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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
- 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
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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.
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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
- 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
- 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
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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
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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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- 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
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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
- 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
- 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
