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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23E-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Postmaster General J. Edward Day. They discuss the announcement of Day’s resignation and the plans of Frederick C. Belen.The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 23E, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-23E, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 23E.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23E-1
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Postmaster General J. Edward Day. They discuss the announcement of Day’s resignation and the appointment of his successor.The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 23E, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-23E, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 23E.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23E
Dictation Belt 23E contains eight sound recordings from July 25, 1963. Item 23E.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Postmaster General J. Edward Day. They discuss the announcement of Day’s resignation and the appointment of his successor. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 23E.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Postmaster General J. Edward Day. They discuss the announcement of Day’s resignation and the plans of Frederick C. Belen. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 23E.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and David L. Cole. They discuss the possibility of Cole serving as director of a civil rights community relations service and arrange a meeting. [White House Operator?] speaks to Cole as he holds for President Kennedy. Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23D-6
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clair Engle of California. They discuss the impending resignation of Postmaster General J. Edward Day and their thoughts on choosing a successor.Following this conversation, there is a fragment of another conversation; the entire conversation, including this fragment, is recorded on Dictation Belt 23E.1.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 23D, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-23D, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 23D.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-047-010
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks in the White House Cabinet Room during the swearing-in ceremony of John A. Gronouski as United States Postmaster General. The press copy also includes Gronouski's response.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-062a-014
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ralph A. Dungan, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include appointments for Postmaster General and the Federal Reserve Board, the foreign aid bill, and the California-Chile project under the Alliance for Progress. Of note is a newsletter from Senator Wayne Morse detailing his trip to Peru as Special Ambassador for the United States for the inauguration of President Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Also included in this folder is an INR (Bureau of Intelligence and Research) summary of Dr. Arturo Illia and his program for Argentina.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-101-005
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 29, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative James Trimble of Arkansas. They briefly discuss the U.S. Post Office Postmaster General position. After this meeting, there is a very brief discussion between President John F. Kennedy, Leonard Woodcock, Jack Conway, and Walter Reuther. President Kennedy asks if it is acceptable for him to get his hair trimmed while he speaks to the others. The recording ends soon after. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 101, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 101 in its entirety.