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8:44a f 8:49a , f Gov. John Connally - Austin _ ' ____ | : : : : t . : ____ . , ,«__^_, , __ - ! The President walked through the Diplomatic Reception Room-- and onto the South Lawn ____ into the bright sun, toward the helicopter. He was wearing a hat and a raincoat. I . . ___„_ , 9:24a I The Helicopter departed the South Lawn - ' I I The President was accompanied, by ' ^___ Sam Houston Johnson , __ ' ! Horace Busby ______x • ' __ : Douglass Cater « - i Larry Temple - I George Christian I Jim Jones ______I Kenny Gaddis : ' _. __ | Dr. George Burkley ^ I ; mf """ ~~~ * . i i ______| j The President -- immediately upon takeoff - showed Busby and Cater the ; \ telegram he had just received from Sen. Robt Kennedy. The President himselt '•. | made no comment. . . just handed it to the two men. . . and Busby said, "He wants to see you like he wanted to see McNamara. " 'HITE Hoosi Dat e Apri l 1 , 196 8 ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N WARY th e Whit e House Monda y 'resident bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) - — Day_ _ .. . . Time Telephon e . . Activity (include visited by) in Ou t L o LD The President also read a memo from Rosto w outlining the difficulties tha t Rostow "" ""see s this morning wit h Sout h VietNam. whe n th e President finished th e memo, he asked to talk to Rosto w o n the telephone, bu t we could no t get him before landin g at Andrews--made arrangement s t o talke fro m Ai r Forc e One. 9:30a Wheel s dow n - Andrews Ai r Forc e Stag e Base The President went directl y t o the plane, bu t at th e very top step, a gus h o f wind caught the President's hat, an d it went spiralin g down . . . toward the puddles neat h __ th e tail of the plane, a staf f membe r retrieve d the hat, an d brought i t aboard . i . 9:33a t Wal t Rostow - r e mem o mentioned above After hi s telephone call , th e President went int o his bedroom. . . < 9:39a Ai r Forc e One departed Andrews Ai r Forc e Base - e n route Chicago . Illinoi s w/ th e President Dr. Georg e Burkley - Commande r Sa m Latime r Photographers: Yoich i Okamoto, Willia m Bishe r j Sgt . Marshal l Gaddis j Georg e Christia n L— To m Johnson _J Loy d Hackler i Conni e Gerrard | Dr . Frank Stanton |_ Ra y Zook , I j Sgt . Jac k Clif f \ j | Sgt . Rober t Rece o i i Sa m Housto n Johnso n i_ Larr y Templ e Marie Fehme r Date April 1, 1968 the White House Monday Day > Activity (include visited by) Jim Jones Horace Busby Douglass Cater Jeri Rudolph (stenotypist) Secret Service Agents: Robert Taylor Dale Keaner Charles Zboril Robert Melchiori David Baldelli John P. Jones PRESS: Merriman Smith, UPI Helen Thomas, UPI Doug Cornell, AP Frank Cormier, AP David Mathew, Reuters Max Frankel, NY Times Dick McGowan, NY Daily News Nick Thimmesch, Newsday George Packard, Philadelphia Bulletin Muriel Dobbin, Baltimore Sun Garnett Horner , Washington Star Carroll Kilpatrick. Washington Post Bill Eaton, Chicago Daily News Jim Millstone. St. Louis Post Dispatch Ted Sell. Los Angeles Times John Pierson, Wall Street Journal Karen Klinefelter, Dallas News Saville Davis, Christian Science Monitor Date Apri l 1 , 196 8 the Whit e House Monda y • Da y 1 Activity (includ e visite d by ) Al Sullivan , USI A Jack Sutherland, U S News an d World Report Hugh Sidey, Tim e Chuck Roberts , Newswee k Sid Davis, Westinghous e Dan Rather , CB S Bob Pierpoint , CB S Bob Amdur, AB C Productions Duff Thomas , AB C Frank Reynolds, AB C Ray Scherer, NB C Scott Peters, UP I Audio//*~N - —$'HUE HOUSE Date_April 13ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSONDIARYresident began his day at (Place) Day SaturdayTune TelephoneI or t ...... Activity (include visited by)In Out Lo LD2:03p Arrived Judge A. W. Moursund's ranch and picked up Judge2:05p Departed Moursund ranch• i2:l6p Arrived Green Mountain Ranch2:17p Touring Green Mountain