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- 1965
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
- 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
- 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
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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
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- a lon g w ay from th ose days to C arn egie H all.
He talked about a str ik e
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THE WHITE HOUSE
W ed n esd a y , M ay 10, 1967
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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
- 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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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,...
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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
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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.
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- 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
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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
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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
- r ly , s m ilin g lad y put out h er hand and sa id
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TH E W H I T E H O U S E
WASHINGTON
T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964
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I'm M r s . C h a r le s M a r s h ."
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Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t.
I hope m y
- 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
- 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 .
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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
- 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
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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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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
- 1964
Sat urday, July 25~
Was an easy and pleasant day.
About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's
office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press
conference.
Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
- 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
- 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
- hope
fu lly for b r id g e . It b eg in s
I b e lie v e I can w ork w ith
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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
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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
- 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
- :30.
I r e a d the p a p e r hoping to g e t
i n a w o r d w ith L y ndon, b u t h e w a s too b u s y on the phone.
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So a f t e r e n u m e r a b l e
c u p s of co ffe e I w e n t to m y r o o m a n d c a l l e d G e o rg e H a r tz o g a n d l
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:
A fte r dinner ev ery b od y s e ttle d down to w atch a sp y m o v ie ,
w h ile I w en t o ff fo r m y r e g u la r S aturday night date w ith GUNSMOKE,
and th en b a ck to s e e the r e s t o f the sp y m o v ie .
And then, though I
hoped Lyndon w
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John left early after, I gather , a lot of talk but no very defi nite
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The conclusion I hope for is for h im to ta ke ac ti ve charge
conclusio ns.
of Lyndo n's campaign.
And tb r;n at te n o'clock there wa s a pr es
- ig h t, w hen
I a s k e d h im w h at tim e it w as in h is own c o u n tr y , th o ug ht
fo r a m i n u t e , and s a id " M a d a m e , it is 4 o 'c lo c k in the
m o r n i n g . ” I hope nobody e x p e c ts m e on a f o r e ig n t r i p ,
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to b
- r e d p ic tu re s
to g e th e r with it, hand it out to two o r th ree p eople who a r e in t e r e s t e d in
h elpin g us s e ll it, e s p e c i a l l y to A b e F o r t a s ' f i r m , in the hopes that we can
m o v e it b e f o r e the month
- 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
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