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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
- .
He had ca lle d up Bob, put out his request, with a ll the u rgency of which
he is so beautifully capable.
And I know he hung b reath less on his answer,
so it must have been with a g rea t feelin g of achievem ent, of r e l ie f, that
he heard Bob
- e r e
in Rom e and had taken us to the Baptist orphanage there.
She's leading the
s ort of life I would have liked to have led when I e m e rg e d from C o lle g e y e ars
ago, i f I hadh't gotten m a r r ie d instead,
I had hoped the g i r ls
- 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
- to see her, and there was Luci in Ashton's office,
a sight I shall never forget, in a little girl d re ss, middy blouse ^^^;^:, .,
and very short skirt, freckles painted across her nose, two fronts
teeth blacked out, an upturned sailor hat with a bobbing
- .
And from
the House there were the Jack Brooks, and the Bob Poages.
It is
i nteresting how at times lik e this one breaks through normal barriers
of c iv ilitie s and expresses real feelings and they were sad to see us
go.
And the George Mahons.
From my
- 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
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Islan d .
iv-
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Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- 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
- tifu lly em b ro id ered
. lig h t b lu e c a f t a n t h a t sim p ly d rifted around h er an k les in long fo ld s and
;(
en u m era b le stra n d s of p e a r ls . :
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i
T h ere w a s the g e n e r a l, I hope, b u sin e ss of turning and p lacin g
- 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
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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
- C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce
' it r e a lly .
I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given
m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it.
I
m u st a lw a y s rem em
- .
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
- h e r e w as
M r s . Bob K i n tn e r ( J e a n K in tn e r ) w h o m I 'v e known f o r so long and b e e n
so fond of, a n d M is s K a t h e r i n e Q uinn, who i s M is s D e m o c r a t , of
n
C o n n e c tic u t.
It m u s t have b e e n s o
- 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
- 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
- ,
try in g to p ro te c t the , , . (v ery b lu rre d w ith s ta tic ).
And I hope som e tim e
in J a n u a ry o r F e b ru a r y we w ill a r r iv e a t som e p ro sp e c tiv e se p a ra tio n
of th is lo n g -co n tin u ed e s ta te .
Lyndon jo in ed
- for President Kennedy and now for Lyndon. The Kenny O’Donnells, the O’Briens,
the Maguires, the Jenkinses, Bill Moyers alone, Jack Valenti. We just had a drink, watched
the fire, talked about the day’s events, the Congress, the problems, the actions, and I hope
- and yellow with a flowered moire
t a f f e ta .
I hope i t will be enjoyed, perhaps in some guest room in the
White House, in the future.
Then Helen raised the shades—and the
view was magnificently the same, now and forever.
I was up e a rly , worked
- 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
- ,
Suddenly in the drone of r ep ea ted g reetin g s
and fa c e s filin g by, th e r e in front of you i s a m an w ith no le g s , on a board
w ith r o lle r s down c lo s e to the flo o r and only one a rm .
You hope your fa c e
d o es not show shock or d
- s to appoint so m eo n e to fit
hi s post.It w a s clou d y and w e could hope for rain .
m uch.
We n eed ed it v e r y ,
But for the night, p e r so n a lly , I hoped it w ould hold off u n til
10:00 b e c a u se w e had in v ited a ll the p r o
- E n gland and Irela n d
was now a thing o f the pa st o r not,
H is answ e r was in te restin g .
I hope I said it b e tte r than that.
He said, "T h e fa rth e r aw ay we draw le g a lly ,
the c lo s e r we com e as frie n d s , "
I was ch arm ed
- " .
Up to now
sh e a n d W a rrie h av e m a n a g e d to do a lo t of th in g s
q u ite f r e e ly , q u ite u n b o th e re d by p e o p le , I hope th a t i t c o n tin u e s ,
‘^/ ■
L a te in th e e v e n in g w e w en t fo r a dip in the p o o l. B
- length panel w i l l be a v a ila b le in about two w eek s and he p r o m is e d to send
it o v e r to m e to lo o k a t.
