e Marc h 1, DENT LYNDO N B. JOHNSO N 8:27a Th e President asked fo r Dal e Meek s - in San Antonio - neve r min d

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1 ^ ^ VHITE HOUS E Dat» e Marc h 1, DENT LYNDO N B. JOHNSO N, th e Whit e House P. Fri. President bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) Da y Time Telephon e i o r t 1 1 Activit y (includ e visited by ) In Ou t L o L D 8:27a Th e President asked fo r Dal e Meek s - in San Antonio - neve r min d 8:35a t Pa t Nugen t - Austin. Te x 9:10a t Cate r - pl 9:16a f Jo e Califan o 9: 26a Col. Jame s Cros s 9:46a Mik e Manato s 10:11a t Mik e Manatos 10: 27a t Col. Jame s Cros s 10:33a t Mik e Manato s ' 10:34a t Gen. Earl e Wheele r 10:41a f Mik e Manato s 10:44a t Sen. Car l Hayden 10:52a f Col. Jam e s Cros s ;, 10:54a t Loui s Marti n - DNC 11:13a f Wal t Rosto w

2 /VHITE HOUSE Date DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY President began his day at (Place) Day Mar : Time Telephone f or t 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD 1, 1968 T^ " 11:20a " To Oval Ofc - w/ MW 11:36a f Mike Manatos 11:45a t Joe Califano - pl 11:46a Hon. Joe Califano Hon. Charles Zwick to discuss the Supplemental Appropriation Bill

3 -» VHITE HOUSE Date DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON D.ARY President began his day at (Place) Time Telephone. Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD Day_ Mar 1, 1968 Fri 11:55a To the mansion - and to the East Room for SWEARING IN of Clark Clifford as Secy of Defense 12:00n REMARKS by the President Secy Clifford used a family bible, held by his wife. /f Oath administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren list to DT The Governors attending their midyear conferenc e were invited to the ceremony and a special XK area was marked off for them.

4 /VH.TE HOUSE Date, DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY th President began his day at (Place) Day Mar e White House Fri. Time Telephone i or t 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD 1, :44p To Oval Ofc 12:45p t Secy Fowler./ 12:55p To the Fish Room for picture 1:00p w/ Dr. Edward Re -- his wife, -- and his mother. Mrs. Anthon y Re and family Mary Ann, 17 Matthew, 9 Anthony, 15 Joseph, 8 Marina, 14 Mary Elizabeth, 6 Edward 12 Mary Joan. 5 Victor, 11 Mary Ellen, abc 3 Margaret. 10 1:00p Back to Oval Ofc ~ 1:01p t Sen. Everett Dirksen 1:01p 1:15p Hon. Sargent Shriver OFF RECORD

5 ^ w W VH.TE HOUS E Dat e Ma r 1, 1968 DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY Fri President began his day at (Place) Day T- P Telephone f or t Expendi- 1 1 Activity (include visited by) ture Code In Out Lo LD 1:15p Jo e Califan o,^ 1:20p T o mansion - w / M W and t o th e East Roo m / ; Als o attendin g thi s ceremon y wer e appro x C^list to DT fo r SIGNIN G CEREMONY - (V 20 0 members o f th e Nationa l Allianc e ^ Fir e Research and Safety Act o f Businessmen. (lis t i n folde r om mf's desk) 1:25p 1:33 p REMARK S * 1:40p " t Secy. Wirt z -1:45p-- Pr-e-s-ident-go-ing-t-o-choppe r Today transmitted to the Congres s th e Sixt h Annua l Report o f the Peac e Corp s

6 Date Mar 1, 1968 Day Fri Activity (include visited by) ture Expendi- Code Flowers sent toda y to Hon. James Farley. St. Claire's hospital - New York City

7 THE WHIT E HOUS E Dat e Marc h PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY DIAR Y Th e white Hous e Was h D. C. Frida y The President began his day at (Place) Day Time Telephone Entrv f or t Expendij^ 1 1 Activity (include visited by) ture Code In Out Lo LD 1:48p Boarde d helicopter accompanie d by Jim Jone s Clin t Hill Okamot o and joining Paul Glyn n Yuk i Nel l Yate s Dr. Lukas h Sa m Housto n Johnson. Donn a Malone y Marie Fehme r Juanit a Robert s Larr y Templ e Georg e Christia n an d Congressman an d Mrs. Jak e Pickle. 1:49p T o Dulles Airport arriving 2:05p and immediatel y boarding AF-1 joining: Director o f NAS A James Web b Air Forc e One departed from Dr. Frederic k Seitz Presiden t Nationa l Academ y o f Sciences Nationa l Academ y o f Dulles becaus e th e runwa y i t ^-, Engineering and Nationa l Researc h Council Andrews AF B was ver y ( ^ Lj^^^aftiBg^^K^XX^^^^^^^ j^^^^^^^k^c^^ocx^x^x^mj^ck^ks^^ %X5C%k slippery, Mr. Harr ^ fft 3 'ZTZH^W^ ra^x^^xara^^xa^xxxx, Miss Connie Gerrard X f ^ ' Colone l Jack L Albrigh t l \ *Dr. Charle s Star k Draper, Head, Departmen t Lt. Colone l Haywood R. Smit h - ^ o f Aeronautic s an d Astronautics, Mr. Joh n P. Jone s Schoo l o f Engineering, MI T Mr. Samue l Sulliman -. Mr. Carrol l Hamilton Mr. Paul Thompson Mr. Willia m Kiera n Mr. Denni s Shaw Lt. j g Thomas Mills Chief Rober t Dunn PH1 Willia m Fisher ' SD1 Cecilio Pontanilla, Jr. Sfct. Paul J. Glynn Sgt. Marshall K. Gaddis Sgt. Robert Sgt Jack Cliff y Middleton j Mr. Wil l Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Burne y Mr. Be n Wattenberg Recco SEE TRAVEL Mr. Bob Hardesty FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY 2:15p - Airborne, enrout e Houston, Texa s Fa g e No - : C\_

8 WHITE HOUS E Dat IDENT LYNDO N B. JOHNSO N IT DIARY President bega n hi s day at (Plare ) Whit e House, Washington, D. C. Da y Frida y e March 1, 1968 Time Telephon e f o r t Expendi Activit y (includ e visite d by ) tur e In Ou t L o L D Cod e Sitting with the President: Mr. an d Mrs. Ceci l Burney. Directo r Webb. Dr. Seitz. Dr. Draper, Congressma n and Mrs. Pickle. _ 2:35 p Presiden t t o rear t o invite Sam Houston t o joi n Presidential group. _ 2:40 p Luncheo n : Soup, Chicke n a l a king on rice, rolls, butter, coconu t cake. Th e President ate on e an d one-half bowl s Air Forc e chili, 3 crackers, one an d one-hal f bowl s die chocolate puddin g wit h diet crea m an d 1 cu p Sanka, 3:15p Presiden t walked to hi s bedroom went insid e a moment. Comin g out noticed pictures a t Secretaries' desk. Turne d on e u p and foun d i t prepared for hi s consideratio n fc^e autographing to th e Pau l F. Barnhart s o f Houston, Texa s with, whom Sa m Houston plans a visit. Mrs. Barnhar t (Virginia ) i s seriousl y il l termina l cance r an d Sam Houston had expresse d his desir e t o take he r o r the m a n autographed picture o f the President. President inscribe d th e "full fac e - from Remington " pictur e _3:35p "T o Pau l and Mrs. Barnhar t from thei r friend, Lyndo n R. Johnson " : hav e Stev e tri m his hair an d then 3: 35p T o Marie: Said h e wa s goin g to tak e a nap. Tha t th e Steve Martinis are aboar d an d fo r he r or an y o f he r girl s t o tak e advantag e of that t o have hair o r othe r "beauty " thing s done. hands rubbe d w/ oi l - Dr. Lukas h in to change bandaid o n small finger o n left hand, President i n bed in pajamas - - droppe d of f to slee p a t 4:00 p -- still wearing glasse s which wedge d themselve s int o his forehea d a s hi s hea d turne d o n the pillow. Awakened by Ken Gaddis a t 4:10p. an d the President asked t o be given a few minute s more..."wake me u p 3 0 minutes out, an d that will give Stev e 20 minutes t o work o n me. 4:25p awak e - An n and Steve Martin i i n took in report from Rosto w - Bowdler' s shor t report on Covey Oliver's trip to Venezuela, Bolivia, Per u and Colombia

9 THE WHITE HOUSE r> ate March PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY DIARY The President began his day at (Pi* ) The White House. Washington, D. C. Day Friday Entry T: Telephone f or t Expendix- 1 1 Activity (include visited by) ture In Out Lo LD /rt1,,,, - T ~ de. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. (There had been NO armour ecments) ^ZHZI - Deplaned, Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas. Small crowd/- people lined fence. 3:56p Houston Time Photographers at foot of steps. President was met by Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center. Houston. Texas Colonel C arl T. Rank, Base Commander, Ellington AFBColonel Walter B. Staudt, C. O., 147th Fighter Wing, National Guard Astronaut Captain Alan B. Shepard. Jr.. USN Mr. Donald K. Slayton President to the fence to shake hands with onlookers and then to motorcade 4:00 p / Motorcade moyfed ou t enroutenasa MANNED SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. Houston. Texas prsjhgnt- ar. r.nmpani ftd Try!, - Director Webb, Dr. nilrnt.vi Capt. Alan Shepard j^r, Sgjtz. Y)TJ, Draper - - 4:16p 4:32p Arrived at the entrance t o NASA and proceeded to Buildin g 37 -Lunar Receiving Laboratory where he'was met by Mr.Ri chard/s71^ ^^ "^Johnston, Chief f Crew Systems 30KbC Division, Ofc of engineering & Development, j a Dr. "^Sf Hess, Director, Science Application, both of whom, /with Dir. Webb and ^ =^_^ '^^^C ^ Capt. S hepard/ briefed the President on the activities, functions, etc of this Dr. Wilmot N. Hess Director of Laboratory. Assisted by: \ science and Applications JS ~^_ Mr. Jack Mays, Equipment Technician 4:34p 4:47p To Building #29, Flight Acceleration Facility to inspect Centrifuge aspect of astronaut training. The President was met here by : Dr. Art Himmers, Chief, Centrifuge Operation Following briefing and demonstration, the astronauts participating joined the President for talks andpicture-taking. They were:

