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- 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 . • ■■ - 3 - F e w er dropouts 13 ------ -------------------------------------- --- ---- --------- --------- 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th (con tin u
- ts w e r e l e f t f o r o u r own L t. A t k in s an d Bob K n u d sen a n d O k am o to , a n d a m o m e n t f o r u s to h av e a b it of a d rin k . f A nd th en th e r e c e iv in g lin e c o n tin u e d . I w as d e e p ly p ro u d . O u r o
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- 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
- i t to Lyndon, who took i t with gusto and pretended that he was drinking i t . I hope that none of the cars that passed us recognized any of us. I t would have been an unsettling sight. c Back at the White House Lyndon lay down. y e t. He's
- fo r the D an es on Ju n e 9 th, D orris gav e m e little hope and M ary none, but N eva s a id that they would. MEMORANDUM T H E W H IT E H O U S E W ASHINGT O N Sunday, M ay 31, 1964 P age 2 Lynda had sta y e d in A u stin m o s t of the tim 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
- " . Up to now sh e a n d W a rrie h av e m a n a g e d to do a lo t of th in g s q u ite f r e e ly , q u ite u n b o th e re d by p e o p le , I hope th a t i t c o n tin u e s , ‘^/ ■ L a te in th e e v e n in g w e w en t fo r a dip in the p o o l. B
- d 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
- 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
- e w a s rid in g h igh . It s a t is f ie d a d e e p in b r e d d e s i r e to sh ow h is r e s p e c t and fr ie n d s h ip fo r a d ea d friend^ and he hoped by h is p r e s e n c e to g iv e e v id e n c e o f h is s p e c ia l f e e lin g a s
- the m o st of it ! I le a r n e d la te r that C o n g ressm a n F r elin g h u y sen had a lon g li s t of w hat he hoped w e re h u m orous su g g e stio n s of w h ere to sig n b ills an had d l is t e d the Statue of L ib erty for this v e r y b ill
- h a t none o f us gave an y r e a l th o u g h t t o -- t h e m i r a c l e of T e l - S t a r i t s e l f and y e t what hope t h a t m u s t h o l d . I f man c a n d o t h i s ca n h e - 5 - p o s s i b l y t u r n h i s t a l e n t s tos o l
- , 1964 ^ Page 3 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
- ard a little b it, about the L ib ra ry , ajid h e and I cam e c l o s e s t to lau gh in g. And then Wilbur Cohen, iabout the L ib r a r y ,'h o w m uch I hoped the r e c o r d s of HEW, w h ose w ork had con tain ed so m uch of the things
- 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
- e r n e r ) w a s the C h a ir m a n , and M rs . N o rm a n V in c e n t P e a le w a s th e m a in s p e a k e r , I hope I ta k e a le s s o n fro m h e r b o o k . A la r g e p a r t o f h e r s p e e c h w a s th r e e s t o r i e s - v ig n
- m y day in a n u tsh ell, hoping so m u ch that it w ould do so m e good for th e P ilg r im a g e fo r w h ich I have s o m u ch a d m ira tio n . F o r on ce p u b licity w a s a to o l and not a burden. V And th en , le a v in g it ra th er
- 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
- l o u n d e r i n g h e l p l e s s l y . Page 3 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
- l the things I hear about h im ., ,Hte personal bravery and the that he gets out among h is peo ple. never got around to fact I am sorry I seeing Johnny Meacham to hear what the hopes were for f in d in g o i l in Jordan. just A ll toge ther
- a ch an g e of p a c e an d i s e x c itin g to m e , b u t L y n d o n d o e s n 't g et f r o m i t w h at he g e ts f r o m th e r a n c h . p h o n ed L u c i. ; T hey I w e r e s t i l l a t W au k eg a n snow ed in a n d hoped to r e t u r n
- so m e d ay , he h im s e lf , w o u ld c o m e to l e c t u r e th e r e - f o r a s u m m e r - f o r a n ig h t - a n y th in g . I a ls o s a id , " I hope th a t you*re going to le a v e th e p a p e r s th a t r e l a t e to the p a r t of y o
- a t k in d of c o o p e ra tio n fro m p r iv a te e n t e r p r i s e you th in k y o u a r e m a k in g so m e h e a d w a y . J im m y P ip k in w as th e r e to r e c e iv e it . A nd I hope h e f e lt the w a r m th of m y s m ile a n d h a n d
- , G eo rg e M ahon o f T ex a s and H elen , who is one o f the R egen ts of the S m ith so n ia n . en jo y s it a s m u ch a s L yndon. I hope he And th e B ill F u llb rig h ts — no s u r p r is e that he shou ld be a R eg en t - - v e r y a p p
- lly to m e . b e e n i n h is m in d a l l n ig h t lo n g . m It w a s a s though I hope the r e f r a i n h a d n 't F e e lin g lik e the b o y th a t le a v e s th e b u rn in g d e c k , I w e n t to m y ow n ro o m to t r y to g e t a n o th
- 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
- e d in to the pool, of p o s s i b l e peop le to c o n s i d e r a s h e a d of the s c h o o l of p u b lic a f f a i r s . I m u s t ta lk to D r. R a n s o m soon a b o u t th e m , a n d a s we h av e W hite H o u se d i n n e r s , I hope th
- the c o r n e r o f the bank, an d a n o th e r in a l it t le is la n d , in the m id d le o f the d r iv e in . I hope v is it o r s to J o h n so n C ity a r e a s im p r e s s e d a s I w a s ] U p s ta ir s to the a p a r tm e n t, fo r a s u r v
- , the next day. No, it wasn't-- I'll tell you there was a mixup on the thing, because they had hoped to be able to make the announcement for the Sunday papers because of the fact that they have such wide distribution as compared with the daily papers
- a r r ie d b y tw o a tten d a n ts. Bandero - - the Q u een o f the F la g . / . T h e r e w a s La Reina de la - cU T h e Q u e e n s of Fa ith , Hope and Ch a r ity . A nd th en La Reina s e n te n s ia ta - - s y m b o l of m a r ty r d o m