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- . Big we couldn't be too aggressive.
Israel seeking to get United Nations action.
Is~ael
We .undoubtedly restrained
finall.y broke out -- whether
we encouraged it or not I don't know yet; but I'm sure to find out soon.
In
any event as of :tonight
- had 100 people.
They were the old folks, a few labor
leaders, older farmers, and fbr the most pa.rt the patronage controlling, historic,
normal,rather unexciting Democratic Party types.
Nonetheless very good folks,
and they do represent a residue
- would be a favorable
and well received
dairy farmers
action on the part of
the Administration.
I just had a call from Ken Birkhead a few minutes ago that for some
reason unbeknownst to anyone the House Agriculture
the Prommre bill
which has passed
- involved in
the affair.
And subsequently Jack Anderson, the news columnist, published
some papers which were the minutes of the meetings of the WSAG,
the Washington
Special Actions Group, which we had on this subject.
Those papers bring out
quite
-
career and my life.
with it.
I don't think that anything else could quite compare
The Court at Saint James, or the Court at Tokyo, are all more or less
well knownand mundane, but presenting my credentials as Ambassadorof the
United States of America
- to be sure to take long
angle shots
Where t missed a picture.
of the Press photogs when they are running for the Presidentl on one of theee
walks. In the past I've been concantrating on just the Presldent. But I 1d like
to get some action shots when they're
- delegation, to continue on my delegation.
There
was considerable discussion of this back and forth, the White House politi
cal staff in particular,
get a,greementon that.
because Paul was a Democrat. But I finally did
Paul and I both agreed, as well
- for President Kennedy and now for Lyndon. The Kenny O’Donnells, the O’Briens,
the Maguires, the Jenkinses, Bill Moyers alone, Jack Valenti. We just had a drink, watched
the fire, talked about the day’s events, the Congress, the problems, the actions, and I hope
- tour for the ladies; Ken O'Donnell; dinner with friends, including Senators Richard Russell, Herman Talmadge, and George Smathers; discussion of congressional action and tax bill; Russell's recurring cough; Lady Bird prays that LBJ will pace himself
- and a half of talking with L a rry and Mike,
it was a rath er dismaying conclusion that there had been much
talk in the country and in the papers and not much action on the
Hill on the beautification proposal, and we must try at least to
get them considered
- and smelling the evergreens and yet this year all eyes
are ahead- - that is the way the action points.
looks and clinging are out.
Nostalgia and backward
Nevertheless I had le ft them up, I liked
them, so there i t is.
I t was deliberately an early party
- LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers about LBJ's Gridiron speech; lunch and a swim with the McNamaras; LBJ, Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy to Burning Tree for golf; Lady Bird reflects on LBJ's recent actions and successes; dinner at the McNamaras
- a re both surrounded by Irish m en .
F u rth e rm o re ,
I h ea rd it said that th e re
a re m o re Irish m en in the White House than peop le, "
And o f d eV a le ra h im s e lf, he said, " F e w m en have had the sa tisf action
that you have had
- n a d e , and o c c a s io n a lly a dip to
c o o l off.
G e o r g e to ld m e of h is plan ^ alread y put in to action ^ of m a k in g a c o r p o r a tio n
out o f H un tlan ds w h ic h w ill b e p a r tic ip a te d in b y th e ir fiv e c h ild r e
- ere going to give him a thorough m e d ic a l g o in g «o v e r the next
m o rn in g, and tonight we only talk ed about the p h y c o lo g ica l a s p e c t s .
Both
thought that in action , id le n e s s , la c k of com m an d, would be a h a r d e
- a lu e on th e se th in gs, and to talk about what w e m ight do to
im p lem en t, to sup p lem en t, and to be a c a ta ly st for action." I told them a bit
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
T h u rsd ay, F eb ru a ry 11, 1965
WASKINOTON
P age 3
about m
- s e r v a t i o n - b e a u t i f i c a t i o n p r o g r a m .
I t o l d him
i t w o u l d j u s t d e p e n d on the f o l k s b a c k h o m e l i k e h i m , a n d to b a c k i t w i t h
e d ito ria ls and action. - .
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