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  • to gton lor se-,reral weeka after his All the m-~ : I aSking for the JObs NOM U-10 Post-master Ge-neral down to the janit_:)r ;f the F~deral Building in Austin -were here vaiti- for us - 13 bags of mail, and Carton Ke ach mrS I started OlL thern i
  • with the post office construction here? T: Yes, he did. Of course, all this money came under federal appropriations. It wasn't something that was just given them; it was something very badly needed. He never was unreasonable about what he asked
  • people at that time, in a way everybody else is playing marbles. M: This is where the action is--over here? K: It's tremendously important ~ and if you really look at Cabinet posts, I think the Assistant Secretary, for example, handling European
  • office as. Secretary of State. The Planning Board had a representative in Washington, Colonel Paul Wakefield. Then, when he resigned that post, the Planning Board asked me to go to Washington. I had dealings with the Works Progress Administration
  • , he came home and said, "There is a notice up at the post office. Go take the 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • of the first, in the Washington Post. As November came along, the ugly mood of the country manifested itself in the election. There was a general distrust of Congress and government, especially against Acheson and the State Department. In that election
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • . At that time--of course, the pre-war attitudes about seniority and all like this had not yet collapsed on post-war, although they were in the process. The managing editor of INS wrote back to my bureau chief and said to tell Busby he has got to wait in line
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • not that he didn't intend to engage in a filibuster, but that he said there was no significance to it. Oh, I think I said something about "He'll talk to Senator Russell," or something. Anyway, the next day the Washington Post had a story on page one about
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • is it?" "It says that the President sent three emissaries to New York to get a copy of your manuscript. It's on the front page of the Washington Post [and it'sJ by Maxine Cheshire. And it says one publisher said he couldn't print it, but he would pay five
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)