Lyndon B. Johnson: Letter to Bob Hope.

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31 - Letter to Bob Hope.
December 8, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-64: Book I

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Dear Bob:

I see by the papers you are making progress in the hospital. I pray that all goes well with you. Particularly I am hopeful you will be hearty enough to once again be a cheerful companion to the Armed Forces. Christmas overseas without Hope is simply not Christmas. God be with you.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Note: Mr. Hope was undergoing treatment for an eye ailment in a hospital in San Francisco.

The letter was read by the Press Secretary to the President, Pierre Salinger, at his news conference held at the White House at 4:58 p.m. on December 8, 1963.

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26210.

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