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- 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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F e w er dropouts 13
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1965
T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th (con tin u
- 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
- 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
- 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
- e w a s rid in g h igh .
It s a t is f ie d a
d e e p in b r e d d e s i r e to sh ow h is r e s p e c t and fr ie n d s h ip fo r a d ea d friend^
and he hoped by h is p r e s e n c e to g iv e e v id e n c e o f h is s p e c ia l f e e lin g a s
- h a t none o f us gave an y r e a l
th o u g h t t o -- t h e m i r a c l e of T e l - S t a r i t s e l f and y e t what
hope t h a t m u s t h o l d .
I f man c a n d o t h i s ca n h e
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5
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p o s s i b l y t u r n h i s t a l e n t s tos o l
- , 1964
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co m in g le g is la tiv e y e a r , w e c a n n o t sp e n d o u r e n e r g ie s fig h tin g a m o n g
o u r s e l v e s , I hope we d o n ’t.
'
F in a lly , w e w ound up o u t a t the a i r p o r t , I th in k it m u s t h a v e b
- 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
- , a n d w e 'l l s h a r e the b e s t w a lk - i n c l o s e t a n y b o d y c o u ld
hope f o r .
The p o in t i s it m u s t not be a c r a s h p r o g r a m .
We m u s t w o r k
to w a r d s o m e th in g I 'l l be s a t i s f i e d w ith a n d lo
- 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.
V
And th en , le a v in g it ra th er
- l o u n d e r i n g h e l p l e s s l y .
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T h a t ’ s the b e s t i d e a I 'v e h e a r d in a
long t im e and I hope I l i v e to s e e it b e a r f r u i t io n .
I t ' s a s o r t of a - -
it r e m i n d s m e o f the C C C C a m p d
- a s c lo s e to the tr u t h a s one c a n hope f o r .
It w a s
a b o u t a n A p lu s , a n d If Jo h n c a n tak e a n d h a n d le T im e , h e ca n do a n y th in g .
T h e n I b e g a n to th in k a b o u t how to p r y lo o s e m y f r ie n d
- e d in to the pool, of p o s s i b l e peop le to c o n s i d e r a s h e a d of the
s c h o o l of p u b lic a f f a i r s .
I m u s t ta lk to D r. R a n s o m soon a b o u t th e m , a n d a s we h av e W hite H o u se
d i n n e r s , I hope th
- 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
