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- e r a tio n A r t, b e c a u s e
on M onday I w ill be going to New Y o rk and I w ill b e h a v in g lu n c h w ith
M a ry L a s k e r an d p o s s ib ly M r. F o s s b u rg h .
A nd I w an t to b e a lit tle b it
p r e p a r e d f o r how I'm
- e r the d e s e r t.
As I had m y f i r s t cup of co ffe e , w atching it,
looking down into the palm dotted c ity , I thought how v ery^ 'C alifornia, how
I
v e r y we s t e r n this i s .
so c l e a n , f r e s h , r i c h .
So new, pro b ab
- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- e C o u n tr y to f o s t e r th e a r t s .
And t h e n t h e y p a s s e d out th e c e r t i f i c a t e s to th e new m e m b e r s
of th e A r t s C ouncil - - a good m a n y of w hom I had h ad a b it of a hand
in s u g g e s tin g to L y n d o
- y - a - f a m ily young m e n
th a t h av e f ille d th is h o u se in o u r tim e h e r e .
a c c id e n t, p ilo tin g a new p la n e .
He w a s k ille d in a f lig h t- tr a in in g
And L u c i, in a m a n n e r so tr u e l y L u ci, h a s
a s
- new m a n t e l .
Should th e s a m e i n s c r i p t i o n t h e n b e p e r h a p s
e n g r a v e d on th e m a r b l e ? We d e c id e d t h a t th a t d e c i s io n sh o u ld b e
l e f t up to m y s u c c e s s o r , and I w ould n e i t h e r r
- c h in p o litic s - - l e s s r i c h w h en th e r e a r e no
m o r e m e e tin g s lik e th is an d i t a l l ta k e s p la c e b e f o re th e c a m e r a .
A f te r th e m e e tin g w as o v e r w e le f t q u ic k ly , p ic k e d up th e
new C
- c o u ld h a v e a r e a l d e d ic a tio n c e le b r a tio n th e r e .
c
B u t th e u r g e n t n e e d
-w a s to g e t a c l o s e r w o rk in g r e la tio n w ith th e new h e a d of th e W a s h in g to n
S c h o o l S y s te m to c u e h im
- a tio n p r o je c t, new b u ild in g s
a t a n ew c o m m u n ity c o lle g e in T e n n e s s e e , w inding up a t a r e c e p tio n a t
th e H e r m ita g e g iv e n b y G o v e rn o r B u fo rd E llin g to n fo r e d u c a tio n -o rie n te d
p e o
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird view new LBJ portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Lady Bird works with staff on framing travel certificates; meeting about dinner for Texas friends; Lady Bird attends stag luncheon with LBJ; Lady Bird names
- o m s a l e s f r o m th e g u id e b o o k .
T h e new b o o k c o n s H ^ - o u t i n th e F a l l - - th e " L i v i n g W h ite H o u s e " - - L i z
s u g g e s ts a f a n fa re p u b lic ity .
T h e m e e t i n g l a s t e d a n h o u r a n d
- f r o m a l l s id e s .
And th ey c a m e from ,
H a g g a r t y a s w e ll a b o u t h i s h a n d lin g of the new s o ffice.
d eserv ed .
W
E v e r y on e 's
And y e t e v e r y one in a p an g o r t h r u s t to w a r d G e o r g e .
w is h
- New Jersey
- Glassboro, New Jersey
