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- 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 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
- .
what we
The curtains
I had a lrea d y taken down and disp o s ed o f and we looked at a lot of possible
o f s a m p le s fo r drapes and s lip c o v e r s , none of which w e r e r e a lly right.
I had rather hoped to turn it into a sun room
- s to appoint so m eo n e to fit
hi s post.It w a s clou d y and w e could hope for rain .
m uch.
We n eed ed it v e r y ,
But for the night, p e r so n a lly , I hoped it w ould hold off u n til
10:00 b e c a u se w e had in v ited a ll the p r o
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h o u r s v?ith B i l l a t T h e E l m s .
W h a t a jo b , t r y i n g to s e l l t h i s h o u s e t h a t I f i l l e d w i t h l o v e a n d
som e ta s te , I hope, and a g re a t d eal of c a r e .
I t to o k m e a b o u t t h r e e
o r f o u
- had gone into A u stin fo r
a p a r k m e e tin g that m igh t la s t a ll day, h is s e c r e ta r y s a id .
I a sk e d ■
E r n e s t to co m e out and ta lk w ith u s , and ta c tfu lly (I hoped) w en t o v er
th e a ttr a c tiv e p la n s M r. M
- 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
- that is what th is v is it is about - - to exp lain w hat w e h ave
h e r e arid w hat w e hope to do w ith it, to d is c u s s John B en 's taking o v e r the
job.-
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V
F rom the P a r k w e w ent i n to Johnson C ity and d rove p a st the C ou rth ou
- u c e d
th e m to th e F o r e m a n , I d e s c r ib e d e v e ry th in g I hoped th e y w ould ta k e p ic tu r e s
o f,
I hope to do th is tw o o r t h r e e t im e s in th e c o u r s e of th e b u ild in g an d
i t w ill n e v e r lo o k w o
- o ils down to the
fa c t that what we la c k i s s ome m o vin g c om m unity s p ir it , so m e p e r so n
with id e a s and ju dgem en t to tak e it o v e r.
B e ck y lo o k s v e r y p re tty , I hope she d o es get to com e to W ashington
so m e
- 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
- at M a y o 's and
had o p e r a te d on J im C ain) flew in , in th e hope th at sh e co u ld s e e h e r
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2
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f:"
1963
^
‘
.
S a tu r d a y , D e c e m b e r 28th (co n tin u e d )
fa th e r .
S h e got th e r e oh, a lo n g abou t c o c k
- , 1964
^
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co m in g le g is la tiv e y e a r , w e c a n n o t sp e n d o u r e n e r g ie s fig h tin g a m o n g
o u r s e l v e s , I hope we d o n ’t.
'
F in a lly , w e w ound up o u t a t the a i r p o r t , I th in k it m u s t h a v e b
- out in th e r i v e r I
c o u l d s e e tw o b l i n k i n g l i g h t s - - t h e S e q u o i a - - a n c h o r e d .
We w e n t o u t
and I c lim b e d on a n d c a r e fu lly w ent d o w n s ta irs , hoping I w o u ld n 't w ake
up Lyndon - - f r
- , a n d w e 'l l s h a r e the b e s t w a lk - i n c l o s e t a n y b o d y c o u ld
hope f o r .
The p o in t i s it m u s t not be a c r a s h p r o g r a m .
We m u s t w o r k
to w a r d s o m e th in g I 'l l be s a t i s f i e d w ith a n d lo
- 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
- e n in g .
I hope th e y w i l l .
T h e r e w a s m o r e to it
th an m a n y I 'v e c ro w d e d w ith e x c ite m e n t and b ig n a m e s and im p o r ta n t e v e n t s .
- 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
- r e d
through r a n d o m bit s o v e r the talking m a c h i n e that t h e r e w e r e quite a few
p e o p l e at the hog p r e s e n t a t i o n , s o I told the kitch en that I hoped w e w e r e
having f r i e d ham (which w e w e r e ) and g r
-
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
- 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
- a lo n g b u i l d u p of p h r a s e s lik e " J a c k of a l l t r a d e s "
a n d " v a l e t to th e P r e s i d e n t " h a s r e s u l t e d i n th is d e c i s i o n .
I hope it
w i l l n o t h a p p e n , a n d y e t I s e e in th e m b o th
- o se th a t I hope is r e c o r d e d - - in f o r m a l, w a r m , e a r t h y
lo v in g .
And I th in k e v e r y b o d y t h e r e m u s t h a v e gone h o m e fe e lin g th at
th e s e fiv e y e a r s of h a r d w o r k w e r e a li tt l e m o
- b e m a n y s h a p e s of m y s t e r y a n d m a n y th in g s th a t G od m a k e s to b e
p a st fe a r or hope.
A n d th e e n d m e n lo o k e d f o r c o m e t h n o t.
p a th t h e r e is w h e re no m a n so u g h t."
And a
So h a t h
- is f e e t to k e e p fr o m b e in g b lo w n
d ow n .
It r o s e , and a w a y he w e n t, to T e x a s .
I hope to p e a c e and su n s h in e
A nd I u p s t a ir s fo r a d e lig h tfu l h ou r - - o r s o it bega.n, w ith
L y n d a and L u c i
- r o o k e r s , th e J im R o w e s .
B e tty B e a le 's e s t im a t e w a s f a ir .
but not g a y .
I th in k
T h e m o o d w a s w a r m and fr ie n d ly ,
I found m y s e lf p u sh in g a g a in s t th e w a ll o f g lo o m hoping
th a t I
- 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
-
'
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
