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- o r and Mrs. Robert F. Wagner
CE>NOllESSlON.AL .
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'Senator and Mrs. Frank Church ·
'5enator and Mrs. Edward Kennedy
'Senator and Mrs. Birch Bayh
,senator and Mrs. Claiborne Pell
' - Senator and Mrs •. Thomas Kuchel
~ong. and Mrs. William Green
- , I sat down to lunch downstairs, in that room where
I first came to a dinner with the Kennedys in January of ’61, with Bess, and Liz, and Ashton, and
Tish Baldridge, who had come down to give us about four days of her time for advice and
getting us
- Fredericka of Greece, President Segni of Italy, and Chancellor Erhardt of Germany at the LBJ Ranch; heads of state gifts; dinner with the Jack Valentis and Bill Whites; White's book on LBJ and his book on Senator Robert Taft
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HUMPHREY, The Vice Pres. &Mrs.
JACKSON, Lady
(no admit card)
JOHNSON, Miss Luci Baines
JOHNSON, Miss Lynda Bird
KENNEDY, Mrs. Edward M.
KINTNER, Mr. & Mrs. Robert E.
KRIM, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B.
KROCK, Mr. & Mrs. Edward
LANFRANCHI, Mr. & Mrs. Mario
LASKER
- in answering the m ail M rs, Kennedy had received
af ter the P resid en t’ s assassination.
L iv e ly , attractive, a newspaperman's
wif e - she said you could read just so much of it, day after day, time after
time until you fin ally got saturated with g r
- Lady Bird returns to White House; Johnson family to St. Mark's Church; lunch with the Dean Rusks, Robert McNamaras and McGeorge Bundys; Vietnam; Lady Bird and LBJ to Bob Thompsons; dinner with the Valentis
- of Housing & Urbaf Development
.
(Robert C. Weaver)
,,,. Sen. J. W. Fulbright
Ca,,,,.__.t.J ... ~
(Arkansas)
Sen. Thomas H. Kuche 1
(California)
f(,,l sen. Albert Gore ~ ~ ~
{Tennessee)
()._ Sen. Alan Bible
(Nevada)
Frank
Church
fel sen.
(Idaho)
Howard
W
- 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
- Sculptor Gilroy Roberts brings the model of LBJ's head for the Presidential Medal; Lady Bird visits Caroline Kennedy's school on third floor of the White House; Lady Bird remembers her mother's death when she was five; Lady Bird spends the afternoon
- in the East Room ^'w hich we a re a lre a d y obligated
fo r , since they w e r e selected by M rs . Kennedy about last Septem ber a n d
a lre a d y woven in F ra n ce.
And then we look fo rw a rd to w hatever else we
m ight a c q u ir e !
H e’ s r e a lly
- Lady Bird attends meeting about artwork for the White House; diplomatic relations are restored with Panama; Robert Anderson; reception and LBJ's speech for the 15th Anniversary of NATO; Lady Bird mentions individuals attending the reception; Lady
- and will be coming in on
Thurtday to fix the hair of the model• tor our fashion ahow..
Please give ua your okay1 aa eoon aa poa dble.
John Paul Amtellem
Woodner Hot.e l
Robert Phillipa
1100 22nd St. N. W.
Waehinaton. D. c.
Robert Ciamblin
1309 N, Danvll Street
- it to start looking like the Johnsons lived here. I put
out a picture of President and Mrs. Kennedy--no, I believe it’s just the President--and
Caroline, and the pony, the little pony that Lyndon gave them. And then I put out a picture
of Daddy with Tommy
- the inventory and sale of the Elms; evening social gathering of Johnson and Kennedy staffs; Ted Sorensen; Abe Fortas' interest in art and music; Jacqueline Kennedy's work; [Nancy] Salinger; LBJ's tour of the White House; civil rights legislation
- and w ife .
The Ir is h have r e a lly put th eir stamp on our p o litic s ]
And fro m the court - Justice and M r s , Brennan - this r e a lly was the
II
night fo r the Iris h m a fia ,
The sta ff that we had in h erited fro m the Kennedy A d m
- and Warrie Lynn Smith at State Dinner; Kennedy family; death of Indian Prime Minister Nehru; LBJ's toast; entertainment by George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst
- the children’s ward, a little engagement that Mrs. Kennedy had
made some weeks ago and had asked me to keep.
I took Lucy and Beth Jenkins with me, and we had baskets of toys to distribute among the
children. The people were lined up out front: Dr. Schultz
- would not be a candidate for re -e le c tio n .
desk is a bleak business.
Emptying a
I thought about how the house had looked
when I had v is ite d Mrs. Kennedy five years and two months ago.
could be gripped by the sadness then.
Today I cannot.
I
- Lady Bird's clothing and shopping for shoes; call to Jacqueline Kennedy, who has a little girl with chicken pox; call to Nellie Connally and Lady Bird's concern for politics in Texas; call to Mary Lasker about art; dinner with A.W. Moursund, Babe
- Kennedy.
I t ' s b e e n one y e a r , one m o n t h a n d
two d a y s s i n c e P r e s i d e n t K e n n e d y ' s v i r g i n a p p e a l to ge t i t p a s s e d - a n d
I ' d h a t e to put h o u r to h o u r a l l of the c a l l s , the t a l k s
- Lady Bird's trip to New York for clothes fitting; lunch with Billie and Wendy; Tax Bill passed and signing ceremony; LBJ's speech and praise for Sen. Byrd; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mrs. Kennedy's house to present 4 signing pens; presentation of tray
- of P r e s id e n t John F i t z g e r a l d Kennedy d u r in g
th e f u n e r a l ma s s .
