Telegram from Lyndon Johnson to Lady Bird Taylor

In this telegram to Lady Bird Taylor, Lyndon B. Johnson wires that he arrived in Washington and will telephone Sunday night. He is protesting to the post office on delay of letters from Karnack.

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THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE 1201-S CLASS OF SERVICE This is a full-rate WESTERN SIGNS DL = Day Letter Telegram or Cable- NM = Night Message gram unless its de- NL = Night Letter ferred character is in- dicated by a suitable UNION'i Deferred Cable sign above or preced- Cable Night Letter ing the address. R. B. WHITE Ship Radiogram NEWCOMB CARLTON J. C. WILLEVER PRESIDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT The filing time as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all messages, is STANDARD Received at Corner Washington Ave. & Rusk St., Marshall, Texas 1934 SEP 14 PM 3 TIME1 DA71 57 DL=B WASHINGTON DC 14 348P MINUTES IN TRANSIT FULL-RATE DAY LETTER MISS BIRD TAYLOR= KARNACK TEX= DELIGHTFUL TRIP ARRIVED LAST NIGHT STOP HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY TO ARRANGE SCHOOL STOP 1 WILL TELEPHONE YOU SUNDAY NIGHT SEVEN THIRTY YOUR TIME 1F YOU WILL WIRE TELEPHONE NUMBER YOU WILL ANS WER AND TIME AND PLACE STOP AM PROTESTING TO POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ON DELAY IN DELIVERY OF LETTERS POSTED AT KARNACK FOR DELIVERY TO WASHINGTON LOVE= LYNDON BAINES. THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE