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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
- .
And from
the House there were the Jack Brooks, and the Bob Poages.
It is
i nteresting how at times lik e this one breaks through normal barriers
of c iv ilitie s and expresses real feelings and they were sad to see us
go.
And the George Mahons.
From my
- 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
- a n d A r th u r an d h e r f a th e r a n d D aphn e
an d th e Bob B e n ja m in s and t h e i r tw o c h ild r e n . Six of u s p ile d in to th e
T h u n d e r b ir d w ith h i m d r iv in g , tw o in a b u c k e t s e a t in f r o n t, and w e
- .
And then M r. W est c a m e up an d Bob K nudson took the p i c t u r e
of the t h r e e of u s w ith the b l u e p r i n t s of the W hite H ou se so th a t sh e
can f it in into a n y of th e f a m ily r o o m s h e r own f u r n i t u r e o r th in g s
th
- in g up on the s ta g e ju st a s e v e r y b o d y b eh in d
it g e t s into th e ir p o s itio n w e a r e d o w n s ta ir s and out on the N o rth P o r t i c o - c a lm and s e r e n e - - I hope it lo o k s that w ay, a s the b ig b la c k c a r w
- ,
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
- i t to Lyndon, who took i t with gusto and pretended that he was drinking i t .
I hope that none of the cars that passed us recognized any of us.
I t would have been an unsettling sight.
c
Back at the White House Lyndon lay down.
y e t.
He'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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- e a r s i n th e
H o u se an d the S enate an d c a m p a ig n s a n d o u r life t o g e t h e r .
to w r i t e a b o u t u s , I hope i t w ill be a s good a s p o s s i b l e .
If p e o p le a r e going
So I a m c o m m i t t e d to
tr y in g
- 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
- t a l s
th is s u m m e r .
The o ra l h isto ry
D oug w i l l i n t e r v i e w th e m
We hope we can get it u n d e rw a y e a r l y
G e o rg e R e e d y h a d p r e p a r e d so m e sp len d id m e m o s on how
to d iv id e L y n d o n 's S e
- the c o r n e r o f the bank, an d a n o th e r in
a l it t le is la n d , in the m id d le o f the d r iv e in .
I hope v is it o r s to J o h n so n C ity
a r e a s im p r e s s e d a s I w a s ]
U p s ta ir s to the a p a r tm e n t, fo r a s u r v
-
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
- their a im s and hopes w e re - - ill-fash io n ed
w e r e his intentions I b elieve and not a bad w ord.
A nd w h e n C h u c k feac
u s e d t h e p h r a s e " y o u r p e r m i s s i o n " , L y n d o n q u i c k l y s a i d , " Y o u h a v e it
and m y
- 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
- a r r ie d b y tw o a tten d a n ts.
Bandero - - the Q u een o f the F
la g .
/
.
T h e r e w a s La Reina de la -
cU
T h e Q u e e n s of Fa ith , Hope and Ch a r ity .
A nd th en La Reina s e n te n s ia ta - - s y m b o l of m a r ty r d o m
