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of them had been helpful in bringing the projects to fruition. F: Right. Now, you said you planted your beautification seeds there. C: Well, if you want to talk about where was the beautification idea born, it really was born in Lady Bird Johnson
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

situation of poverty and the declining skills in such areas as coal mining countries. Mrs. Johnson had wanted to be an activist first lady. she wanted her deeds to emerge. She said that The previous year, the ten months we had 1 LBJ Presidential
incident; Lady Bird served fruit and vegetables of Texas to visiting guests; Lady Bird was LBJ’s goodwill ambassador; Lady Bird flew in the same plane as the press; logistical problems of getting stories in; Lady Bird’s gift for phrase-making; White House

Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] 6 F: Did you ever hear the President comment on these revelations--charges? C: Yes. He was annoyed. He was annoyed that they would exploit it, but he was annoyed that it happened. And he let Lady Bird hear a lot
Reaction to William Manchester book; personal statement on Bill Manchester; Lady Bird’s trip to the University of Alabama; flap over Lady Bird’s property in Alabama; Lady Bird’s TV tour of Washington; criticism of Lady Bird for spending

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

of things? LC: My memory goes back to when he was in his vice-presidential years, when I went to work for him. But at that time there was a little house in Johnson City, his boyhood home, and already he and Lady Bird were trying to fix it up because

in it for conunercial p\_1rposes. 11 problem. This was a constant You have such things as real estate firms in San Antonio adver tising Lady Bird houses, almost as though she'd put some kind of beautification stamp of approval on them. F: Jackson and Perkins
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.

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