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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
- on a June bug^, and they
began to question h er about some of their le s s o n s in school, seeking some
.
.
f i r s t hand inform ation.
^
Who could mind talking about their own work".
They
lo ved h er and I think^ I hope^ she enjoyed them.
r d.
F ro m
- Women Doers Luncheon with Speaker Kate Tuchman; Lady Bird mentions several attendees including Marian Anderson and Maria Tallchief; Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn Smith; LBJ introduces Dean Rusk & Bob McNamara; Lady Bird meets with Robin Duke about
- .
He had ca lle d up Bob, put out his request, with a ll the u rgency of which
he is so beautifully capable.
And I know he hung b reath less on his answer,
so it must have been with a g rea t feelin g of achievem ent, of r e l ie f, that
he heard Bob
- 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
- to see her, and there was Luci in Ashton's office,
a sight I shall never forget, in a little girl d re ss, middy blouse ^^^;^:, .,
and very short skirt, freckles painted across her nose, two fronts
teeth blacked out, an upturned sailor hat with a bobbing
- .
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
- r, C on gressm an Bob Jones, and an out-
standing e m p lo y e e o f the fligh t cent e r, M rs . M a r y B e r r i b e r r i , age 70.
I
1
Ivo Sparkman
and her daughter J u l i a Ann
had com e down with me on
the plane, as had Dorothy
- (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
- aw ard s fo r
e x c e lle n c e in d e sig n or lan d scap in g to a b u s in e s s e sta b lish m e n t, a n e ig h b o rhood, a public b u ild in g.
I think, I hope, h e ’ll give them so m e en co u ra g em en t,
son® pat on the head.
A t any r
- down fo r a
m o v i e lik e th is .
S o m e tim e in th e m o r n i n g Bob M c N a m a r a and G e n e r a l W h e e le r and
a n I s r a e l i G e n e r a l fle w i n w ith i c e on the w in d s h ie ld of t h e i r h e l i c o p t e r .
A b o u t tw
- the b la ck Hope diam ond.
She m et us at the door of the fabulous
How a sto n ish e d I w as to find that
it w a s b lack , and m y e y e s w e r e out on s te m s m eetin g a ll the b ig n am es in
W ashington.
The only other T exas I rem e m b e r
- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all.
He talked about a str ik e
i
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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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
- 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
- tifu lly em b ro id ered
. lig h t b lu e c a f t a n t h a t sim p ly d rifted around h er an k les in long fo ld s and
;(
en u m era b le stra n d s of p e a r ls . :
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i
T h ere w a s the g e n e r a l, I hope, b u sin e ss of turning and p lacin g
- b er 26, 1966
P age 5
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him to take the p o st a s m o n e y -r a is e r for the R ep ub lican P a r ty .
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And
the Bob A n d erso n s of E ise n h o w e r ’s Cabinet and lon g b efo re that our
fr ie n d s in T e x a s .
And the D
- 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
- e the G o ld e n A g e
G le e Club w as re'h e a r s in g a song. When the Red, R e d R o b in C o m e s
^
Bob,Bob, Bobbing A lo n g .
And then, they b ro u g h t out a b ig b ir th d a y cake,
w h ich w as f o r a l l the p eo p le h avin g b ir
- at p r e s e n t i t s a bone o f contention.
A ls o ,
so m e o f the
towns c lo s e b y , that had hoped to get the fa m i l i e s to b e e f up th ere eco n o m y ,
th e ir p a y r o l l s , th e ir g e n e r a l w a y o f l i f e , have a p p lied
- 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
- o ln 's s ta tu e .
I hope I h av e th e g r a c e to u n d e r s ta n d the w e ig h t
of a l l the c o n flic tin g s t r a i n s of thought a n d hope th a t w en t th ro u g h h is m in d .
A n d th e n the fiv e o th e r w r e a th s w e re la
- a n d A r th u r an d h e r f a th e r a n d D aphn e
an d th e Bob B e n ja m in s and t h e i r tw o c h ild r e n . Six of u s p ile d in to th e
T h u n d e r b ir d w ith h i m d r iv in g , tw o in a b u c k e t s e a t in f r o n t, and w e
- 1964
T h u r s d a y , J u l y 16th
B e g a n w i t h h e a r i n g G o l d w a t e r s a y on T V in r e g a r d to L y n d o n , " Y e s ,
I kn ow t h e f e l l o w . "
My r e a c t i o n w a s chiefly, " I hope Lyndon d o e s n 't use
t h a t
- 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
- in d e e d I w ill be
c o m in g b a c k to N ew Y o rk .
I am s p o ile d .
I hope once o r tw ice a y e a r .
I
s h a ll t r e a t m y s e lf to so m e of the s a m e , though i t w ill in d e e d n o t b e the s a m e
w ith o u t B e s s a n d
- .
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 ."
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Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t.
I hope m y
- h e r e w as
M r s . Bob K i n tn e r ( J e a n K in tn e r ) w h o m I 'v e known f o r so long and b e e n
so fond of, a n d M is s K a t h e r i n e Q uinn, who i s M is s D e m o c r a t , of
n
C o n n e c tic u t.
It m u s t have b e e n s o
- 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
- ! Too, a m o n g o ld f r i e n d s
t h e r e w a s n o b o d y I w a s h a p p i e r to s e e t h a n Bob A n d e r s o n , now
of G r e e n w i c h , C o n n e c t i c u t - - u s e d to b e f r o m T e x a s , R e p u b l i c a n ,
' s;
t
s t a u n
- 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
- in g up on the s ta g e ju st a s e v e r y b o d y b eh in d
it g e t s into th e ir p o s itio n w e a r e d o w n s ta ir s and out on the N o rth P o r t i c o - c a lm and s e r e n e - - I hope it lo o k s that w ay, a s the b ig b la c k c a r w
- hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e
everybody fo r ju st a m in u te.
B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld
not tr y .
So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s
going to a c c e p t th e r