Ranch by automobile3:22p Departed Green Mountain Ranch3:31p 3:45 Arrived Davis Ranch~4:llp Arrived Haywood Ranch"~4:23p Departed Haywood Ranch by boat4o&pb4:46p Arrived Beach House4:49p t ' Marie Fehmer at main house4:50p Departed Beach House via automobile '\5:19p Arrived Krim's residence• • j — ——•—• , ~ i .i5:44p I ; Departed Krim's Residencei j" 5:50p [ 5:52 i Arrived Moursund's ranch and left the Judgei '6:01p i Arrived LBJ Ranch Clifford Evans , RK O Genera l . Forres t Boyd , Mutua l Faye Gilli s Wells , Store r Larry LeSueur, VO A Aldo Argentieri. NB C Radio Glen Bowman , CB S Radio Bob Moore , Metromedi a Stanley Stearns , UP I photographer Bob Daugherty , A P Photos Francis Miller . Lif e Photo s Wally Bennett , Tim e Photo s . Do n Carl Steffen , Pari s Matc h Ed Gilman. ABC-TV Art Lodovichetti , ABC-T V Cal Marlin, CBS-T V Charles Franks , CBS-T V George Grant, UP I newsfilm Jack Schultz , UP I newsfilm LeRoy Anderson. NBC-T V John Hofen, nbc-T V an d Cleve Ryan, lightin g technicia n /HITE HOUSE Date i^ April 1 , 196 8 >ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY the Whit e H use Monday 'resident began his day at (Place) 2 Day Time Telephone i or t ...... 1 : 1 , Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo U> Soon after takeoff, the President ordered the walls of his bedroom drawn back, and this enabled a large area -- open --in addition to his usual cabin space. Stewards quickly removed bedroom aspects--they had made up the two single beds --and turned the entire area into a living room. . , Soon after getting in the air, the President came out of his room, coatless and ___^ with speech cards in his hands. He looked for Horace Busby, and Busby came to him, and the two men talked intently (Pres told Busby to "beef up" the speech.) The President then went to his table -- still coatless and sat in his usual chair. . . . _. facing Dr. Frank Stanton ^_^ ' •- : _ who had been on the plane when the President arrived. In an d out of the cabin during the flight were __ Douglass Cater ' ' ______Tom Johnson -• ______• Horace Busby -' : «______« Jim Jones i j : : -. : . , _ _ _ . — I Dr. Frank Stanton „__ ' | Larry Temple ; __ _ - ______i |-- - ^_ j The President then read the flimsy copy of his press conference last night in Larry T~~ \ the Yellow Oval Room of the mansion and gave Larry Temple two instructions who? I as a result. . . . "call Governor Connally and read him selected parts. " and __, i ^ - -. i ^ * I ' get that fellow from Chicago whom I was supposed to see tomorrow. . . and if he's j in Chicago today, get him to meet us, and we can talk there. " i i j i __ _ . ,—_ , | | The President had a cup of Sanka. I | a cup of tea w/ cream and sugar J and a honey bun. 'HITE HOUS E Date_April_1,_1968__ _ ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N MARY resident began his day at (Place) th e Whit e Hous e Day_ Monda y Tune Telephone f or t . Activity (includ e visited by) In Out Lo LD 10:20a F Senato r Walter Mondale The President talked fro m th e telephone a t his table. . . and doodled on ha pascratc d _ in front o f him. ' , Afte r finishin g hi s conversation , bac k to Busby to watch him making revisions/ __ addition s to the speech. . . . then to his room . 11:40a Th e President rea d Busby's final type d cop y of addition to speech. . .he calle d for Busby , mad e additional changes, an d other suggestions . . . . and added ta bi ( jus t receive d o n the wir e abou t Thieu coming to the U . S. Rosto w had suggeste d that thi s b e put in the speech , an d the President personally edited the Rosto w _ wire fo r insert in speech. Just prior t o landing - at George Christian' s suggestio n - the President walke d through the front cabi n of the plane --filled t o the brim wit h press - - he just casually strolled through, coatles s and relaxed, an d went all th e way up to the front, eve n allowing photographers to follow hi m int o pilot's cabin . j H e then returned quickl y to hi s cabi n for landin g j toiTE House Date April 1, 1968 €NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON WARY the White House Monday 'resident began his day at (Place) Day Time Telephone . ; . Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD 10:18 CST Arrived Chicago, Illinois - O'hare --a lovely day, sunny, warm -- almost 50 degrees - a small crowd at the airport -- approx 200 j Down the rear steps of the aircraft --small receiving line consisting of Hon. Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago Cong. Daniel Rostenkowski ' • r~ — 10:25 CST Motorcade to Conrad-Hilton Hotel, downtown Chicago-- =_ President accompanied by ______-. Mayor Daley, Cong. Rostenkowski, Dr. Frank Stanton, and Jim Jones i - 4 — , I „ ...... _ = : = .... -. o ( 1 '. : : : _». _ , i , , = . j :: \ • ~. :- "': i \ : j '•:''.:. " : j 1 i , _ , , _.__._ . . , .—. — j A good number of people along the route -- which had not been publicized -- j some homemade sign s along the way, one -- "LBJ is a great American. " [_ Several factories had let their employees out to see the President, and they . | welcome d him graciously. ___, _ THE WHIT E Hous e Dat e Apri l 1 _, 1968_ _ PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N DAILY DIAR Y th e Whit e House Monda y The President began his day at (Place) — Day_ _ Time Telephon e { *?££* _£ _ Activit y (include v.shed by) In Ou t L o L D (^ 10:5 5 CST Arrive d Conrad Hilton Hote l - Advance Man : wonderfu l crow d outside--warm welcome --approx 2, 000 Marty Underwoo d an d seemingly twice tha t man y inside. The y cheered th e President and ___ gav e him a very enthusiastic an d genuine welcome, k The President walked int o the hotel w/ Mayo r Daley-- and walked up a circular staircas e to the grand ballroom-- - A t a landing , th e President paused, an d turned an d waved to th e crow d - - , grea t cheers. - ...... cheers of a peopl//*~N - —$'HUE HOUSE Date_April 13ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSONDIARYresident began his day at (Place) Day SaturdayTune TelephoneI or t ...... Activity (include visited by)In Out Lo LD2:03p Arrived Judge A. W. Moursund's ranch and picked up Judge2:05p Departed Moursund ranch• i2:l6p Arrived Green Mountain Ranch2:17p Touring Green Mountain Ranch by automobile3:22p Departed Green Mountain Ranch3:31p 3:45 Arrived Davis Ranch~4:llp Arrived Haywood Ranch"~4:23p Departed Haywood Ranch by boat4o&pb4:46p Arrived Beach House4:49p t ' Marie Fehmer at main house4:50p Departed Beach House via automobile '\5:19p Arrived Krim's residence• • j — ——•—• , ~ i .i5:44p I ; Departed Krim's Residencei j" 5:50p [ 5:52 i Arrived Moursund's ranch and left the Judgei '6:01p i Arrived LBJ Ranche honoring a heroic President . \y Th e President walke d up the stairs - an d to a smal l anteroom to freshen u p Mr. Vincen t T . Wasilewsk i i s befor e goin g int o the Grand Ballroom. Th e party proceeded quickly to the President, NA B ballroom , an d the President "stoo d in the wings," a s th e man wh o was speaking finishe d u p quickly, obviousl y just having received the signa l tha t the Presiden t had arrived. T o the sound s of "Hail to the Chief, " an d the words, "Ladie s an d Gentlemen, th e President o f th e Unite d States, " the President walked on the stage. ... a standing ovatio n and warm war m welcom e and a few minutes later , th e President wa s introduced for his ~H 11:0 0 11:2 7 i REMARK S t o *.