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- 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
- m ay la p se b etw een
s e e in g ea ch o th e r.
And then lunch.
And then a tour of the Ranch - -
the g u e st h o u se, J a m es D avis' h ou se, up into the fie ld s p a st the Sudan
and the c o a s ta l B erm uda I'm so hopeful about
- 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
- in e - - in to r e a lly a m p le s i z e r o o m s w h ic h I hope w ill m a k e u s
hap p y fo r th e r e s t o f our l i v e s .
ask ed m e.
W hat do I w ant in m y r o o m ?
R oy
*
I to ld h im a v ie w , a f ir e p la c e , a l o t of b o o k s
- 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
- o o l, W eldon and B e s s and I.
W e h e lic o p t e r e d o v e r to th e H ayw ood , sto p p in g b y A . W . 's to p ic k
up M a r ia lle n , and t r ie d s lip c o v e r m a t e r ia l s .
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1
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We hope to a c h ie v e
1965
W e d n e
- la d ie s d rifted aw ay b y 6 o 'c lo c k , w ith a s m a ll g ift
o f a p en w ith th e P r e s id e n tia l S e a l fro m Lyndon and an other fr o m m e
^
w ith m y n a m e.
A lo t of happy ch a tter, and I hope a r e a lly m e m o r a b le
tim
- ratio n of the A m e r ic a n
p e o p le .
To a l l those who have h elp ed m e throughout th ese y e a r s , m y thanks
and those of m y fa m ily , can n e v e r be fu lly e x p r e s s e d ,
I hope he w on't u se it - th at*s th at!
Then I put
- u n ity , w ould be I
I
hope acceptable to a ll D e m o c ra ts , and s u re d id n ' t ru n o ff
the R e p u b lic a n s .
I had to get up and sa y m y " T w in k le - tw in k le l i t t l e s t a r "
I t was j u s t a bouquet f o r the scenic d e
- 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
- r e d
through r a n d o m bit s o v e r the talking m a c h i n e that t h e r e w e r e quite a few
p e o p l e at the hog p r e s e n t a t i o n , s o I told the kitch en that I hoped w e w e r e
having f r i e d ham (which w e w e r e ) and g r
- lly, w e 'll have another m eetin g in three w e e k s, g et down to the
MEMORANDUM
c
THE WHITE HOUSE
T h u rsd a y , F e b r u a ry 11, 1965
WASHINOTON
P age 4
s u g g e stio n s , and I hope so m e tim e in M arch, planting done.
Of c o u r s
- a y .
L y n d a 's fond hope - - a littl e flig h t in to in d e p e n d e n c e - - h ad
b e e n to go to E u ro p e th is s u m m e r , sp e n d ab o u t s ix w e e k s .
I w as a ll in
fa v o r of i t .
A nd th e n
It w as to b e h e r t w e n
-
hope
^udym&nt,
announced-
aboard,
to
kow
continue
on h i m ^oa advt ce,
fact
mov J i dn. *JL
a play,
political
d i A e . c t t . o n ^oa. ^ e v e J w J L y e o A ^
tntervtton,
. "
'
o p e n ’- k e c u t t e . d
U n iv e rsity ,
woj 6 u
- 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
- on th e f r o n t ro w , and
w o n d e r e d w h at w as going on in h is m in d , th is b il l th a t h is
b r o t h e r h a d s p o n s o r e d s o a r d e n t l y , h a d p in n e d so m u c h hope
on, t h a t h e h i m s e l f h a d p u s h e d
- 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
- 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
- l the things
I hear about h im ., ,Hte personal bravery and the
that he gets out among h is peo ple.
never got around to
fact
I am sorry I
seeing Johnny Meacham to hear
what the hopes were for f in d in g o i l in Jordan.
just
A ll
toge ther
- 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
- a lo n g b u i l d u p of p h r a s e s lik e " J a c k of a l l t r a d e s "
a n d " v a l e t to th e P r e s i d e n t " h a s r e s u l t e d i n th is d e c i s i o n .
I hope it
w i l l n o t h a p p e n , a n d y e t I s e e in th e m b o th
- 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
- of T h e P r e s i d e n t 's C o u n try ,. W hen
w e h a v e a r e c e p tio n w e u s u a lly in c lu d e ^ in a w id e net ^ friends f r o m h o m e
w ho h a v e no r e l a t io n to th e o c c a s io n , b u t who I hope r e g a r d i t a s a b r u
- a ch an g e of p a c e an d i s e x c itin g to
m e , b u t L y n d o n d o e s n 't g et f r o m i t w h at he g e ts f r o m th e r a n c h .
p h o n ed L u c i.
; T hey
I
w e r e s t i l l a t W au k eg a n snow ed in a n d hoped to r e t u r n
- a n k y ou.
to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ."
" T h a t ' s fin e .
•
I g u e s s I w ill h av e
T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d ,
I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed !
.As so o n
- 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
-
o
r
P r in c e s s Irene . I told the
g o v e r n o r s' ^w iv e s th is la u g h in g ly , sayin g I hoped th ey r e a liz e d th ey h ad a
th r ifty a d m in istr a tio n .
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- , a lounging o u tfit.
' And th en w e w en t to bed e a r ly , the wind qu ieting a b it, and a ll o f hoping
for 8 0 ° w ea th er and th e s t ill s e a to m o r r o w .
i
- o se th a t I hope is r e c o r d e d - - in f o r m a l, w a r m , e a r t h y
lo v in g .
And I th in k e v e r y b o d y t h e r e m u s t h a v e gone h o m e fe e lin g th at
th e s e fiv e y e a r s of h a r d w o r k w e r e a li tt l e m 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
- 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 .
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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
- 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
- lly to m e .
b e e n i n h is m in d a l l n ig h t lo n g .
m
It w a s a s though
I hope the r e f r a i n h a d n 't
F e e lin g lik e the b o y th a t le a v e s th e b u rn in g
d e c k , I w e n t to m y ow n ro o m to t r y to g e t a n o th
- o m i s e d too m u c h , hoped f o r too
m uch.
A f t e r w a r d we d ro p p e d L u c i a t th e W hite H o u se an d w en t on w ith
L y n d a to th e F S t r e e t Club - - th e f i r s t .tim e I h av e b e e n to th e F S t r e e t Club
in a g
