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- with about ten governors, and Martin Luther
King somewhere in the middle of it. And it was good talk and a wonderful day, and I
thought to myself: “Dear Lord, if he can just rest enough to think enough, it just might be
wonderful.” I mean, the next 13 months
- ci and I.
Lyndon w a s in h is o ffic e - I knew a sta tem en t w as being p rep a red .
He
gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed
r
b y the b ru tal sla y in g tonight of D r. M artin Luther King.
I a s k e v
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
- Big breakfast with guests; everyone goes for walk and then bowling; lunch, a nap, and viewing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Meet the Press;" more bowling; talk of approaching Eastman-Kodak to sponsor beautification; possible trip to Florida
- ie t s e r io u s v o ic e s a id ” We t r a v e l
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
:
(
F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968
.
WASHINOTON
Page 2
w ith a h e a v y h e a r t to d a y , b e c a u s e of th e tra g e d y of D r, King*s d e a th .
E v
- Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents
- o king a t th e d e e r , co unting th e m and in s p e c tin g th e f e n c e s ,
p ic k in g up th e in te r c o m e v e r y few m in u te s to g iv e d ir e c tio n s to D a le w ho
C
S a tu rd a y , J a n u a ry 13 (C ontinu ed )
m u s t c u
- , Martin & Danz Ranches; back to LBJ Ranch and talk about ranch issues with Dale Malechek; helicopter to Austin and a visit with Luci & Lyn Nugent; Johnsons to Andrews AFB and White House in pelting rain
- s s ib le .
O nly G race and June w e r e th ere.
I sta y ed un til a little p a st 11:00 and
then retu rn ed to the W h ite H ouse for a 11:30 m eetin g on the N orth P o r tic o
w ith King H a ssa n .
-'
-T h e b ig b la ck lim o u sin e w ith
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; Lady Bird to Spanish class; Johnsons welcome King Hassan of Morocco; new winter ceremony format; Lady Bird does office work, has lunch & watches entertainment rehearsal; Lady Bird lists houseguests with some from Marshall
- MEMORAN DUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WA S H IN GTON
T u e sday, M ay 19, 1964
P a ge 1
The day began with desk w ork with L iz , B ess and Ashton.
Then I w alked o ve r to Lyndon*s o ffic e to g r e e t the King of Burundi,
on the law n s m a ll
- Lady Bird does desk work; visit of King of Burundi; paintings for the White House; Lady Bird works with Dick Goodwin on Lady Bird's upcoming Kentucky speech; military reception on White House lawn; Johnson family greets the guests; Lady Bird
- i n a v i a o n ly l a s t O c t o b e r - the King
of D e n m a r k , a n d f r i e n d l y Q u e e n I n g r i d of D e n m a r k , a n d b e a u t i f u l A n n M a r i e ,
t h e i r p r i n c e s s , who i s g o in g to b e m a r r i e d to you
- Lady Bird arrives in Athens for funeral of King Paul of Greece; welcoming ceremonies; Lady Bird lunches at restaurant along Aegean Sea; background briefing on Greek government; Georgios Papandreou and son; visit to Byzantine Monastery; drive
- to build a c i t y , / ^ being
both stud ied and ex ecu ted at the sam e tim e.
At s ix , I a ccom p a n ied Lyndon to King H iisse in 's r ec e p tio n
for u s and 1500 m o re people at the M ayflow er H o tel.
i
The D ip lom atic
Corps cam e down
- ; Lady Jackson's ideas on improving cities; LBJ and Lady Bird to reception given by King Hussein I at Mayflower Hotel; party at the Warren Woodwards for Lloyd Hand; Lady Bird to Coliseum for Lippizzaner horse show; Luci Johnson & friends; Lady Bird's
- e r^
A
g lim p s e in to a h o u se w h e re I saw a p ic tu r e o f the King an d
Q u een on th e w a ll; another^ a s m a ll h a m m o c k sw ay in g g en tly
s u s p e n d e d f r o m th e b e a m - J t w a s th e b a b y 's c r a d le .
A nd
- Lady Bird tours the Khlong and describes people and sights; LBJ receives honorary degree from Chulalongkorn University; Lady Bird describes academic robes and King Kittikachorn; LBJ gives speech and signs International Education Act; Lady Bird meets
- will be thin king of you.
We arc 00 pcopk, all tbc studen ts of the National M usi c Camp
- MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
’
W ed n esd a y , N o v e m b e r 1, 1967
Page 1
It w a s the day o f the v i s i t o£ the King of N ep a l and h is Q u e e n .
T he in o r n in g I sp e n t a t d e s k w o rk , a n d then a fe w m in u
- Office work; arrival ceremony for King & Queen of Nepal; speeches & parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to Blair House; lunch; meeting with Clark Clifford & Madame Shoumatoff about portrait of Lady Bird; visit with LBJ in dining room; LBJ's announcement
- , or rather he talked.
That treadworn
We talked about the
He told us how in the days
of the French Kings, Louis XIV and XV, i t had been made by using
mercury, I think i t was, and after many painstaking years, the workmen
would go blind.