-*,-• . . ~ i ! th e 46t h Annual Convention of the Nationa l Association of Broadcasters ———————— ——_——. i - _ I Th e Presiden t wa s interrupte d by appl ause onl y once--when reference was mad e ! t o th e Government s no t being allowed to infring e o n the right s o f the broadcasting i j_ _ industry . Bu t th e Presiden t sai d later today, "i t wa s no t a speec h whic h ha d j 1 applaus e lines i n it , i t wa s eloquent , an d I think they listened t o it . " . i j ____ _ i ; Afte r hi s remarks-- a standing ovation. i VHire HOW date April 1, 1968 DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON . , the White House _ Monday PresidentD began his day at (Place) L>ay £ Time Telephone f or t 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD After his speech, the President departed the platform, and went immediately to his car , walking the same way out of the hotel that he had entered. The crowds were still there--and they cheered again. 11:31 C ST Motorcade departed the Conrad Hilton Hotel - President accompanied by Mayor Richard Daley Cong. Daniel Rostenkowski Dr. Frank Stanton and na from ma Chicago who is being considered for the post of U. S. Attorney there -- Thoma s Forand 12:05 CST Arrived O'Hare Intl Airport - and to the aircraft -- and to his cabin w/ Mayor Daley Cong. Rostenkowski Dr. Frank Stanton Thomas Foran d '_ an d Col. Jac k Reilly (Mayor Daley's AA) -- for meeting. (AF 1 had to remain on the ground for at least 30 minutes to enable press to catch up with motorcade. . . they had remained behind to file. but were delayed even more by an accident which put their bus out of commission and another ha d to be secured. ) The President began speaking to the men in low tones, iaatx and their faces showed concern, but shortly, the President began to laugh, and just his demeanor and his confidence began to show through and was transferred to his audience. /HITE HOUS E dat e Apri l 1 , 196 8 >ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N the Whit e House Monda y 'resident bega n hi s da y at (Place ) Da y . Time Telephon e f o r t 1 1 Activit y (includ e visite d by ) In Ou t L o L D Mayor Daley' s tw o sons, William and John came aboard -- an d the President greeted them, an d gave tiueixxigatS L the m two sets o f playing cards . aboard Ai r Forc e On e When al l th e press wa s loaded/ the President sai d goodbye to his guests . He walked th e Mayo r to the rea r doo r o f the aircraft, an d then stood on the steps wavin g goodbye, a s th e photographer s too k pictures o f th e farewell. 1:16 CST Ai r Force On e departe d O'Hare Inte l Airport. Chicag o - en route Andrew s Air Forc e Bas e Manifest wa s the same with th e followin g exceptions: REMOVE: Garnet t Horner - staye d i n Chicago ADD: Marti n (Marty) underwood and S S Agents: Iacovoni, "Hf^fUmf Hamilton , Hill , Nelson , DeProspero , Gleason , Leffle r A Apri l Date Marrcf r 1, 1968 the Whit e Hous e Da y Monda y Activity (includ e visite d by ) As soo n as th e aircraft go t i n the air, th e President invite d a press poo l back t o have lunch w/ him : Doug Cornell , A P Jack Sutherland, U . S. New s Helen Thomas . UP I Dan Rather, CB S David Mathew , Reuter s George Packard , Philadelphi a Bulleti n Cliff Evans , RK O Max Frankel, N Y Times The Presiden t talke d with them casually, answere d thei r questions , --and T Johnson took notes . He visited wit h the m the entire flight--eve n durin g lunch--which was short rib s o f beef. /HITE HOUSE Date April 1, 1968 >ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY the White House Monday 'resident began his day at (Place) Day Time Telephone f or t 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD 3:40 EST Wheels down at Andrews Air Force QHK Base - 3:46 EST The President departed AAFB via helicopter - accompanied by Horace Busby, George Christian, Tom Johnson Dr. Frank Stanton Douglass Cater Dr. George Burkley JRJ. mf. Larry Temple Sam Houston Johnson Wesley King Sgt. Kenny Gaddis aboard, the President asked for the Chicago papers which had been on Air Force One--he read them during the flight. 