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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
- .
He had ca lle d up Bob, put out his request, with a ll the u rgency of which
he is so beautifully capable.
And I know he hung b reath less on his answer,
so it must have been with a g rea t feelin g of achievem ent, of r e l ie f, that
he heard Bob
- long b e fo r e , with A. W, to go rid in g aro u n d a ll
the r a n c h e s.
And then a bout 5 o 'c lo c k I s ta rte d doing what I lik e b e s t .
Went f or
a rid e to the L e w is p la c e , with L iz and Bob Ma s s ^ of the S atu rd a y Evening
- Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ gets sunburned; Lady Bird buys clothes and lunches with Dorothy Parker and Mary Griffith; LBJ and Lady Bird ride to Lewis place with the Bob Massies of Saturday Evening Post; dedication of the new Lyndon B
- 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
- d to M a rg ie M c N a m a ra a o u t the g u e s t l i s t f o r th e p a r ty w e hope
to g iv e f o r th em in la te F e b r u a r y .
S h e 's s t i l l in the h o s p ita l.
. s o ,p a in f u lly jh ijv a n d .d ra w n ,. w h en I!d s e e n h
- Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical
- 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
- flo w e re d cloth,...
.
'
aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^
And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g
©
b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob.
K
- a r r y H a l p r i n .
And J i m i l u M a so n who h ad done the
b u s t of L y n d o n . A nd Bob M e r r i l l of the M e tr o p o lita n O p e r a w h o se
p e r f o r m a n c e s th is y e a r a r e u n f o r g e tta b le - - a n o th e r new m
- hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e
everybody fo r ju st a m in u te.
B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld
not tr y .
So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s
going to a c c e p t th e r
- 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
- ,
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
- and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our
life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope
they present us to the world.
f~
At a reception I usually ask Christine to give
a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess
- iet
U nion, to jo in in th is effo rt to r e p la c e d esp a ir w ith hope and te r r o r w ith
p ro g ress.
And tow ard the end th ere cam e som eth in g w hich i s a lm o s t a
sig n a tu re to h is sp e e c h e s l a t e ly - - a r e fe r e n c e
- e w a s rid in g h igh .
It s a t is f ie d a
d e e p in b r e d d e s i r e to sh ow h is r e s p e c t and fr ie n d s h ip fo r a d ea d friend^
and he hoped by h is p r e s e n c e to g iv e e v id e n c e o f h is s p e c ia l f e e lin g a s
- 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
- re - - and I hoped it didn 't
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E H O U S E
WASHINOTON
F r id a y , M a y 8, 1964
Pa-ge 4
show a s c le a r ly to ev e rybody e l s e a s it did to me;.
The house m u st have b een 90 d e g r e e s te m p e ra tu re , the m
- 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
- s if I had lo ok ed long enough.
It w a s a g r a c e f u l s a lu t e to th e p a s t an d it is ab o u t one of th e p l a c e s I
hope s o m e d a y I m a y s e e , C am po b e llo .
One of m y a m b itio n s i s to t r a p
s o m e b o d y lik e
- .
A f t e r about a plea sa n t two hours in a l l ^ w e said goodbye and
I hoped that I had m ade a f r i e n d f o r a r t f o r the White H ou se, down the
ro a d s o m e w h e r e .
The r e s t of the a fte rn o o n went into o f f i c e w o r k
- 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
- o r s e sh o e of sand, and the sig n that sa id "L ife
Guard on Duty a few lim ite d h ou rs" , so we hoped for tom orrow , but L u ci,
-
MEMORANDUM
c
THE WHITE HOUSE
S a tu rd a y , M arch 2, 1968
WASHINOTON
Page 5
w ith the e x u b e r
- MEMORANDUM
THE W H ITE HOUSE
W ASHINOTO N
T h u r s day, A p r i l 30, 1964
Today dawned cold and rainy.
