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- to see her, and there was Luci in Ashton's office,
a sight I shall never forget, in a little girl d re ss, middy blouse ^^^;^:, .,
and very short skirt, freckles painted across her nose, two fronts
teeth blacked out, an upturned sailor hat with a bobbing
- 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
- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all.
He talked about a str ik e
i
•MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967
; WASBINOTON
Page
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of 1912 or 1913, and I cou ld s e e old heads bobbing through the a u d ien ce
in m e m
- 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
- 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
- e the G o ld e n A g e
G le e Club w as re'h e a r s in g a song. When the Red, R e d R o b in C o m e s
^
Bob,Bob, Bobbing A lo n g .
And then, they b ro u g h t out a b ig b ir th d a y cake,
w h ich w as f o r a l l the p eo p le h avin g b ir
- at p r e s e n t i t s a bone o f contention.
A ls o ,
so m e o f the
towns c lo s e b y , that had hoped to get the fa m i l i e s to b e e f up th ere eco n o m y ,
th e ir p a y r o l l s , th e ir g e n e r a l w a y o f l i f e , have a p p lied
- t e a .
Bob K n u d s e n to o k a p i c t u r e ,
I d is p a tc h e d t h e m on a
t o u r of t h e W h ite H o u s e w ith m y e a r n e s t th a n k s an d high h o p e s .
T h e a t h e r e b e g a n u n d o u b ted ly one of t h e f u n n ie
- 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
I hope m a y b e t h e r e w ill b e s o m e u s e of it o t h e r th a n j u s t a s an
e x h ib it in the L i b r a r y .
E v e n s o i t ' s in the c a n , an d I m a r k off on
m y m e n t a l t a b l e t one m o r e c h e c k b y th in g s d o
- r ly , s m ilin g lad y put out h er hand and sa id
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M EMO RANDUM
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TH E W H I T E H O U S E
WASHINGTON
T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964
Page 3
I'm M r s . C h a r le s M a r s h ."
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Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t.
I hope m y
- 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 .
f
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
- hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e
everybody fo r ju st a m in u te.
B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld
not tr y .
So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s
going to a c c e p t th e r
- ,
t u l i p s , n a r c i s s u s , v i o l e t s — e s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d by
M a r i e t t a B ro o k s , s h e s a i d ; and Bob S t r a u s s , and C a ro ly n K ellam w ith
Monday, J a n u a ry 20, 1969
b o th h e r l i t t l e
- about twelve o’clock at night,
decided they would light the fire. So they did. And the smoke came pouring out, filling the
room and the hall. Lucy said that she thought the British were back again. It wasn’t so
funny to me. And I hope the staff didn’t
- .
what we
The curtains
I had a lrea d y taken down and disp o s ed o f and we looked at a lot of possible
o f s a m p le s fo r drapes and s lip c o v e r s , none of which w e r e r e a lly right.
I had rather hoped to turn it into a sun room
- rce One, taking Him, quivering
a ll over when he gets on a plane, and Sam H ouston, who can sc a rc e ly walk,
who Lyndon hopes to have helped by m assag e and m edical tre a tm e n t and such
com panionship as we have tim e fo r betw een now
- i t to Lyndon, who took i t with gusto and pretended that he was drinking i t .
I hope that none of the cars that passed us recognized any of us.
I t would have been an unsettling sight.
c
Back at the White House Lyndon lay down.
y e t.
He's
- 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
- fo r the D an es on Ju n e
9 th,
D orris gav e m e little hope and M ary none, but N eva s a id that they would.
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E H O U S E
W ASHINGT O N
Sunday, M ay 31, 1964
P age 2
Lynda had sta y e d in A u stin m o s t of the tim e
- 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
- ,
Suddenly in the drone of r ep ea ted g reetin g s
and fa c e s filin g by, th e r e in front of you i s a m an w ith no le g s , on a board
w ith r o lle r s down c lo s e to the flo o r and only one a rm .
