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- m en tion ed J a c k ie ’ s hope fo r new d r a p e s
and new c h a ir s i n the State Dining R o o m , but she fe e l s that ad d itio n s w ill
co m e , not fro m m a jo r g if t s , but fro m the s a le of the guide book.
And sh e
w arn ed m e
- 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
- u rin g th e tim e I am h e r e which I hope w i l l in c lu d e
some o f th e American g r e a t - - Mary Cus s a t , my most
h o p e fu l a d d itio n
-r
I w ould lo v e to have t h i s
'I , George Ca le b Bingham, S id n ey Mount.
I would l i k
- 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
- o c ra tic
N a tio n a l C o m m itte e in r e c o g n itio n o f p a s t h e lp and in hope f o r f u t u r e
h e lp .
T h e y w e re th e b r i e f e s t s to p s o f a ll.
W e q u ic k ly w ^ d e d o u r w ay
^
M onday,
J a n u a ry 18 (C o
- 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
- e x p e c t
th em to do i t a n y m o r e .
B u t I hope th e y w ill c o n tin u e to b e a p a r t of m y
life - - M o l l i e a n d A d ele.
I w a s fig h tin g to f in i s h m y shopping so t h a t I c o u ld c a t c h th e l a t e
p la n e ton
- i s ,
a f t e r n o o n w i t h Mr. S t . Ma u r
t he
and I hope I ' l l g e t
e n o u g h c l o t h e s i n t h e s e y e a r s n e v e r t o have to go
b a c k a g a in !
But w h i l e I am h e r e I w ant t o l o o k a s
w e l l a s I can f
- e r n e r )
w a s the C h a ir m a n , and M rs . N o rm a n V in c e n t P e a le w a s th e m a in s p e a k e r ,
I hope I ta k e a le s s o n fro m h e r b o o k .
A la r g e p a r t o f h e r s p e e c h w a s th r e e
s t o r i e s - v ig n
- that w e have h a m b u r g e r s g r ill e d o u t on the
p o r c h . And t h e n I s im p ly abdi c a te d m y co m m a n d p o s t and c u r le d up a n d
w e n t to s le e p hoping that e v e r y b o d y found a p la c e th ey lik e d
to ta lk
p r
- t, a n d tr u s tin g a n d n ic e .
I g u e s s s o m e tim e .
I 'l l g iv e up try in g to u n d e r s ta n d p eo p le - b u t I 'l l a lw a y s lo v e B ill a n d hope
fo r th e b e s t f o r h im .
I h a d a m o m e n t o f r e m in is c in g
- 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
- 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
- so m e d ay , he h im s e lf ,
w o u ld c o m e to l e c t u r e th e r e - f o r a s u m m e r - f o r a n ig h t - a n y th in g .
I a ls o
s a id , " I hope th a t you*re going to le a v e th e p a p e r s th a t r e l a t e to the p a r t of
y o
- 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
- a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e
m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y .
J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it .
A nd I hope
h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n d
- , G eo rg e M ahon
o f T ex a s and H elen , who is one o f the R egen ts of the S m ith so n ia n .
en jo y s it a s m u ch a s L yndon.
I hope he
And th e B ill F u llb rig h ts — no s u r p r is e that
he shou ld be a R eg en t - - v e r y a p p
- e s n 't lik e g a rd e n in g a l l th a t m u c h , I hope s h e 's g o t enough a ttic
s p a c e to p u t th em in .
We a ls o gave a d o c u m e n t s ig n e d by T h o m a s
J e f f e r s o n , w h ic h I w ould lik e to h a v e k e p t m y s
- R u s s e l l ^ 'f r o m F l o r e s v i l l e , J o h n 's hom e
town, who got up to m ak e the p r e s e n ta tio n to John.
"W e hope," s aid K a r e n ,
" t h a t this s e t of handcuffs - a h - ah - ah, I m e a n this p a ir of handcuffs - a h
- 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
- v e r th o u g h t w e w o u ld h a v e s e e n y o u - - t h i s m a k e s
o u r t r i p la e a w rc re iy E x c i t i n g ’’
—i*ii— —— —
I hope M r . D re x le r got som e s e n s e o f th e ir
—— ———M
l I
- o m .
I hope th e y s t a y .
We h ad t h r e e of th e m
And t h e y a r e d e lig h tf u l t h e r e ,
And the s t i l l life to th e r i g h t of th e e n t r a n c e to th e
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
V.
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y
-
T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 {C o n tin u e d )
■■■
w o m a n f r o m P e n n s y lv a n ia , aja4 tw o w id o w s I had e s p e c ia lly hoped
w o u ld be p r e s e n t and w e re n o t - - R o b e r ta V in s o n and A n ita W i l l i a m s
- e s d a y , A p r i l 19, 1966
Page 3
t h o s e t h a t I c o u l d n ’t r e a c h , " W e l c o m e , I a m so g la d y o u ' r e h e r e .
I hope it
w as an in te re stin g c o n fe re n c e ."
W ith t h e u s u a l g r e e t i n g s of " H e
- a r r ie d b y tw o a tten d a n ts.
Bandero - - the Q u een o f the F
la g .
/
.
T h e r e w a s La Reina de la -
cU
T h e Q u e e n s of Fa ith , Hope and Ch a r ity .
A nd th en La Reina s e n te n s ia ta - - s y m b o l of m a r ty r d o m
- of the s u c c e s s s t o r i e s of A s i a .
And now th is c o u n tr y
I hope I s h a ll liv e to
s e e th e s a m e thing h a p p e n w ith th e b e a s t th a t we w r e s t l e w ith today.
\
P e r h a p s i t is th is bond o: a s s o c i a t i o
- a s h a n d
"'r*.
•- ■ -
•
••
•
'.t
a s p l a t t e r a n d M r s . H o m a n s v o ic e s a y i n g " H e l l a n d d a m n a t i o n .
w a s n ' t h i s t o r i c ! '' I a m s u r e i t w a s .
I hope it
B u t i t m a d e th e d a y f o r t h
- .
The M a r sh a ll S te v e s had a r r iv e d by
t r a i n - - th e l a s t r e m a i n i n g p e o p le w h o d on 't fly .
And I ju st hope th e y 'v e
g o t t e n h e r e in t i m e to w a t c h th e c e r e m o n y .
D e a n R u s k h a d t o ld L
