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- e r e
in Rom e and had taken us to the Baptist orphanage there.
She's leading the
s ort of life I would have liked to have led when I e m e rg e d from C o lle g e y e ars
ago, i f I hadh't gotten m a r r ie d instead,
I had hoped the g i r ls
- 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
- .
And from
the House there were the Jack Brooks, and the Bob Poages.
It is
i nteresting how at times lik e this one breaks through normal barriers
of c iv ilitie s and expresses real feelings and they were sad to see us
go.
And the George Mahons.
From my
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night.
And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s ,
the o
- (Continued)
a fterw a rd , but Bob J a ck so n w as at m y hand the w hole s t a y .., I told them
h.ow d elig h ted I w as to b e h e r e on th is im p ortant day in the life of P a d re
'■
Islan d .
iv-
■
Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
- d to M a rg ie M c N a m a ra a o u t the g u e s t l i s t f o r th e p a r ty w e hope
to g iv e f o r th em in la te F e b r u a r y .
S h e 's s t i l l in the h o s p ita l.
. s o ,p a in f u lly jh ijv a n d .d ra w n ,. w h en I!d s e e n h
- Lady Bird to memorial service for Merle Patman at Congressional Club; speeches by Ruth Burleson & Wright Patman; controversy over Robert Merrill's songs for evening entertainment; upcoming party for the Bob McNamaras; Lady Bird has medical
- w hat w e hoped to g et out
o f th is - - w e, the G overn m ent, w e, the p e o p le .
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F e w er dropouts 13
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1965
T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th (con tin u
- 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
- flo w e re d cloth,...
.
'
aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^
And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g
©
b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob.
K
- 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
- .
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
- 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
- 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
- ,
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
- 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
- ,
Suddenly in the drone of r ep ea ted g reetin g s
and fa c e s filin g by, th e r e in front of you i s a m an w ith no le g s , on a board
w ith r o lle r s down c lo s e to the flo o r and only one a rm .
You hope your fa c e
d o es not show shock or d
- E n gland and Irela n d
was now a thing o f the pa st o r not,
H is answ e r was in te restin g .
I hope I said it b e tte r than that.
He said, "T h e fa rth e r aw ay we draw le g a lly ,
the c lo s e r we com e as frie n d s , "
I was ch arm ed
- 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
- at an e a r ly map o f Sir W alter
R a le ig h s * colony, and I had looked e a r l i e r / ^ t t h e ^ a r v e lo u s drawings of
lo g g e r h e ad tur tles, Indian co n ju rer, Indian spearing fish fr o m a boat, and
pelicans; and hoped that the guests
- ith D r . Stanton ,
I,
w h om I hope v e r y m u ch to b e a b le to p e r su a d e to c o m e dow n and h e lp us
out in s o m e c a p a c ity .
Our p o o l o f th e h igh c a lib r e b r a in s lik e h is is not
to o d e e p and w id e and w e do
- 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
;
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
- 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
- .
snow s t i l l fa llin g .
- -.-^
And B e s s and I.
And then L iz
And then I w ent to s le e p , w ith the
And m y h ea rt w as sinking about our p arty ton igh t.
I had
hoped fo r it to b e one of the m o s t glam orou s w e had e v e r had
- 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
- im so m u c h , an d I hope
; th a t w e an d h e a n d a l l the s ta f f w ill w eig h al l th is wa;ve of
.......: /p u b lic ity ju d ic io u s ly and p h ilo s o p h ic a lly .
^0
-T
; I s p e n t the m
orning
to P e t e rH
ud.^
V
- and I, and then I went
to bed thinking that this was enough of a day to have lasted a month!
And
just hoping that my guests at noon,/di d notice the Andrew Jackson urn from
the H erm itage, and the Madison tureen a n d the John Adams tureen and
perhaps
- , 1964
^
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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.
'
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
- A , in A p r i l , w as a g r e e d to.
It*s
one o f the tw e lv e states that D ick M c G u ir e said that he hoped v e r y m uch I 'd
go in to, ^
T h e A tla n ta , G e o r g i a one- - f o r the d e d ic a tio n o r ground b re a k in g c e r e m o n y
- and to in v ite them to sta y at the W hite H o u se .
I hope by now that th ey know th ere is alw ays room for th e m ,
M arilyn und ertook to r e tr ie v e th em from N ew Y ork .
to w ork on sea tin g and ju st how w e w ould handle i t .
And B e s s and I
- l o u n d e r i n g h e l p l e s s l y .
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T h a t ’ s the b e s t i d e a I 'v e h e a r d in a
long t im e and I hope I l i v e to s e e it b e a r f r u i t io n .
I t ' s a s o r t of a - -
it r e m i n d s m e o f the C C C C a m p d
- t h t h e W h ite House
on them, a n d i n s i d e t h e n u m b e r s p l a y e d .
landed in a l o t of g i r l s
le tte rs
t h i n g ^ she
I hope t h e y
scrap b o o k s or i n a l o t o f
s e n t home t o mama!
And th e b l u e o f
course
- s t hope th e y w e r e so u n d a s le e p .
I h a d a s k e d M a rily n to g e t w ith H e le n , a n d ch o o se a b o u t fo u r of m y
r
e v e n in g d r e s s e s
a n d s u g g e s t th a t J e w e l a n d
B e t t ^ t r y th em o n , a n d
- n s .
m y h e a r t b e g a n to s i n g .
A nd th e n
?
Th a t w a s w hen
T h e y w e r e so b e a u tif u l! I hope I h a v e th e g r a c e
to know th a t e v e r y d a y I sp e n d h e r e i s a p r iv ile g e .
A nd n e v e r m o re s o
- ou ld , no doubt, h a v e b e e n in tr o d u c e d a s C o n g r e s s m a n
C a in , b y the M ilita r y A id e; and C o n g r e s s m a n or n o , he w o u ld h a v e fou nd
p le n ty of fr ie n d s .
^ ■
So I hope th is w ill be a l e s s o n
- is f e e t to k e e p fr o m b e in g b lo w n
d ow n .
It r o s e , and a w a y he w e n t, to T e x a s .
I hope to p e a c e and su n s h in e
A nd I u p s t a ir s fo r a d e lig h tfu l h ou r - - o r s o it bega.n, w ith
L y n d a and L u c i
- a s c lo s e to the tr u t h a s one c a n hope f o r .
It w a s
a b o u t a n A p lu s , a n d If Jo h n c a n tak e a n d h a n d le T im e , h e ca n do a n y th in g .
T h e n I b e g a n to th in k a b o u t how to p r y lo o s e m y f r ie n d
- t f o r h i m , a n d I lo v e to s e e h i m r e l i s h i t .
//
I hope
h e g o t a l l the j o y o u t of i t t h a t h e s h o u l d .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the s i g n i n g w a s o v e r , w e w e r e w h i s k e d off
to M r s , K
- r e s s and t e l e v i s i o n w e hope w i l l s e l l th e b o o k .
A
.
A
^
c a m e b r in g in g th e guestli s t .
B ess
I w e n t o v e r i t c a r e fu lly , t r y i n g a s u s u a l t o th in k
o f s o m e p a r tic u la r t i e , s