You hope your fa c e
d o es not show shock or d
- s to appoint so m eo n e to fit
hi s post.It w a s clou d y and w e could hope for rain .
m uch.
We n eed ed it v e r y ,
But for the night, p e r so n a lly , I hoped it w ould hold off u n til
10:00 b e c a u se w e had in v ited a ll the p r o
- had gone into A u stin fo r
a p a r k m e e tin g that m igh t la s t a ll day, h is s e c r e ta r y s a id .
I a sk e d ■
E r n e s t to co m e out and ta lk w ith u s , and ta c tfu lly (I hoped) w en t o v er
th e a ttr a c tiv e p la n s M r. M
- 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
- s so w e ll, is so s u r e in h e r to u ch ,
/
V ,.
I lo o k e d a t
th e m , lik e d th e m , am going to buy one o r two and hope I c a n so o n g et
c lo th e s o u t of m y l i f e f o r th e n e x t th r e e o r fo u r m o n th s .
T h e n I
- t o a sk M r .
DuPont, the c h a irm a n o f
h e r F in e A r t s C o m m itte e ,-a n d M r . F o s s burgh, the c h a irm a n o f h e r P a in t in g s
C o m m it t e e , and what two fin e r ones could th ere p o s s ib ly be and I do so
hope
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l ') 6·1
...,../
John left early after, I gather , a lot of talk but no very defi nite
/\
The conclusion I hope for is for h im to ta ke ac ti ve charge
conclusio ns.
of Lyndo n's campaign.
And tb r;n at te n o'clock there wa s a pr es
- .
snow s t i l l fa llin g .
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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
- t us c o ffe e an d S c o tc h , th e l a t t e r m o r e
p o p u la r , a n d we s p e n t a je w e l of an h o u r w ith L y n d o n r e m in is c in g a b o u t
h is life t h e r e , a b o u t w h at h e hoped for th e l i b r a r y a n d th e
s c
- o ils down to the
fa c t that what we la c k i s s ome m o vin g c om m unity s p ir it , so m e p e r so n
with id e a s and ju dgem en t to tak e it o v e r.
B e ck y lo o k s v e r y p re tty , I hope she d o es get to com e to W ashington
so m e
- of today, and a c tu a lly s o m e th in g th a t I h a v e
b e e n looking f o r w a r d to, is t e a fo r th e la d ie s of th e p r e s s - - a b o u t
s ix t y - f i v e of t h e m - - a t fo u r o 'c lo c k .
I hope th e t im e n e v e r c o m e s w
- w eapon w ith w h ich he is a ch iev in g h is own e m a n c ip a tio n ." I hope a lo t of p eo p le h eard h im , b e c a u s e h e ’s going to g et the
b la m e fo r le ttin g th em go too fa r, to o f a s t.
I think h e 's tough enough to
stan
- 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
- to v is it A tlan tic C ity, but I do hope you w ill in vite m e to com e back
this su m m e r.
M aybe I ’ ll even b rin g m y husband with m e, "
When the dinner was o v e r , w e file d out, shaking hands w ith a s m ajiy
people as we could p o s
- , 1964
^
Page 3
co m in g le g is la tiv e y e a r , w e c a n n o t sp e n d o u r e n e r g ie s fig h tin g a m o n g
o u r s e l v e s , I hope we d o n ’t.
'
F in a lly , w e w ound up o u t a t the a i r p o r t , I th in k it m u s t h a v e b
- 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
- i r d f lo o r , and r ig h t a c r o s s f ro m th e m , M a r i a lle n and A, W. , w ith
Will an d M a r y
in a d jo in in g r o o m s .
And they a r e the g u e s ts I am hoping
v e r y m u c h w i l l h av e the b e s t tim e of a l l f o r
- 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
- i s ,
a f t e r n o o n w i t h Mr. S t . Ma u r
t he
and I hope I ' l l g e t
e n o u g h c l o t h e s i n t h e s e y e a r s n e v e r t o have to go
b a c k a g a in !
But w h i l e I am h e r e I w ant t o l o o k a s
w e l l a s I can f
