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- 1965
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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 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
- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all.
He talked about a str ik e
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•MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967
; WASBINOTON
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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
- 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 .
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1965
T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th (con tin u
- flo w e re d cloth,...
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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
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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in his speech nominatin g the
Negro pastor.
Race Issue Hit
Mr. Hawkins said he hoped
the c hurch could now move
l'loser to achieving " human
dignity for all of God 's chil
dren ."
The Rev . Dale K. Milligan
o( Beulah Presbyterian Church
in Pittsburgh
- 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
- o r s e sh o e of sand, and the sig n that sa id "L ife
Guard on Duty a few lim ite d h ou rs" , so we hoped for tom orrow , but L u ci,
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MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
S a tu rd a y , M arch 2, 1968
WASHINOTON
Page 5
w ith the e x u b e r
- 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
- f a c e s , a l l
s a y i n g , " G i v e our lo ve to the P r e s i d e n t . "
Or m a y b e ev en , " Y ou ’ r e
p r e t t i e r than y o u r p i c t u r e s . "
I hope that the A m b a s s a d o r and M r s . L a b o u i s s e went h o m e
- 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
- m y day in a n u tsh ell, hoping so m u ch that it w ould do so m e good for
th e P ilg r im a g e fo r w h ich I have s o m u ch a d m ira tio n .
F o r on ce p u b licity
w a s a to o l and not a burden.
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And th en , le a v in g it ra th er
- ile d out.
L u c i an d I to o w a lk e d out in to th e
w a itin g a r m s of t h e l a d i e s of t h e p r e s s an d I hope I m a d e s o m e s e n s e
W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 8 (Continued)
w h an I s a id the s p e e c h w a s a p r
- 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
- 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 .
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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
- 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
- k e t h i s , " I hope i t may b e s a id a h u n d red y e a r s from
now t h a t to g e th e r we h e lp e d to make o u r c o u n try more j u s t f o r a l l
i t s p e o p le , a s w e ll a s to in s u r e th e b le s s in g s o f l i b e r t y f
- 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
- a s h a n d
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a s p l a t t e r a n d M r s . H o m a n s v o ic e s a y i n g " H e l l a n d d a m n a t i o n .
w a s n ' t h i s t o r i c ! '' I a m s u r e i t w a s .
I hope it
B u t i t m a d e th e d a y f o r t h