P r e c e d in g t h e i r rem o v a l t o A r lin g to n
where t h e y a w a ited th e jo y o u s day o f Re s u r r e c t i o n . "
Somehow th e pronouns
- LBJ and Lady Bird attend Red Mass at St. Matthews Cathedral with Luci, and Pat Nugent; Lady Bird reflects on bronze plaque in church about President Kennedy; Johnsons go to Jack Valenti's for coffee; lunch back at the White Housie; LBJ takes a nap
- Lady Bird meets with Chief Usher, J.B. West, at the White House; in the afternoon, Lady Bird returns to the White House and discusses housekeeping details with Jacqueline Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy's request for Caroline's school at White House
- 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
i
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
- at the ranch with P re s id e n t Kennedy.
tie the deer under a tree.
T h o m a s v ille , in fact.
We a ll but had to
And Con gressm an John P ilc h e r , of G eo rg ia -
He and I re m in is c e d about Aeneas A frican u s - and
MEMORANDUM
THE WH I T E
- ; visit with Luci Johnson about Christmas gift list; beautification program benefits nurseries; dinner party at Abe Fortas' home; Fortas meeting with Jacqueline Kennedy about Kennedy Center; Lady Bird swims
- iv in g line along w ith a l l
the w ives of the Cabinet members except Mrs, Bobby
Kennedy
who was out of town,
back - always s h e ’ s back,
ever missed one,
Mrs, Henry W allace was
I d o n 't believe
Jane Barkley was there
much fla t t e r e d
- a chance to thank him
clvi1"'
again.
And the _illustrious architect,
~h
Pei -- a quiet, gentle man • . I
asked him how the Kennedy Library was coming.
He told me that they
.
I
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- Shooting in Dominican Republic; auction of Jacqueline Kennedy letter to Lady Bird; luncheon of 81st Club members; gift of charm by members to Lady Bird; ABC filming at Treasury Department; story by film producer about Pope John; LBJ meets
- on M ay 7th,^when she com es to the m e e tin g s
of M r s . Kennedy's co m m ittee on A r t .
And then the C r a w fo rd Greenwalts fro m the E. I. duPont d eN em ours
and Company; our old friend s the F r e d e r ic k Kappels, o f A m e r ic a n Tel
- s e m a n f r o m the C a n a l Zone^^and I n e v e r see h e r without thinking
^
.
o f the vote in 1960^^in L o s A n g e le s , when Kennedy had w on o v e r w h e lm in g ,
and still, at the v e r y end, the C a n a l Zone s till voted fo r
- 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
- Lady Bird is interviewed by Bill Wise at Life magazine; LBJ & Lady Bird greet U.S. Attorneys; Life magazine article about Bobby Kennedy family; coffee with granddaughter of President Teddy Roosevelt; stories about Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt dinner
- Meeting on Arts project; Executive Order establishing Society for Preservation of the White House and permanent curator; possible members of Society; Jacqueline Kennedy; Fine Arts Committee and the Painting Committee; swim and trip to Mr. Per's
- ; LBJ to New York for Joseph P. Kennedy dinner; Lady Bird dinner and talk with Luci Johnson; business meeting with A.W. Moursund; watched play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" in the Lincoln bedroom
- , appointed by M r s .
Kennedy, and that she had sent them a check, b u t that she didn't know
quite what use it had been put to. Th ey both showed m e a way you could f e e l under the seat
0-''
of a Hepple- white chair and find a certa in cu rved re in fo rc
- 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
'I
vermeil room and f i n d
- iv es o r s o m e t h i n g -V ig n e tte s
o f th e d a y - - o n ly o n e w o m a n in th e r e c e iv in g lin e c a l l e d m e M r s . Kennedy.
T h a t u s e d to h a p p e n q u ite f r e q u e n tly , b u t no t in th e l a s t y e a r o r tw o
- Lady Bird sleeps late, goes to Spanish lesson and to hair salon; tea for Friends of the Kennedy Center; Lady Bird mentions guests; receiving line; Lady Bird to Nicaraguan Embassy for tea for diplomatic wives in Lady Bird's honor; drive back to White
- ; to hair salon; reception in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Conference on the Status of Women; Lyn Nugent's birthday party; Luci Nugent records sound from party for Pat Nugent in Vietnam; late dinner; special mass for Lyn Nugent at the White House
- k
a w a r d o f the W o m e n 's N a tion a l P r e s s Club.
D inner, a speech by Lyndon,
a p r e s e n ta tio n o f the a w a r d . B ut in the custom so u s e fu lly set by P r e s id e n t
Kennedy
had supper at hom e f i r s t , ^a nnd
d w en
- of Public Service; why LBJ kept Kennedy appointees; Lady Bird gives Pat Nixon tour of family quarters; photo montage for press women; performance of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" in East Room; dinner; LBJ has a cold
- Lady Bird to Kennedy Garden to meet Multiple Sclerosis group; Victor Borge's humorous remarks; Lady Bird to lunch at Evelyn Symington's where she tells history of house & describes artwork; conversation about Beautification & Common Market; Lady
- a s w e e t l e t t e r I h a d
had fro m M rs . Kennedy about P a t r i c k Lyndon's b irth .
f r i e n d a n d I t h i n k a d v i s e r of h e r s .
He i s a g r e a t
We t a l k e d of b o o k s .
He w a k e s up
a b o u t 4 :0 0 i n the m o r
- Lady Bird sleeps late; Lady Bird mentions her houseguests; Lady Bird works on clothing for New York trip; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and staff members; President Kennedy's appointment of Averell Harriman at State Department; Lady Bird has tea
