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Telephone conversation # 650, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 12/23/1963, 12:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CUT POST OFFICE BUDGET, SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT TYLER ABELL AS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL, DISCUSSES ABELL'S BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS; POSTAL UNIONS' PRESSURE FOR FEDERAL PAY RAISE; NEED FOR POST OFFICE TO OPERATE
Telephone conversation # 294, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/5/1963, 2:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DUNGAN TO INQUIRE INTO BACKGROUND OF MIKE MANSFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED MAN TO UNNAMED POST, ASKS DUNGAN'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENT OF BURKE KNAPP OR THOMAS MANN TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS POSTS
Telephone conversation # 7093, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 3/18/1965, 4:31PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD WOODS, NEGRO INDEPENDENT, TO REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; NEED TO APPOINT NEGROES TO REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; SYMINGTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR WOODS; WOODS' PREVIOUS POST WITH PCEEO; SYMINGTON AND INTEGRATION OF AIR FORCE
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • POST
Telephone conversation # 8861, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/14/1965, 7:21PM? (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 9875, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/10/1966, 2:55PM (Item)
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (JAMES DEAKIN?) RELAYING REPORT THAT ABBA SCHWARTZ WILL CLAIM AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS THAT HIS RESIGNATION WAS DUE TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN STATE DEPT, WILL DENY BEING OFFERED OTHER POST; PAST CHARGES ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 9876, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 3/10/1966, 3:09PM? (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INFORMATION HE RECEIVED THAT ABBA SCHWARTZ WILL DENY THAT HE WAS OFFERED OTHER POST BY BALL, RUSK AND WILL CHARGE ANTI-SEMITISM IN STATE DEPT; RESIGNATIONS IN OTHER DEPTS BECAUSE OF GOVT REORGANIZATION; LBJ'S POLICY ON ACCEPTING
Telephone conversation # 10600, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/9/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY ON AIRLINE STRIKE, PROMOTING JAMES REYNOLDS TO LABOR UNDERSECRETARY, MOVING JOHN HENNING? TO OTHER POST; P. L. SIEMILLER; COST OF SETTLEMENT; LBJ'S LUNCHEON WITH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS; TED DEALEY'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 7837, sound recording, LBJ and VANCE HARTKE, 5/27/1965, 6:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HARTKE TO WITHDRAW MINORITY REPORT OPPOSING LEGISLATION TO PERMIT RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO ACCEPT CIVILIAN POST AS HEAD OF FAA; GEORGE MARSHALL PRECEDENT; LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF MCKEE TO SST PROGRAM