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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
- 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
- .
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 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
-
It was in the l ib r a r y
T V room , and the script was good enough
to make me anxious to see how it is going to turn out.
o/
Then, at 4 o ' c l o c k / I went back to the Green Room , to r e c e iv e the
s w ord of hope fro m the A m e r ic a n Cancer
- ,
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
- and yellow with a flowered moire
t a f f e ta .
I hope i t will be enjoyed, perhaps in some guest room in the
White House, in the future.
Then Helen raised the shades—and the
view was magnificently the same, now and forever.
I was up e a rly , worked
- 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
- t o a sk M r .
DuPont, the c h a irm a n o f
h e r F in e A r t s C o m m itte e ,-a n d M r . F o s s burgh, the c h a irm a n o f h e r P a in t in g s
C o m m it t e e , and what two fin e r ones could th ere p o s s ib ly be and I do so
hope
- young and v ita l an d , it s e e m s to m e , su c h a good r e p r e s e n ta tiv e
o f h is p e o p le , a s I hope we a r e of a ll th e p e o p le .
E v e r y tim e I s e e h im , I
th in k a b o u t a s to r y , its tr u th I d o n 't know a b o
- 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
- and to in v ite them to sta y at the W hite H o u se .
I hope by now that th ey know th ere is alw ays room for th e m ,
M arilyn und ertook to r e tr ie v e th em from N ew Y ork .
to w ork on sea tin g and ju st how w e w ould handle i t .
And B e s s and I
- 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
- n s .
m y h e a r t b e g a n to s i n g .
A nd th e n
?
Th a t w a s w hen
T h e y w e r e so b e a u tif u l! I hope I h a v e th e g r a c e
to know th a t e v e r y d a y I sp e n d h e r e i s a p r iv ile g e .
A nd n e v e r m o re s o
- r e e n rib b o n th a t s tr e t c h e s m a je s ti c a l ly
-
1
-
1965
T u e s d a y , M a rc h 9 th (co n tin u ed )
f r o m th e C a p ito l to th e L in c o ln M e m o r ia l.
A ll of th a t is fin e , b u t I hope
v e r y m u c h to a d
- 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
- ho h a v e e n t e r t a i n e d
u s ^ t h e l a r g e d in n e r4 th e P r e s i d e n t i a l S c h o l a r s ' b u f f e t s u p p e r j - - y ^ g r a c i o u s
( .
l e t t e r a n d a u to g ra p h e d p i c t u r e ^ a n d I hope a h ap p y m e
- to be quite a w h ile b e fo r e the c o ffin and Queen
F r e d e r i k a w ould a r r i v e ,
^
said " I ' m a fr a id i t 's g oin g to be quite a long
I
w h ile . " )
M r . T r u m a n a n s w e r e d, " I hope s o . " ,
r e f e r r i n g , of c o u r
- 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
- of the s u c c e s s s t o r i e s of A s i a .
And now th is c o u n tr y
I hope I s h a ll liv e to
s e e th e s a m e thing h a p p e n w ith th e b e a s t th a t we w r e s t l e w ith today.
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