Lady Bird describes typical week & weekends; meet with Abe Fortas about 1968 election; LBJ will give speech in March 1968 saying he will not run again; LBJ retirement activities include LBJ Ranch, teaching & lectures at University of Texas & San Marcos; Lady Bird says what conditions would cause LBJ to run again; Fortas says it depends on Vietnam; Lady Bird analyzes her own feelings; Johnsons fly to Camp David with guests; walk with Commander Jones' daughters, Karen & Judy, and Courtney Valenti; Johnsons and guests go to Commander John Paul Jones' house to see baby owl; bowling; early dinner; two-hour conversation; confrontation between LBJ and Dean Acheson; Speaker Rayburn's comments about Dean Acheson; donation by Phyllis Dillon for Beautification of Washington, DC schools; Mother's Day presents from Lynda Johnson and Luci Nugent
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday)
Citation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday), LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19670513