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•MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967
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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
- 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
- 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
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tourists to the USA, like they can in n e
- move off, and I could plant the whole thing in pine
They' re the tail- end, the v e ry last residue of a dying economy,
trees,
and their only hope lie s in whether their children w ill learn some voc ational
sk ill at the Autangoville High School w h
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- 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
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of th em in our lif e th e s e d a y s .
A nd th e r e a r e fe w
P e o p le a s s u m e th at w e a r e v e r y b u s y , that w e
d on 't go out to s m a ll p r iv a te p a r t i e s .
A t l e a s t th a t's w hat I hope th e y a s s
- of the children, you see good raw m ateria l
and you know that is the hope of the future in this area - education, job
training, and eventually some kind of opportunities fo r employment f rom
industry, some way of making a livin g beside the m orta lly i l l coal
- 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- , w h ic h i s r e a ll y an
in d u lg e n c e fo r m e .
36 P r e s i d e n t s .
S o m e tim e I hope to g o to th e h o m e o f e v e r y on e o f the
B y n o w , I m u s t h a v e gon e to a t l e a s t 12.
T h e r e w a s a la r g e c r o w d
