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83 results
- directly to do with the
origins of that Act?
W:
Not that I am aware of.
This Act was sponsored primarily by Congressmen
Clifford Hope of Kansas in the House but received very strong support
LBJ Presidential Library
http://www.lbjlibrary.org
ORAL
- :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
- an effort
bepn?
Sageatlm:
Peru.pa with a meethag at the White HOliH
aooa
after tlle laaupration
at which the First L&cly wotald omline
bar hope• &11d appoint an CNtataadilaa committee of top-fiigbt
1owl'nmeat
and noa1ove1'DD1eat leader• to come up with aa
-
a great interest in beautifying the landscape, and she said, "I think
the time is ripe -- the time is now -- to take advantage of this
yeasty, bubbling desire to beautify our cities and our countryside.
I hope all Americans will join in this effort
- that is what th is v is it is about - - to exp lain w hat w e h ave
h e r e arid w hat w e hope to do w ith it, to d is c u s s John B en 's taking o v e r the
job.-
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V
F rom the P a r k w e w ent i n to Johnson C ity and d rove p a st the C ou rth ou
- .
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
- done.
I t 's a h e a d y
d r a f t , th is kind of w o rk , a n d w h a t e v e r th ey go on to I th in k th ey w ill
r e m e m b e r it, - - I hope a s a h ig h p o in t in t h e i r l i v e s .
r e m e m b e r th e m .
I know I s h a ll
And I a m
- 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
- series of new things.
I hope I have a copy of that here.
A friend of mi ne, Florence Mahoney, and
I were great friends with Clark Clifford, who was also a great friend of
Senator Johnson's, as you well know.
Clark Clifford said that he would
. get us
- .
The tr e e s a r e in and
I hope I had p rep a red them for the fa ct that s in c e it w o n ’t
be fin ish e d for a few w eek s y e t it is raw and b e c a u se it is E a ste r v acation
.
f
1968
■:
W ed n esd a y , A p r il 17 (C ontinued)
the c
- h a t none o f us gave an y r e a l
th o u g h t t o -- t h e m i r a c l e of T e l - S t a r i t s e l f and y e t what
hope t h a t m u s t h o l d .
I f man c a n d o t h i s ca n h e
-
5
-
p o s s i b l y t u r n h i s t a l e n t s tos o l
- p l a n t e d th e m o u t a t th e c e m e t e r y - - a g r o u p of w h i t e a n d
p in k i n th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r th a t w i l l b e a m a s s of c o l o r i n the y e a r s to
com e I hope.
■ ■ '" l
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E
- tic k e ts and
p a r c e l th em out to m y v e r y fa v o rite c o n stitu e n ts.
And then, stand ing
in the h a ll, hoping that I w ould at le a s t get c lo s e enough to a C abinet
o r C ourt w ife to in tro d u ce m y c o n s titu e n ts .
So w
- 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
- hope w e w ill have 200, 000 p la n ts, w ith the govern m en t
1965
W ednesday, M ay 19th (con tin u ed )
h elp in g the g o v ern m en t.
And then th ere w e r e g ifts , b ig and lit t le , ranging
fr o m one pink dogw ood fr o m Gordon Junior H
- out in th e r i v e r I
c o u l d s e e tw o b l i n k i n g l i g h t s - - t h e S e q u o i a - - a n c h o r e d .
We w e n t o u t
and I c lim b e d on a n d c a r e fu lly w ent d o w n s ta irs , hoping I w o u ld n 't w ake
up Lyndon - - f r
- , 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
- that this was
going to be a major case before the board, that I appreciated that the
Justice Department had antitrust interests, and I wanted him to know that
the board did too ; that I would hope if his Antitrust Division got into
the case that they had something
- of the Budget?
B :
As I recall, the Bureau of the Budget sat in on this--somebody from the
Bureau, and we felt that there our bigger problem was really what sort of
hope could we get for acceptance from Civil Service Commission, once we
got below
- m ay la p se b etw een
s e e in g ea ch o th e r.
And then lunch.
And then a tour of the Ranch - -
the g u e st h o u se, J a m es D avis' h ou se, up into the fie ld s p a st the Sudan
and the c o a s ta l B erm uda I'm so hopeful about
- othing to do b u t s m il e
Q
b r a v e l y a n d w a v e a t e v e r y b o d y a n d s a y , " I hope you a r e h a v in g a good
v a c a t i o n t r i p . " One p e r s o n s a id , "Y ou m a d e o u r v a c a t i o n . "
I m urm u red
to a m a n s
- lly, w e 'll have another m eetin g in three w e e k s, g et down to the
MEMORANDUM
c
THE WHITE HOUSE
T h u rsd a y , F e b r u a ry 11, 1965
WASHINOTON
P age 4
s u g g e stio n s , and I hope so m e tim e in M arch, planting done.
