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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
  • . 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
  • aw ard s fo r e x c e lle n c e in d e sig n or lan d scap in g to a b u s in e s s e sta b lish m e n t, a n e ig h b o rhood, a public b u ild in g. I think, I hope, h e ’ll give them so m e en co u ra g em en t, son® pat on the head. A t any r
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • in d e e d I w ill be c o m in g b a c k to N ew Y o rk . I am s p o ile d . I hope once o r tw ice a y e a r . I s h a ll t r e a t m y s e lf to so m e of the s a m e , though i t w ill in d e e d n o t b e the s a m e w ith o u t B e s s a n d
  • . 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
  • 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
  • in g up on the s ta g e ju st a s e v e r y b o d y b eh in d it g e t s into th e ir p o s itio n w e a r e d o w n s ta ir s and out on the N o rth P o r t i c o - c a lm and s e r e n e - - I hope it lo o k s that w ay, a s the b ig b la c k c a r w
  • 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 ju st as I hoped it w ould be, ■ ' ■ I sp en t the e a r ly ■morning w ith L iz on m y few w ord s to say at the J ew ish lu n ch eon and going o v er r e p o r ts and fa c ts and fig u r e s for m y in te r v ie w w ith M e r le S e c r e s t
  • w orks on the A r t s and C rafts portion of it. Jane introduced me and then I had a few words to say, which em bodied m y old hope that one day we w i ll have a National A rts and C r a ft s center where J tourists to the USA, like they can in n e
  • 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
  • h o u r s v?ith B i l l a t T h e E l m s . W h a t a jo b , t r y i n g to s e l l t h i s h o u s e t h a t I f i l l e d w i t h l o v e a n d som e ta s te , I hope, and a g re a t d eal of c a r e . I t to o k m e a b o u t t h r e e o r f o u
  • " . 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
  • , or th eir own h a p p in e ss. To try j it fo r at le a s t one y e a r , lea rn in g about life togeth er and r e s p o n s ib ility and ’ in d ep en d en ce, then a lw a y s, alw a y s hope they w ill com e b ack to A u stin by c h o ic e . I i
  • 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! ’.■■'i;/', ' ' 5 MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE F r id a y , M a r c h 11, 1966 WASHINGTON P age 2
  • :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
  • ’ : A fte r dinner ev ery b od y s e ttle d down to w atch a sp y m o v ie , w h ile I w en t o ff fo r m y r e g u la r S aturday night date w ith GUNSMOKE, and th en b a ck to s e e the r e s t o f the sp y m o v ie . And then, though I hoped Lyndon w
  • . 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
  • it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m . T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e O pera in d eed has a new fa c e . N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T HOPE and to r e c e iv e
  • LBJ & Dominican crisis; Lady Bird on LBJ's cold & weight; Lynda's article in "Life" magazine; Lady Bird meets Metropolitan Opera singers, two PROJECT HOPE workers, National Gallery staff on Pictures for Patients, and MS Mother of the Year; Lady Bird
  • 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 . ^0 -T ; I s p e n t the m orning to P e t e rH ud.^ V
  • MEMORANDUM THE W H ITE HOUSE W ASHINOTO N T h u r s day, A p r i l 30, 1964 Today dawned cold and rainy. Ah, unhappy fo r e c a s t fo r Saturday, when the 3000 Dem o c ratic ladies w ill converge upon us, on--hopeful ly ^ t h e White House
  • u rin g th e tim e I am h e r e which I hope w i l l in c lu d e some o f th e American g r e a t - - Mary Cus s a t , my most h o p e fu l a d d itio n -r I w ould lo v e to have t h i s 'I , George Ca le b Bingham, S id n ey Mount. I would l i k
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • e x p e c t th em to do i t a n y m o r e . B u t I hope th e y w ill c o n tin u e to b e a p a r t of m y life - - M o l l i e a n d A d ele. I w a s fig h tin g to f in i s h m y shopping so t h a t I c o u ld c a t c h th e l a t e p la n e ton
  • that w e have h a m b u r g e r s g r ill e d o u t on the p o r c h . And t h e n I s im p ly abdi c a te d m y co m m a n d p o s t and c u r le d up a n d w e n t to s le e p hoping that e v e r y b o d y found a p la c e th ey lik e d to ta lk p r
  • n s . m y h e a r t b e g a n to s i n g . A nd th e n ? Th a t w a s w hen T h e y w e r e so b e a u tif u l! I hope I h a v e th e g r a c e to know th a t e v e r y d a y I sp e n d h e r e i s a p r iv ile g e . A nd n e v e r m o re s o
  • b e m a n y s h a p e s of m y s t e r y a n d m a n y th in g s th a t G od m a k e s to b e p a st fe a r or hope. A n d th e e n d m e n lo o k e d f o r c o m e t h n o t. p a th t h e r e is w h e re no m a n so u g h t." And a So h a t h
  • so m e d ay , he h im s e lf , w o u ld c o m e to l e c t u r e th e r e - f o r a s u m m e r - f o r a n ig h t - a n y th in g . I a ls o s a id , " I hope th a t you*re going to le a v e th e p a p e r s th a t r e l a t e to the p a r t of y o
  • 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