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  • —she had been the real general. Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of the Johnson Administration. I t turned out to be a formidable enemy. All
  • . And from the House there were the Jack Brooks, and the Bob Poages. It is i nteresting how at times lik e this one breaks through normal barriers of c iv ilitie s and expresses real feelings and they were sad to see us go. And the George Mahons. From my
  • Vermeil[?] Room. From A r t s and Le t t e r s t h e r e were t h e R a lp h E l l i s o n s , The n e g ro a u t h o r , D r . John Hope F r a n k l i n an d h i s w i f e , p r o f e s s o r and a u t h o r , as her e s c o r t. Lynda B i r d h a d
  • 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
  • y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n . And w h e n L yndon to o k the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d
  • (continued) But the m o st im p ortan t thing in m y day w as the b egin n in g of the ABC p r o je c t, w h ich I hope w ill sp ea k to the w h ole cou n try and sow so m e s e e d s o f in te r e s t in nationw ide b e a u tific a tio n . I have n e v e r
  • , or th eir own h a p p in e ss. To try j it fo r at le a s t one y e a r , lea rn in g about life togeth er and r e s p o n s ib ility and ’ in d ep en d en ce, then a lw a y s, alw a y s hope they w ill com e b ack to A u stin by c h o ic e . I i
  • :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
  • ard a little b it, about the L ib ra ry , ajid h e and I cam e c l o s e s t to lau gh in g. And then Wilbur Cohen, iabout the L ib r a r y ,'h o w m uch I hoped the r e c o r d s of HEW, w h ose w ork had con tain ed so m uch of the things
  • i s , a f t e r n o o n w i t h Mr. S t . Ma u r t he and I hope I ' l l g e t e n o u g h c l o t h e s i n t h e s e y e a r s n e v e r t o have to go b a c k a g a in ! But w h i l e I am h e r e I w ant t o l o o k a s w e l l a s I can f
  • so m e d ay , he h im s e lf , w o u ld c o m e to l e c t u r e th e r e - f o r a s u m m e r - f o r a n ig h t - a n y th in g . I a ls o s a id , " I hope th a t you*re going to le a v e th e p a p e r s th a t r e l a t e to the p a r t of y o
  • v e r th o u g h t w e w o u ld h a v e s e e n y o u - - t h i s m a k e s o u r t r i p la e a w rc re iy E x c i t i n g ’’ —i*ii— —— — I hope M r . D re x le r got som e s e n s e o f th e ir —— ———M l I
  • . The M a r sh a ll S te v e s had a r r iv e d by t r a i n - - th e l a s t r e m a i n i n g p e o p le w h o d on 't fly . And I ju st hope th e y 'v e g o t t e n h e r e in t i m e to w a t c h th e c e r e m o n y . D e a n R u s k h a d t o ld L