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Note, Lady Bird Johnson, 1968 [on decision to retire]

Title:

Note, Lady Bird Johnson, 1968 [on decision to retire]

Number of Pages:

3

Description:

Long and short-hand notes from Lady Bird while LBJ was making decision to retire

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

Collection:

Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Post-Courtship Letters

See Also:

See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 3; See all scanned items from file unit "January-March 1968 President's Decision Not to Run, 1968"

Subject:

Lady Bird Johnson personal; Elections

Archivist's General Note:

Scans are of the originals, but the box numbers refer to the service set

Rights:

The donor(s) of these records transferred their copyright to the U.S. government and their writings are therefore in the public domain. This file may also contain materials from other sources that may retain copyright.

Specific Item Type:

Correspondence

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

pp-ctjandlbj-b3-f06-i1

Date:

1968-xx-xx

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Transcript:

There are 5 compelling things on the agenda -- the war and the world, the cities and the nation and the party primaries, and the convention, and the election.
Of these 5 I can give up the last 3. I do not believe we can do all of these things as well as the people are entitled to have them done. Therefore, I am going to pick priorities.

[Attached Staff Note: Notes from Mrs. Johnson when President was making his decision to retire from office.]