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- move off, and I could plant the whole thing in pine
They' re the tail- end, the v e ry last residue of a dying economy,
trees,
and their only hope lie s in whether their children w ill learn some voc ational
sk ill at the Autangoville High School w h
- fo r the D an es on Ju n e
9 th,
D orris gav e m e little hope and M ary none, but N eva s a id that they would.
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E H O U S E
W ASHINGT O N
Sunday, M ay 31, 1964
P age 2
Lynda had sta y e d in A u stin m o s t of the tim e
- 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
- 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
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When we did find it,
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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S atu rd ay , F e b ru a ry 8, 1964
P age 2
I can see why the m an le ft and why i t is fo r s a le .
And I c e rta in ly hope we
d o n 't w ind up g
- popcorn and a d rin k , w atch in g a m o v ie .
If
e v e r I object^shaking th re e thousand hands I hope I r e m e m b e r th at I have
MEMORANDUM
T H E W HITE HOUSE
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W ASHING TON
Saturday, A p r il 4, 1964
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th is s ort of a p r iv ile g e
- 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
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- and not well at all I try to bring these girls into our
life as well as teach them some c;>f my thinking and phrases and bow I hope
they present us to the world.
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At a reception I usually ask Christine to give
a name · of one or two of her girls to Bess
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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
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But the m o st im p ortan t thing in m y day w as the b egin n in g of the
ABC p r o je c t, w h ich I hope w ill sp ea k to the w h ole cou n try and sow so m e
s e e d s o f in te r e s t in nationw ide b e a u tific a tio n .
I have n e v e r
- s to appoint so m eo n e to fit
hi s post.It w a s clou d y and w e could hope for rain .
m uch.
We n eed ed it v e r y ,
But for the night, p e r so n a lly , I hoped it w ould hold off u n til
10:00 b e c a u se w e had in v ited a ll the p r o
- 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
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h o u r s v?ith B i l l a t T h e E l m s .
W h a t a jo b , t r y i n g to s e l l t h i s h o u s e t h a t I f i l l e d w i t h l o v e a n d
som e ta s te , I hope, and a g re a t d eal of c a r e .
I t to o k m e a b o u t t h r e e
o r f o u
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Up to now
sh e a n d W a rrie h av e m a n a g e d to do a lo t of th in g s
q u ite f r e e ly , q u ite u n b o th e re d by p e o p le , I hope th a t i t c o n tin u e s ,
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L a te in th e e v e n in g w e w en t fo r a dip in the p o o l. B
- 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
- d
with ab o u t 48 w o r s h i p e r s , m o r e than i t ' s e v e r h a d b e f o r e ,
I w ondered if
the w o r s h i p e r s h e a r d the s h e e p b le a tin g a c r o s s the s t r e e t , d u rin g the
se rv ice s.
I hope the p r e s s w
- 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
- 'me mo r a n d u m
THE W HITE HOUSE
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WASIHN GTON
Thursday, A p r i l 9, 1964
WHD
Today was a truly big day.
Up e a rly , 7 o ’ clock, brea kfa st with Lyndon, whom I had hoped would
sleep la te r.
M y la st words to him w e re
that I could
- , or th eir own h a p p in e ss.
To try
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it fo r at le a s t one y e a r , lea rn in g about life togeth er and r e s p o n s ib ility and
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in d ep en d en ce, then a lw a y s, alw a y s hope they w ill com e b ack to A u stin by
c h o ic e .
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- 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
- uch in evidence and having a good tim e and, I hope, a r e m ee tin g som e
of the p r e s s ,
B ecau se Lyndon w as la te , L uci stood in lin e w ith m e and re c e iv e d
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THE WHITE HOUSE
M onday, J a n u a ry 6, 1964
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WASHINGTON
that overtak e m e when a ll o f a sudden I've had too m uch.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTOH
Saturday, F e b r u a ry 1, 1964
P age 2
and ev ery th in g i s fin a lly s e ttle d .
