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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
  • e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night. And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s , the o
  • 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
  • an som and the R eg e n ts, and th en in ca m e Lyndon. so m ew h a t d iv id ed . F r o m then on the p r e s s co n feren ce w as Lyndon ta lk ed . Y e s , he hoped the b uilding w ould be fin ish e d w ith in two y e a r s a fter th e plan s w e r
  • the m o st of it ! I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an had d l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill