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- —she had been the real general.
Our enemy had been trying to turn an idea of mine into an elegant
reality worthy of the White House, and of T iffany's, and I hoped of
the Johnson Administration.
I t turned out to be a formidable enemy.
All
- 1965
'
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
- long b e fo r e , with A. W, to go rid in g aro u n d a ll
the r a n c h e s.
And then a bout 5 o 'c lo c k I s ta rte d doing what I lik e b e s t .
Went f or
a rid e to the L e w is p la c e , with L iz and Bob Ma s s ^ of the S atu rd a y Evening
- Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ gets sunburned; Lady Bird buys clothes and lunches with Dorothy Parker and Mary Griffith; LBJ and Lady Bird ride to Lewis place with the Bob Massies of Saturday Evening Post; dedication of the new Lyndon B
- to see her, and there was Luci in Ashton's office,
a sight I shall never forget, in a little girl d re ss, middy blouse ^^^;^:, .,
and very short skirt, freckles painted across her nose, two fronts
teeth blacked out, an upturned sailor hat with a bobbing
- 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
- 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
- down fo r a
m o v i e lik e th is .
S o m e tim e in th e m o r n i n g Bob M c N a m a r a and G e n e r a l W h e e le r and
a n I s r a e l i G e n e r a l fle w i n w ith i c e on the w in d s h ie ld of t h e i r h e l i c o p t e r .
A b o u t tw
- 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
- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all.
He talked about a str ik e
i
•MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967
; WASBINOTON
Page
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of 1912 or 1913, and I cou ld s e e old heads bobbing through the a u d ien ce
in m e m
- 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
;(
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
- b er 26, 1966
P age 5
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him to take the p o st a s m o n e y -r a is e r for the R ep ub lican P a r ty .
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And
the Bob A n d erso n s of E ise n h o w e r ’s Cabinet and lon g b efo re that our
fr ie n d s in T e x a s .
And the D
- t e a .
Bob K n u d s e n to o k a p i c t u r e ,
I d is p a tc h e d t h e m on a
t o u r of t h e W h ite H o u s e w ith m y e a r n e s t th a n k s an d high h o p e s .
T h e a t h e r e b e g a n u n d o u b ted ly one of t h e f u n n ie
- Vermeil[?] Room.
From
A r t s and Le t t e r s t h e r e were t h e R a lp h E l l i s o n s ,
The
n e g ro a u t h o r , D r . John Hope F r a n k l i n an d h i s w i f e ,
p r o f e s s o r and a u t h o r ,
as her e s c o r t.
Lynda B i r d h a d
- o ln 's s ta tu e .
I hope I h av e th e g r a c e to u n d e r s ta n d the w e ig h t
of a l l the c o n flic tin g s t r a i n s of thought a n d hope th a t w en t th ro u g h h is m in d .
A n d th e n the fiv e o th e r w r e a th s w e re la
- 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
- 1964
T h u r s d a y , J u l y 16th
B e g a n w i t h h e a r i n g G o l d w a t e r s a y on T V in r e g a r d to L y n d o n , " Y e s ,
I kn ow t h e f e l l o w . "
My r e a c t i o n w a s chiefly, " I hope Lyndon d o e s n 't use
t h a t
- 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
- in d e e d I w ill be
c o m in g b a c k to N ew Y o rk .
I am s p o ile d .
I hope once o r tw ice a y e a r .
I
s h a ll t r e a t m y s e lf to so m e of the s a m e , though i t w ill in d e e d n o t b e the s a m e
w ith o u t B e s s a n d
- .
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
- .
And
I hope m a y b e t h e r e w ill b e s o m e u s e of it o t h e r th a n j u s t a s an
e x h ib it in the L i b r a r y .
E v e n s o i t ' s in the c a n , an d I m a r k off on
m y m e n t a l t a b l e t one m o r e c h e c k b y th in g s d o
- h e r e w as
M r s . Bob K i n tn e r ( J e a n K in tn e r ) w h o m I 'v e known f o r so long and b e e n
so fond of, a n d M is s K a t h e r i n e Q uinn, who i s M is s D e m o c r a t , of
n
C o n n e c tic u t.
It m u s t have b e e n s o
- a r r y H a l p r i n .
And J i m i l u M a so n who h ad done the
b u s t of L y n d o n . A nd Bob M e r r i l l of the M e tr o p o lita n O p e r a w h o se
p e r f o r m a n c e s th is y e a r a r e u n f o r g e tta b le - - a n o th e r new m
- ! 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
- 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
- about twelve o’clock at night,
decided they would light the fire. So they did. And the smoke came pouring out, filling the
room and the hall. Lucy said that she thought the British were back again. It wasn’t so
funny to me. And I hope the staff didn’t
- .
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
- rce One, taking Him, quivering
a ll over when he gets on a plane, and Sam H ouston, who can sc a rc e ly walk,
who Lyndon hopes to have helped by m assag e and m edical tre a tm e n t and such
com panionship as we have tim e fo r betw een now
-
It was in the l ib r a r y
T V room , and the script was good enough
to make me anxious to see how it is going to turn out.
o/
Then, at 4 o ' c l o c k / I went back to the Green Room , to r e c e iv e the
s w ord of hope fro m the A m e r ic a n Cancer
- ^and ju st as I hoped it w ould be,
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■
I sp en t the e a r ly
■morning w ith L iz on m y few w ord s to say at the J ew ish lu n ch eon and going
o v er r e p o r ts and fa c ts and fig u r e s for m y in te r v ie w w ith M e r le S e c r e s t
- w orks on the A r t s and C rafts portion of it.
Jane introduced me and then I had a few words to say, which em bodied
m y old hope that one day we w i ll have a National A rts and C r a ft s center where
J
tourists to the USA, like they can in n e
- ,
try in g to p ro te c t the , , . (v ery b lu rre d w ith s ta tic ).
And I hope som e tim e
in J a n u a ry o r F e b ru a r y we w ill a r r iv e a t som e p ro sp e c tiv e se p a ra tio n
of th is lo n g -co n tin u ed e s ta te .
Lyndon jo in ed
- move off, and I could plant the whole thing in pine
They' re the tail- end, the v e ry last residue of a dying economy,
trees,
and their only hope lie s in whether their children w ill learn some voc ational
sk ill at the Autangoville High School w h
- for President Kennedy and now for Lyndon. The Kenny O’Donnells, the O’Briens,
the Maguires, the Jenkinses, Bill Moyers alone, Jack Valenti. We just had a drink, watched
the fire, talked about the day’s events, the Congress, the problems, the actions, and I hope
- and yellow with a flowered moire
t a f f e ta .
I hope i t will be enjoyed, perhaps in some guest room in the
White House, in the future.
Then Helen raised the shades—and the
view was magnificently the same, now and forever.
I was up e a rly , worked
- fo r u s .
r
X.,
%
A
When we did find it,
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
r" '
S atu rd ay , F e b ru a ry 8, 1964
P age 2
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
- popcorn and a d rin k , w atch in g a m o v ie .
If
e v e r I object^shaking th re e thousand hands I hope I r e m e m b e r th at I have
MEMORANDUM
T H E W HITE HOUSE
t
W ASHING TON
Saturday, A p r il 4, 1964
Page 2
th is s ort of a p r iv ile g e
- into the ca r, w h irled
out the gate and started, we hoped, fo r the R ev eren d G eo rg e Davis'
Christian Church.
But we had only about three minutes to make it and
we didn’ t know ex a ctly the address, so instead we w h irled around and went
down
