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- MEMORANDUM
Q
THE WHITE HOUSE
S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 5 , 1966
WASHINOTOH
Page 1
L y n d o n ’s d e p a r t u r e to H a w a ii - w o u ld I a l w a y s b e s o r r y t h a t I d i d n ’t
g o ? I t w a s t o t a l l y s e r i o u s
- ro p in th e o ffice an d s e e .
I s u g g e s te d w e
ii,
A f te r a d r in k we
w e n t to th e b o w lin g a lle y , an d she b e a t m e r o u n d ly tw o a n d a h a lf
g a m e s ; ^S hooting 137 one tim e to m y 105 o r so/^^^ ^
-
A nd
- e th e r , L yndon , and the
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'v
,
N u g e n ts, and th is tim e P a t and L u ci and the R a y s , and J im .
ta lk ed abou t h is tr ip to H a w a ii.
L yndon
H e'd b e e n g r e a tly im p r e s s e d w ith W e s t m o r e -
la n d
- ot the
'y'
B r u m id i
o ld f a m ilia r on e that I lo v e d i^ ii^ w ith the Bacaiajgysdie c e i l in g s , and P a u l or
John b o w in g h o s p ita b ly , know ing e v e r y o n e o f u s by n a m e .
B ut a s tr a n g e ,
w h ite c a ta c ly
- , I th ii^ it w as around th ree
o ’c lo c k , Lyndon w ent o v er to h is o ffic e , and I talk ed to Lynda and to L u ci.
Both o f them w e r e e m o tio n a l, L u ci cry in g , Lynda d istrau gh t.
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th is do to the b o y s?
What d oes
/ '
v
- that the McNamaras had requested the
Valentis.
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t
i'
II .
l
is always pleasant to have Florence Mahoney to a party.
She was a request of the Gardners.
Lynda Bird came.
i
She feels close
to nearly everyone in the Cabinet:://>As soon as I greeted
- i t i a l e d i t " o . k . ".
An d I d i s c u s s e d w ith h im h is own d e c i s io n of
l a s t F r i d a y n ig h t a n d a s k e d if it w e r e i r r e v o c a b l e b e c a u s e L y n d o n
..................... -■i»ii^»i i ^ . ii
- g w o u ld b e c o m p le te w ith o u t
h im ,- ii^ h e s ta ff, J im J o n e s , a n d M a rie , M a ry R a th e r , L a r r y T e m p le .
D in n e r w a s a l l L y n d a B i r d 's f a v o r ite s - s te a k , a n d s p in a c h , h o m e m a d
- , g r a d u a l p u ll- o u t of G Is
s ta rts .
- I ' T lUTlI II . I i
"IF till
A f te r th e s tr e n u o u s d e m a n d in g l a s t t h ir te e n daysyi o r w a s i t tw o lif e t i m e s ^
th is w a s s o r t of a n is la n d of p e a c e
- is s a p ic tu re -
A nd P a t r i c k lo o k e d a d o r a b le in h is
A ir F o r c e u n ifo rm m ad e b y L y n d o n 's ta il o r to m e e t h is D addy in
H a w a ii.
A nd i t w as an a b s o lu te ly h e a v e n ly p ic tu r e o u t th e r e w
- T I — t II .1 1..
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Sunday, O ctober 3, 1965
Page 6
I t w a s a blue ribbon gathering - - t h e N elso n R o c k e fe lle r s ,
Speaker and M r s. M cC orm ack, Dean and Virginia R usk, C ard in al
S p
- to s e e
th e m to d i s c u s s s ii^ o f f e r i n g th e l i t t l e h o u s e i n J o h n s o n C i t y w h e r e L y n d o n
g r e w u p to th e N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e , a n d a p i e c e o f l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t w o u l d
- d . A
day o f s h e e r
tu rm o il
f o r L y n d o n - - G e t t i n g r e a d y to go to m o rro w t o H a w a ii,
f o r a b o u t t h r e e d a y s now I h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g p o s s i -
(
b ilitie s
about i t
and b e i n g d e a f
- , working as hard as they can,
I
r
to achieve some stability in it.
f
i
And so with this mixture of problemsXnd blessings, my dear husband
went to I:>ed about midnight, and I rem etnbered one amusing little vignette
iI
T~ts~
of the morning, at the T
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W e d n e s d a y , M a y 15, 1968
Page 9
o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t G o v e r n m e n t i s a s e r i e s of c h o i c e s of a s s i g n i n g p r i o r i t i e s .
Ca
S>.iI t w a s a g o o d d i n n e r - - c o r i a l ea-int jo c a n d r o
- v e r s i t y in th e e a r l y *30's - - h e ' s a N ew Y o r k F im ie ii-S ea n: now
I g a t h e r a n d i n t e r e s t e d in A u s t r a l i a w ith s o m a n y b u s i n e s s t i e s .
I gave
t h e m m y lo v in g d e s c r i p t i o n
- e a l on i t w ith a d e lig h tfu l p ic tu r e of D o lly and th e
s y n o p s is of w h a t w e w ould s e e — t h ir ty m in u te s f ro m A ct II.
th e w a it e r s g a llo p e d and H e llo D olly w a s enchantm ent!!
g a llo p , th e c o s tu
- n d yo ii.
I am a s u c k e r fo r that song.^ I h a v e to b lin k b a c k the te a r s b e c a u s e the w o r d s of
i t c o m e s tr a ig h t out of m y h e a r t.
. .
.
T h en I w e n t a rou n d the c ro w d sh ak in g han d s w ith a s m
