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- t o a sk M r .
DuPont, the c h a irm a n o f
h e r F in e A r t s C o m m itte e ,-a n d M r . F o s s burgh, the c h a irm a n o f h e r P a in t in g s
C o m m it t e e , and what two fin e r ones could th ere p o s s ib ly be and I do so
hope
- :30.
I r e a d the p a p e r hoping to g e t
i n a w o r d w ith L y ndon, b u t h e w a s too b u s y on the phone.
r
So a f t e r e n u m e r a b l e
c u p s of co ffe e I w e n t to m y r o o m a n d c a l l e d G e o rg e H a r tz o g a n d l
- ’
:
A fte r dinner ev ery b od y s e ttle d down to w atch a sp y m o v ie ,
w h ile I w en t o ff fo r m y r e g u la r S aturday night date w ith GUNSMOKE,
and th en b a ck to s e e the r e s t o f the sp y m o v ie .
And then, though I
hoped Lyndon w
- ,/prints and drawings, a g a lle ry
of architecture and designj and one of photography,specializing in Steichen.
And I did hope I would see m y old friend in there tonight.
T h ere w ere about 400 guests for dinner, seated at round tables, in the
m ost
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l ') 6·1
...,../
John left early after, I gather , a lot of talk but no very defi nite
/\
The conclusion I hope for is for h im to ta ke ac ti ve charge
conclusio ns.
of Lyndo n's campaign.
And tb r;n at te n o'clock there wa s a pr es
- ig h t, w hen
I a s k e d h im w h at tim e it w as in h is own c o u n tr y , th o ug ht
fo r a m i n u t e , and s a id " M a d a m e , it is 4 o 'c lo c k in the
m o r n i n g . ” I hope nobody e x p e c ts m e on a f o r e ig n t r i p ,
i
to b
- 1965
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7
I s le p t d e lic io u s ly la te .
in c re a sin g ly .
It s e e m s an e a s y thing to do
T h is is the se c o n d day of th a t d ie t th a t I hope w ill
g e t off two p o u n d s.
L iz and I s p e n t the m o r n
- I a m h av in g m y f in a ls an d if I
ta k e off a h a lf d ay to do th is , I m a y not ev en g r a d u a te in J u n e .
»I
L u c i, the l o v e r of c lo th e s ! I j u s t hope th a t sh e show s up w ith
e v e r y th in g i n 't a c t a t
- i t i o n s
in troduce a l i t t l e
p r i v a c y and
to '
o r d e r w i l l h e l p a n d we
hope t h a t w i l l ta k e p la c e w it h i n
th e n e x t m onth.
In
t u r n L y n d o n h a d a l o n g m e e t i n g w i t h J a c k , B i l l
- t he*s r e a l l y n o t w e ll e n o u g h r ^ n d the hope fa d e d in the
g r e y w e a th e r ,/^ n d L y n d o n 's la c k of e n th u s ia s m .
L iz a n d I w e n t f o r a d riv e - if I d o n 't g e t out of th is h o u se I ’l l tu r n
- iet
U nion, to jo in in th is effo rt to r e p la c e d esp a ir w ith hope and te r r o r w ith
p ro g ress.
And tow ard the end th ere cam e som eth in g w hich i s a lm o s t a
sig n a tu re to h is sp e e c h e s l a t e ly - - a r e fe r e n c e
- o u g h t a c o u p le .
Soon, I
hope I ’l l g e t a l l th is w ra p p e d up an d n e v e r hav e to th in k a b o u t it a g a in u n til
su m m e r.
T h e n I h a d lu n c h in th e s u ite
w ith R o b in D uke, who l a t e r on show ed
m e
- r e d p ic tu re s
to g e th e r with it, hand it out to two o r th ree p eople who a r e in t e r e s t e d in
h elpin g us s e ll it, e s p e c i a l l y to A b e F o r t a s ' f i r m , in the hopes that we can
m o v e it b e f o r e the month
- ork and then at 3:15 had m y picture
taken with Martha Hartke, r e c e iv in g a cook book fro m her, hoping that w ill
do some good fo r them in their election.
And then at 4 o 'c lo c k
the day- - a
top o ffic e r s .
what I thought
-
f a c t th a t he i s th e le a d e r o f th e o p p o sitio n p a r ty i s no a b r a s iv e e le m e n t to
our fr ie n d s h ip .
I hope he l a s t s a s lo n g a s w e do in th at p o s itio n . ' In th e
c o u r s e o f th e ir ta lk , L yndon
- that is what th is v is it is about - - to exp lain w hat w e h ave
h e r e arid w hat w e hope to do w ith it, to d is c u s s John B en 's taking o v e r the
job.-
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V
F rom the P a r k w e w ent i n to Johnson C ity and d rove p a st the C ou rth ou
- .
snow s t i l l fa llin g .
- -.-^
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
- done.
I t 's a h e a d y
d r a f t , th is kind of w o rk , a n d w h a t e v e r th ey go on to I th in k th ey w ill
r e m e m b e r it, - - I hope a s a h ig h p o in t in t h e i r l i v e s .
r e m e m b e r th e m .
