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- 1965 ' Tuesday, May 11th Began m y long-awaited Landscape-Landmark to u r into V irg in ia . I was up at seven, had brea kfast quietly - - I had re a lly hoped to s lip out ' W ithout waking up Lyndon, but L i z w ith her idea always on the p ic
- e r e in Rom e and had taken us to the Baptist orphanage there. She's leading the s ort of life I would have liked to have led when I e m e rg e d from C o lle g e y e ars ago, i f I hadh't gotten m a r r ie d instead, I had hoped the g i r ls
- 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
- . 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
- hands on the c lip p in g s, so hoped th ey w ould be w a rm and c o lo r fu l and liv e ly . And th ey w e r e . Then I w ent down to the m o v ie to s e e D avid B r in k le y 's h o u r -lo n g show on W ashington, a la r g e p art of it b e a u
- 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
- (Continued) a fterw a rd , but Bob J a ck so n w as at m y hand the w hole s t a y .., I told them h.ow d elig h ted I w as to b e h e r e on th is im p ortant day in the life of P a d re '■ Islan d . iv- ■ Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all. He talked about a str ik e i •MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967 ; WASBINOTON Page - of 1912 or 1913, and I cou ld s e e old heads bobbing through the a u d ien ce in m e m
- 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
- w hat w e hoped to g et out o f th is - - w e, the G overn m ent, w e, the p e o p le . • ■■ - 3 - F e w er dropouts 13 ------ -------------------------------------- --- ---- --------- --------- 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th (con tin u
- t e a . Bob K n u d s e n to o k a p i c t u r e , I d is p a tc h e d t h e m on a t o u r of t h e W h ite H o u s e w ith m y e a r n e s t th a n k s an d high h o p e s . T h e a t h e r e b e g a n u n d o u b ted ly one of t h e f u n n ie
- 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
- C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce ' it r e a lly . I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it. I m u st a lw a y s rem em
- . 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
- . And I hope m a y b e t h e r e w ill b e s o m e u s e of it o t h e r th a n j u s t a s an e x h ib it in the L i b r a r y . E v e n s o i t ' s in the c a n , an d I m a r k off on m y m e n t a l t a b l e t one m o r e c h e c k b y th in g s d o
- r ly , s m ilin g lad y put out h er hand and sa id 1^ ^ M EMO RANDUM c TH E W H I T E H O U S E WASHINGTON T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964 Page 3 I'm M r s . C h a r le s M a r s h ." II Tl Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t. I hope m y
- 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
- ts w e r e l e f t f o r o u r own L t. A t k in s an d Bob K n u d sen a n d O k am o to , a n d a m o m e n t f o r u s to h av e a b it of a d rin k . f A nd th en th e r e c e iv in g lin e c o n tin u e d . I w as d e e p ly p ro u d . O u r o
- 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
- LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM
- RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPE BOTH SIDES WILL REACH RESPONSIBLE NON-INFLATIONARY SETTLEMENT IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; INCREASED IMPORTS, DECREASED EXPORTS; VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ ASKS FOR SETTLEMENT AS BIRTHDAY
- STANTON PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, HIS HOPES TO END VIETNAM WAR; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S TRAVEL PLANS FOR TOMORROW AND QUESTION OF STANTON ACCOMPANYING HIM
- VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS HALT IF THERE IS HOPE OF PEACE, DISCUSSES REPORT FROM GEORGE BROWN? ON PORT CONGESTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS FROM MILITARY, HHH; PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTION IN VIETNAM; PEACE EFFORTS; EFFECTIVENESS
- SPARKMAN TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT LBJ'S SPEECH WAS BEST HE HAS MADE EXCEPT FOR LAST 15 SECONDS, SAYS HE HOPES LBJ WILL RECONSIDER DECISION NOT TO RUN; LBJ SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; SPARKMAN'S DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN WORK AS SERVICEMAN'S
Telephone conversation # 12859, sound recording, LBJ and NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 3/31/1968, 11:59PM
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- ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BY LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES SPEECH WILL GIVE ROCKEFELLER SOME THOUGHT, DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, FUTURE PLANS, EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM, MEETINGS WITH ROCKEFELLER'S BROTHERS
- , try in g to p ro te c t the , , . (v ery b lu rre d w ith s ta tic ). And I hope som e tim e in J a n u a ry o r F e b ru a r y we w ill a r r iv e a t som e p ro sp e c tiv e se p a ra tio n of th is lo n g -co n tin u ed e s ta te . Lyndon jo in ed
- 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
- for President Kennedy and now for Lyndon. The Kenny O’Donnells, the O’Briens, the Maguires, the Jenkinses, Bill Moyers alone, Jack Valenti. We just had a drink, watched the fire, talked about the day’s events, the Congress, the problems, the actions, and I hope
- into the ca r, w h irled out the gate and started, we hoped, fo r the R ev eren d G eo rg e Davis' Christian Church. But we had only about three minutes to make it and we didn’ t know ex a ctly the address, so instead we w h irled around and went down
- hope fu lly for b r id g e . It b eg in s I b e lie v e I can w ork w ith ■ __ ------------------- ., — ....... . ' * ,V memo r a ndum ' ^ ■. ; ,' ■ / . ' ■ ' v I , " / ’ day or h o u r. , ’ V - - : ^ . v Page 2 •: H
- , Suddenly in the drone of r ep ea ted g reetin g s and fa c e s filin g by, th e r e in front of you i s a m an w ith no le g s , on a board w ith r o lle r s down c lo s e to the flo o r and only one a rm . You hope your fa c e d o es not show shock or d
- E n gland and Irela n d was now a thing o f the pa st o r not, H is answ e r was in te restin g . I hope I said it b e tte r than that. He said, "T h e fa rth e r aw ay we draw le g a lly , the c lo s e r we com e as frie n d s , " I was ch arm ed
- length panel w i l l be a v a ila b le in about two w eek s and he p r o m is e d to send it o v e r to m e to lo o k a t. I t ’ s a fa it a c c o m p li and I can only hope that t h e r e 's enough m o n e y in the t r e a s u r y o f the h i s t o r i
- at an e a r ly map o f Sir W alter R a le ig h s * colony, and I had looked e a r l i e r / ^ t t h e ^ a r v e lo u s drawings of lo g g e r h e ad tur tles, Indian co n ju rer, Indian spearing fish fr o m a boat, and pelicans; and hoped that the guests
- ith D r . Stanton , I, w h om I hope v e r y m u ch to b e a b le to p e r su a d e to c o m e dow n and h e lp us out in s o m e c a p a c ity . Our p o o l o f th e h igh c a lib r e b r a in s lik e h is is not to o d e e p and w id e and w e do
- Washington, the whole planeload fu ll of them, w h o I hoped would come to lo ve m y hometown as I lo ved it, and I told h er that ; r e a ll y I w ished she wouldn't take m y p ic tu re as I le ft. So she got up and went to the phone and made a ca ll
- an som and the R eg e n ts, and th en in ca m e Lyndon. so m ew h a t d iv id ed . F r o m then on the p r e s s co n feren ce w as Lyndon ta lk ed . Y e s , he hoped the b uilding w ould be fin ish e d w ith in two y e a r s a fter th e plan s w e r