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- this ceremony has an added dimension -- a senti
mental one. The President and I have shared the joys and strengths
of long time friendship with the proud parents of Beth Jenkins.
Today is, therefore, a very special and proud day for us too.
And to you parents
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We are gathered here to ded icate a new Science Center
for Wilkes College.
And this center, I'm told, was put here
partly to aid in industrial developme nt.
To aid in the operation and expansion of electrical,
electronic and chemical industries
- the preschool C~i.ld, W!iO bas been !aught
nothin~ .::1 the art of ;i-vi.ng a chance to eaten up - - a chance to fir..d u. dcor
into a.·~~t~~?' way
- the White House read in th eir
daily newspapers of the problems faced and the decisions made in the
President's Executive Office.
But tbere is a less familiar and more intimate aide to this building
that is home as well as the hub of administrat ive leader
- is a teacher and a teacher's aide, trained and
caring, guiding the child's first steps on the road to knowledge; a doctor
and a nurse, making sure his body is sturdy; a social worker showing the
parents and child to sources of help.
Head Start is a crusade
- of the American Institute of Architects
who s aid: "Most of our ugliness is a result of wealth, not of
poverty. A poor people wouldn't be able to replace trees with
parking lots, litter the streets with signs and fill the air with wires.
We need to m ake u gliness
- , Doug C ater came o v e r to do som e editing and
some discu ssing o n m y little speech fo r Beth Jenkins’ graduation cl a s s
at G eorgetow n V is ita tio n .
M ost a ttra c tiv e man. I ’ m so glad he’ s join ed
us.
E v e ry tim e I went past Lynda
- to help
m e on m y s p e e c h at G e o r g e to w n V isita tio n t o m o r r o w .
A fte r w a r d s M a r jo r i e Jenkins c a m e by to rea d it, p a s s on it, make
so m e g ood s u g g e s t io n s .
Oddly enough, this is a day f o r la b o r - two o
- busied herself to find out why, and learned his home folk s could not
read any message he would send, and he could not r ead anything they
r.ai ght sendto him.
i:It always has seem.ed sad to n1e ,
she s aid, ' 'that t here could exist any
where
- S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 27, 1964
Saturd ay, June 27th.
T h is i s the day Lynda B ir d
c h ris te n s a Navy tra n sp o rt named A u s tin , a fte r A u s tin , T e x a s .
She has asked L u c i to be h e r m aid of ho nor, and they are
going
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Mi ra!>eau Bonaparte L amar and h ;.s rathP.!" J e hovian phrase, "There
s hall be established a uni\•ereity o! the first class ••• " , and I
measure my Uni versity a gainst the standard he l aid down.
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Not long ago
- on the second
flo o r with Doug C ater, seeking help from him on my speech fo r Beth Jenkins
graduation c la s s at Georgetown Visitation, which is only two days away and
which I haven't given the hours of preparation that it deserves.
Then I talked to Ray R
- LBJ speaks at Coast Guard Academy graduation, New London, CT; Lady Bird gives commencement address at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School; Lady Bird gives her speech a C+; Lady Bird presents diplomas to Walter Jenkins' daughter, Beth; Luci
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What we haven\ learned is how to get along together. Technology can be
the prop -- the aid -- but it still is the human machine -- the mind and
the heart of each individual .... which spells success or failure in this.
It is a good time
- having to carry water from the creek 400 yards away.
He got himself a job on March 16 under the Aid to
Families of Dependent Children--Unemployed Fathers (AFDC-UF)
and can earn up to $160 a month. He is assigned to the Breathitt
County Forestry Division
- of the reasons I'm here
today.
As a matter of fact, when your nice invitations kept coming
in, Lyndon •aid, 111 think you ought to go." I agreed.
Then I found out I was supposed to make a speech I Since he
was the one who had urged me to come, I stopped him
- and regions.
I particularly want to congratulate the College of the Virgin
Islands on its newly established Caribb ean Reoearch Institute. This
Institute, by engaging in fundamental, long-range economic and social
research, will prove of enormous aid
- Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
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as the uniform ed aide esc o rte d me down to the
I w ore m y white
alaskin e suit, with the toa s t co lored , draped
silkish hat.
C a r rie was her usual easy self, so capable, so much at home, so devoid
of any pompo|sity in presidin g.
A t the end
- the road that beckons and
the road that depresses.
I know what a lift 0£ spirit a::id surge of pride I feel when I drive
up over the crest of the hills back home near Llano, Texas. There,
in the distance is Pack Saddle Mountain, and on either aide
- le d up in b e d and w a tc h e d W alter L ippm ann.
fo r an hour and n e v e r a dull m o m e n t.
He w a s on
What he s a id about f o r e ig n aid
c e r t a in ly i s n ' t g oin g to m a k e it any e a s i e r to g e t a F o r e ig n A id B i
- funeral procession; Lady Bird invites MacArthurs to come to White House for tea; Lady Bird works with Hester Provenson on upcoming speech; Lady Bird watches Walter Lippman on TV; Foreign Aid Bill
- b e e n
s o w o n d e r f u l l y h e l p f u l on the l a n d s c a p i n g a t the K a r n a c k P o s t O ffic e .
I h a d the aide) b e h i n d m e w ho c a l l e d o u t the n a m e s a l e r t e d to l i s t e n
fo r h is.
I d o n 't t h in k
- . West; gift for White House staff; Military Reception at White House; photos with military & Medal of Honor recipients; Chuck Robb is losing weight in Vietnam; General James Cross is leaving as military aide; Elvira Madigan, in theater; visit with school
- R u s s e l l ^ 'f r o m F l o r e s v i l l e , J o h n 's hom e
town, who got up to m ak e the p r e s e n ta tio n to John.
"W e hope," s aid K a r e n ,
" t h a t this s e t of handcuffs - a h - ah - ah, I m e a n this p a ir of handcuffs - a h
- p y and i t d o e s my h e a r t good t o
s e e him t h i s w ay . And R o b e r t a V i n s o n .
She, t o o ,
was one o f t h e o n e s I p a r t i c u l a r l y w a n te d t o com e.
And t h e r e was M rs. R o o s e v e l t ’ s m aid o f 30 y e
- e g a n to ta k e th e m
dow n w ith s o m e g e n tle m e n so o n co m in g to m y aid .
M
W e h a d b e e n jo in e d by
L e s t e r P r u i t t , one of th e la n d s c a p e m e n w ith th e H ighw ay D e p a r tm e n t
an d h e to o k th e
