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what we
The curtains
I had a lrea d y taken down and disp o s ed o f and we looked at a lot of possible
o f s a m p le s fo r drapes and s lip c o v e r s , none of which w e r e r e a lly right.
I had rather hoped to turn it into a sun room
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1965
. SUNDAY. APRIL 18
E a s te r Sunday, A p r il 18.
str e a m in g in ,
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Unhappily I aw oke ea r ly w ith th e sun
I had slep t in th e little back room b eca u se Lyndon s le e p s
so litt le th e s e nights
- t s e r v ic e of the day, and it M o th er’ s
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Day - how could we m is s it.
Then we went to a sm a ll pa rty at P h il P o t te r ’ s, one o f Lyndon’ s fa v o r it e
re p o r te r s of the B a ltim o re Sun and s e v e r a l o f his ed ito rs
- Honor
Guard C om p an y,
P o o r dear boys, tem p eratu re in the high 80's, sun
b righ t, and the ja ck et of th eir u n iform s- - th eir sum m er uniform m ind you,^__
h ea vy, thick, long sleeved w ool,
l,it said that d is c ip lin e is one
- of the land.
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T he sk y i s b r ig h t blue and the sun golden and the tem p eratu re in the 70 s,
’r isin g to about 80 ,iri m
And th ere' s that in toxicatin g fe e lin g of Spring - -
the w in e -lik e q u a lity in the a ir . ; But
- back to W ashington, doing
m y duty, taking c a r e of Susan, staying h ere doing what I w anted to d o - w ork in g, w alking, lying in the sun.
Lyndon had se ttle d it, a s he d oes
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m a n y th in g s, by sa y in g , "I am not going to h ave you
- n 's''
r a n ch v a p a r t of the Bruckner ra n ch .
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D r e s s e d in b lu e je a n s an d b o o ts and sun h a t, I s e t out on th is c a r e f r e e
e x p e d itio n .
a g u id e .
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B ut it tu rn ed out that I had to go b a c k and g e
- had the top down.
the w ind b r isk and I w as p arb oilin g.
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The sun w a s b righ t and
We w en t by the h o u se and counted the
p r e s s and then d ro v e on to the L ew is R anch.
I began to g e t r e s t l e s s thinking
of D o lly B
- to thL' Hayv1ood.
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Ther e w e h ad a wonderful
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1964
Saturd.-._y, Julv 18th (continued}
day of boating in the hot, hot sun.
We had brought homemade bread and
some wonderful peaches, and A. W. had picked up somt: delici ous ba rbecue
- be accomplished here, i.t can be 3.ccomplishe:d everywhere.
I was r
- but the sun breaking
out ju st as the p r o ce ed in g s w ent on.
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The B ish op of C orpus C h r isti, H is
E x c e lle n c y T hom as D ru ry m ade a p o etic in^vocation and then Stu U d all
in trod u ced the g u e s ts --G e o r g e H artzog, the D
- e r b e fo r e lu n c h .
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^^the sun p r o m is in g to be w a rm
We w a tch ed A r th u r G o ld b e rg on
N o t u n til one o 'c lo c k did I g e t d r e s s e d and th en w e had m o r e
b r id g e and t i l th e w h ile g o in g down th e
- lm and equable and gen tle m anner.
We rod e fo r about th ree h o u rs, picking up V irg in ia about 12:00,
w ith the top down, Lyndon in h is red b e r e t - - the O ctober sun a ctu a lly
hot - - and our talk ranged the w id e, w ide w orld .
Dean
- orrow w ill b e b e tte r , to o ." It ta k es so
lit t le to m ak e h er happy, it a lm o s t m ak es m e a sh am ed that w e
d on ’t g iv e that litt le m o r e o ften .
B a c k at the h o u se w e la y around the p ool, had b r e a k fa st,
sunned
- without
the man m y l i f e ,
I s l ipped off a fte r a wh ile and got about 30 m in u tes in the sun,
E lo is e
and H om er T h o rn b e rry , they and th e ir th ree c h ild ren drove by - I m ean
fro m E l P a s o on the way into A u stin ,
of T e x
- be, w hat happens next.
The sun com ing out w as som ehow a w onderful a u g u ry .
s a t n e x t to H a p p y R o c k e f e l l e r .
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It w a s a g o o d s p e e c h - - L y n d o n ' s
w a s - - a n d i t m a k e s y ou f e e l s o g o o d t o d
- d e v e r y b o d y .
Sun is h is n a tu r a l b e n e fa c to r , and Lyndon lo o k e d r e a s s u r in g ly
b r o w n a n d h e a lth y .
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MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
W ASHINOTON
T h u r sd a y , O cto b er 14,. 1965
Page 3
I le f t
- o lo r s , o r a n g e -is h , y e llo w s, g r e e n s - the sun flo w e r s s tic k p a r tic u la r ly in
m y m in d .
I didn't r e a liz e what a trem en d ou s range he had.
One o f the
sa d d est things w a s a painting o f h is own sh o e s
- in to th e M o u r sun d s and th e H ea th s and
th e R ub ys and th e M elv in W in ters and th e D on T h o m a s e s w ho w e r e
a r r iv in g in a c a r a v a n s o it wound up b y tw o c a r lo a d s o f u s s e ttin g
out to m e e t L yndon on th e
- k .
T h e sun h a d b e e n b e g u n
to c o m e o ut in th e la te a fte rn o o n , a n d it w a s w a rm in g up a lit t l e .
h a d gone s w im m in g a tim e o r tw o.
