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  • . The day that I was leaving the Treasury a big party was given in my honor and I was standing in the reception line shaking hands with all the people and one of my assistants came along and said, "Dix, Dix!" He said, "Telephone!lI the President!" I said
  • ] F: You all just sat and talked about-- Q: Well, we sat and talked and telephoned people. F: And tried to find out things? More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Were you able to get any idea of what
  • with the number of balls he had in the air. He had George Reedy scurrying about with memos, and somebody else whispering in his ear; there were telephone conversations going on, and he seemed to be very much at ease handling four or five things at the very same
  • the big things. The telephone people hadn't been to take out the White House phone yet. due that afternoon .. Th~ White House phone rang. Valenti himself; not his secretary, but Jack. They were It was Jack He said, "Cecil, the President just heard
  • him. Bell Telephone and a bunch of the people opposed it. They came down. I've forgotten who was head of the Bell Telephone at that time. But he showed them, he said, "Boys, you can make money withholding on this dividend. You'll have that cash at your
  • getting names on this petition. In some congressman's office, finally the White House telephone caught up with me and the President was on the phone. He said, "Tommy, how are you doing?" I said, "I'm doing wonderfully well." And he said, "Well, I want