10 /HITE HOUS E dat e Marc h 1, >ENT LYNDO N B. JOHNSO N The Whit e House, Washington, D. C. ^ Frida y 'resident bega n hi s da y at (Place ) : 5 : Da y I Time Telephon e h f o r t. 1 1 Activit y (includ e visite d by ) In Ou t L o L D Lt. Colone l Jame s A. McDivitt. USA F Lt. Col. Davi d R. Scott, USA F : Mr. Russel l L. Schweickar t 4:48 p 5:03 p T o Buildin g #5, Missio n ^^^J^SS: Simulation an d Training Facilit y t o se e docking _ simulator training. Th e President wa s me t her e b y 5:05p T o Courtyar d o f NAS A Headquarters, th e speec h sit e where h e was me t by and, accompanied t o the speaker' s stand b y Mr. Georg e Trimble, Deput y Director, MS C. Mr. George Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecrraft Program Office Mr. Donal d K. Slayton, Directo r o f Fligh t Crew Operations Toy.x^y^xyiT^^"Xf^yywKT^XT^Tffx Dr. Care y Croneis. Chancellor. Ric e University Dr. Charle s A. Berry, Directo r o f Medical Research & Operations

11 ^ date Marc h ^r the Whit e House Frida.- Da y y i Activit y (includ e visite d by ) tur Expendie Code Wheels up - Aboard Air Forc e One for fligh t from Ellingto n Air Forc e Bas e Texa s t o (President in cabin for takeof f w / Cong and Mrs. J J Pickle Larry Templ e George Christia n Jim Jone s Ben Wattenberg Very short flight- only 90 miles from Housto n are a to Beaumont-Port Arthur area. The manifest remained the same : with the following exceptions: ,. Mr. Sa m Houston Johnson remaine d in Housto n - will mee t the party at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow Dr. Jame s webb Dr..r. FCharles rederick Drape Seit zr and Mr. an d Mrs. Ceci l Burne y - abov e named roeojx remained in Houston Added for this le g were; Bill Livinqoo d - S S ^^ ^ and mem gers of the PRESS : Cleve Ryan (photographer) Robert Schultz AP photo George Gran t UPI telenews photo _Charles Gorr y A P Frank Swobod a Harry Kell y Pat Heffernan I U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1967 OF

12 Garnett (Jack ) Horner Barbara Furlow Sid Davi s " Car l Larso n I Jal Steine r ~_ Ralph Santo s Charles Frank s. ;» > " Bill. Richa rds Charles Hoaglan d rf Stan Stearn s ~ an d Tom Johnson ~ Jus t prior to landing, th e Presiden t invite d several member s of the pres s corp s to join him i n hi s cabin; Garnett Horner, Barbar a Furlow, Si d Davis, an d Pat Hefferna n Beaumont advanc e men: And just prio r to landing th e Presiden t mad e changes i n th e speec h fo r Norman Dunca n th e Brook s dinne r tonight and asked Wattenberg to provide hi m wit h and Ted Connell thre e o r fou r goo d jokes. 6:20p " Wheel s down - Je fferson Count y Airport. Nederland. Texa s The Presiden t las t visite d a t dusk ~ Beaumont o n Sept :25p Of f th e rear step s of the aircraft - ~" ~ " Yuki bounding down ahead of him - greete d b y Cong, an d Mrs. Jac k Brook s -- and immediately almos t at a run, t o the fences to greet the crowd s (local televisio n estimated them a t 10,000 at the airport )