You a re hopeful
- 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
- at the sig n a tu res -- and v e r y often I cou ld .
S e c r e tly I hoped that Johnny W alker and C arter Brow n w e r e a s im p r e s s e d
■as I w a s!
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
F r id a y , M a r c h 11, 1966
WASHINGTON
P age 2
- r a b ilia
w h ich w e
hope to s ta r t show ing in c a s e s in the E a st Wing fo r the to u r ists
oawr e bac ked up, often s ix -w id e on b u sy su m m er d a y s.
h
T hey w ill be
r e a d y fo r th em to s e e in e a r ly S u m m er
- had gone into A u stin fo r
a p a r k m e e tin g that m igh t la s t a ll day, h is s e c r e ta r y s a id .
I a sk e d ■
E r n e s t to co m e out and ta lk w ith u s , and ta c tfu lly (I hoped) w en t o v er
th e a ttr a c tiv e p la n s M r. M
- 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
- s so w e ll, is so s u r e in h e r to u ch ,
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I lo o k e d a t
th e m , lik e d th e m , am going to buy one o r two and hope I c a n so o n g et
c lo th e s o u t of m y l i f e f o r th e n e x t th r e e o r fo u r m o n th s .
T h e n I
- 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
- :30.
I r e a d the p a p e r hoping to g e t
i n a w o r d w ith L y ndon, b u t h e w a s too b u s y on the phone.
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So a f t e r e n u m e r a b l e
c u p s of co ffe e I w e n t to m y r o o m a n d c a l l e d G e o rg e H a r tz o g a n d l
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:
A fte r dinner ev ery b od y s e ttle d down to w atch a sp y m o v ie ,
w h ile I w en t o ff fo r m y r e g u la r S aturday night date w ith GUNSMOKE,
and th en b a ck to s e e the r e s t o f the sp y m o v ie .
And then, though I
hoped Lyndon w
- ,/prints and drawings, a g a lle ry
of architecture and designj and one of photography,specializing in Steichen.
And I did hope I would see m y old friend in there tonight.
T h ere w ere about 400 guests for dinner, seated at round tables, in the
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John left early after, I gather , a lot of talk but no very defi nite
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The conclusion I hope for is for h im to ta ke ac ti ve charge
conclusio ns.
of Lyndo n's campaign.
And tb r;n at te n o'clock there wa s a pr es
- ig h t, w hen
I a s k e d h im w h at tim e it w as in h is own c o u n tr y , th o ug ht
fo r a m i n u t e , and s a id " M a d a m e , it is 4 o 'c lo c k in the
m o r n i n g . ” I hope nobody e x p e c ts m e on a f o r e ig n t r i p ,
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to b
- 1965
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7
I s le p t d e lic io u s ly la te .
in c re a sin g ly .
It s e e m s an e a s y thing to do
T h is is the se c o n d day of th a t d ie t th a t I hope w ill
g e t off two p o u n d s.
L iz and I s p e n t the m o r n
- I a m h av in g m y f in a ls an d if I
ta k e off a h a lf d ay to do th is , I m a y not ev en g r a d u a te in J u n e .
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L u c i, the l o v e r of c lo th e s ! I j u s t hope th a t sh e show s up w ith
e v e r y th in g i n 't a c t a t
- i t i o n s
in troduce a l i t t l e
p r i v a c y and
to '
o r d e r w i l l h e l p a n d we
hope t h a t w i l l ta k e p la c e w it h i n
th e n e x t m onth.
In
t u r n L y n d o n h a d a l o n g m e e t i n g w i t h J a c k , B i l l
- t he*s r e a l l y n o t w e ll e n o u g h r ^ n d the hope fa d e d in the
g r e y w e a th e r ,/^ n d L y n d o n 's la c k of e n th u s ia s m .
L iz a n d I w e n t f o r a d riv e - if I d o n 't g e t out of th is h o u se I ’l l tu r n
