Skip to main content
-
Tag >
Digital item
(remove)
-
Subject >
LBJ speeches and statements
(remove)
-
Subject >
Social events
(remove)
-
Type >
Text
(remove)
Limit your search
Tag
Contributor
Date
Subject
Type
Collection
Series
Specific Item Type
Time Period
27 results
- —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
- 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
- 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
- .
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- e s n 't lik e g a rd e n in g a l l th a t m u c h , I hope s h e 's g o t enough a ttic
s p a c e to p u t th em in .
We a ls o gave a d o c u m e n t s ig n e d by T h o m a s
J e f f e r s o n , w h ic h I w ould lik e to h a v e k e p t m y s
- t f o r h i m , a n d I lo v e to s e e h i m r e l i s h i t .
//
I hope
h e g o t a l l the j o y o u t of i t t h a t h e s h o u l d .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the s i g n i n g w a s o v e r , w e w e r e w h i s k e d off
to M r s , K
- , __ p e c a u s e he announced 10 o f the
'
50 new fe m in in e jobs in g o v e r n m e n t, w h ich he hopes to p rod u ce w ith in the
next month o r so.
The ra n g e d a l l the w a y f r o m the In te r s t a t e C
o
m
ercC o m m is s io n ,
w h
- ile I
IjWjWW
UMIB
T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 26 (C o n tin u ed )
w a tc h e d a good show on T V / v J ^ e a c m e of l u x u ry c^ an d pho n ed L yndon
I w as going to b e d a n d I hoped th a t he w ould b r in g so m eb o d y h o m e to
k
- 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
- .
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
