jerry Kivitts; Lady Bird works on invitation lists for upcoming events at the White House; Lady Bird has telephone conversation with Dr. Hurst
- Christmas Day; telephone calls; Father Kaifer hold mass in Lincoln Room; special blessings for Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent in Vietnam; family opens more presents; Johnsons to open house at Clark Clifford's; LBJ lays down to rest; more telephone calls
- a lo t of unfinished busin e s s. ,
D iscu ssing with Jim Ketchum p aintings fo r the W est W ing, how and
w here to hang them ,
Telephone Jim Fosburgh and then telephone Ruth
Johnson about b o rro w in g paintings R e m i n g t o n s and R u s s e
- and there began a s e r i e s o f telephone ca lls about
something v a s tly m o re important than one man’ s m i s e r y - - a n earthquake
in Alaska,
C olonel C one11 was the f i r s t to re p o r t it to us, and then o ff and on during
the night there w e r e
- reservoir; Lady Bird receives telephone calls from Lynda and Luci Johnson; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on the telephone about services for Adlai Stevenson
- LBJ returns to Washington; Lady Bird and Nancy Negley work at Johnson City House; Lady Bird speaks to White House guests via telephone speaker; Margy McNamara and Luci Johnson substitute for Lady Bird in ceremony to receive painting by Mrs. Benjamin
- ; Lady Bird works while men talk; lunch; telephone calls about LBJ Library, LBJ Park & office business; drive through Reagan Ranch; LBJ eats dinner at Dale Malechek's; Lady Bird exercises & watches Gunsmoke; to Arthur Krim's for New Year's party
- Discussion about Big Bend trip; Lady Bird has lunch and swimming with staff wives; Bess Abell tells story about White House telephone operator and Gregory Peck; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has clothes fitting; Liz Carpenter receives
- r telephone c a lls T h en to the A m erica n a H otel w here I shook
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
.WASHINGTON
Th u rsday, M ay 28, 1964
P a ge 3
o f the people.
And b r ie fly in to m eet the group Eddie W e is l had so t rium phantly gotten
- Personal reading; telephone call with Mary Lasker about items for White House; Philip Bobbit's visit to White House; walk on White House grounds; to "West Side Story" with Lynda Johnson and Philip Bobbit; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Republican Convention
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So the afternoon fo r Lyndon was State of the N ation, night reading*,
and then telephone c a lls, and a b it of a nap. And then we asked the B ill
W hites, only re c e n tly back from R om e, the V alentis, M arianne M eans and
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- Lady Bird works on Johnson City House; telephone conversation with Lucia Johnson; LBJ on six-state tour of Midwest tornado damage; Lady Bird drives by the Schornhorst place and the bluebonnets; guests for dinner at the LBJ Ranch
- Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
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- for President; Lady Bird assesses LBJ's temperament; LBJ telephones Japanese Premier via first telephone cable between U.S. and Japan; visit with Luci about Shady Grove Music Fair; LBJ's trip to California
- on telephone; Lady Bird naps; more guests arrive; Dr. Davis gives sermon; yacht goes up river; long talk with June White about youth and their children; dinner; Lady Bird feels stuffed from too much food; back to White House; Bills Moyers discusses his
- Press reports on Johnson family activities; LBJ and Lady Bird drive around; Lynda tours with friend; Luci Johnson takes friends to Camp Mystic; LBJ on telephone about rioters in Los Angeles; Johnsons drive to Schornhorst Ranch; Story about LBJ
- Telephone call from Bill Moyers; ceremony and presentation of Johnson City park; tour for guests from Time-Life; LBJ arrives in Texas; LBJ's gives a reminiscent speech; Johnsons and guests go to boyhood home; LBJ picks up little boy and gets a kiss
- -andT e l, with our affin ity fo r the telephone,^his name e s p e c ia lly always r in g s
a b e ll with m e, no pun intendedj
And the Tom M cCabes of Scott P a p e r Company.
frien d Jay T a y lo r , who sends us e v e r y C hristm as an
We chatted
- took up i n telephoning.
tim e
And then on to the A r m o r y .
looked b e tte r.
