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snow s t i l l fa llin g .
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And B e s s and I.
And then L iz
And then I w ent to s le e p , w ith the
And m y h ea rt w as sinking about our p arty ton igh t.
I had
hoped fo r it to b e one of the m o s t glam orou s w e had e v e r had
- b r ea k fa st in
b ed .
And then d r e s s e d , with L iz com ing in e v e r y m o m en t or two for
an other two or three,^^^ four p ictu re s of m e to sig n fo r the sta ff, w hich
I w a s v e r y glad to do.
I hope I n ev er forgetr
- e w a s rid in g h igh .
It s a t is f ie d a
d e e p in b r e d d e s i r e to sh ow h is r e s p e c t and fr ie n d s h ip fo r a d ea d friend^
and he hoped by h is p r e s e n c e to g iv e e v id e n c e o f h is s p e c ia l f e e lin g a s
- of today, and a c tu a lly s o m e th in g th a t I h a v e
b e e n looking f o r w a r d to, is t e a fo r th e la d ie s of th e p r e s s - - a b o u t
s ix t y - f i v e of t h e m - - a t fo u r o 'c lo c k .
I hope th e t im e n e v e r c o m e s w
- .
The tr e e s a r e in and
I hope I had p rep a red them for the fa ct that s in c e it w o n ’t
be fin ish e d for a few w eek s y e t it is raw and b e c a u se it is E a ste r v acation
.
f
1968
■:
W ed n esd a y , A p r il 17 (C ontinued)
the c
- h a t none o f us gave an y r e a l
th o u g h t t o -- t h e m i r a c l e of T e l - S t a r i t s e l f and y e t what
hope t h a t m u s t h o l d .
I f man c a n d o t h i s ca n h e
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5
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p o s s i b l y t u r n h i s t a l e n t s tos o l
- im so m u c h , an d I hope
; th a t w e an d h e a n d a l l the s ta f f w ill w eig h al l th is wa;ve of
.......: /p u b lic ity ju d ic io u s ly and p h ilo s o p h ic a lly .
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-T
; I s p e n t the m
orning
to P e t e rH
ud.^
V
- avid th is s u m m e r .
flo w n .
I lo v e th a t p la c e .
B u t oh th e s u m m e r h a s
I hope w e s h a ll h a v e a few m o re tim e s th e r e
w h ile i t is s t i l l o u r s to go to.
MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
S unday, S e p te m b e
- o r s e sh o e of sand, and the sig n that sa id "L ife
Guard on Duty a few lim ite d h ou rs" , so we hoped for tom orrow , but L u ci,
-
MEMORANDUM
c
THE WHITE HOUSE
S a tu rd a y , M arch 2, 1968
WASHINOTON
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w ith the e x u b e r
- w eapon w ith w h ich he is a ch iev in g h is own e m a n c ip a tio n ." I hope a lo t of p eo p le h eard h im , b e c a u s e h e ’s going to g et the
b la m e fo r le ttin g th em go too fa r, to o f a s t.
I think h e 's tough enough to
stan
- and I, and then I went
to bed thinking that this was enough of a day to have lasted a month!
And
just hoping that my guests at noon,/di d notice the Andrew Jackson urn from
the H erm itage, and the Madison tureen a n d the John Adams tureen and
perhaps
- to v is it A tlan tic C ity, but I do hope you w ill in vite m e to com e back
this su m m e r.
M aybe I ’ ll even b rin g m y husband with m e, "
When the dinner was o v e r , w e file d out, shaking hands w ith a s m ajiy
people as we could p o s
- , 1964
^
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co m in g le g is la tiv e y e a r , w e c a n n o t sp e n d o u r e n e r g ie s fig h tin g a m o n g
o u r s e l v e s , I hope we d o n ’t.
'
F in a lly , w e w ound up o u t a t the a i r p o r t , I th in k it m u s t h a v e b
- .
They show
At presen t there
was a long waiting fo r each school, and they c o m p ris e only a sm all group
of the Russian school-age children, although by 19 70 they hope to have
a third of them in such schools, and by the y e a r 2 000, a ll of them
- A , in A p r i l , w as a g r e e d to.
It*s
one o f the tw e lv e states that D ick M c G u ir e said that he hoped v e r y m uch I 'd
go in to, ^
T h e A tla n ta , G e o r g i a one- - f o r the d e d ic a tio n o r ground b re a k in g c e r e m o n y
- f a c e s , a l l
s a y i n g , " G i v e our lo ve to the P r e s i d e n t . "
Or m a y b e ev en , " Y ou ’ r e
p r e t t i e r than y o u r p i c t u r e s . "
I hope that the A m b a s s a d o r and M r s . L a b o u i s s e went h o m e
- ard a little b it, about the L ib ra ry , ajid h e and I cam e
c l o s e s t to lau gh in g.
And then Wilbur Cohen, iabout the L ib r a r y ,'h o w m uch
I hoped the r e c o r d s of HEW, w h ose w ork had con tain ed so m uch of the things
- , a n d w e 'l l s h a r e the b e s t w a lk - i n c l o s e t a n y b o d y c o u ld
hope f o r .
The p o in t i s it m u s t not be a c r a s h p r o g r a m .
We m u s t w o r k
to w a r d s o m e th in g I 'l l be s a t i s f i e d w ith a n d lo
- th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ?
I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile .
c
in p r o g r e s s .
7 :0 0 p a s s e d .
I knew the m e e tin g w a s
B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo
- and to in v ite them to sta y at the W hite H o u se .
I hope by now that th ey know th ere is alw ays room for th e m ,
M arilyn und ertook to r e tr ie v e th em from N ew Y ork .
to w ork on sea tin g and ju st how w e w ould handle i t .