3:55p EST Arrived South Lawn - greeted by Yuki - \ President to the second floor WHITE HOUSE Date April 1, 1968 IDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON r '_, DIARY .. the White House „ Monday President began his day at (Place) : Day _ \ Timp Telephone Tlme f or t Expendi- 1 1 Activity (include visited by) ture : In Out Lo LD Codf: >4:03p " ~F~ Senator J. W. Fulbright (b) 5:10p " : f Col. Cross 5:37p The President to Jim Jones' office 5:39p The President into Marvin Watson's office -~f ^JZs - Life Inc. / 5:40p 6:37p Oval Office w/ Henry Luce, JBB. _III Vice-President of Time OFF RECORD John Tom* Steele, Bureau Chief, TIME Magazine ~ Tom Johnson " * ^ Mr. Luce flew here from England for a brief visit w/ the President to thank him for the President's courtesy to Luce's father . /6:37p 7:46p Oval Off- Walt Rostow Momyer out at 7:46p '_ and General William W. Momyer -- He is Deputy Commander, MACV, for Air (Rostow briefing memo to DT) Operations and Commander, Seventh Air Force, 7:45p Rostow out PACAF April 1 , 196 8 VHITE HOUS E Dat e DENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N DIARY Th e Whit e House Monda y President bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) : Da y Xirr.*. Telephon e f or t Expendi - 1 . Activit y (includ e visite d by ) tur e In Out Lo LD Code 7:04p Presiden t called Juanit a an d asked tha t sh e ge t Pat o n the phone Pat wa s talkin g wit h Luci an d was a t th e Lindow' s home . (1 5 minutes away). Presiden t sai d he stil l wanted Pat t o come t o White House . 7:20p 7;46 p Pa t Nugen t int o Ova l Office . 7:47p 8:06 p Secretar y Fowle r int o Oval Office . 8:00 p _ f Wal t Rostow 8:06p 8:26 p "Willia m S . "Bill " White int o Ova l Offic e OF F RECORD ~ Governor o f 8:12p 8:15 p Th e Hon . -Go-ye-s-fto-:? . Robert McNair/ fl>^» South Carolina int o Ova l Office fo r han d shak e 8:22p f Senato r Fre d Harris o f Oklahoma 3:26p Dian a in--signe d papers o n signing table . 3:39p t Georg e Christian at th e Blai r Hous e 9:00 p 9:07 p * Willia m H . Clark , II I of Dallas int o Ova l Offic e OF F RECOR D 9:05p Dian a brin g m e a picture o f me an d Yuk i . 9:10 p Presiden t into mjdr's offic e an d foun d mor e letter s t o be signed . He went back into offic e to sig n an d called dian a in . Aske d m e t o call Col Albright 9:40p T o the mansio n fo r Hirin g an d inquire about t v show s tonight. Col. Albrigh t called the President to I I I | tel l him. I WHITE HOUSE Date April 1 , 1968 DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON the White House Monday President began hi s day at (Place) Day _ Time Telephone f or t 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD joining Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Donald (Diana) MacArthur on the second floor . 9:42p t Governor Buford Ellington - Nashville, Tennessee 9:48p f Col. Jack Albright 9:50p DINNER - w/ Mrs. Johnson //*~N - —$'HUE HOUSE Date_April 13ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSONDIARYresident began his day at (Place) Day SaturdayTune TelephoneI or t ...... Activity (include visited by)In Out Lo LD2:03p Arrived Judge A. W. Moursund's ranch and picked up Judge2:05p Departed Moursund ranch• i2:l6p Arrived Green Mountain Ranch2:17p Touring Green Mountain Ranch by automobile3:22p Departed Green Mountain Ranch3:31p 3:45 Arrived Davis Ranch~4:llp Arrived Haywood Ranch"~4:23p Departed Haywood Ranch by boat4o&pb4:46p Arrived Beach House4:49p t ' Marie Fehmer at main house4:50p Departed Beach House via automobile '\5:19p Arrived Krim's residence• • j — ——•—• , ~ i .i5:44p I ; Departed Krim's Residencei j" 5:50p [ 5:52 i Arrived Moursund's ranch and left the Judgei '6:01p i Arrived LBJ Ranch Mrs. Donald MacArthur ' 9:51p t Hon. Sargent Shriver , 10:06p f Richar d Berlin - New York City 10:37p f Justice AbeFortas 11:30p retired n»r, Apri l 1 , 196 8 I The White House Day Monday Activity (includ e visite d by ) Today announced that &R H Hon. Henr y Cabo t Lodg e would be appointed Am b to Germany and tha t Hon. Georg e McGhe e would become Ambassado r a t Larg e