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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
  • (Continued) a fterw a rd , but Bob J a ck so n w as at m y hand the w hole s t a y .., I told them h.ow d elig h ted I w as to b e h e r e on th is im p ortant day in the life of P a d re '■ Islan d . iv- ■ Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • flo w e re d cloth,... . ' aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^ And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g © b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob. K
  • . And then M r. W est c a m e up an d Bob K nudson took the p i c t u r e of the t h r e e of u s w ith the b l u e p r i n t s of the W hite H ou se so th a t sh e can f it in into a n y of th e f a m ily r o o m s h e r own f u r n i t u r e o r th in g s th
  • . 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
  • 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
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM
  • RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPE BOTH SIDES WILL REACH RESPONSIBLE NON-INFLATIONARY SETTLEMENT IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; INCREASED IMPORTS, DECREASED EXPORTS; VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ ASKS FOR SETTLEMENT AS BIRTHDAY
  • STANTON PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, HIS HOPES TO END VIETNAM WAR; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S TRAVEL PLANS FOR TOMORROW AND QUESTION OF STANTON ACCOMPANYING HIM
  • VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS HALT IF THERE IS HOPE OF PEACE, DISCUSSES REPORT FROM GEORGE BROWN? ON PORT CONGESTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS FROM MILITARY, HHH; PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTION IN VIETNAM; PEACE EFFORTS; EFFECTIVENESS
  • SPARKMAN TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT LBJ'S SPEECH WAS BEST HE HAS MADE EXCEPT FOR LAST 15 SECONDS, SAYS HE HOPES LBJ WILL RECONSIDER DECISION NOT TO RUN; LBJ SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; SPARKMAN'S DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN WORK AS SERVICEMAN'S
  • ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BY LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES SPEECH WILL GIVE ROCKEFELLER SOME THOUGHT, DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, FUTURE PLANS, EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM, MEETINGS WITH ROCKEFELLER'S BROTHERS
  • :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
  • b r ea k fa st in b ed . And then d r e s s e d , with L iz com ing in e v e r y m o m en t or two for an other two or three,^^^ four p ictu re s of m e to sig n fo r the sta ff, w hich I w a s v e r y glad to do. I hope I n ev er forgetr
  • 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
  • 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
  • im so m u c h , an d I hope ; th a t w e an d h e a n d a l l the s ta f f w ill w eig h al l th is wa;ve of .......: /p u b lic ity ju d ic io u s ly and p h ilo s o p h ic a lly . ^0 -T ; I s p e n t the m orning to P e t e rH ud.^ V
  • Unruh put out one in California saying that they felt like he ought to run and they were going to urge him to put his name on the ticket. They -4­ asked us for comment, and we told them we had notbi. ng to say. I haven't called Sorensen, I hope I
  • 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
  • , a n d w e 'l l s h a r e the b e s t w a lk - i n c l o s e t a n y b o d y c o u ld hope f o r . The p o in t i s it m u s t not be a c r a s h p r o g r a m . We m u s t w o r k to w a r d s o m e th in g I 'l l be s a t i s f i e d w ith a n d lo
  • and to in v ite them to sta y at the W hite H o u se . I hope by now that th ey know th ere is alw ays room for th e m , M arilyn und ertook to r e tr ie v e th em from N ew Y ork . to w ork on sea tin g and ju st how w e w ould handle i t . And B e s s and I
  • . On th e w a y b a c k to th e a ir p o r t w e ta lk e d abou t th e a p p o in tm en t. I hope th e G o v ern o r w ill go to th e S en a te h im s e lf . W e w e r e t h e r e a lit t le o v e r an hour and a h a lf and a t 7:30 r e a c h e d th e W
  • p le f r o m B onw it T e l l e r w ith m y B e n Zucke r m a n c lo th e s - - th e l a s t t h r e e of m y S p rin g o u tfit I hope." I c a n 't g e t o v e r th e s lig h tly rid ic u lo u s fe e lin g th a t c lo th e s should, ta k e up so m u
  • e a r s i n th e H o u se an d the S enate an d c a m p a ig n s a n d o u r life t o g e t h e r . to w r i t e a b o u t u s , I hope i t w ill be a s good a s p o s s i b l e . If p e o p le a r e going So I a m c o m m i t t e d to tr y in g
  • 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
  • their a im s and hopes w e re - - ill-fash io n ed w e r e his intentions I b elieve and not a bad w ord. A nd w h e n C h u c k feac u s e d t h e p h r a s e " y o u r p e r m i s s i o n " , L y n d o n q u i c k l y s a i d , " Y o u h a v e it and m y
  • t's e x p r e s s e d hope th at A m e r ic a n s w ould t r a v e l in th e U n ited S ta te s th is su m m e r , h is tw o d a u g h te r s, L yn d a B ir d and L u c i B a in e s , w e r e p lan n in g a Grand T our o f E u r o p e . " L yndon r e
  • , 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