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Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

-- 2 putting the advance operation together for the Lady Bird Special which was the train tour through eight southern states, on which Mrs. Johnson and Lynda and Luci were the chief attractions. Following that experience I went into the Army in November

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

but that was really an escape valve to free him for the big decisions. I remember. . . . These are just personal observations. I called him a real bird because he was a uniquely humorous person. Did I mention about Wong, the Chinaman, on the other tape? F: No. J

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. Am I correct? J: That's correct. M: In our last session, we had gone through your earliest part of contact with Mr. Johnson and the Johnson family. This was in 1964. You had told me about the campaign and advancing the Lady Bird tour. We had

Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of spectacular value to many slum children. I'll n~ver . forget Lady Bird's . reaction after she had visited her first Head Start class. She said, "This is the finest thing we have done. They are taking some of the most deprived children in the la.nd

Folder, "[November 2, 1967 - Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

of the American people. If we keep up the pressure on them, gradually the will of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese will wear down," Clifford concluded. · At 1:45 p. m. Lynda Bird brought Patrick Lyndon Nugent in to the President. Lyn stayed