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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
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- Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
- 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
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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
- when Ambassador Johnson got a note -- he stopped and read it.
"Martin Luther King has been shot in Tennessee."
It read
A few moments later he reported
"Martin Luther King is dead."
We were all horror struck but we couldn't do
anything and went
- Lady Bird talks to LBJ at Camp David; Lady Bird & foreign press board buses for Goliad; view flowers & cattle; funeral service for Martin Luther King; ceremony at restored Presidio La Bahia; speeches by Stewart Udall & Lady Bird; migrant children
- 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
- the idea that my assistant
Ed Martin would be available in the
meanwhile until somebodyelse was appointed.
I had strongly urged that
I be able to inform him of the selection of somebodyelse at the time that
I was terminated, but the Departmentwas
- arborough ca m e up to g r e e t m e .
H e had c a n c e lle d out
a fter the a s s a s s in a tio n of M artin Luther King and I did not e x p e c t to s e e
h im .
I m an aged to be m o r e c o rd ia l than I had been at our la s t m eetin g
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- lu n ch on t r a y s .
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I t ' s a funny thing.
f o r a p la c e p r o t e c t e d f r o m the w ind.
We h a d b e e n loo king
We ta lk e d f o r y e a r s ab ou t
b u ild in g s o m e s o r t of a w ind b a r r i e r out b y the sw im m
- through Martin & Danz Ranches; Frank Erwin & LBJ Library; Johnsons watch tv election coverage; party for military staff stationed at LBJ Ranch; story about elderly man & LBJ; LBJ gives speech & awards to military staff
- on zones from the Indians.
I expect I better have
a meeting on that tanorrow, or at least have Martin Abel call same people
together to discuss it with them and see what kind of a formula we can
I
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work out, fire back to India, see if we can get
- A p ril 14 ,
,
^
-Tuesday
rri
1964
Because King Hu ssain was going to ar r i ve without
his w i f e ,
I had not expected to p a r t ic ip a t e in the
arriv al ceremonies at l l : 3 0 .
So was b u s il y e n g ^ e d
in
desk work when I got
- Head of State visit of King Hussein I of Jordan; Lady Bird to USDA for Food and Home Fair for Consumers; Lady Bird meets "Smoky the Bear;" Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Red Cross Luncheon; State dinner for King Hussein I; exchange of gifts
- 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
- r . L a b o u is s e
fo r the C a th e d ra l fo r the r e q u ie m m a s s for King Pau l.
T h e en tran ce to the C a th e d r a l w as flan k ed by s o lid flanks of p h o to g r a p h e r s
with fla sh in g bulbs and a u n ifo r m e d p a la ce
- Greek King Paul's funeral; Archbishop Christostomas of Athens; Prince Phillip of England; unpleasant incident with Archbishop Makarias of Cyprus and crowd; long funeral procession to gravesite; Prince Loraton of Cambodia and stone-throwing at US
- 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
- are: wor king for Lynd on down at the headquarters fo r
the volunteers for th e Dem oc ratic National Comm ittee:.
She pu t th e
littl e gol d pins in t he shap e of a number four cros sc~d with t he ini tials LJ3J.
She ga
- will be thin king of you.
We arc 00 pcopk, all tbc studen ts of the National M usi c Camp
- not the le a s t b it frig h te n e d
lo o k in g .
I d id n 't w a nt to add an e x tra g e rm so I j u s t patted h im and
s a t down and h e ld h is hand.
H e showed m e the a rtic le about L u c i by
H e le n Th o m a s as to how she w as ta king C
- 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
- graduates they have turned out among the n egro r a c e t han have
som e of the other cou n tries re c e n tly re le a s e d fro m coloni az a t i o n ,
Sitting out on a d e c k l o o king at the ligh ts o f A tlan tic C ity , w hile Lyn don
talked to a v e
- on the day w a s the im p orta nt even t, the $1, 000, dinner p r e c e edin g
the gala.
In m y orange and y e llo w flo w e re d ta ffeta evening dress® I went
with Lyndon and L u c i to the In tern ation al IInn about 6:30,----Luci,'l o o king
an absolute
- acquainted sessio n ,
exchange of gifts.
How delighted I was with those they brought! A paper weight made of
copper slag from King S olom on 's m ine, sm elted on silver and dated during
the 10th Century B . C . , was fo r Lyndon.
A lso a m od ern silver c
- , 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
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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
- with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
- o t t e r 's question,- as
to whether I was going to the p erfo rm a n ce or not.
our State Dinner fo r King H ussein.
It is the night a fter
I don’ t know i f there is any return
function o r not, so I spent the next two hours v ig o r o u s ly
- ^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
- in g s a r e th e w o rk of King Mongkut
th a t d y n a m ic
f e a r s o m e r u l e r in A n n a a n d th e K ing of S ia m , and th e g r e a t g r a n d -
C
f a th e r of th e p r e s e n t K ing, o r b y K ings w
ho^ p r e c e d e d h im .
I
- Lady Bird walks palace grounds; ride with LBJ to airport to fly to Malaysia; welcoming ceremonies where LBJ gives speech; Lady Bird describes Malaysia, people, government & history; meeting with King & Queen; exchange of gifts; Lady Bird describes
- 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
- r s l i n e d
up in c o s tu m e s .
And M e r lin , m y old fr ie n d , had told m e I c e r t a i n l y .
w o u l d n e v e r h a v e s e e n the King A r t h u r l i k e t h i s o n e .
It w a s s l a p s t i c k ,
a n d e v e n I w i t h m y
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
- le ft and I d ecid ed I m igh t a s w e ll liv e it up.
I c a lle d in
C h ief King,-^and got a m a s s a g e , and when he had fin ish ed , tip toed to L yndon's
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
:' WA SHI NOT ON -
M onday, A p r il 1, 1968
d oor
- 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
