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  • . 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
  • 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
  • . 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
  • 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
  • :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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • o m . I hope th e y s t a y . We h ad t h r e e of th e m And t h e y a r e d e lig h tf u l t h e r e , And the s t i l l life to th e r i g h t of th e e n t r a n c e to th e MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E HOUSE V. WASHINGTON T h u r s d a y
  • e s d a y , A p r i l 19, 1966 Page 3 t h o s e t h a t I c o u l d n ’t r e a c h , " W e l c o m e , I a m so g la d y o u ' r e h e r e . I hope it w as an in te re stin g c o n fe re n c e ." W ith t h e u s u a l g r e e t i n g s of " H e