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  • and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party
  • hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e everybody fo r ju st a m in u te. B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld not tr y . So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s going to a c c e p t th e r
  • ^and ju st as I hoped it w ould be, ■ ' ■ I sp en t the e a r ly ■morning w ith L iz on m y few w ord s to say at the J ew ish lu n ch eon and going o v er r e p o r ts and fa c ts and fig u r e s for m y in te r v ie w w ith M e r le S e c r e s t
  • r a b ilia w h ich w e hope to s ta r t show ing in c a s e s in the E a st Wing fo r the to u r ists oawr e bac ked up, often s ix -w id e on b u sy su m m er d a y s. h T hey w ill be r e a d y fo r th em to s e e in e a r ly S u m m er
  • :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
  • . 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
  • 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
  • is c lo a k -a n d -d a g g e r m is s io n . The John S e c o n d a r is, L yndon's b ea u tifu l young frie n d fr o m New Y ork, Jeanne V an d erb ilt, and, o f c o u r s e , our h o u se g u e sts the P e te r H urds. G u ests that I hope to s e e
  • 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
  • a n d - p a in te d . Page 7 M e a n w h ile , k ee p in g e v e ry th in g q u ie t an d j u s t p u ttin g out fo r th e C h in a R e c e p tio n e ig h t o f th e p la te s th a t w e re r e a l l y lo v e ly . e x i s t s , I hope w e ca n c a s