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m e m b e r s , lac k in g sa d ly - He n r y ]doaD
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i[ and Laurance Ro c k e f e lle r who a r e both
i n H a w a ii.
It w a s a d ay of r e p o r t s .
G e n e r a l Duke, e n
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Sunday, O ctober 3, 1965
Page 6
I t w a s a blue ribbon gathering - - t h e N elso n R o c k e fe lle r s ,
Speaker and M r s. M cC orm ack, Dean and Virginia R usk, C ard in al
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- a lle d them to com e and get u s , and M r, Dry rode up,
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in a n sw er to J e r r y ’ s talkin g m ach in e.
I c a lle d into the White H ouse and a sk e d D r, H u rst
if he and Jim would
lik e to d riv e out and have dinner with m e and to talk o
- h a d i n t e nded to go a lo n g - th e y d i d n ’t l e t h i m .
And
a l s o m i n u s L y n d a B i r d , w ho w a s the m a d d e s t o f the l o t .
So s h e h a d s p e n t o n e m o r e n ig h t i n H a w a ii, a n d w a s goin g to c a t c
- f the m b ig ra m b lin g h o u se s su ite d f o r
la rg e fa m ilie s and c a sua l liv in g .
We asked h im how m uch one o f th e m w ould c o st i f
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th e y came up f o r sa le now , and he sa id about $ 1 5 , 000 o r
$18^000, b u t you re
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from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
- e e d a y s in
Ita ly ,
I
want t o go to E n g la n d and Prance and Germany and I am
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g o i n g down to S p a in t o s e e R o b in .
I was q u i c k t o s e a l
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I p ro m ised h e r th e m oney, b u t
h e r t h
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G a r y , th e g h o s t o f W o rld W a r II, to th e d e d ic a tio n o f a J o b C o r p s C a m p in
th e o ld a u d ito r iu m .
T h e r e a r e c l o s e to 300 b o y s in r e s i d e n c
- e r y tw en ty m i n u t e s I k e p t on g e ttin g a b u lle tin
f r o m th e S e c r e t S e r v ic e th a t y o u r h u s b a n d i s le a v in g in ab o u t fiv e
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m i n u t e s an d h e w ill b e r i g h t on out. And th e n tw enty
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in s p ir a t io n - and r e a l l y , I think, that she w ould be the n atu ral one to do
this - and I want h e r t o , a n d I hope she w i l l .
I a ls o told h e r , r e m e m b e r in g
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v e r y w e l l what C l a r k had said to m e , that he
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a s t r o n a u t s - - h o n o r a r y p a llb e a r e r s - - C h a rle s C o n ra d , T h o m a s S t a f f o r d
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T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 (C o n tin u e d )
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and N e i l A r m s t r o n g , w h o had
- ich m a d e h im th e f i r s t h o n o r a r y
d id .
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
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e ld e r in th e C h r is tia n c h u rc h .
It w a s s o m e w h e re a lo n g
- r a p h ic a lly r e p r e s e n t i n g th e w h o le U n ite d S ta te s , f r o m
N ew Y o r k to H a w a ii.
A n d I w a s p r o u d th a t t h e r e w a s o n e T e x a s g i r l f r o m
K in g s v ille o n i t .
I h a d ta lk e d to T o m J
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b u ffe t.
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I a s k e d th e C h ie f to ta k e h e r u p s o m e s le e p in g
m e d ic in e , a n d s a id m y g o o d n ig h ts .
w a s in b e d a t a r e a s o n a b l e h o u r .
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th e m o m e n tu m o f s u c c e s s .
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOM
T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r 16, 1965
Arid t h e n II w o r k e d on the m a i l
- d i n n e r a n d th e n I s a w G u n s m o k e , th in k in g by th e t i m e
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s t e p we h a v e t a k e n to s t r e n g t h e n o u r e c o n o m y s i n c e W o r l d W a r II.
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b r i e f l y lo o k in g a t th e
fa m ilie s.
a n d th e alK ia e w h ic h th e y p r e p a r e f o r s e r v i c e
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th e m to d i s c u s s s ii^ o f f e r i n g th e l i t t l e h o u s e i n J o h n s o n C i t y w h e r e L y n d o n
g r e w u p to th e N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , a n d a p i e c e o f l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t w o u l d
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, May 10, 1967
Page II
in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er.
It did
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. And then w e had c o ffe e and liq u e u r s in the R ed R o o m .
And th en in the E a s t R oom I in tr o d u c e d C h a r lie B y r d w ho w a s
g r e a t ly a c c la im e d by a ll the lo v e r s o f ja z z .
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St. L o u is Womeaa.
B u t it i s a fa
- , the c r e e k i s c le a r and
ii
s w ift, an d the tan k n e a r the o ld s to n e h o u se that w e hop e R o y W h ite m a y bu y,
i s r e m a r k a b ly d e e p , and b lu e and c le a r , but the la n d i t s e l f i s drab a n d
fo r b id d in g
- r e e to q u a lif y f o r s o m e of t h e s e b e a u t i f i c a t i o n f u n d s ^w e r e N e w H a v e n w h e r e
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 10, 1966
Page 7
R i c h a r d L e e i s M a y o r
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
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T h u r s d a y , J u n e 2, 1966
Page 3
Wa s h i n g t o n
We h a d a d e
- m a n , w ho i s q u ite
- 2 -
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.... II
1965
T u e sd a y , S e p te m b e r 2nd (co n tin u ed )
h a le and h e a r ty and so s e n s ib ly s o lic it o u s o f h im , l i s t e n i n g to th e
d r a m a o f h im e x p la in in g th e L
- d - - so m a n y p eo p le do.
We w e n t to sit in a c i r c u l a r g l a s s e d - i n r o o m w h e r e
you had
a s u p e r b v ie w o f th e w a t e r , a n d t h e y to l d u s a l o t a b o u t
M a c k in a w .
II
Q u a in t is th e w o r d
- to lie u n d e r th e sky.
II
And th e n t h e r e w a s a f r a m e d p o e m by L uci,
b e a u t i f u l l y e m b o s s e d , r e c a l l i n g a l l s o r t s of t h i n g s , f r o m m y D a y t o n a s u n t a n
to th e b o x h o ld in g B e a g
- d . A
day o f s h e e r
tu rm o il
f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii,
f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i -
(
b ilitie s
about i t
and b e i n g d e a f
- e v illa g e of T h u rm o n t,
It tu r n e d o ut to be lik e m y ow n S a in t B a r n a b a s in F r e d e r i c k s b u r g .
II
a m s o r r y I did n o t h a v e the g e t up and g e t to go w ith h im .
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