Then he
- for.
L iz a n d th e o th er V IP 's o f th e H ea d lin er's celeb ra tio n .
pH
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Friday January 31, 1969
page 5
O ur first party back hom e in Austin and JtJxJiA JLoo woA an.
experience . W e found a par king pl ace rig ht in ^Aoni—I
dare say
- ^and^most i n t e r
fa c t that
IS g o in g down to b e
the
p o s s i b i l i t y of e x p o r t i n g
p o s s i b i l i t y of f i n d i n g
oil^ w h ic h i s
the King when he lea ves
the p e r s o n a l
guest of
of Houston who has v i s i t e d
- e s .
In 5 m in u tes he is read y.
And then he is sa y in g , " B e s s, I thought you told m e the P r im e M in ister" ,
or the king or w h a tev er it i s "was sup p osed to be h e r e at 10 m in u tes of 8?"
T h is tim e we w ere down at the N
- a r S p an gled B a n n e r on f if e s .
T he G ra n d C h a m b e r l a i n g r e e t e d
u s , and we w alked u n d e r the gold c e r e m o n i a l u m b r e l l a s up to the
p o r c h w h e r e the King a nd Q u een a w a ite d u s .
I n s i d
- t h e n
w e n t d o w n to s e e th e l a s t p a r t of B e c k e t t , a l o n g w i t h L u c i a n d h e r b e a u .
N o w h e r e n e a r a s g oo d a s t h e s t a g e p l a y , I t h o u g h t , w i t h th e King no t a s
s t r o n g a s S i r
- u r n e d t o G e o r g ia .
W h at a s t o r y book s o r t o f th in g to d o !
I had lu n c h w ith L y n d a in m y b e d r o o m , s h e lo o king b e a u tif u l in
h e r p in k d r e s s a n d r e d c o a t, e x c i t e d and e n t h u s i
- Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson go for walk and bowling; trip on Air Force One to Greece with President Harry Truman for funeral of King Paul; Lady Bird visits with others on plane including Archbishop Iakovos, head of Green Orthodox Church; stories
- in 1930s; Lady Bird describes improvements completed at ranch; Lady Bird discusses the King Ranch at lunch; Lady Bird makes sympathy calls; LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird goes for walk with book; back to White House; Blanco has bitten one of the beagles; late
- up on a plate by Zephyr.
w h ile I w atch ed te le v is io n ,
-5^^k it to b ed and ate
^
C h ief King gave m e a rub and I w as ready for s le e p b y 11:30.
One o f the p r e ttie s t sig h ts of the day had b een Lynda B ird , who had
co m e
- in h im ." So w e d ro v e
down b y the g r a v e y a r d - - no u n f a m i l i a r s ig h t f o r M i s s i s s i p p i a n s , and th e
h o u s e w h e r e L y n d o n w a s b o r n a n d a r o u n d loo king a t the c a t t l e .
d i s p l a y e d
- , a n d t h e n he w a s s u m m o n e d
b a c k into t h e M a e l s t r o m .
He t a l k e d of s o m e of t h e p r o b l e m s .
He b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e R e v . M a r t i n L u t h e r King is th e o nly
one
up t h e r e h i s f o l k s w
- s e le c t s o m e th in g to w e a r to the D ip lo m a tic R ecep tio :
on T u e s d a y n ig h t; a n d th e n fo r th e a f t e r d in n e r e n te r ta in m e n t f o r King O laf
on T h u r s d a y n ig h t.
A n d so , i t w a s a fu ll m o rn
- .
What a jo y i t is to h a v e a n u r s e h e r e w ith h i m .
is a d o ra b le but stre n u o u s.
h a d h a d a l it t l e g i r l .
He
S om eone c a l le d th a t M a r y M a r g a r e t V a le n ti
C h ie f King c a m e and gave m e a b r i e f
- d h im a n d h e d i d n 't
We l e f t h im i n H e l e n 's k eep in g .
c o m e o v e r l a t e r a n d s p e n d the n ig h t w ith h im .
W a r r i e L y n n w o u ld
O ddly he s e n s e d I th in k
th a t w e w e r e n o t loo king a t h im
- v e r to e n t e r t a i n u s h e r e in th e W hite H o u se - - J o s e L im o n - - who
d a n c e d the M o o r s P iv o n f o r the King of M o ro c c o .
He i s a t l e a s t m y
a g e , a n d th a t m u s t b e s o m e th in g of a p h e n o
- F u l b r i g h t; C lin t a n d H e n r i e t t a A n d e r s o n , h e ' s loo king q u ite old, th e y
a r e b o th m y d e a r f a v o r i t e s ;
G e o r g e an d H e le n M a h o n , h e ' s on the
Sm i t h s o n ia n B o a r d I b e lie v e
- , a n d o n e m y s e l f I
h a d put on th e l i s t a n d w a s s o g la d to s e e - - D r . an d M r s . John King
o f o u r o w n H u s t o n - T i l l o t s o n in A u s t in .^
I than k ed Er n e s t C u n e o a s h e c a m e d ow n th e l i n e f
