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- 1965
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Tuesday, May 11th
Began m y long-awaited Landscape-Landmark to u r into V irg in ia .
I was up at seven, had brea kfast quietly - - I had re a lly hoped to s lip out
' W ithout waking up Lyndon, but L i z w ith her idea always on the p ic
- 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
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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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Islan d .
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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
- 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
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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 .
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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
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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
- :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.
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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
- 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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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
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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
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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
.
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1968
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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
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5
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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
- , 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
- m m u n ity - - p ro b a b ly th e o n ly hope e ith e r to a c q u ir e a s k ill
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MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u e s d a y , M a r c h 14,: 19 67
P age 7
o r th e a b ility to g e t a lo n g w ith fo lk s th a t w ould e n
