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- of Chemistry, Ithaca
Dr. William D. McElroy, Chairman, Dept, of Biology, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Dr. Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Dr. John R. Pierce, Exec. Director Research, Bell Telephone Laboratories
Dr. Edward M. Purcell
- n Luthe r King !s telephon e call ,
at 4:31p
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Mayor
Mayor Leste
Leste rr Palme
Palme
- into the office - and stand by his side at his desk
while he makes
TELEPHONE ADDRESS - to Business Council group gathered in the Mayflower Hotel,
Washington, D. C. (re wages, prices an d economy)
The speaker for the Business Council - at the conclusion
- . ) - B. 1 (Califano memo this date -- to DT -- indicates __
conversation may have included reference to the Senator's making a speech on the 1'ax
Bin. ) __
M. Watson (pl)
Date JANUARY 19, 1966
White House - Wash, DC p^
Activity (include visited by) n
- visite d by )
7:40a Breakfas
7:44a '
_ TUESDA
Mrs . Jame s L. . Watso n - NY C - didn' t talk - Pres . wa s o n the telephone .
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'9:10am
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- and top people in HEW.
The President had a cup of coffee (did more holding than drinking), had lots: of pictur
taken. He made noremarks -- just conversation, but I did overhear him talking
to the Secretary about the Commission to Vietnam in which
- :35
6:45
7:00
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of " Conversation
David
Brinkley,
w/
Bundy
with
the
President,"
- in office Dave Lawrence,
Eric Sevareid
J Valenti
W Jenkins
MF - asking for Mrs Etta
Mae
Humphreys
to come to the WH promptly
W
- conversation.
The President took the Whites to show them some pictures.
10:20-11:15 Chief Nauser.
Retired.
******
- : redecorating, light fixture, etc.
Lunch: the President, Luci and Pat, Marie, Jim, Mary Rather.
Had a long phone conversation with Barbara Keehn re: Israeli visit and dinner.
2:46 Left the ranch -- went to Austin to look for "little things like combs and brushes
- Dinner with President, Deathes, Lynda, Jake, Marie, Mary, and the above.
Little conversation during dinner because TV on with election results.
After dinner went back to living room with guests.
To bed early.
- Ketchum in
the Center Hall, second floor -- conversed for about ten minutes.
12:15 Fitting with Lucinda in dressing room -- taking up dress hems.
Lunch.
1:58 To the Blue Room to receive Jean Kintner and members of the Woman Speakers
Bureau.
3:30
- drove a nail into one of the
benches -- no speeches, just informal conversations.
11:06 Left the Douglass home to drive out Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Syphax School, and 3rd and Independence
Avenues to show Emma and Polly "beautification in action."
11
- with Ambassador and Mrs. Symington on the phone (re: topics of conversation for this
evening).
Rested in bed and read information on the Satōs and Japan.
Nap.
3. 4:30 Went to a birthday party on the second floor for Carol Laise.
6:30 Party guests left.
Called
- of Sports Illustrated.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
5:32 To the bowling lanes with Liz, Marcia, and Sports Illustrated personnel for
bowling photos.
6. 6:20 Returned to the second floor.
Worked with Ashton -- had two long conversations with Dr. Grover re
- .
Drove to see deer on Reagan, Martin, and Danz.
6:20 Goodbye to guests at hangar
6:55 Dinner with Bess, Marie, Mary, President: Conversation about
1. Commode - President called Albert
Wierich of Johnson City to put in new
bathroom.
2. Secret Service men
- and Mrs. Deason
Simon McHugh
Mr. and Mrs. John Gonella
(conversation re the airline strike, press releases on t he wedding, etc. )
Bill Moyers - Washington
7/30 /66
No lunch today, because of the late breakfast
To bedroom
^*
Joe Califano (Washington
- Eastland, Judiciary
Miss.
Senator Pat McNamara, Public Works
Mich
Larry O'Brien dictated memo to mjdr re above mtg. Dictabelt and
conversation memo to SiEk DT. Substantially, each chairman gave a report on what
he anticipated as a timetable fo r the edx
- - Secy McNamara again called Gen'l Omeara
& President told Secy McN to tell Gen'l O'Meara this conversation would
be
confirmed
by cable - conversation
mtg over - Pres. to Oval Rm w/ JV & Bill Moyers & Walter Jenkins
To Lounge Rm w/ W. Jenkins, JV & B
- with girls... asks eachone if she went to
church and if she went out Saturday night. . and ends conversation with, "Well, I didn't go
to church. . . I wentgolfing though."
Mrs Mary Lasker
NYC
Secy McNamara
Mrs Indira
Gandhi
and
Ambassador
of
India
BK
- . on the
second floor for a half hour of visiting and conversing infor
mally.