And B e s s and I
- in a l m o s t a y e a r .
c:
w a s c o n s u m e d w ith V ie t- N a m , a n d the h e a d l i n e s r e a d :
M o st of it. .
"Johnson Sees R ed
V i c t o r y Hope Gone - B ut P r e s i d e n t Says U. S. M ay Send M o r e T r o o p s , E q u ip m
- .
On th e w a y b a c k to th e a ir p o r t w e ta lk e d abou t th e a p p o in tm en t.
I hope th e G o v ern o r w ill go to th e S en a te h im s e lf .
W e w e r e t h e r e a lit t le
o v e r an hour and a h a lf and a t 7:30 r e a c h e d th e W
- m y day in a n u tsh ell, hoping so m u ch that it w ould do so m e good for
th e P ilg r im a g e fo r w h ich I have s o m u ch a d m ira tio n .
F o r on ce p u b licity
w a s a to o l and not a burden.
V
And th en , le a v in g it ra th er
- othing to do b u t s m il e
Q
b r a v e l y a n d w a v e a t e v e r y b o d y a n d s a y , " I hope you a r e h a v in g a good
v a c a t i o n t r i p . " One p e r s o n s a id , "Y ou m a d e o u r v a c a t i o n . "
I m urm u red
to a m a n s
- ile d out.
L u c i an d I to o w a lk e d out in to th e
w a itin g a r m s of t h e l a d i e s of t h e p r e s s an d I hope I m a d e s o m e s e n s e
W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 8 (Continued)
w h an I s a id the s p e e c h w a s a p r
- of the children, you see good raw m ateria l
and you know that is the hope of the future in this area - education, job
training, and eventually some kind of opportunities fo r employment f rom
industry, some way of making a livin g beside the m orta lly i l l coal
- l o u n d e r i n g h e l p l e s s l y .
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T h a t ’ s the b e s t i d e a I 'v e h e a r d in a
long t im e and I hope I l i v e to s e e it b e a r f r u i t io n .
I t ' s a s o r t of a - -
it r e m i n d s m e o f the C C C C a m p d
- t h t h e W h ite House
on them, a n d i n s i d e t h e n u m b e r s p l a y e d .
landed in a l o t of g i r l s
le tte rs
t h i n g ^ she
I hope t h e y
scrap b o o k s or i n a l o t o f
s e n t home t o mama!
And th e b l u e o f
course
- s t hope th e y w e r e so u n d a s le e p .
I h a d a s k e d M a rily n to g e t w ith H e le n , a n d ch o o se a b o u t fo u r of m y
r
e v e n in g d r e s s e s
a n d s u g g e s t th a t J e w e l a n d
B e t t ^ t r y th em o n , a n d
- n s .
m y h e a r t b e g a n to s i n g .
A nd th e n
?
Th a t w a s w hen
T h e y w e r e so b e a u tif u l! I hope I h a v e th e g r a c e
to know th a t e v e r y d a y I sp e n d h e r e i s a p r iv ile g e .
A nd n e v e r m o re s o
- p le f r o m B onw it T e l l e r w ith m y
B e n Zucke r m a n c lo th e s - - th e l a s t t h r e e of m y S p rin g o u tfit I hope." I c a n 't
g e t o v e r th e s lig h tly rid ic u lo u s fe e lin g th a t c lo th e s should, ta k e up so m u
- b e m a n y s h a p e s of m y s t e r y a n d m a n y th in g s th a t G od m a k e s to b e
p a st fe a r or hope.
A n d th e e n d m e n lo o k e d f o r c o m e t h n o t.
p a th t h e r e is w h e re no m a n so u g h t."
And a
So h a t h
- ou ld , no doubt, h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d a s C o n g r e s s m a n
C a in , b y the M ilita r y A id e; and C o n g r e s s m a n or n o , he w o u ld h a v e fou nd
p le n ty of fr ie n d s .
^ ■
So I hope th is w ill be a l e s s o n
- e a r s i n th e
H o u se an d the S enate an d c a m p a ig n s a n d o u r life t o g e t h e r .
to w r i t e a b o u t u s , I hope i t w ill be a s good a s p o s s i b l e .
If p e o p le a r e going
So I a m c o m m i t t e d to
tr y in g
- is f e e t to k e e p fr o m b e in g b lo w n
d ow n .
It r o s e , and a w a y he w e n t, to T e x a s .
I hope to p e a c e and su n s h in e
A nd I u p s t a ir s fo r a d e lig h tfu l h ou r - - o r s o it bega.n, w ith
L y n d a and L u c i
- a s c lo s e to the tr u t h a s one c a n hope f o r .
It w a s
a b o u t a n A p lu s , a n d If Jo h n c a n tak e a n d h a n d le T im e , h e ca n do a n y th in g .
T h e n I b e g a n to th in k a b o u t how to p r y lo o s e m y f r ie n d
- t f o r h i m , a n d I lo v e to s e e h i m r e l i s h i t .
//
I hope
h e g o t a l l the j o y o u t of i t t h a t h e s h o u l d .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the s i g n i n g w a s o v e r , w e w e r e w h i s k e d off
to M r s , K
- s s w a s in a h u n d re d tin y f r a g m e n ts ,
I
I o p en ed it an d th e
I hoped no one had h e a r d m e , b u t
i t w a s p a r t of th e u n d e r c u r r e n t of th e d ay .
U n d e rn e a th th e s u n s h in e a n d
b r ig h t e x
- r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k .
A
.
A
^
c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t .
B ess
I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k
o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s
- I'v e b e c o m e .; T h e m o r e I 's e e wU
m o r e d e lig h t in th o se th in g s that a r e b e a u tifu l in w hat w e h a v e a c c o m p lis h e d .
A nd h ave m o r e im p a tie n c e and y e t m o r e hope about a l l the th in g s that n e
