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- in g up on the s ta g e ju st a s e v e r y b o d y b eh in d
it g e t s into th e ir p o s itio n w e a r e d o w n s ta ir s and out on the N o rth P o r t i c o - c a lm and s e r e n e - - I hope it lo o k s that w ay, a s the b ig b la c k c a r w
- 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
- . "
A n d th e n ,
" A l l o f u s a re j u s t a
"Y o u know , I ju s t
A n d th e n I d e d ic a te d th e
s ta tu e to a l l th e new M e m b e rs o f th e 8 9 th C o n g re s s and to a l l f u t u r e C o n g re s s e s
V
i n th e hope th e y w o
- u rin g th e tim e I am h e r e which I hope w i l l in c lu d e
some o f th e American g r e a t - - Mary Cus s a t , my most
h o p e fu l a d d itio n
-r
I w ould lo v e to have t h i s
'I , George Ca le b Bingham, S id n ey Mount.
I would l i k
- 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
- on th e f r o n t ro w , and
w o n d e r e d w h at w as going on in h is m in d , th is b il l th a t h is
b r o t h e r h a d s p o n s o r e d s o a r d e n t l y , h a d p in n e d so m u c h hope
on, t h a t h e h i m s e l f h a d p u s h e d
- ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d
u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s
( .
l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e
- to be quite a w h ile b e fo r e the c o ffin and Queen
F r e d e r i k a w ould a r r i v e ,
^
said " I ' m a fr a id i t 's g oin g to be quite a long
I
w h ile . " )
M r . T r u m a n a n s w e r e d, " I hope s o . " ,
r e f e r r i n g , of c o u r
-
T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 {C o n tin u e d )
■■■
w o m a n f r o m P e n n s y lv a n ia , aja4 tw o w id o w s I had e s p e c ia lly hoped
w o u ld be p r e s e n t and w e re n o t - - R o b e r ta V in s o n and A n ita W i l l i a m s
- 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
- 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
- h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r , M r s. H o ly o k e ,
a n d o u r A m b a s s a d o r ' s w ife , M r s . P o w e l l , c a m e f o r m e .
o u r g o o d b y e s to S i r B e r n a r d a n d L a d y F e r g u s o n .
W e m ad e
I hope th a t we
s
- of the s u c c e s s s t o r i e s of A s i a .
And now th is c o u n tr y
I hope I s h a ll liv e to
s e e th e s a m e thing h a p p e n w ith th e b e a s t th a t we w r e s t l e w ith today.
\
P e r h a p s i t is th is bond o: a s s o c i a t i o
- 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
