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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 .
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gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed
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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
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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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- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
- 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
