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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
- Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
- 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
Page 2
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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- botter c ban ce for educ c. tion, xm
ma king i t s t o1m moro livcab l c- -a ll th ese tra il s we s eck out ev cr J da_y ,
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:;!rn.11 con tinuo to s eek th cc o ut . And we shall c lcar th cm.
One of our for oign
plcasod me
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- will be thin king of you.
We arc 00 pcopk, all tbc studen ts of the National M usi c Camp
- not the le a s t b it frig h te n e d
lo o k in g .
I d id n 't w a nt to add an e x tra g e rm so I j u s t patted h im and
s a t down and h e ld h is hand.
H e showed m e the a rtic le about L u c i by
H e le n Th o m a s as to how she w as ta king C
- 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
- 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
- o t t e r 's question,- as
to whether I was going to the p erfo rm a n ce or not.
our State Dinner fo r King H ussein.
It is the night a fter
I don’ t know i f there is any return
function o r not, so I spent the next two hours v ig o r o u s ly
- 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
- le ft and I d ecid ed I m igh t a s w e ll liv e it up.
I c a lle d in
C h ief King,-^and got a m a s s a g e , and when he had fin ish ed , tip toed to L yndon's
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
:' WA SHI NOT ON -
M onday, A p r il 1, 1968
d oor
- 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
- in h im ." So w e d ro v e
down b y the g r a v e y a r d - - no u n f a m i l i a r s ig h t f o r M i s s i s s i p p i a n s , and th e
h o u s e w h e r e L y n d o n w a s b o r n a n d a r o u n d loo king a t the c a t t l e .
d i s p l a y e d
- s e le c t s o m e th in g to w e a r to the D ip lo m a tic R ecep tio :
on T u e s d a y n ig h t; a n d th e n fo r th e a f t e r d in n e r e n te r ta in m e n t f o r King O laf
on T h u r s d a y n ig h t.
A n d so , i t w a s a fu ll m o rn
- .
What a jo y i t is to h a v e a n u r s e h e r e w ith h i m .
is a d o ra b le but stre n u o u s.
h a d h a d a l it t l e g i r l .
He
S om eone c a l le d th a t M a r y M a r g a r e t V a le n ti
C h ie f King c a m e and gave m e a b r i e f
- 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