13 VH,,E HOUSE date March 1, 1968 ^ [>ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON PDIA" The White House Friday President began his day at (Place) Uay ± Timp Telephone f or t Expend!- 1 1 Activity (include visited by) turc In Out Lo LD C^6 6:30p Departed Jefferson County Airport, accompanied by Cong. Jack Brooks. Jim Jones. and cong and Mrs. J J Pickle (Mrs. Brooks departed in a separate car - to dress for dinner) Good crowds along tne way. 6:50p Arrive d Schlesinger Geriatrics Center, Beaumont. Tex --warm crowd outside, many children and most of them in uniforms of Girl and Boy scouts, brownies, etc. Met by; Mr. Robert (Bob) Ghormley Director o f the Center Mr. W. W. Phillips, President ot the Chamber ot Commerce, Beaumont and President of the American Natl Bank of Beaumont The President signed the guest registe r ~ And then turned down a hall to the left and began visiting patients in their rooms: ' ' - In Room 1~ ^ZH Mrs. Ola Insirillo and Mrs. Nellie Jones = In Room 2 Mrs. Bertha Rogers, Mr. W. A. Blanton, and Mrs. Abbie Gandy In Room 3, ftfr I III Mrs. Pearl Sherrell, Mr. Ernest Palmer, Mrs. Ruth Sharpies

14 And then briefly int o roo m 4 to freshen u p before speech-- Then to Koo m 5 an d visited w/ Doughart y Mrs. Mr. Ji m Wiggins, Mrs. Iren e ^Oagghtarly. Mrs. Ine z Jones, Dovi e Parker. and Mr. Rudolp h Blanchar d Other patient s were waiting, bu t the nurse s ha d to tell them that thw President had ru n ou t o f time, an d couldn't sto p to visit, s o several of them came to the door s to se e him a s he walke d by. He shoo k hand s w / a Mrs. Esther Johnson, wh o said to him, "Than k yo u Mr. Presiden t Al l I'v e wanted to do is see you. I f i t weren't for you, I wouldn't hav e anything and would be all alone. I' m grateful. Go d bless you." As h e lef t the wing, h e shoo k hands w/ a 97 year ol d lady. The Presiden t then lef t by a side doo r and walked approx 50 feet to a ~ Conference Roo m which i s filled wit h people, capacit y i s 375 bu t with littl e children wiggling, an d people craning neck s to se e better, coun t look s more like 500. The President walked to the microphon e through a cordon of me n i n America Legion caps. : Mr. Phillip s began the program at 7:10p..,,.,.... and introduced-for applaus e - Cong. J J Pickle, A. W. Schlesinger, Bob Ghormley, an d Cong. Jac k Brooks. Cong. Jac k Brooks introduced the Presiden t REMARKS b y the Presiden t n

15 THE WH.TE HOUSE date March 1, 1968 PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY DIARY The President began his day at (Place) Day Time Telephone pr ^ 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD After his remarks the President signed a proclamation designating Senior citizens' Month These are the first social "The President then presented checks to: security checks at the increased dollar level..,. benefiting 24 million Americans. Helen Hayes McFarland, age 84 ~ T LutherNapoleon Smith, 85 2^T^^^ Romualdo Perz Torres, 82 Friday 7:35p Depart Geriatrics Center by motorcade - accompanied by Cong anfldfarcx Jack Brooks and Cong and Mrs. J J MicKle 7:41p "Arrive Ramada Inn. Beaumont, Texas (1295 North 11th St.) and to Room 300 ;

16 8:10p T o bedroom - t o change t o black tie also during this time, i n a series o f telephone call s place d b y JRJ an d mf, th e Presiden t talked to Luci and Pat, Dal e Meeks, an d Gertrude Davis, r e makin g plans fo r Luci, Pat, and the bab y to join him tonigh t i n Beaumont an d go with him fo r th e remainde r o f trip. 8:36p 2&3&6% ) Departe d Ramada Inn, vi a motorcade, accompanie d b y Mr. Larr y Templ e 8:40p Arrive d Ridgewood Motor Hotel for appreciatio n dinne r honoring Cong. yuui Jac k Brook s Co-chairmen o f the dinner : Mr. Pa t Whea t and Mr. Bil l Decker an d Mr. Charle s Naco l expected attendance : 36 8 peopl 9:40p Departed Ridgewood Motor Hotel

17 THE WHITE HOUSE date March 1, 1968 PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON 1 7' AR I he President H the began his day at (Place) Uay White House Friday J Time Te / e P. h ne I JJ r^ 1 1 Activity (include visited by) In Out Lo LD 9:42p gate Returned to Ramada Inn - Room 300 w/ ixkkxtofixi George Christian and Larry Temple DINNER - w/ mjdr, mf Larry Temple, George Christian Jim Jones - for coffee President ate 1 and a half bowls of chili from the aircraft, an d toast fingers chocolate pudding and whipped cream for dessert During dinner watched televised replay of speech at Brooks' appreciation dinner "~ ;» Joined by Cong and Mrs. J J Pickle spelling? and Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Webber ^/ 11:00p Guests out - and to bed