Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Number of Pages:

103

Description:

30 minute interview with LBJ on appointment as Deputy Postmaster General; contact with Senator Kennedy about congressional retirement program; background of appointment as Assistant Postmaster General for Operations (congressional endorsements); LBJ's problems about pulling his dog's ears (resolved by Life membership in Vanderburgh County Humane Society); reminiscences of Postmasters General (Farley, Summerfield, Day, Gronouski, O'Brien, Watson, Donaldson); analysis of post office operations and problems; role of Civil Service in P.O. personal appointments; Equal Employment Opportunity record in P.O.; record of automation and modernization in P.O.; value of zip codes for improved mail delivery; mail improvement programs; impact of Vietnam War on postal policies; postal censorship; mail fraud; Kappel Commission

Contributor:

Belen, Frederick C. (Frederick Christopher), 1913-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Frederick C. Belen

Subject:

Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details