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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
- 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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
