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Lyndon w a s in h is o ffic e - I knew a sta tem en t w as being p rep a red .
He
gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed
r
b y the b ru tal sla y in g tonight of D r. M artin Luther King.
I a s k e v
- & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
- ie t s e r io u s v o ic e s a id ” We t r a v e l
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
:
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F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968
.
WASHINOTON
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w ith a h e a v y h e a r t to d a y , b e c a u s e of th e tra g e d y of D r, King*s d e a th .
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- Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents
- Lady Bird talks to LBJ at Camp David; Lady Bird & foreign press board buses for Goliad; view flowers & cattle; funeral service for Martin Luther King; ceremony at restored Presidio La Bahia; speeches by Stewart Udall & Lady Bird; migrant children
- arborough ca m e up to g r e e t m e .
H e had c a n c e lle d out
a fter the a s s a s s in a tio n of M artin Luther King and I did not e x p e c t to s e e
h im .
I m an aged to be m o r e c o rd ia l than I had been at our la s t m eetin g
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- MEMORAN DUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WA S H IN GTON
T u e sday, M ay 19, 1964
P a ge 1
The day began with desk w ork with L iz , B ess and Ashton.
Then I w alked o ve r to Lyndon*s o ffic e to g r e e t the King of Burundi,
on the law n s m a ll
- Lady Bird does desk work; visit of King of Burundi; paintings for the White House; Lady Bird works with Dick Goodwin on Lady Bird's upcoming Kentucky speech; military reception on White House lawn; Johnson family greets the guests; Lady Bird
- graduates they have turned out among the n egro r a c e t han have
som e of the other cou n tries re c e n tly re le a s e d fro m coloni az a t i o n ,
Sitting out on a d e c k l o o king at the ligh ts o f A tlan tic C ity , w hile Lyn don
talked to a v e
- acquainted sessio n ,
exchange of gifts.
How delighted I was with those they brought! A paper weight made of
copper slag from King S olom on 's m ine, sm elted on silver and dated during
the 10th Century B . C . , was fo r Lyndon.
A lso a m od ern silver c
- , or rather he talked.
That treadworn
We talked about the
He told us how in the days
of the French Kings, Louis XIV and XV, i t had been made by using
mercury, I think i t was, and after many painstaking years, the workmen
would go blind.
Then he
- with Jesse Kellam and the Thornberrys; upcoming Lady Bird trip with President Truman to Greece for funeral of King Paul; Executive Order creating Committee for the Preservation of the White House
- r s l i n e d
up in c o s tu m e s .
And M e r lin , m y old fr ie n d , had told m e I c e r t a i n l y .
w o u l d n e v e r h a v e s e e n the King A r t h u r l i k e t h i s o n e .
It w a s s l a p s t i c k ,
a n d e v e n I w i t h m y
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
- t h e n
w e n t d o w n to s e e th e l a s t p a r t of B e c k e t t , a l o n g w i t h L u c i a n d h e r b e a u .
N o w h e r e n e a r a s g oo d a s t h e s t a g e p l a y , I t h o u g h t , w i t h th e King no t a s
s t r o n g a s S i r
- king m y c a rd f i l e o f k in fo lk s ,
th a t m ig h t e a s ily be fo rg o tte n ,
o ld fr ie n d s
s t a f f , people th a t have he lp ed
u s th ro u g h the y e a rs o u t o f j u s t fr ie n d s h ip o r p a t r io t is m
in w r it i n g
- up on a plate by Zephyr.
w h ile I w atch ed te le v is io n ,
-5^^k it to b ed and ate
^
C h ief King gave m e a rub and I w as ready for s le e p b y 11:30.
One o f the p r e ttie s t sig h ts of the day had b een Lynda B ird , who had
co m e
- , a n d t h e n he w a s s u m m o n e d
b a c k into t h e M a e l s t r o m .
He t a l k e d of s o m e of t h e p r o b l e m s .
He b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e R e v . M a r t i n L u t h e r King is th e o nly
one
up t h e r e h i s f o l k s w
- d h im a n d h e d i d n 't
We l e f t h im i n H e l e n 's k eep in g .
c o m e o v e r l a t e r a n d s p e n d the n ig h t w ith h im .
W a r r i e L y n n w o u ld
O ddly he s e n s e d I th in k
th a t w e w e r e n o t loo king a t h im
- , a n d o n e m y s e l f I
h a d put on th e l i s t a n d w a s s o g la d to s e e - - D r . an d M r s . John King
o f o u r o w n H u s t o n - T i l l o t s o n in A u s t in .^
I than k ed Er n e s t C u n e o a s h e c a m e d ow n th e l i n e f
- in in g once w a s king.
It’ s b e c o m e a s ic k
in d u s t r y , nothing h a s r e a l l y c o m e along to r e p l a c e it .
And now , two o r
m o r e g e n e r a t io n s h a v e l i v e d h e r e , tra p p e d in a s o r t of fate o f s t a le
