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- or in conjunction with
others, by your talents or by your powers of perseverance -- and
sometimes by both -- as women you will a dd to your deeds the
grace of understanding and the strength of your hopes. For it is
women who will give the Great Society its
- forget thi s
visit.
Standing with all of you here in this state that is my home ,
cannot leave without speaki ng to you of the things that
are closest to my heart . I have shared my husband's politi cal
hopes and dreams for 29 years , and although
- of
teaching in what seemed to me a far-off, exotic place like Alaska or
Hawaii. And I was a journalism major, with vague hopes of finding a
place in those alluring news rooms where the clatter of events constantly
breaks over typewriters.
But whatever I
- :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
- ,/prints and drawings, a g a lle ry
of architecture and designj and one of photography,specializing in Steichen.
And I did hope I would see m y old friend in there tonight.
T h ere w ere about 400 guests for dinner, seated at round tables, in the
m ost
- . Happy women, with a sense of what they can do and
where they are going , must create the homes in which children
can learn young that habit of happiness which , more than anything
else, lessens the darker strain in human nature and gives us
hope
- .
snow s t i l l fa llin g .
- -.-^
And B e s s and I.
And then L iz
And then I w ent to s le e p , w ith the
And m y h ea rt w as sinking about our p arty ton igh t.
I had
hoped fo r it to b e one of the m o s t glam orou s w e had e v e r had
- b r ea k fa st in
b ed .
And then d r e s s e d , with L iz com ing in e v e r y m o m en t or two for
an other two or three,^^^ four p ictu re s of m e to sig n fo r the sta ff, w hich
I w a s v e r y glad to do.
I hope I n ev er forgetr
- r M adura o f the V irg in Islan d s L e g is la tu r e r e q u ested
th at I take b a ck to the P r e sid e n t the hope o f the isla n d s that th ey
co u ld e le c t th e ir own G overn or and p a rtic ip a te in N ation al e le c t io n s
- . "
A n d th e n ,
" A l l o f u s a re j u s t a
"Y o u know , I ju s t
A n d th e n I d e d ic a te d th e
s ta tu e to a l l th e new M e m b e rs o f th e 8 9 th C o n g re s s and to a l l f u t u r e C o n g re s s e s
V
i n th e hope th e y w o
- .
The tr e e s a r e in and
I hope I had p rep a red them for the fa ct that s in c e it w o n ’t
be fin ish e d for a few w eek s y e t it is raw and b e c a u se it is E a ste r v acation
.
f
1968
■:
W ed n esd a y , A p r il 17 (C ontinued)
the c
- tic k e ts and
p a r c e l th em out to m y v e r y fa v o rite c o n stitu e n ts.
And then, stand ing
in the h a ll, hoping that I w ould at le a s t get c lo s e enough to a C abinet
o r C ourt w ife to in tro d u ce m y c o n s titu e n ts .
So w
- 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
- l's water shortage, through the highly prom ising technique
of desalting. "Let us hope," he added "su ch technique w ill bring benefits to
all peoples in the parched Middle E a s t ."
the other people
After dinner
I particularly liked bringing
- -- the lasting quality of greatness.
Today, millions of Americans have been travelling fat' and
near and iooking at their new highway systems with fresh eyes. A
few rnom:hs ago when the Highway Beautification Act became law, it
marked the beginning of wh~t I hope
- 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
- hope w e w ill have 200, 000 p la n ts, w ith the govern m en t
1965
W ednesday, M ay 19th (con tin u ed )
h elp in g the g o v ern m en t.
And then th ere w e r e g ifts , b ig and lit t le , ranging
fr o m one pink dogw ood fr o m Gordon Junior H
- p tio n and the N orth C a r o lin a
r e c e p tio n had d e p a r te d , about two h o u r s of w o r k , r e s t l e s s ly , I w ent o v e r
^
to L yndon’s o f f ic e , hoping to jar him l o o s e , / a n d b rin g him h o m e ,
'
i^ound
him
- i r d f lo o r , and r ig h t a c r o s s f ro m th e m , M a r i a lle n and A, W. , w ith
Will an d M a r y
in a d jo in in g r o o m s .
