Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-043-044
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks before representatives of the National Conference on Cooperatives and the Future in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President discusses the relationship between the government and farmer cooperatives, and proposes the implementation of cooperative farming systems as viable foreign aid mechanisms. Materials in this folder include a draft and press copy of the speech, in addition to a copy of Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman's address opening the conference.