The guests included Mrs. Johanna Boshouwers from
Amsterdam, Holland, who has traveled 14, 000 miles by bus
across the United States during her 3 1/2 months stay in this
country
- and CTJ went into the manager's office for phone conversation with
the President
7:15
plane take off
the plane was decorated with streamers and balloons and everyone put on New Years Eve
hats -- to celebrate the end of the last trip
8:00
8:55
stop
- Bundy , & Marvi n Watso n (whil e President me t wit h th s grou p
in Lounge , Jimil u Maso n worke d o n bust) Jimil u Maso n ou t 8:4 0 p m _ t o discus s &J
Abe Forta s hi
s
report
r on / Mekong -and his *>*S
conversations >i^^ w/ -j/ Se n C
-
1965
Saturday
FDIC
Treasury
To th e Ova l Ofc , stoppin g i n mjdr's roo m t o d o several bit s o f business, amon g
them h e rea d th e report s o f conversation betwee n him an d Foreign Ministe r Bhutto
of Pakista n whic h occurred i n Novembe r
- to DT
To little lounge w/ Liz Carpenter, and
woman
Bill
Bill
To
Moyers
(pl)
Moyers,
Douglass
Cater,
Congresswoman
memo
on conversation
sent
to DT
mansion
Edith
Green
January
White
Bill Moyers
Lunch
Secy
Jack
- w/ JV,
McNamara
House
-
Wayne Aspinall of Colorado (b. 1) President.
Joe Califano
Mrs. Johnson
John Macy, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission
Thomas *
re several "see me" memos concerning personnel
Senator/Kuchel (b. 1) -- missed first part of conversation on belt
-
, an dTo
Frank
Cormier^unti
l
landin
g
hi s bedroo m t o tal k W / members o f the Pres
Joe Laiti n wa s i n th e roo m
- - Young
an d Connie
d an d Ginn y Thrif
t too Joh
k downnPomfret
the
Bob
, Bill Gerrar
Chapman,^ha$*es
Murphy
; Si d Davi
conversations
- was assemble d in the Agricultura l
Coliseum an d the Lak e Cit y group wa s assembled i n the Cit y Hall . Representative s
of OEP , SBA , an d Farmers Hom e Administratio n wer e present i n the crowds . Ther e
was n o conversation — n o questions an d
- for lunch.
LUNCH w/ green
Mrs. Johnson
Lynda The
Liz Carpenter son
Jake Jacobsen upsoming
mf, mary s President
salad, spaghetti, tapioca, buttermilk, coffee
conversation ranged about the bakesale in JohnCity that had been held this morning and the
arrival
- was doing, and the Ambassador answered that he was doing quit
on t
well, and told him that he and Bosch had a constructive conversation on political matters, iust recently, and emphasized
that the outlook was good.
Datr October
White House Day
3, 1966
- City
LUNCH w/
^-_______
_———--——
^ Mr. John Burns- ,
^
.
—
Mr, Ed_Rowe ———
Mr. J. W. Munson
Mr. Howard Cox
Chairman Gardner Ackley __^
Joe Califano _————
George Christian
Jake Jacobs en
Mary Slater
The luncheon conversation weighed heavily on budget
- Califano at 2:09p
George Meany joined on
Second floor'
(Mr. Mean y called MW and said that in conversation w/ President last week, th
had discussed position of Under-Secy of Labor. Mr. Meany said he was ready to
President a report)
Marvin Watson (Pl)
t
- Juanita about this
week being the end of years of hard work. Conversation drifted to footage and cos
of To m Johnson's future hom e being built in Austin and Watergate East Co-op apts
- mjdr mentioning that Rosemary Woods, President-elect's secretary, has
- and became engaged in conversation with her about her children's education, bridge, etc.
Jack Valenti (Green Briar, West Virginia)
Joined in kitchen by Mrs. Johnson for coffee
To office and autographed books for Mr. Kellam to take to friends
- and impartial justice. -- dictated by JV as summary of conversation)
Ed Weisl, Sr in bedroom w/ President
Dr. Gould and Dr. B urkley treating the President's throat.
Motorcade to La Guardia w/ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, G. Reedy, Jack Valenti
in automobile
- and Mrs. J. conversed
on the radio about plans for later in the day-_Into the Main House
—^
The President departed the house by car w/ ^
.Mr. Hedly Donovan
&
Mrs. D. ,
Mr. Heiskell
Mr. Hardy ^
Scharnhorst .
Passed Pleasantville School
Hartman Ranch
- , Mary Slater
During dinner, there was little conversation as the television election returns were
the center of attention.—As soon as dinner was finished the President and h
guests returned to the lving room to continue the programs of
election
- -tv announcements appealing for funds for DN
told him he had further conversations with George Meany, and M
had assured the Pres. that Al Barkin would tHHH* be working
Marvin Watson
CCC at the Committee just as always., On the 1:39a call, the
President
- and relaxing, playing with Courtenay Valenti while the other guests sat
around conversing. After a few minutes of this he went to the upper deck for a
more private sunning period. Various guests joined him o n upper deck at intervals
--this sunning period
- on Walter Reec
Dirksen (to be filed).
Pres called gt (Pl) and was wondering what to do tonight. Asked about boating and how
was weather. Then said he would take nap and decide later.
*gt says that during this conversation, the President invited Nicholas
- Da
v MONDA Y
The Presiden t spoke of his day, describe
d it as being on a diet of green peaches for
several days--said it was no t at all pleasant, but he thought this was a pleasant way t o end the day. Mostly small ta
very little conversation