And they a r e the g u e s ts I am hoping
v e r y m u c h w i l l h av e the b e s t tim e of a l l f o r
- 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
- 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 g of
p a p e r s , a g o o d ly a m o u n t of w o rk done a n d th en b a c k fo r a 6:30 a p p o in tm e n t
w ith L iz a nd Doug C a te r in the W est H a ll, to r e a d , w h a t I hope to h e a v e n ,
is th e fin a l d r a f t of th e A la b
- l o n e !
of th em in our lif e th e s e d a y s .
A nd th e r e a r e fe w
P e o p le a s s u m e th at w e a r e v e r y b u s y , that w e
d on 't go out to s m a ll p r iv a te p a r t i e s .
A t l e a s t th a t's w hat I hope th e y a s s
- 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
- la d ie s d rifted aw ay b y 6 o 'c lo c k , w ith a s m a ll g ift
o f a p en w ith th e P r e s id e n tia l S e a l fro m Lyndon and an other fr o m m e
^
w ith m y n a m e.
A lo t of happy ch a tter, and I hope a r e a lly m e m o r a b le
tim
- of the children, you see good raw m ateria l
and you know that is the hope of the future in this area - education, job
training, and eventually some kind of opportunities fo r employment f rom
industry, some way of making a livin g beside the m orta lly i l l coal
- p le f r o m B onw it T e l l e r w ith m y
B e n Zucke r m a n c lo th e s - - th e l a s t t h r e e of m y S p rin g o u tfit I hope." I c a n 't
g e t o v e r th e s lig h tly rid ic u lo u s fe e lin g th a t c lo th e s should, ta k e up so m u
- a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e
m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y .
J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it .
A nd I hope
h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n d
- R u s s e l l ^ 'f r o m F l o r e s v i l l e , J o h n 's hom e
town, who got up to m ak e the p r e s e n ta tio n to John.
"W e hope," s aid K a r e n ,
" t h a t this s e t of handcuffs - a h - ah - ah, I m e a n this p a ir of handcuffs - a h
- s s w a s in a h u n d re d tin y f r a g m e n ts ,
I
I o p en ed it an d th e
I hoped no one had h e a r d m e , b u t
i t w a s p a r t of th e u n d e r c u r r e n t of th e d ay .
U n d e rn e a th th e s u n s h in e a n d
b r ig h t e x
- r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k .
A
.
A
^
c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t .
B ess
I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k
o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s
- 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
- I'v e b e c o m e .; T h e m o r e I 's e e wU
m o r e d e lig h t in th o se th in g s that a r e b e a u tifu l in w hat w e h a v e a c c o m p lis h e d .
A nd h ave m o r e im p a tie n c e and y e t m o r e hope about a l l the th in g s that n e
- e c a l l s o n th e b e s t t h a t i s i n u s - - the
a ffirm in g s p irit of hope.
I s u p p o s e s u c h l i n e s in m y d e s c r i p t i o n of
H u b e r t ' s r e c o r d , a n d i n d e e d o f th e e i g h t y e a r s o f th e K e n n
-
T u e s d a y , J a n u a ry 31 {C o n tin u e d )
■■■
w o m a n f r o m P e n n s y lv a n ia , aja4 tw o w id o w s I had e s p e c ia lly hoped
w o u ld be p r e s e n t and w e re n o t - - R o b e r ta V in s o n and A n ita W i l l i a m s
- a n d - p a in te d .
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M e a n w h ile , k ee p in g e v e ry th in g q u ie t an d j u s t p u ttin g out fo r
th e C h in a R e c e p tio n e ig h t o f th e p la te s th a t w e re r e a l l y lo v e ly .
e x i s t s , I hope w e ca n c a s
- m m u n ity - - p ro b a b ly th e o n ly hope e ith e r to a c q u ir e a s k ill
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MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T u e s d a y , M a r c h 14,: 19 67
P age 7
o r th e a b ility to g e t a lo n g w ith fo lk s th a t w ould e n
- , w h ic h i s r e a ll y an
in d u lg e n c e fo r m e .
36 P r e s i d e n t s .
S o m e tim e I hope to g o to th e h o m e o f e v e r y on e o f the
B y n o w , I m u s t h a v e gon e to a t l e a s t 12.
T h e r e w a s a la r g e c r o w d
