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- hands on the c lip p in g s, so hoped th ey
w ould be w a rm and c o lo r fu l and liv e ly .
And th ey w e r e .
Then I w ent down to the m o v ie to s e e D avid B r in k le y 's h o u r -lo n g
show on W ashington, a la r g e p art of it b e a u
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INTERVIEWEE:
ROBERT BASKIN
INTERVIEWER:
JOE B. FRANTZ
PLACE:
Mr. Baskin's office at the Dallas News, Dallas, Texas
Tape 1 of 1
F:
Bob, we've known each other too long to be formal, so we might as
well go on there.
Lyndon Johnson?
B:
Briefly, when
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was my particular concern and its urban renewal program which was some
of my concern.
Bob Wagner, who was Mayor of New York then, called me
and said that he understood that Jack Kennedy wanted to see me; that he
was interested in talking
- that he wanted
eventually to leave the job.
I found, by the way, that in the meantime
other people were being considered.
For example, Ray Sherer, of NBC;
Bob Fleming of ABC; Carroll Kilpatrick of the
Washington~.
Just
before Christmas, Carroll
- Biographical information; first association with LBJ; Estes Kefauver; Douglas Dillon; Pierce Salinger; Joseph Laitin; Horace Busby; George Reedy; Henry Fowler; Bill Moyers; Bob McCloskey; Frederick Deming; George Christian; relations with the White
- \'ias very good at accentuating the positive, and
my wife and I had
us off.
~aken
our ten year old son, Bob, out there to see
And when Johnson saw Bob, he met him and he says, IIBob,
have you ever been to Texas?"
"Ever ridden on a horse?"
Bobby said
- raised a question that has to be asked.
Why would you not join the ADA?
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Because when I was here in those days, Bob Nathan, who was one of the founders,
and I were working on an organization called the American Veterans' Committee-"citizens first
- can still make it." Then I
went to Lady Bird and she wasn't so sure that she wanted to do it. She still hoped but she
also had this feeling that she didn't want him to leave Texas. She was terribly surrounded
by the feeling of the Texans
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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
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of the money in the bank available to pay the draf't.
I plan to go home about the 10th and get a good
Mexican to help me clear some of the cedar off the hill and
save a few of the trees that are pretty badly eaten up.
I hope to see you Friday or Saturday just
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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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When we did find it,
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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S atu rd ay , F e b ru a ry 8, 1964
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I can see why the m an le ft and why i t is fo r s a le .
And I c e rta in ly hope we
d o n 't w ind up g
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I b e lie v e I can w ork w ith
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hi s post.It w a s clou d y and w e could hope for rain .
m uch.
We n eed ed it v e r y ,
But for the night, p e r so n a lly , I hoped it w ould hold off u n til
10:00 b e c a u se w e had in v ited a ll the p r o
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h o u r s v?ith B i l l a t T h e E l m s .
W h a t a jo b , t r y i n g to s e l l t h i s h o u s e t h a t I f i l l e d w i t h l o v e a n d
som e ta s te , I hope, and a g re a t d eal of c a r e .
I t to o k m e a b o u t t h r e e
o r f o u
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with ab o u t 48 w o r s h i p e r s , m o r e than i t ' s e v e r h a d b e f o r e ,
I w ondered if
the w o r s h i p e r s h e a r d the s h e e p b le a tin g a c r o s s the s t r e e t , d u rin g the
se rv ice s.
I hope the p r e s s w
- Washington, the whole planeload fu ll of them, w h o
I hoped
would come to lo ve m y hometown as I lo ved it, and I told h er that
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r e a ll y I w ished she wouldn't take m y p ic tu re as I le ft.
So she got up and
went to the phone and made a ca ll
- had gone into A u stin fo r
a p a r k m e e tin g that m igh t la s t a ll day, h is s e c r e ta r y s a id .
I a sk e d ■
E r n e s t to co m e out and ta lk w ith u s , and ta c tfu lly (I hoped) w en t o v er
th e a ttr a c tiv e p la n s M r. M
- 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
- that is what th is v is it is about - - to exp lain w hat w e h ave
h e r e arid w hat w e hope to do w ith it, to d is c u s s John B en 's taking o v e r the
job.-
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F rom the P a r k w e w ent i n to Johnson C ity and d rove p a st the C ou rth ou
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th e m to th e F o r e m a n , I d e s c r ib e d e v e ry th in g I hoped th e y w ould ta k e p ic tu r e s
o f,
I hope to do th is tw o o r t h r e e t im e s in th e c o u r s e of th e b u ild in g an d
i t w ill n e v e r lo o k w o
- o ils down to the
fa c t that what we la c k i s s ome m o vin g c om m unity s p ir it , so m e p e r so n
with id e a s and ju dgem en t to tak e it o v e r.
