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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
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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 .
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Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- 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
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en u m era b le stra n d s of p e a r ls . :
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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
- flo w e re d cloth,...
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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
- ! Too, a m o n g o ld f r i e n d s
t h e r e w a s n o b o d y I w a s h a p p i e r to s e e t h a n Bob A n d e r s o n , now
of G r e e n w i c h , C o n n e c t i c u t - - u s e d to b e f r o m T e x a s , R e p u b l i c a n ,
' s;
t
s t a u n
- 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
- 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.
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At a reception I usually ask Christine to give
a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess
- 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
- v e ry
now and then/
A fte r m y good frie n d , M r. P e r had com e and fixed m y h a ir , I w ent
in to the Y ellow Room and had l o ts a n d lo ts and lo ts of p ic tu re s m ad e, som e
of w hich I hope to have one th a t w ill tu rn out good.
T
- 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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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
- 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
- o c ra tic
N a tio n a l C o m m itte e in r e c o g n itio n o f p a s t h e lp and in hope f o r f u t u r e
h e lp .
T h e y w e re th e b r i e f e s t s to p s o f a ll.
W e q u ic k ly w ^ d e d o u r w ay
^
M onday,
J a n u a ry 18 (C o
- l the things
I hear about h im ., ,Hte personal bravery and the
that he gets out among h is peo ple.
never got around to
fact
I am sorry I
seeing Johnny Meacham to hear
what the hopes were for f in d in g o i l in Jordan.
just
A ll
toge ther
- 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
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o
r
P r in c e s s Irene . I told the
g o v e r n o r s' ^w iv e s th is la u g h in g ly , sayin g I hoped th ey r e a liz e d th ey h ad a
th r ifty a d m in istr a tio n .
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- a s c lo s e to the tr u t h a s one c a n hope f o r .
It w a s
a b o u t a n A p lu s , a n d If Jo h n c a n tak e a n d h a n d le T im e , h e ca n do a n y th in g .
T h e n I b e g a n to th in k a b o u t how to p r y lo o s e m y f r ie n d
- 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
- r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k .
A
.
A
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c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t .
B ess
I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k
o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s
- 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
- ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d
u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s
( .
l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e
- to be quite a w h ile b e fo r e the c o ffin and Queen
F r e d e r i k a w ould a r r i v e ,
^
said " I ' m a fr a id i t 's g oin g to be quite a long
I
w h ile . " )
M r . T r u m a n a n s w e r e d, " I hope s o . " ,
r e f e r r i n g , of c o u r
- a n d - p a in te d .
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M e a n w h ile , k ee p in g e v e ry th in g q u ie t an d j u s t p u ttin g out fo r
th e C h in a R e c e p tio n e ig h t o f th e p la te s th a t w e re r e a l l y lo v e ly .
e x i s t s , I hope w e ca n c a s
- of the s u c c e s s s t o r i e s of A s i a .
And now th is c o u n tr y
I hope I s h a ll liv e to
s e e th e s a m e thing h a p p e n w ith th e b e a s t th a t we w r e s t l e w ith today.
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P e r h a p s i t is th is bond o: a s s o c i a t i o
