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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 .
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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
- 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
- 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 .
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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
- 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
- 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