The en orm ou sj^cavernou s A r m o r y ne v e r
T h e re w e re sh im m erin g red , white^ and blue stre a m e rs
hanging fro m the ceilings w ith en orm ou s clu
- Office work and meeting with staff about state dinners; party for Rebekah Johnson Bobbit; Lady Bird's diary for November 22, 1963, to Abe Fortas for Warren Commission; telephone call to John Connally; dinner with LBJ
- LBJ & George Reedy telephone call about budget and Congress; planning for Beautification meeting; attack in Vietnam; Lady Bird takes dog for walk; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; LBJ & Lady Bird dine with the McGeorge Bundys; George Reedy
- Tour of White House gardens with Mrs. Paul Mellon; plan to create a Jacqueline Kennedy garden; personal time swimming with friends and family; approval for Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; telephone call to Jacqueline Kennedy
- of Lyndon's staff, to have
accumulated so many people im portant to N A T O , - ^ such short notice.
I think the inviting had gone on until 10 or 11 o 'c lo c k the night b e fo r e , by
telephone or t e l e g ra m . ^
A d m ir a l R adford and M r s . Radford
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
- Democratic dinner last night in Austin; change of plans; LBJ to White House; LBJ with the Harold Holts to Camp David; Lady Bird makes telephone calls; Lady Bird selects pictures for walls of Davis and Cedar houses; plans made for Cousin Oriole's
- and others to Johnson City property; Lady Bird and LBJ to Moursunds and 3 Springs Ranch; LBJ reminisces about picnics and swimming as child; Lady Bird likes river-rafting; Peter Hurd's portrait of LBJ; telephone conversation with Nellie Connally
- telephone call with Frank Stanton about the LBJ School of Public Service [sic]
- Lady Bird describes the landscape; Lady Bird goes snorkeling; Lady Bird gives a speech at the College of the Virgin Islands' first commencement; reception line for 1 1/2 hours; telephone call from Luci Johnson about her trip with LBJ; Lady Bird
- and Jim Cain; Johnsons watch news; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Lynda Johnson in Arizona at archeological site
- Governor Tom Dewey, LBJ and Lady Bird have breakfast and talk about crime; Lucius Clay; ABC film on beautification; telephone conversation with Lynda Johnson; Luci Johnson receives Stingray car for graduation/birthday gift; Johnsons to Camp David
- ; Johnsons take guests on ride around ranches; visit with Cousin Oriole; LBJ and "Beagle;" Lady Bird and LBJ talk on telephone with Luci Johnson;
- for Johnson family and LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird walks White House grounds and uses Truman Balcony to speak with Abe Fortas on telephone; Fortases come for coffee; Arthur Goldberg as possible nominee to UN; Fortas to Supreme Court
- and Pat Nugent to swimming pool with guests; lunch on the terrace; naps; Johnsons watch "Meet The Press;" LBJ praises telephone operator; integration at University of Alabama; article about White House renovations
- ; Luci Johnson; telephone call with LBJ
- Senator Edward Kennedy's plane crash; Lady Bird calls Rose Kennedy, Birch Bayhs and Mrs. Edward Kennedy; telephone conversation with Lynda Johnson about security problem on her flight; office work; Lady Bird reads; walk around White House
- and telephone operators; dinner with LBJ; viewed "Becket" in White House theater
- i n n e r w h i c h we f i n a l l y h a d a t
ten o 'c lo c k a fte r p ro lo n g e d telephone c a lls .
B i l l is c o m i n g u p .
s u r e it w i l l p a s s .
It i s c l o s e .
The P o v e r t y
L y n d o n i s a lo n g w a y f r o m
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- Labor Day; LBJ & Lady Bird to Detroit for LBJ's Labor Day Rally in Cadillac Square; back to White House; office work; telephone calls with Mary Rather and Jessie Hunter; talk with Luci Johnson about raising children; dinner in bed with LBJ
- LBJ & Lady Bird have coffee; Lady Bird reads while LBJ telephones & watches television; Johnsons go for walk; tourists on Ranch Road 1; group of African-American children from St. Paul's School, 500 miles away, wait to sing for the Johnsons; LBJ
