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- —she had been the real general.
Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant
reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of
the Johnson Administration.
I t turned out to be a formidable enemy.
All
- long b e fo r e , with A. W, to go rid in g aro u n d a ll
the r a n c h e s.
And then a bout 5 o 'c lo c k I s ta rte d doing what I lik e b e s t .
Went f or
a rid e to the L e w is p la c e , with L iz and Bob Ma s s ^ of the S atu rd a y Evening
- Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ gets sunburned; Lady Bird buys clothes and lunches with Dorothy Parker and Mary Griffith; LBJ and Lady Bird ride to Lewis place with the Bob Massies of Saturday Evening Post; dedication of the new Lyndon B
- 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
- a r r y H a l p r i n .
And J i m i l u M a so n who h ad done the
b u s t of L y n d o n . A nd Bob M e r r i l l of the M e tr o p o lita n O p e r a w h o se
p e r f o r m a n c e s th is y e a r a r e u n f o r g e tta b le - - a n o th e r new m
- 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
- y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om
g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n .
And w h e n L yndon to o k
the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d
- ,
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
- 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
- iet
U nion, to jo in in th is effo rt to r e p la c e d esp a ir w ith hope and te r r o r w ith
p ro g ress.
And tow ard the end th ere cam e som eth in g w hich i s a lm o s t a
sig n a tu re to h is sp e e c h e s l a t e ly - - a r e fe r e n c e
- e w a s rid in g h igh .
It s a t is f ie d a
d e e p in b r e d d e s i r e to sh ow h is r e s p e c t and fr ie n d s h ip fo r a d ea d friend^
and he hoped by h is p r e s e n c e to g iv e e v id e n c e o f h is s p e c ia l f e e lin g a s
- 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
- 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
- .
A f t e r about a plea sa n t two hours in a l l ^ w e said goodbye and
I hoped that I had m ade a f r i e n d f o r a r t f o r the White H ou se, down the
ro a d s o m e w h e r e .
The r e s t of the a fte rn o o n went into o f f i c e w o r k
- p l a n t e d th e m o u t a t th e c e m e t e r y - - a g r o u p of w h i t e a n d
p in k i n th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r th a t w i l l b e a m a s s of c o l o r i n the y e a r s to
com e I hope.
■ ■ '" l
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E
- ck ed h a ts , a
g lo r io u s s p la s h of c o lo r .,^ n that e m e r a ld law n,
I ju s t hope that a whole lo t
of those stu d e n ts w h o had c a m e r a s / \a n d p r a c tic a lly every b o d y d id /\w e re
u sin g c o lo r film
- g ro w in g up b e f o r e m y e y e s .
I s li p p e d out ab o u t 5:15 and went u p s t a i r s f o r d e s k w o rk , and fin a lly ,
a s it a p p r o a c h e d 9 o ’ c lo c k , I w ent o v e r to L y n d o n 's o ffic e with the hope of
s p r
- 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
- at M a y o 's -- who p u lled it out w ith p in c e r s
or so m eth in g lik e th a t -- a n d Lyndon w as on h is fe e t in th r e e d a y s.
I grip p ed h er hand w ith s p e c ia l w arm th .
n ow .
I know
She is an ard en t R ep u b lican
I hope
- th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ?
I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile .
c
in p r o g r e s s .
7 :0 0 p a s s e d .
I knew the m e e tin g w a s
B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo
- e r n e r )
w a s the C h a ir m a n , and M rs . N o rm a n V in c e n t P e a le w a s th e m a in s p e a k e r ,
I hope I ta k e a le s s o n fro m h e r b o o k .
A la r g e p a r t o f h e r s p e e c h w a s th r e e
s t o r i e s - v ig n
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- e s n 't lik e g a rd e n in g a l l th a t m u c h , I hope s h e 's g o t enough a ttic
s p a c e to p u t th em in .
We a ls o gave a d o c u m e n t s ig n e d by T h o m a s
J e f f e r s o n , w h ic h I w ould lik e to h a v e k e p t m y s
- t f o r h i m , a n d I lo v e to s e e h i m r e l i s h i t .
//
I hope
h e g o t a l l the j o y o u t of i t t h a t h e s h o u l d .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the s i g n i n g w a s o v e r , w e w e r e w h i s k e d off
to M r s , K
- , __ p e c a u s e he announced 10 o f the
'
50 new fe m in in e jobs in g o v e r n m e n t, w h ich he hopes to p rod u ce w ith in the
next month o r so.
The ra n g e d a l l the w a y f r o m the In te r s t a t e C
o
m
ercC o m m is s io n ,
w h
- ile I
IjWjWW
UMIB
T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 26 (C o n tin u ed )
w a tc h e d a good show on T V / v J ^ e a c m e of l u x u ry c^ an d pho n ed L yndon
I w as going to b e d a n d I hoped th a t he w ould b r in g so m eb o d y h o m e to
k
- r o o k e r s , th e J im R o w e s .
B e tty B e a le 's e s t im a t e w a s f a ir .
but not g a y .
I th in k
T h e m o o d w a s w a r m and fr ie n d ly ,
I found m y s e lf p u sh in g a g a in s t th e w a ll o f g lo o m hoping
th a t I
- k e t h i s , " I hope i t may b e s a id a h u n d red y e a r s from
now t h a t to g e th e r we h e lp e d to make o u r c o u n try more j u s t f o r a l l
i t s p e o p le , a s w e ll a s to in s u r e th e b le s s in g s o f l i b e r t y f
- a s t
he did not to u s , an d I c o u ld not h elp but think a s I lo o k e d a t h im t h a t
I w ould hope fo r L y n d o n
it w ould be a su d d e n g o in g , alth ou gh a t a v e r y
f a r d is t a n t tim e an d n ic e ly v e n e r a b l e
-
T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 {C o n tin u e d )
■■■
w o m a n f r o m P e n n s y lv a n ia , aja4 tw o w id o w s I had e s p e c ia lly hoped
w o u ld be p r e s e n t and w e re n o t - - R o b e r ta V in s o n and A n ita W i l l i a m s
- , w h ic h i s r e a ll y an
in d u lg e n c e fo r m e .
36 P r e s i d e n t s .
S o m e tim e I hope to g o to th e h o m e o f e v e r y on e o f the
B y n o w , I m u s t h a v e gon e to a t l e a s t 12.
T h e r e w a s a la r g e c r o w d
- .
The M a r sh a ll S te v e s had a r r iv e d by
t r a i n - - th e l a s t r e m a i n i n g p e o p le w h o d on 't fly .
And I ju st hope th e y 'v e
g o t t e n h e r e in t i m e to w a t c h th e c e r e m o n y .
D e a n R u s k h a d t o ld L
