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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
  • (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
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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