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...gala was only a warmup. Next day Lyndon and Hubert and their entourage crisscrossed the city tirelessly, ebulliently, paying calls at receptions and parties that seemed to be glowing everywhere, like so many hearthsides on a winter's day. There was a good deal of social handicapping about which ones were the really chic occasions (among the leaders: a joint reception given by Philanthropist Mary Lasker and Washington Lawyer Abe Fortas, parties thrown by Gwen Cafritz and Perle Mesta...
...Reluctance. Hubert, naturally, was in great good humor. "I weighed the decision on the vice-presidency very carefully," he confessed to a group of Young Democrats. "Not long-but carefully." He was not sure just what qualities he had for the job, he said, "but I know one that I didn't have-reluctance!" Hubert allowed as how he had done some research on former Vice Presidents, and on their contributions to the office. He had found them, he said wryly, a most illustrious group. "Who can forget those storied Vice Presidents of the past?" he cried. "William...
...tried to depict themes representative of the Great Society. Texas trundled by proudly with a model of the LBJ Ranch, including a plastic Pedernales River, and a beagle with a tail that wagged. Minnesota's banner heralded the state as the SOURCE OF MAN POWER AND BRAINPOWER, while Hubert's old college band cut loose with The Minnesota Rouser. Education and recreation were the principal themes, Southern states, by and large, had the prettiest girls, and each state had some touch that was indubitably...
...Tonight and I've Got the World on a String. Luci, the Watusi expert, burned up the floor with her best beau, Paul Betz, a student at Maryland's Mount Saint Mary's College.* Lynda and Manhattan Stockbroker (and onetime White House aide) David Lefeve, and Hubert and Muriel Humphrey joined the rest...
...Statler Hilton, Johnson introduced Humphrey as "the greatest Vice President 1 have ever known," and Hubert replied: "I had a feeling that after that gracious introduction, what you are really saying is that you are going to do the dancing and let me dj the speaking." Lady Bird got in a word too: "Thank you-this is a day for joy for the Johnsons and the Humphreys." And Muriel: "Imagine following three of the greatest speakers in the whole United States! Have a good time tonight. It's a great day, and great days are ahead...