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Dear Virginia:
Thanks for writing me and telling me
so frankly the "lay of the land" as you see it in
Alabama. Your personal appraisal and that Bob
Duke piece you sent along are helpful in sizing
up our strengths and weaknesses.
I sure hope things work
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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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
- 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
- , 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
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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
