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- 1965
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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
- 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
- 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
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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
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Islan d .
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Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- 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
- 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
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en u m era b le stra n d s of p e a r ls . :
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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
- flo w e re d cloth,...
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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
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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.
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- 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
- ! 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 .
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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
- y q u ic k ly w e w e r e in s id e in th e D ip lo m a tic R e c e p tio n R o om
g r e e t i n g th e r e s t of the p a r t y f r o m I r a n .
And w h e n L yndon to o k
the P r i m e M i n i s t e r a w a y , B e s s had Bob K nu dse n h an d
- ,
t u l i p s , n a r c i s s u s , v i o l e t s — e s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d by
M a r i e t t a B ro o k s , s h e s a i d ; and Bob S t r a u s s , and C a ro ly n K ellam w ith
Monday, J a n u a ry 20, 1969
b o th h e r l i t t l e
- 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
- 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
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m .
T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e
O pera in d eed has a new fa c e .
N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T
HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- LBJ & Dominican crisis; Lady Bird on LBJ's cold & weight; Lynda's article in "Life" magazine; Lady Bird meets Metropolitan Opera singers, two PROJECT HOPE workers, National Gallery staff on Pictures for Patients, and MS Mother of the Year; Lady Bird
- r M adura o f the V irg in Islan d s L e g is la tu r e r e q u ested
th at I take b a ck to the P r e sid e n t the hope o f the isla n d s that th ey
co u ld e le c t th e ir own G overn or and p a rtic ip a te in N ation al e le c t io n s
- the m o st of it !
I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t
of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an
had
d
l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill
- . "
A n d th e n ,
" A l l o f u s a re j u s t a
"Y o u know , I ju s t
A n d th e n I d e d ic a te d th e
s ta tu e to a l l th e new M e m b e rs o f th e 8 9 th C o n g re s s and to a l l f u t u r e C o n g re s s e s
V
i n th e hope th e y w o
- v e ry
now and then/
A fte r m y good frie n d , M r. P e r had com e and fixed m y h a ir , I w ent
in to the Y ellow Room and had l o ts a n d lo ts and lo ts of p ic tu re s m ad e, som e
of w hich I hope to have one th a t w ill tu rn out good.
T
- o r s e sh o e of sand, and the sig n that sa id "L ife
Guard on Duty a few lim ite d h ou rs" , so we hoped for tom orrow , but L u ci,
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MEMORANDUM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
S a tu rd a y , M arch 2, 1968
WASHINOTON
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w ith the e x u b e r
- to v is it A tlan tic C ity, but I do hope you w ill in vite m e to com e back
this su m m e r.
M aybe I ’ ll even b rin g m y husband with m e, "
When the dinner was o v e r , w e file d out, shaking hands w ith a s m ajiy
people as we could p o s
- at M a y o 's and
had o p e r a te d on J im C ain) flew in , in th e hope th at sh e co u ld s e e h e r
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2
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1963
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S a tu r d a y , D e c e m b e r 28th (co n tin u e d )
fa th e r .
S h e got th e r e oh, a lo n g abou t c o c k
- u rin g th e tim e I am h e r e which I hope w i l l in c lu d e
some o f th e American g r e a t - - Mary Cus s a t , my most
h o p e fu l a d d itio n
-r
I w ould lo v e to have t h i s
'I , George Ca le b Bingham, S id n ey Mount.
I would l i k
- is c lo a k -a n d -d a g g e r m is s io n .
The John S e c o n d a r is, L yndon's
b ea u tifu l young frie n d fr o m New Y ork, Jeanne V an d erb ilt, and,
o f c o u r s e , our h o u se g u e sts the P e te r H urds.
G u ests that I hope to s e e
- p tio n and the N orth C a r o lin a
r e c e p tio n had d e p a r te d , about two h o u r s of w o r k , r e s t l e s s ly , I w ent o v e r
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to L yndon’s o f f ic e , hoping to jar him l o o s e , / a n d b rin g him h o m e ,
'
i^ound
him
- 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
- out in th e r i v e r I
c o u l d s e e tw o b l i n k i n g l i g h t s - - t h e S e q u o i a - - a n c h o r e d .
We w e n t o u t
and I c lim b e d on a n d c a r e fu lly w ent d o w n s ta irs , hoping I w o u ld n 't w ake
up Lyndon - - f r
- w ith c o f f e e , and the M a yo r t e llin g us
how he hoped to han dle the p r o b le m of a r a c e r io t in C h ic a g o .
s a id he w ould not have h is p o li c e m e n w e a r s t e e l h e l m e t s .
He
T h ey
s i m p l y w o r e c a p
- o c ra tic
N a tio n a l C o m m itte e in r e c o g n itio n o f p a s t h e lp and in hope f o r f u t u r e
h e lp .
T h e y w e re th e b r i e f e s t s to p s o f a ll.
W e q u ic k ly w ^ d e d o u r w ay
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M onday,
J a n u a ry 18 (C o
- th ey b e g a n to r in g 1 h o u r b e fo r e L u c i's w e d d in g ?
I w o r k e d a t m y d e s k fo r a w h ile .
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in p r o g r e s s .
7 :0 0 p a s s e d .
I knew the m e e tin g w a s
B ut th e r e w a s no r e p o r t o f w hat to hope fo
- e x p e c t
th em to do i t a n y m o r e .
B u t I hope th e y w ill c o n tin u e to b e a p a r t of m y
life - - M o l l i e a n d A d ele.
I w a s fig h tin g to f in i s h m y shopping so t h a t I c o u ld c a t c h th e l a t e
p la n e ton
- on th e f r o n t ro w , and
w o n d e r e d w h at w as going on in h is m in d , th is b il l th a t h is
b r o t h e r h a d s p o n s o r e d s o a r d e n t l y , h a d p in n e d so m u c h hope
on, t h a t h e h i m s e l f h a d p u s h e d
- l the things
I hear about h im ., ,Hte personal bravery and the
that he gets out among h is peo ple.
never got around to
fact
I am sorry I
seeing Johnny Meacham to hear
what the hopes were for f in d in g o i l in Jordan.
just
A ll
toge ther
- of T h e P r e s i d e n t 's C o u n try ,. W hen
w e h a v e a r e c e p tio n w e u s u a lly in c lu d e ^ in a w id e net ^ friends f r o m h o m e
w ho h a v e no r e l a t io n to th e o c c a s io n , b u t who I hope r e g a r d i t a s a b r u
- a n k y ou.
to h a v e i t p u b lis h e d - - p o s th u m o u s ly ."
" T h a t ' s fin e .
•
I g u e s s I w ill h av e
T h e re u p o n the la d y a n s w e r e d ,
I hope i t w ill b e so o n ." He d e c la r e s i t h ap p en ed !
.As so o n
-
o
r
P r in c e s s Irene . I told the
g o v e r n o r s' ^w iv e s th is la u g h in g ly , sayin g I hoped th ey r e a liz e d th ey h ad a
th r ifty a d m in istr a tio n .
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- a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e
m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y .
J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it .
A nd I hope
h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n 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
