Word: ranching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Almost daily, the President hopped into his tan station wagon and drove around the 400-acre L.B.J. Ranch to gaze at his menagerie of wild deer, turkeys, antelope and buffalo. In his paneled office, Lady Bird put up a 6-ft.-high balsam tree, speckled with colored lights and topped with a golden-haired angel in a blue brocade dress. The menu for Christmas dinner called for turkey, corn-bread dressing, string beans with almonds, sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping, rolls, cranberry salad, ambrosia and angel-food cake. The family celebrated Lady Bird's 54th birthday...
...open and vocal two weeks ago during the Governors' Conference in White Sulphur Springs, where some Democratic Governors even hinted that it would be wise for L.B.J. to retire instead of running again in '68. The President reacted by issuing a quiet invitation that brought to the ranch a delegation of nine Democratic Governors, led by Iowa's Harold Hughes. Once he got them there, Johnson gave them the well-known Treatment...
...Apologies. In a 2½-hour session in the spacious ranch-house living room, the Governors got some complaints off their chests. Most were irritated that they are neither consulted nor informed about federal programs that affect their states. At the press conference, Johnson pooh-poohed any talk that there was a critical chasm between him and the Governors. But, he added: "We Democrats have never been known to suppress our differences. We do have different viewpoints on different programs. They have made that abundantly clear in their respective states. I made it abundantly clear that...
...President of his money problems, his personal ambitions to do something on his own and the attractive offer from Newsday (reportedly $100,000 a year, no stock, but full editorial control of the paper when Guggenheim dies). One weekend, the two rambled together over Johnson's Texas ranch for several hours; when they returned to the house at dusk, the President told Moyers that he should take the job. Moyers still brooded about his departure; just a day or so before he announced his decision, he offered to stay, but Johnson refused to consider this. In New York, Moyers...
...will not be a very merry Christmas for Lyndon Johnson, who returned last week to his Texas ranch to recuperate further from his operation-and to lick some wounds that are harder to heal. With his own party dissatisfied and disunited after its November setback, Johnson was not only being blamed for the defeat but hearing an increasing amount of speculation that he might not run in 1968. Even if he does run, he faces a revived Republican Party that is gaining confidence that it can defeat him, and is busy seeking the best among several jockeying candidates...