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- ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HUGH CAREY; NEA CONCERN THAT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WILL UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; JOKES FOR UPCOMING LBJ SPEECHES; BOB HOPE
- to see her, and there was Luci in Ashton's office, a sight I shall never forget, in a little girl d re ss, middy blouse ^^^;^:, ., and very short skirt, freckles painted across her nose, two fronts teeth blacked out, an upturned sailor hat with a bobbing
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night. And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s , the o
- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all. He talked about a str ik e i •MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967 ; WASBINOTON Page - of 1912 or 1913, and I cou ld s e e old heads bobbing through the a u d ien ce in m e m
- d to M a rg ie M c N a m a ra a o u t the g u e s t l i s t f o r th e p a r ty w e hope to g iv e f o r th em in la te F e b r u a r y . S h e 's s t i l l in the h o s p ita l. . s o ,p a in f u lly jh ijv a n d .d ra w n ,. w h en I!d s e e n h
- Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical
- tifu lly em b ro id ered . lig h t b lu e c a f t a n t h a t sim p ly d rifted around h er an k les in long fo ld s and ;( en u m era b le stra n d s of p e a r ls . : ■ i T h ere w a s the g e n e r a l, I hope, b u sin e ss of turning and p lacin g
- e the G o ld e n A g e G le e Club w as re'h e a r s in g a song. When the Red, R e d R o b in C o m e s ^ Bob,Bob, Bobbing A lo n g . And then, they b ro u g h t out a b ig b ir th d a y cake, w h ich w as f o r a l l the p eo p le h avin g b ir
- at p r e s e n t i t s a bone o f contention. A ls o , so m e o f the towns c lo s e b y , that had hoped to get the fa m i l i e s to b e e f up th ere eco n o m y , th e ir p a y r o l l s , th e ir g e n e r a l w a y o f l i f e , have a p p lied
- \'ias very good at accentuating the positive, and my wife and I had us off. ~aken our ten year old son, Bob, out there to see And when Johnson saw Bob, he met him and he says, IIBob, have you ever been to Texas?" "Ever ridden on a horse?" Bobby said
- speculation as to who would be Mr. Johnson's running mate, and of course for a time there Bob Kennedy's name was put forward. Then due to Mr. Johnson's announcement that no member of his cabinet would be in contention, this put a damper on this. Did you
- t e a . Bob K n u d s e n to o k a p i c t u r e , I d is p a tc h e d t h e m on a t o u r of t h e W h ite H o u s e w ith m y e a r n e s t th a n k s an d high h o p e s . T h e a t h e r e b e g a n u n d o u b ted ly one of t h e f u n n ie
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , 1976 INTERVIEWEE: BOB WALDRON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Waldron's residence, Washington, D.C. D.C~ Tape 1 of 2 G: You're from East Texas. Beaumont, is that right? W: No, Arp. G: That's right, that's W: A-R-P, in East
- not the son of Houghton-Mifflin published it . Nathanial and the grandson of Robert? BE : Yes . BA : A distinguished background, Then in 1967 you took the job on the White House staff? BE : Yes . Through, having met, while I was at Newsweek , Bob
- C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce ' it r e a lly . I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it. I m u st a lw a y s rem em
- . And I hope m a y b e t h e r e w ill b e s o m e u s e of it o t h e r th a n j u s t a s an e x h ib it in the L i b r a r y . E v e n s o i t ' s in the c a n , an d I m a r k off on m y m e n t a l t a b l e t one m o r e c h e c k b y th in g s d o
- r ly , s m ilin g lad y put out h er hand and sa id 1^ ^ M EMO RANDUM c TH E W H I T E H O U S E WASHINGTON T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964 Page 3 I'm M r s . C h a r le s M a r s h ." II Tl Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t. I hope m y
- ts w e r e l e f t f o r o u r own L t. A t k in s an d Bob K n u d sen a n d O k am o to , a n d a m o m e n t f o r u s to h av e a b it of a d rin k . f A nd th en th e r e c e iv in g lin e c o n tin u e d . I w as d e e p ly p ro u d . O u r o
- 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
- Richardson's. Do you know him? B: I know of him. You mean the Fort Worth millionaire? W: He was a self-made, not millionaire, billionaire. that was the first billionaire he'd ever known. Bob Anderson told me But anyway, Sid had a place down off Aransas
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , t u l i p s , n a r c i s s u s , v i o l e t s — e s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d by M a r i e t t a B ro o k s , s h e s a i d ; and Bob S t r a u s s , and C a ro ly n K ellam w ith Monday, J a n u a ry 20, 1969 b o th h e r l i t t l e
- about twelve o’clock at night, decided they would light the fire. So they did. And the smoke came pouring out, filling the room and the hall. Lucy said that she thought the British were back again. It wasn’t so funny to me. And I hope the staff didn’t
- . what we The curtains I had a lrea d y taken down and disp o s ed o f and we looked at a lot of possible o f s a m p le s fo r drapes and s lip c o v e r s , none of which w e r e r e a lly right. I had rather hoped to turn it into a sun room
- rce One, taking Him, quivering a ll over when he gets on a plane, and Sam H ouston, who can sc a rc e ly walk, who Lyndon hopes to have helped by m assag e and m edical tre a tm e n t and such com panionship as we have tim e fo r betw een now
- i t to Lyndon, who took i t with gusto and pretended that he was drinking i t . I hope that none of the cars that passed us recognized any of us. I t would have been an unsettling sight. c Back at the White House Lyndon lay down. y e t. He's
- w orks on the A r t s and C rafts portion of it. Jane introduced me and then I had a few words to say, which em bodied m y old hope that one day we w i ll have a National A rts and C r a ft s center where J tourists to the USA, like they can in n e
- fo r the D an es on Ju n e 9 th, D orris gav e m e little hope and M ary none, but N eva s a id that they would. MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E H O U S E W ASHINGT O N Sunday, M ay 31, 1964 P age 2 Lynda had sta y e d in A u stin m o s t of the tim e
- and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope they present us to the world. f~ At a reception I usually ask Christine to give a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess
- , Suddenly in the drone of r ep ea ted g reetin g s and fa c e s filin g by, th e r e in front of you i s a m an w ith no le g s , on a board w ith r o lle r s down c lo s e to the flo o r and only one a rm . You hope your fa c e d o es not show shock or d
- s to appoint so m eo n e to fit hi s post.It w a s clou d y and w e could hope for rain . m uch. We n eed ed it v e r y , But for the night, p e r so n a lly , I hoped it w ould hold off u n til 10:00 b e c a u se w e had in v ited a ll the p r o
- had gone into A u stin fo r a p a r k m e e tin g that m igh t la s t a ll day, h is s e c r e ta r y s a id . I a sk e d ■ E r n e s t to co m e out and ta lk w ith u s , and ta c tfu lly (I hoped) w en t o v er th e a ttr a c tiv e p la n s M r. M
- an som and the R eg e n ts, and th en in ca m e Lyndon. so m ew h a t d iv id ed . F r o m then on the p r e s s co n feren ce w as Lyndon ta lk ed . Y e s , he hoped the b uilding w ould be fin ish e d w ith in two y e a r s a fter th e plan s w e r
- s so w e ll, is so s u r e in h e r to u ch , / V ,. I lo o k e d a t th e m , lik e d th e m , am going to buy one o r two and hope I c a n so o n g et c lo th e s o u t of m y l i f e f o r th e n e x t th r e e o r fo u r m o n th s . T h e n I
- 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
- ..__ 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
- . 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
- 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
- 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
- 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