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- of the Chiang
horses of the Ming dynasty I believe
Kai-sheks.
overwhelming.
And an exquisite piece of jade for me.
And another piece of
jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain
with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
- National politics
- is a v ictim of
and
h e m o p h ilia , xrf the Nation al H em oph ilia Foundation had brought him to the
White H ouse to b egin its cam paign to help the hundred thousand or so v ic tim s
o f the d is e a s e .
He w as a slig h t, fr a il, s e lf - p o s
- Meeting Timothy Carroll, poster child for National Hemophilia Foundation; meeting Dr. Daniel McKay, President of the Mormon Church; meeting 100 high school students under U.S. Senate program; Lady Bird's feeling of kinship with the South; dinner
- . Per's for a shampoo and set.
Desk work these days is happily sprinkled with pictures for
autographing.
Because the end of our Administration is near at hand,
people in the government, people in the White House, old friends far
and wide are sending
- be a centerpiece from a different
adm inistration.
Of course, not ev ery one of the 36 Presidents has had
a special china.
When the supply gets low enough that you can’ t seat a
State Dinner of 100 or m ore people, then its time for the adm inistration
- , and the James S. R o c k e fe lle r s of the F i r s t National C ity Bank of
New Y o r k City.
LrtL
And then the Bob Steven s , f o r m e r l y in^Eisenhower government;, and
the W alter Toueys o f the C&O R a ilw a y Company, who are^besides^associated
tJ/t
- , the coach of the number one team in a ll the nation.
A ll
the T ex a n s in town are going, entertaining, talking, letting Washington
know that T e x a s h as invaded in fu ll fold, and v icto rio u s, both in culture
and in athletics.
Going to the beauty
- " . . . . that m odern nations no lo n g er can base their salvation and
w e lf a r e
upon an e g o tis tic a l and a g g r e s s iv e nationalism .
, A sm all a r r o w
thrown in the d irection of deGaulle.
Another good phrase was, "W e have our hand out
- and others who w e r e com ing by, , ,
Some of the stuff I have liv e d with and lo ved at the E lm s.
A t 3 o ’ clo ck I had a picture with Womens' National D em ocra tic Club,
that i s M rs . K e y s e r ling, the P r e s id e n t of it; Kay H a l l e
- Lady Bird does desk work; Lady Bird has photograph taken with Women's National Democratic Club; Lady Bird attends reception for University of North Carolina group presenting John White drawings to White House Library; Lady Bird relates stories about
- Removed from 05/14/1968, page 1.
Paper Clip Removed from 05/14/1968, pages 1- 7.
MEMORANDUM
^
T u e sd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
wASHiNOTON
Page 1
What a d a y . A s w e advance farth er into M ay I fe e l m ore and m o re lik e
- on a
3
co u ch , look in g at h er little dog, both of them planning som e d ev ilm en t.
We sp en t a p le a sa n t hour and a s I w alked out, saw groups of sch o o l
ch ild r en , people sm ilin g and w aving at m e ,
I s m ile d and w aved b ack
- LBJ's lack of sleep; Lady Bird visits National Art Gallery; meeting with J.B. West and Jim Ketchum about Committee for the Preservation of the White House; LBJ & Lady Bird have lunch; Lady Bird has dress fittings and a nap; Lady Bird & Jane Freeman
- Lady Bird breakfasts with LBJ and family; Lady Bird to National Gallery of Art for Distinguished Ladies' Reception; Lady Bird describes reception and people; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson and her girlfriends; Lady Bird and LBJ to pre-gala
- L A
P resid en t C lark K e r r .
While the m e n went to put on th e ir r o b e s , the w ives took c h a r g e of
us and we went in and s a t down in the f ro n t row of a huge a s s e m b l y .
o u td o o rs and people s e e m e d to s t r e t c h
- of the w hole even in g— ^Although I w as
.
-v'
•.•tl
happy :to adopt it..,‘ T h is w orld , p a r tic u la r ly the dram a, in te r e s t s m e and
h a s fu rn ish e d m e w ith m any happy h o u rs. . And I lik e to m e e t the people
w ho m ake it up
- ay out enough fo r
■; th em .
^
A nd then c a m e ,/w h a t I think w as the p u rp o se of h is c a ll, 'T h e wonderftil
thing,'’-he sa id ,
I'was j think, though th e re h a s b een lo ts ofjpeaisBi p r e s s u r e s ,
a ll the people who know
- rta b le c l i m a t e ^ f o r two v e r y
l i b e r a l and outspoken people lik e C l i f f and V ir g i n i a .
th e y 'v e just had a w o n d e rfu l in te rlu d e .
But f o r this moment^.^^'^'”
C l i f f has been le c tu r in g in England,
b e
- at the knights w ore
in m e d ie v a l d a y s, and they r e a lly m u s t have b e en ju s t five fe e t fo u r in ch es
ta ll.
We did se e th o se .
And i t 's e n o rm o u sly illu m in a tin g to go through w ith people like
yr?
Rousseau
^ a ^ __
and R
- C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce
' it r e a lly .
I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given
m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it.
I
m u st a lw a y s rem em
- f
people
the
co n fe re n c e t h a t e v e r took pla c e
I think!
F r o m the B a l c o n y /^ w e went
garden b ecaus e
of delphinium r aises
Steichen is a g r e a t lover
some r a r e
and b e a u t i f u l
s t r a in s
jshe had prom
- on
Retardation. She will work well and ably, along with Muriel, Mathilda, and the other capable
people there. I am glad when we can put our mark on these committees and commissions. The
eternal difficulty is always in finding the right person.
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