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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
  • 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
  • Vermeil[?] Room. From A r t s and Le t t e r s t h e r e were t h e R a lp h E l l i s o n s , The n e g ro a u t h o r , D r . John Hope F r a n k l i n an d h i s w i f e , p r o f e s s o r and a u t h o r , as her e s c o r t. Lynda B i r d h a d
  • , or th eir own h a p p in e ss. To try j it fo r at le a s t one y e a r , lea rn in g about life togeth er and r e s p o n s ib ility and ’ in d ep en d en ce, then a lw a y s, alw a y s hope they w ill com e b ack to A u stin by c h o ic e . I i
  • :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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • i o n . h o m e c o u n t r y to C h u c k . F o r Lynda, F or me, showing o u r And for Lyndon I hope, p e a c e a n d re la x a tio n . H e ’s b e e n g o n e tw o m o n t h s . A b o u t 1 0 : 0 0 , t h e f o u r of u s - - C h u c k a n d L
  • 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
  • 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
  • ' MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE f. WASHIHOTOM S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 16, 1968 Page 4 b e f o r e I c o u ld sto p m y s e lf » /^ ^ id "I hope i t d id n 't b r e a k . " I p ic k e d i t u p ^ i t h a d s h a tte r e d . I th o u g h t of the l a s t