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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
- hands on the c lip p in g s, so hoped th ey
w ould be w a rm and c o lo r fu l and liv e ly .
And th ey w e r e .
Then I w ent down to the m o v ie to s e e D avid B r in k le y 's h o u r -lo n g
show on W ashington, a la r g e p art of it b e a u
- t e a .
Bob K n u d s e n to o k a p i c t u r e ,
I d is p a tc h e d t h e m on a
t o u r of t h e W h ite H o u s e w ith m y e a r n e s t th a n k s an d high h o p e s .
T h e a t h e r e b e g a n u n d o u b ted ly one of t h e f u n n ie
- 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
- 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
- :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
- 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
s c
- 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
- h a t none o f us gave an y r e a l
th o u g h t t o -- t h e m i r a c l e of T e l - S t a r i t s e l f and y e t what
hope t h a t m u s t h o l d .
I f man c a n d o t h i s ca n h e
-
5
-
p o s s i b l y t u r n h i s t a l e n t s tos o l
- p l a n t e d th e m o u t a t th e c e m e t e r y - - a g r o u p of w h i t e a n d
p in k i n th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r th a t w i l l b e a m a s s of c o l o r i n the y e a r s to
com e I hope.
■ ■ '" l
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E
- 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 o n .
h o m e c o u n t r y to C h u c k .
F o r Lynda,
F or me,
showing o u r
And for Lyndon I hope, p e a c e a n d re la x a tio n .
H e ’s b e e n g o n e tw o m o n t h s .
A b o u t 1 0 : 0 0 , t h e f o u r of u s - - C h u c k a n d L
- 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
- .
On th e w a y b a c k to th e a ir p o r t w e ta lk e d abou t th e a p p o in tm en t.
I hope th e G o v ern o r w ill go to th e S en a te h im s e lf .
W e w e r e t h e r e a lit t le
o v e r an hour and a h a lf and a t 7:30 r e a c h e d th e W
- m ay la p se b etw een
s e e in g ea ch o th e r.
And then lunch.
And then a tour of the Ranch - -
the g u e st h o u se, J a m es D avis' h ou se, up into the fie ld s p a st the Sudan
and the c o a s ta l B erm uda I'm so hopeful about
- in e - - in to r e a lly a m p le s i z e r o o m s w h ic h I hope w ill m a k e u s
hap p y fo r th e r e s t o f our l i v e s .
ask ed m e.
W hat do I w ant in m y r o o m ?
R oy
*
I to ld h im a v ie w , a f ir e p la c e , a l o t of b o o k s
- o o l, W eldon and B e s s and I.
W e h e lic o p t e r e d o v e r to th e H ayw ood , sto p p in g b y A . W . 's to p ic k
up M a r ia lle n , and t r ie d s lip c o v e r m a t e r ia l s .
■
-
1
-
;
We hope to a c h ie v e
1965
W e d n e
- a y .
L y n d a 's fond hope - - a littl e flig h t in to in d e p e n d e n c e - - h ad
b e e n to go to E u ro p e th is s u m m e r , sp e n d ab o u t s ix w e e k s .
I w as a ll in
fa v o r of i t .
A nd th e n
It w as to b e h e r t w e n
-
hope
^udym&nt,
announced-
aboard,
to
kow
continue
on h i m ^oa advt ce,
fact
mov J i dn. *JL
a play,
political
d i A e . c t t . o n ^oa. ^ e v e J w J L y e o A ^
tntervtton,
. "
'
o p e n ’- k e c u t t e . d
U n iv e rsity ,
woj 6 u
- 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
- t a l s
th is s u m m e r .
The o ra l h isto ry
D oug w i l l i n t e r v i e w th e m
We hope we can get it u n d e rw a y e a r l y
G e o rg e R e e d y h a d p r e p a r e d so m e sp len d id m e m o s on how
to d iv id e L y n d o n 's S e
- e d in to the pool, of p o s s i b l e peop le to c o n s i d e r a s h e a d of the
s c h o o l of p u b lic a f f a i r s .
I m u s t ta lk to D r. R a n s o m soon a b o u t th e m , a n d a s we h av e W hite H o u se
d i n n e r s , I hope th
-
'
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
f.
WASHIHOTOM
S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 16, 1968
Page 4
b e f o r e I c o u ld sto p m y s e lf » /^ ^ id "I hope i t d id n 't b r e a k . " I p ic k e d i t u p ^
i t h a d s h a tte r e d .
I th o u g h t of the l a s t
- .
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