I know I s h a ll
And I a m
- 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
- u c e d
th e m to th e F o r e m a n , I d e s c r ib e d e v e ry th in g I hoped th e y w ould ta k e p ic tu r e s
o f,
I hope to do th is tw o o r t h r e e t im e s in th e c o u r s e of th e b u ild in g an d
i t w ill n e v e r lo o k w o
- t us c o ffe e an d S c o tc h , th e l a t t e r m o r e
p o p u la r , a n d we s p e n t a je w e l of an h o u r w ith L y n d o n r e m in is c in g a b o u t
h is life t h e r e , a b o u t w h at h e hoped for th e l i b r a r y a n d th e
s c
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m .
T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e
O pera in d eed has a new fa c e .
N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T
HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- LBJ & Dominican crisis; Lady Bird on LBJ's cold & weight; Lynda's article in "Life" magazine; Lady Bird meets Metropolitan Opera singers, two PROJECT HOPE workers, National Gallery staff on Pictures for Patients, and MS Mother of the Year; Lady Bird
- r M adura o f the V irg in Islan d s L e g is la tu r e r e q u ested
th at I take b a ck to the P r e sid e n t the hope o f the isla n d s that th ey
co u ld e le c t th e ir own G overn or and p a rtic ip a te in N ation al e le c t io n s
- the m o st of it !
I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t
of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an
had
d
l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill
- re - - and I hoped it didn 't
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E H O U S E
WASHINOTON
F r id a y , M a y 8, 1964
Pa-ge 4
show a s c le a r ly to ev e rybody e l s e a s it did to me;.
The house m u st have b een 90 d e g r e e s te m p e ra tu re , the m
- o ils down to the
fa c t that what we la c k i s s ome m o vin g c om m unity s p ir it , so m e p e r so n
with id e a s and ju dgem en t to tak e it o v e r.
B e ck y lo o k s v e r y p re tty , I hope she d o es get to com e to W ashington
so m e
- . "
A n d th e n ,
" A l l o f u s a re j u s t a
"Y o u know , I ju s t
A n d th e n I d e d ic a te d th e
s ta tu e to a l l th e new M e m b e rs o f th e 8 9 th C o n g re s s and to a l l f u t u r e C o n g re s s e s
V
i n th e hope th e y w o
- young and v ita l an d , it s e e m s to m e , su c h a good r e p r e s e n ta tiv e
o f h is p e o p le , a s I hope we a r e of a ll th e p e o p le .
E v e r y tim e I s e e h im , I
th in k a b o u t a s to r y , its tr u th I d o n 't know a b o
- 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
- v e ry
now and then/
A fte r m y good frie n d , M r. P e r had com e and fixed m y h a ir , I w ent
in to the Y ellow Room and had l o ts a n d lo ts and lo ts of p ic tu re s m ad e, som e
of w hich I hope to have one th a t w ill tu rn out good.
T
- h is s u c c e s s o r ,
C l a r k C lif fo r d I c e r t a i n l y hope. B ill W alton , C h a ir m a n of th e C o m m i s s i o n
of F i n e A r t s , an d G e o rg e H e r tz o g , D i r e c t o r of th e N a tio n a l P a r k S e r v ic e
- s if I had lo ok ed long enough.
It w a s a g r a c e f u l s a lu t e to th e p a s t an d it is ab o u t one of th e p l a c e s I
hope s o m e d a y I m a y s e e , C am po b e llo .
One of m y a m b itio n s i s to t r a p
s o m e b o d y lik e
- .
A f t e r about a plea sa n t two hours in a l l ^ w e said goodbye and
I hoped that I had m ade a f r i e n d f o r a r t f o r the White H ou se, down the
ro a d s o m e w h e r e .
The r e s t of the a fte rn o o n went into o f f i c e w o r k
- founded in 1783.
I c h a n g e d in to f la t h e e l s h o e s a n d m y b ro w n tw e e d c o a t, an d
P r o f e s s o r J a m e s .M c G r e g o r B u r n s jo in e d m e a n d we d r o v e o u t to M t. Hope
F a r m w h ic h w ill b e th e s i t e f
- class; Lady Bird gives speech for Williams College's Center for Environmental Studies; Lady Bird & Professor James McGregor Burns go to Mt. Hope Farm; books about LBJ; to Clark Art Institute; dinner at President Sawyer's home
- .
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
-
5
-
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
- i p t of the f a m ilie s who h av e liv e d h e r e . s o r t of a
s e r i e s of a n e c d o te s of how th ey r e a l l y liv e d in th e h o u s e , and w h at th e y 'v e
a d d e d to it.
A nd h e r e i n l i e s a c o n tr ib u tio n I hope
- 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 .
^0
-T
; I s p e n t the m
orning
to P e t e rH
ud.^
V
- p l a n t e d th e m o u t a t th e c e m e t e r y - - a g r o u p of w h i t e a n d
p in k i n th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r th a t w i l l b e a m a s s of c o l o r i n the y e a r s to
com e I hope.
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MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E
