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- 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
- 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
- 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
- .
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
- 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 ."
II Tl
Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t.
I hope m y
- 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
- 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
- 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
- b r ea k fa st in
b ed .
And then d r e s s e d , with L iz com ing in e v e r y m o m en t or two for
an other two or three,^^^ four p ictu re s of m e to sig n fo r the sta ff, w hich
I w a s v e r y glad to do.
I hope I n ev er forgetr
- re - - and I hoped it didn 't
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E H O U S E
WASHINOTON
F r id a y , M a y 8, 1964
Pa-ge 4
show a s c le a r ly to ev e rybody e l s e a s it did to me;.
The house m u st have b een 90 d e g r e e s te m p e ra tu re , the m
- p l a n t e d th e m o u t a t th e c e m e t e r y - - a g r o u p of w h i t e a n d
p in k i n th e n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r th a t w i l l b e a m a s s of c o l o r i n the y e a r s to
com e I hope.
■ ■ '" l
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E
- w eapon w ith w h ich he is a ch iev in g h is own e m a n c ip a tio n ." I hope a lo t of p eo p le h eard h im , b e c a u s e h e ’s going to g et the
b la m e fo r le ttin g th em go too fa r, to o f a s t.
I think h e 's tough enough to
stan
- , 1964
^
Page 3
co m in g le g is la tiv e y e a r , w e c a n n o t sp e n d o u r e n e r g ie s fig h tin g a m o n g
o u r s e l v e s , I hope we d o n ’t.
'
F in a lly , w e w ound up o u t a t the a i r p o r t , I th in k it m u s t h a v e b
- 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
- in a l m o s t a y e a r .
c:
w a s c o n s u m e d w ith V ie t- N a m , a n d the h e a d l i n e s r e a d :
M o st of it. .
"Johnson Sees R ed
V i c t o r y Hope Gone - B ut P r e s i d e n t Says U. S. M ay Send M o r e T r o o p s , E q u ip m
- 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
- 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
- , th e co m p an y s o ft and e a s y and f r o m
■ L y n d o n 's s ta n d p o in t no f e a r of th ro w in g n a m e s a ro u n d .
h a p p e n s .'
I hope it never
^
sW
e a t dow n to o u r fin a l big m e a l of r o a s t b e e f a n d th e n g
- v e r th o u g h t w e w o u ld h a v e s e e n y o u - - t h i s m a k e s
o u r t r i p la e a w rc re iy E x c i t i n g ’’
—i*ii— —— —
I hope M r . D re x le r got som e s e n s e o f th e ir
—— ———M
l I
- a s t
he did not to u s , an d I c o u ld not h elp but think a s I lo o k e d a t h im t h a t
I w ould hope fo r L y n d o n
it w ould be a su d d e n g o in g , alth ou gh a t a v e r y
f a r d is t a n t tim e an d n ic e ly v e n e r a b l e
-
'
MEMORANDUM
T H E W H IT E HOUSE
f.
WASHIHOTOM
S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 16, 1968
Page 4
b e f o r e I c o u ld sto p m y s e lf » /^ ^ id "I hope i t d id n 't b r e a k . " I p ic k e d i t u p ^
i t h a d s h a tte r e d .
I th o u g h t of the l a s t
- t's e x p r e s s e d hope th at A m e r ic a n s w ould
t r a v e l in th e U n ited S ta te s th is su m m e r , h is tw o d a u g h te r s, L yn d a B ir d and
L u c i B a in e s , w e r e p lan n in g a Grand T our o f E u r o p e . " L yndon r e