Of c o u r s
- a y .
L y n d a 's fond hope - - a littl e flig h t in to in d e p e n d e n c e - - h ad
b e e n to go to E u ro p e th is s u m m e r , sp e n d ab o u t s ix w e e k s .
I w as a ll in
fa v o r of i t .
A nd th e n
It w as to b e h e r t w e n
- s t hope th e y w e r e so u n d a s le e p .
I h a d a s k e d M a rily n to g e t w ith H e le n , a n d ch o o se a b o u t fo u r of m y
r
e v e n in g d r e s s e s
a n d s u g g e s t th a t J e w e l a n d
B e t t ^ t r y th em o n , a n d
- publicizing did you hope to get
out of the conference?
R:
The president and, I think, Mrs. Johnson had great vision.
were also realists.
action.
They
So they were concerned, as we were, about
They were very people-minded, action-minded, and they
were
-
o
r
P r in c e s s Irene . I told the
g o v e r n o r s' ^w iv e s th is la u g h in g ly , sayin g I hoped th ey r e a liz e d th ey h ad a
th r ifty a d m in istr a tio n .
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■■'■; MEMORANDUM- ; • ■ k ; . ' - ^
V:",'
'1
- 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
- , G eo rg e M ahon
o f T ex a s and H elen , who is one o f the R egen ts of the S m ith so n ia n .
en jo y s it a s m u ch a s L yndon.
I hope he
And th e B ill F u llb rig h ts — no s u r p r is e that
he shou ld be a R eg en t - - v e r y a p p
- lly to m e .
b e e n i n h is m in d a l l n ig h t lo n g .
m
It w a s a s though
I hope the r e f r a i n h a d n 't
F e e lin g lik e the b o y th a t le a v e s th e b u rn in g
d e c k , I w e n t to m y ow n ro o m to t r y to g e t a n o th
- the President or Mrs. Johnson ever communicated any views
to them.
Whether they were hoping to make points because they knew
this was close to the President because of his wifels activities, or
what, I don't know, but they were certainly determined to resist
- o m i s e d too m u c h , hoped f o r too
m uch.
A f t e r w a r d we d ro p p e d L u c i a t th e W hite H o u se an d w en t on w ith
L y n d a to th e F S t r e e t Club - - th e f i r s t .tim e I h av e b e e n to th e F S t r e e t Club
in a g
- r e e n rib b o n th a t s tr e t c h e s m a je s ti c a l ly
-
1
-
1965
T u e s d a y , M a rc h 9 th (co n tin u ed )
f r o m th e C a p ito l to th e L in c o ln M e m o r ia l.
A ll of th a t is fin e , b u t I hope
v e r y m u c h to a d
- , th e co m p an y s o ft and e a s y and f r o m
■ L y n d o n 's s ta n d p o in t no f e a r of th ro w in g n a m e s a ro u n d .
h a p p e n s .'
I hope it never
^
sW
e a t dow n to o u r fin a l big m e a l of r o a s t b e e f a n d th e n g
- I'v e b e c o m e .; T h e m o r e I 's e e wU
m o r e d e lig h t in th o se th in g s that a r e b e a u tifu l in w hat w e h a v e a c c o m p lis h e d .
A nd h ave m o r e im p a tie n c e and y e t m o r e hope about a l l the th in g s that n e
- e l e f t , th e w in d o w s w e r e l i n e d w ith s c h o o l c h i l d r e n .
I hope th e y
s a w m e w a v in g .
L u n c h w a s a t H a in s P o i n t , b u t f i r s t w e h a d a s lid e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f a
N a t i o n a l C
- the c o r n e r o f the bank, an d a n o th e r in
a l it t le is la n d , in the m id d le o f the d r iv e in .
I hope v is it o r s to J o h n so n C ity
a r e a s im p r e s s e d a s I w a s ]
U p s ta ir s to the a p a r tm e n t, fo r a s u r v
- 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
- 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
- a n d - p a in te d .
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M e a n w h ile , k ee p in g e v e ry th in g q u ie t an d j u s t p u ttin g out fo r
th e C h in a R e c e p tio n e ig h t o f th e p la te s th a t w e re r e a l l y lo v e ly .
e x i s t s , I hope w e ca n c a s