Ah, unhappy fo r e c a s t fo r Saturday,
when the 3000 Dem o c ratic ladies w ill converge upon us, on--hopeful ly ^ t h e
White House
- ck ed h a ts , a
g lo r io u s s p la s h of c o lo r .,^ n that e m e r a ld law n,
I ju s t hope that a whole lo t
of those stu d e n ts w h o had c a m e r a s / \a n d p r a c tic a lly every b o d y d id /\w e re
u sin g c o lo r film
- to v is it A tlan tic C ity, but I do hope you w ill in vite m e to com e back
this su m m e r.
M aybe I ’ ll even b rin g m y husband with m e, "
When the dinner was o v e r , w e file d out, shaking hands w ith a s m ajiy
people as we could p o s
- A , in A p r i l , w as a g r e e d to.
It*s
one o f the tw e lv e states that D ick M c G u ir e said that he hoped v e r y m uch I 'd
go in to, ^
T h e A tla n ta , G e o r g i a one- - f o r the d e d ic a tio n o r ground b re a k in g c e r e m o n y
- g ro w in g up b e f o r e m y e y e s .
I s li p p e d out ab o u t 5:15 and went u p s t a i r s f o r d e s k w o rk , and fin a lly ,
a s it a p p r o a c h e d 9 o ’ c lo c k , I w ent o v e r to L y n d o n 's o ffic e with the hope of
s p r
- 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
- at M a y o 's -- who p u lled it out w ith p in c e r s
or so m eth in g lik e th a t -- a n d Lyndon w as on h is fe e t in th r e e d a y s.
I grip p ed h er hand w ith s p e c ia l w arm th .
n ow .
I know
She is an ard en t R ep u b lican
I hope
- th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ?
I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile .
c
in p r o g r e s s .
7 :0 0 p a s s e d .
I knew the m e e tin g w a s
B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo
- and to in v ite them to sta y at the W hite H o u se .
I hope by now that th ey know th ere is alw ays room for th e m ,
M arilyn und ertook to r e tr ie v e th em from N ew Y ork .
to w ork on sea tin g and ju st how w e w ould handle i t .
And B e s s and I
- e r n e r )
w a s the C h a ir m a n , and M rs . N o rm a n V in c e n t P e a le w a s th e m a in s p e a k e r ,
I hope I ta k e a le s s o n fro m h e r b o o k .
A la r g e p a r t o f h e r s p e e c h w a s th r e e
s t o r i e s - v ig n
- in a l m o s t a y e a r .
c:
w a s c o n s u m e d w ith V ie t- N a m , a n d the h e a d l i n e s r e a d :
M o st of it. .
"Johnson Sees R ed
V i c t o r y Hope Gone - B ut P r e s i d e n t Says U. S. M ay Send M o r e T r o o p s , E q u ip m
- m y day in a n u tsh ell, hoping so m u ch that it w ould do so m e good for
th e P ilg r im a g e fo r w h ich I have s o m u ch a d m ira tio n .
F o r on ce p u b licity
w a s a to o l and not a burden.
V
And th en , le a v in g it ra th er
- u n ity , w ould be I
I
hope acceptable to a ll D e m o c ra ts , and s u re d id n ' t ru n o ff
the R e p u b lic a n s .
I had to get up and sa y m y " T w in k le - tw in k le l i t t l e s t a r "
I t was j u s t a bouquet f o r the scenic d e
- ile d out.
L u c i an d I to o w a lk e d out in to th e
w a itin g a r m s of t h e l a d i e s of t h e p r e s s an d I hope I m a d e s o m e s e n s e
W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 8 (Continued)
w h an I s a id the s p e e c h w a s a p r
- of T h e P r e s i d e n t 's C o u n try ,. W hen
w e h a v e a r e c e p tio n w e u s u a lly in c lu d e ^ in a w id e net ^ friends f r o m h o m e
w ho h a v e no r e l a t io n to th e o c c a s io n , b u t who I hope r e g a r d i t a s a b r u
- a n k y ou.
to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ."
" T h a t ' s fin e .
•
I g u e s s I w ill h av e
T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d ,
I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed !
.As so o n
- 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
- ou ld , no doubt, h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d a s C o n g r e s s m a n
C a in , b y the M ilita r y A id e; and C o n g r e s s m a n or n o , he w o u ld h a v e fou nd
p le n ty of fr ie n d s .
^ ■
So I hope th is w ill be a l e s s o n
