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- Middleton about bur film project and then around four o'clock
Friday, January 10, 1969
Page 4
into the Lincoln Bedroom for a two hour sittin g with Robert Berks
the sculptor, who is doing my head.
I took a batch of mail in and
signed i t and worked
- with Harry Middleton about film project; Lady Bird sits for sculptor, Robert Berks; visit with Lynda Robb & Luci Nugent during sitting; dinner for Hubert Humphrey and the Cabinet; photos of ladies & LBJ with Cabinet; toasts; papers to LBJ Library
- Tour of White House gardens with Mrs. Paul Mellon; plan to create a Jacqueline Kennedy garden; personal time swimming with friends and family; approval for Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; telephone call to Jacqueline Kennedy
- each o f the two c h ild re n ,
and one which I said I h o p ed--I thought perhaps she m ig h t lik e --to send on
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MEMORANDUM
THE W H I T E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
F r id a y ,
F e b r u a r y 28, 1964
Page 4
to M r s . R o s e Kennedy, I said goodbye
- Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
- and LBJ birthday; recordings project of White House entertainment with proceeds to Kennedy Center; visit with Texans at luncheon; walk in gardens with Dr. and Mrs. Morgan; visit with Luci Johnson
- Bird describes Jack Valenti; guests for dinner at White House with meeting about campaign; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and recording White House entertainment
- that those r e v e n u e s , s h ould not r e a lly be tied up in o rd in a ry
upkeep , with which I thoroughly a g r e e d .
So cl o se w a s h e r r e la tio n sh ip with M r s , Kennedy t h a t I doubt th a t I
MEMO R ANDUM
T H E W H IT E H O U S E
- ara, Kennedy, Gronouski , Freem an, Hodges, W irtz, Celeb ree z e;
I had aske d them a ll to help me be hostesses.
They w ere dispersed around
in several room s, and also I had asked the o ffic ers of the cl ub, M rs, L is te r
H ill, the fir s t V
- ggestions.
i n the
F irst,
Red Room
the mantl e p i e c e n e e d e d a c o u p l e
of
Mrs.
Kennedy had t a k e n the obelisks t h a t
w
b e l o n g e d t o h e r when she le f t and he s a i d why d o n ' t
you go down t o
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vermeil room and f i n d
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
- Meeting with Madam Shoumatoff about FDR portrait; Lady Bird, Nash Castro and Mary Lasker visit award-winning beautification sites; Beautification Committee meeting; Lady Bird mentions attendees and agenda; award ceremony in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
- on beautification; house guests; Jacqueline Kennedy letter to Lady Bird that appears at auction; State Dinner for President Park; Lady Bird mentions several guests; LBJ leaves party to work until 4:30 a.m.
- a n ' t h e l p b e l i e v i n g h e l i k e s L y n d o n , to o, t h o u g h
c o m p l e t e l y w ithout th a t m o t h - t o - t h e - f l a m e a ttitu d e th a t so m a n y in te lle c t u a ls
had f o r P r e s i d e n t Kennedy.
B e c a u s e
- " women; Lady Bird's trip to Museum of Modern Art in New York; Luci Johnson's dress for Apple Blossom Festival; Lady Bird visits Jackie Kennedy about Committee for Preservation of the White House; reception for labor newspaper editors; Lynda Johnson news
- Lady Bird works on speech; Lady Bird to hair salon; coffee for the Council on the Humanities; Lady Bird discusses the Kennedy Library with I.M. Pei; Lady Bird gives speech during Buchanan School dedication; speeches by Mayor Washington & Brooke