Lyndon
T h e b u b b le, so o ffe n s iv e fro m th e h ighw ay.
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- a ck at the b ea ch I sunned on the sand to the b e s t brow n
I'v e had in a lo n g t im e .
b e e n co ld and buffet;
And then took a d e lic io u s nap.
L u n ch es have
s a la d s , sea fo o d , c h e e s e s , and w e s it around
c a s u al l y
- - - w h ile I su n n e d a n d r e a d on the b ig b o a t.
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J e s s e , who l o a t h e s the sun , a n d w ith good r e a s o n , b u t who is
f a i th f u l to the end, w e n t a lo n g w ith th e m in the f a s t b o a t j u s t a s th o u g h
he
- m e .
And then in the e a r ly m orn in g sun, w e w ent out
b y the pool - - Lyndon in the h am m ock .
I sa t b e s id e him and m ade
plans - - a p o s s ib le m e e tin g of th ose p eop le who cou ld do som eth in g
about a cq u irin g
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MEMORANDUM
G.XiV\ I C
THE WHITE HOUSE
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WASHINGTO N :
T u e sd a y , July 2 0 , 1965 ._—
T he m onth I p r o m ise d m y s e lf that I w ould be le is u r e ly and lie in
the sun and p lay b rid g e .
But som eh ow th ere a re
- r e , it w as a b righ t, c le a r day, of
sp a rk lin g sun .
We b egan by going to S t. M arks to church, w ith L u ci
and C o n g ressm a n T h o rn b erry.
T h ere w as a lin e in B ill B a x t e r 's serm o n
so m eth in g about how e v e r
- a u g u r a l s p e e c h , r e s t in the sun and g e t a ll of th o s e
pho ne c a l ls ab o u t who h a s n 't got w h a t t i c k e t s .
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- e e lin g I h ad p a r k e d t h i s t i t l e lik e a h eavy c o a t i n t h e c l o s e t
a n d s t a r t e d w a lk in g lig h tly in t h e T e x a s sun . T hen w e w e n t to F o r t W o r th
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to t h e M u s e u m of t h e S o u th w est to b
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the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary
Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun,
Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years;
and Norm a Ekdahl
- a d y in the a i r .
The w inds had quieted enough - - h ead ed for
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s t o r ie s about th e tw o fu ll days that it had taken h er to get from the Ranch
- n s t a ir s , B e s s and N o b le a s s u r e d m e th at th e sun w ou ld so o n b e o u t,
I
aim lik e a m i s e r co u n tin g m y lit t le s ta c k o f h o u r s , p a in fu lly a w a r e th at
h a lf o f th e m 'a r e gone but g lo a tin g o
- in g pool.
And h e r e on o u r own f r o n t p o r c h b y c h a n c e we found i t - - p r o te c t e d
on t h r e e s id e s - - a n d it w a s n ip p y w e a t h e r but b r ig h t , gold a n d w a r m
b y the sun.
We h a d a d e lic io u s lu n ch
- as all.
i n a n d t h e r e w a s a p r o m i s e of F a l l i n th e a i r .
A co o l fro n t h a d blow n
It w a s a s h e e r l y b e a u tif u l
day - - a b it o v e r c a s t a t f i r s t a n d then the sun c a m e out s p a r k l i n g .
i t w
- , a little c o n c e rn e d th a t it
I d o n 't w a n t a n y b o d y to know a b o u t t h e m . "
h e r e i s th e b l a c k b e a s t of d e p r e s s i o n b a c k i n o u r l i v e s .
F r i d a y , S a t u r d a y , Sun d a y , M o n d a y h a d go
- h - - the l a s t p e r s o n w a s i n a n d
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINOTON
S u n d a y , O c t o b e r 31, 1965
Page 2
th e p la n e t a x i e d o f f , f o r m e t h i s w a s a d a y to w a lk .
g lo rio u s.
The sun w as
A n d
- e q u e n tly i f it is co o l e v e n w r a p p e d up
in a b la n k e t a g a i n s t the w in d an d s p r a y a n d w a tc h the sun s e t.
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
F r i d a y , Ju n e 3, '1906
WASHINGTON
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T h e B is h o p s jo
- r n o o n a b o u t 4:30.
We h a d j u s t h a d p ad s put u p t h e r e fo r sun b a th in g
a n d fo r i n c r e a s i n g the c a p a c ity .
A nd h e w a s soon jo in e d b y J o e F o w l e r
a n d Abe a n d s e v e r a l g u e s ts
- c h o p p e r , p i c k up A . W. , a n d
go t o t h e H ayw oo d.'
T h e r e w e got in the b oat.
T h e day w as w aning la te , but the sun
w a s s t i l l b r i g h t an d R o b in and I c l i m b e d up on the top d e c k , w ith a b la n k e
- o m ic
MEMORANDUM
THE W H I T E H OU SE
W e d n e sd a y , A p r il 8, 1964
WASHINO T O N
Page 6
The sun c a m e out and lit up the Y e llo w O val R oom w ith fu ll g lo r y ,
I had the f e e lin g that i t w a s the r ig h t thing, the a p p
- f o od^ . . A n d th e n
to d a n c e .
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Sun d a y , D e c e m b e r 4 , 1966
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/ V So i t h a d b e e n
- ; and the E d S in g ers
o f C orpus C h r isti, who’s ^ w o rk in g on an a r t g a lle r y for C orp u s, to be b u ilt •
by P h ilip Johnson.
And from the p r e s s , the P r ic e D ays of the B a ltim o re Sun; and the Hugh
P a tte r so n s o f L ittle R