I t ’ s a fa it a c c o m p li and I can only hope that t h e r e 's
enough m o n e y in the t r e a s u r y o f the h i s t o r i
- ith D r . Stanton ,
I,
w h om I hope v e r y m u ch to b e a b le to p e r su a d e to c o m e dow n and h e lp us
out in s o m e c a p a c ity .
Our p o o l o f th e h igh c a lib r e b r a in s lik e h is is not
to o d e e p and w id e and w e do
- uch in evidence and having a good tim e and, I hope, a r e m ee tin g som e
of the p r e s s ,
B ecau se Lyndon w as la te , L uci stood in lin e w ith m e and re c e iv e d
r
V.
r
MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
M onday, J a n u a ry 6, 1964
- #2,?
WASHINGTON
that overtak e m e when a ll o f a sudden I've had too m uch.
L_
MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOH
Saturday, F e b r u a ry 1, 1964
P age 2
and ev ery th in g i s fin a lly s e ttle d .
You a re hopeful
- at the sig n a tu res -- and v e r y often I cou ld .
S e c r e tly I hoped that Johnny W alker and C arter Brow n w e r e a s im p r e s s e d
■as I w a s!
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
F r id a y , M a r c h 11, 1966
WASHINGTON
P age 2
- an som and the R eg e n ts, and
th en in ca m e Lyndon.
so m ew h a t d iv id ed .
F r o m then on the p r e s s co n feren ce w as
Lyndon ta lk ed .
Y e s , he hoped the b uilding
w ould be fin ish e d w ith in two y e a r s a fter th e plan s w e r
- ork and then at 3:15 had m y picture
taken with Martha Hartke, r e c e iv in g a cook book fro m her, hoping that w ill
do some good fo r them in their election.
And then at 4 o 'c lo c k
the day- - a
top o ffic e r s .
what I thought
- .
snow s t i l l fa llin g .
- -.-^
And B e s s and I.
And then L iz
And then I w ent to s le e p , w ith the
And m y h ea rt w as sinking about our p arty ton igh t.
I had
hoped fo r it to b e one of the m o s t glam orou s w e had e v e r had
- 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
- young and v ita l an d , it s e e m s to m e , su c h a good r e p r e s e n ta tiv e
o f h is p e o p le , a s I hope we a r e of a ll th e p e o p le .
E v e r y tim e I s e e h im , I
th in k a b o u t a s to r y , its tr u th I d o n 't know a b o
- h is s u c c e s s o r ,
C l a r k C lif fo r d I c e r t a i n l y hope. B ill W alton , C h a ir m a n of th e C o m m i s s i o n
of F i n e A r t s , an d G e o rg e H e r tz o g , D i r e c t o r of th e N a tio n a l P a r k S e r v ic e
- s if I had lo ok ed long enough.
It w a s a g r a c e f u l s a lu t e to th e p a s t an d it is ab o u t one of th e p l a c e s I
hope s o m e d a y I m a y s e e , C am po b e llo .
One of m y a m b itio n s i s to t r a p
s o m e b o d y lik e
- 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 .
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-T
; I s p e n t the m
orning
to P e t e rH
ud.^
V
- at M a y o 's and
had o p e r a te d on J im C ain) flew in , in th e hope th at sh e co u ld s e e h e r
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2
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f:"
1963
^
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S a tu r d a y , D e c e m b e r 28th (co n tin u e d )
fa th e r .
S h e got th e r e oh, a lo n g abou t c o c k
- , 1964
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co m in g le g is la tiv e y e a r , w e c a n n o t sp e n d o u r e n e r g ie s fig h tin g a m o n g
o u r s e l v e s , I hope we d o n ’t.
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F in a lly , w e w ound up o u t a t the a i r p o r t , I th in k it m u s t h a v e b
