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

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