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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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Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- 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
- ts w e r e
l e f t f o r o u r own L t. A t k in s an d Bob K n u d sen a n d O k am o to , a n d a m o m e n t
f o r u s to h av e a b it of a d rin k .
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A nd th en th e r e c e iv in g lin e c o n tin u e d .
I w as d e e p ly p ro u d .
O u r o
- the m o st of it !
I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t
of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an
had
d
l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill
- is c lo a k -a n d -d a g g e r m is s io n .
The John S e c o n d a r is, L yndon's
b ea u tifu l young frie n d fr o m New Y ork, Jeanne V an d erb ilt, and,
o f c o u r s e , our h o u se g u e sts the P e te r H urds.
G u ests that I hope to s e e
- w ith c o f f e e , and the M a yo r t e llin g us
how he hoped to han dle the p r o b le m of a r a c e r io t in C h ic a g o .
s a id he w ould not have h is p o li c e m e n w e a r s t e e l h e l m e t s .
He
T h ey
s i m p l y w o r e c a p
- a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e
m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y .
J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it .
A nd I hope
h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n d
- 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
- their a im s and hopes w e re - - ill-fash io n ed
w e r e his intentions I b elieve and not a bad w ord.
A nd w h e n C h u c k feac
u s e d t h e p h r a s e " y o u r p e r m i s s i o n " , L y n d o n q u i c k l y s a i d , " Y o u h a v e it
and m y
- t's e x p r e s s e d hope th at A m e r ic a n s w ould
t r a v e l in th e U n ited S ta te s th is su m m e r , h is tw o d a u g h te r s, L yn d a B ir d and
L u c i B a in e s , w e r e p lan n in g a Grand T our o f E u r o p e . " L yndon r e
- 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
- , w h ic h i s r e a ll y an
in d u lg e n c e fo r m e .
36 P r e s i d e n t s .
S o m e tim e I hope to g o to th e h o m e o f e v e r y on e o f the
B y n o w , I m u s t h a v e gon e to a t l e a s t 12.
T h e r e w a s a la r g e c r o w d