B e ck y lo o k s v e r y p re tty , I hope she d o es get to com e to W ashington
so m e
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The tr e e s a r e in and
I hope I had p rep a red them for the fa ct that s in c e it w o n ’t
be fin ish e d for a few w eek s y e t it is raw and b e c a u se it is E a ste r v acation
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the c
- 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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T H E W H IT E
- 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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fa th e r .
S h e got th e r e oh, a lo n g abou t c o c k
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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.
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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
- and o ra n g e ju ic e and 'O
good r e s o l u t i o n s .
I 'm ab o u t fiv e pounds o r m o r e h e a v i e r th an I 'd lik e to be,,
a n d Lyndon is a b o u t 20 p o u n d s h e a v i e r .
I .hope to c o z e n , b u lly and b r a g
on h im
- 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
- , a n d w e 'l l s h a r e the b e s t w a lk - i n c l o s e t a n y b o d y c o u ld
hope f o r .
The p o in t i s it m u s t not be a c r a s h p r o g r a m .
We m u s t w o r k
to w a r d s o m e th in g I 'l l be s a t i s f i e d w ith a n d lo
- 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
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I think you're right, Mr. Lindig.
you.
You have many happy years ahead of
Mr. Lindig, it's been a pleasure talking to you and hope we get to
see you again and; hear more from you.
Mrs. Hunter
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h o m e c o u n t r y to C h u c k .
F o r Lynda,
F or me,
showing o u r
And for Lyndon I hope, p e a c e a n d re la x a tio n .
H e ’s b e e n g o n e tw o m o n t h s .
A b o u t 1 0 : 0 0 , t h e f o u r of u s - - C h u c k a n d L
- e n in g .
I hope th e y w i l l .
T h e r e w a s m o r e to it
th an m a n y I 'v e c ro w d e d w ith e x c ite m e n t and b ig n a m e s and im p o r ta n t e v e n t s .
- in g of
p a p e r s , a g o o d ly a m o u n t of w o rk done a n d th en b a c k fo r a 6:30 a p p o in tm e n t
w ith L iz a nd Doug C a te r in the W est H a ll, to r e a d , w h a t I hope to h e a v e n ,
is th e fin a l d r a f t of th e A la b
- in a l m o s t a y e a r .
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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
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On th e w a y b a c k to th e a ir p o r t w e ta lk e d abou t th e a p p o in tm en t.
I hope th e G o v ern o r w ill go to th e S en a te h im s e lf .
W e w e r e t h e r e a lit t le
o v e r an hour and a h a lf and a t 7:30 r e a c h e d th e W
- m ay la p se b etw een
s e e in g ea ch o th e r.
And then lunch.
And then a tour of the Ranch - -
the g u e st h o u se, J a m es D avis' h ou se, up into the fie ld s p a st the Sudan
and the c o a s ta l B erm uda I'm so hopeful about
- in e - - in to r e a lly a m p le s i z e r o o m s w h ic h I hope w ill m a k e u s
hap p y fo r th e r e s t o f our l i v e s .
ask ed m e.
W hat do I w ant in m y r o o m ?
R oy
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I to ld h im a v ie w , a f ir e p la c e , a l o t of b o o k s
- o o l, W eldon and B e s s and I.
W e h e lic o p t e r e d o v e r to th e H ayw ood , sto p p in g b y A . W . 's to p ic k
up M a r ia lle n , and t r ie d s lip c o v e r m a t e r ia l s .
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W e d n e
- r e d
through r a n d o m bit s o v e r the talking m a c h i n e that t h e r e w e r e quite a few
p e o p l e at the hog p r e s e n t a t i o n , s o I told the kitch en that I hoped w e w e r e
having f r i e d ham (which w e w e r e ) and g r
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^udym&nt,
announced-
aboard,
to
kow
continue
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fact
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a play,
political
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