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JFKWHA-231-006
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Flower Garden to the Illinois Trade Mission to Europe. In his speech President Kennedy discusses Illinois’ contributions to American exports, and explains the necessity to improve the country’s balance of payments status.
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JFKWHA-229
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of October 9, 1963 (News Conference 62). The President begins the press conference with a statement that the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries have expressed a willingness to buy several million tons of surplus American wheat from private grain dealers. He goes on to say the transaction would benefit the balance of payments and the American taxpayers, as well as improve relations with other countries. Following this statement the President answers questions on a variety of topics including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Vietnam, the upcoming meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, military coups in Latin America, and space exploration.
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JFKWHA-227-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address to a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy explains how the IMF helps to ensure international economic stability, and discusses how his administration plan to limit straining the country’s balance of payments by increasing exports, maintaining stable prices, limiting foreign expenditures, decelerating foreign demand on the country’s capital markets, and increasing the attractiveness of foreign investment in the United States.
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JFKWHA-216-005
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address before the White House Conference on Exports held in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President identifies four ways that the nation can benefit from expanded exports: increased number of jobs, increase in nation's overall profits, an increase in international income, and a reduction or elimination of the nation's deficit in balance of payments program. He also explains that although export expansion primarily concerns individual firms, the Federal government retains certain responsibilities, such as: ensuring tax policies which promote increased efficiency, negotiating for the reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers against American products, refraining from placing unnecessary barriers on exports, and furnishing positive assistance in the form of credits and guarantees. The President additionally urges his audience to consider foreign aid assistance programs as a different type of export.
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JFKWHA-206-006
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s telephone call to Yolo Port in Sacramento, California upon the opening of the deep-water channel. In his remarks the President discusses the channel’s ability to revitalize Sacramento as a significant international port, and the benefit the channel will have to the regional and national economies.
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JFKWHA-186
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of May 22, 1963 (News Conference 56). During this press conference President Kennedy answers questions from the press on a variety of topics including the controversial integration at the University of Alabama, the 1963 Wheat Referendum, the 1964 Presidential election, troops in Vietnam, foreign aid, and the progress of the nuclear test ban proposal.
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JFKWHA-098-003
Sound recording of an interview of President John F. Kennedy by television journalist David Schoenbrun of CBS concerning the economic, political, and social aspects of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
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JFKWHA-097-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address at the National Trade Policy, Inc. Conference held at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the necessity for a greater Atlantic partnership between the United States and European nations, and identifies five major benefits of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962: increasing economic growth, avoiding inflation, improving balance of payments, increasing investments at home, and increasing the American standard of living.
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JFKWHA-092-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to a group of foreign agricultural service attachés and livestock product cooperators concerning the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and other methods to increase agricultural exports.
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JFKWHA-090
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy's address at the new dockside terminal on Nashville Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the importance of trade to the nation’s future growth, the implications of the European Common Market for the country’s economy, and the positive aspects of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
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JFKWHA-084
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of March 29, 1962 (News Conference 29). The President begins the press conference by announcing the retirement of Associate Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whittaker for health reasons. He then briefly discusses the importance of the tax revision bill before the House of Representatives and the obstacle of nuclear test inspections to the test ban treaty. Following the announcements the President answers questions from the press on a variety of topics including steel industry negotiations, the Supreme Court reapportionment decision in Baker v. Carr [369 U.S. 186 (1962)], the prospect of a balanced budget, and trade legislation increasing carpet and glass tariffs.
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JFKWHA-082-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Fish Room upon presenting the “E” Awards for significant contributions to the Export Expansion Program. In his speech President Kennedy thanks the award recipients for their efforts to stimulate trade, and discusses the ways export trade impacts national security.
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JFKWHA-078
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of March 7, 1962 (News Conference 26). The President begins the press conference by reading the text of a telegram he sent to the chief executive officers of the major steel companies and to the President of the Steelworkers Union concerning steel labor negations. He then discusses the tariff and trade agreements obtained at Geneva between the United States and the European Common Market, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Following the announcements the President answers questions on a variety of topics including the forthcoming Geneva negotiations for a nuclear test ban treaty, foreign aid to underdeveloped countries, and possible legislative action by Congress concerning funds for the B-70 supersonic bomber.
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JFKWHA-077-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the 18th Annual Washington Conference of the Advertising Council held in the District Red Cross Building. In his speech President Kennedy congratulates the Council on their public services, and discusses the comprehensive national and international benefits of a proposed expanded trade program. The recording does not contain an introduction.
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JFKWHA-136-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks upon signing H.R. 11970, the Trade Expansion Act, in the White House Fish Room. In his speech President Kennedy explains how the new legislation will improve America’s economy and international relations.
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JFKWHA-128-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks concerning trade and foreign aid filmed for television use. In his speech President Kennedy proposes a new trade bill as a solution to the challenges of the European Common Market and the advance of communism.
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JFKWHA-155-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the swearing-in ceremonies of Christian A. Herter, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, and William T. Gossett, Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the necessity to maintain an effective trade program and the country’s relationship with the expanding European Common Market.
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JFKWHA-070
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of January 31, 1962 (News Conference 22). The President begins the press conference by welcoming Aleski Adzhubei, editor of the Soviet newspaper Izvestia and son-in-law of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and his wife [Rada Adzhubei] to the press conference. He then briefly expresses his approval of resolutions passed by the Organization of American States (OAS) at the Punta de Este conference, and discusses the surplus of costly material discovered in the national stockpiling program. Following the announcements the President answers questions from the press on a variety of topics including United States-Soviet relations, the President’s urban affairs plan, the situations in Laos and Vietnam, and the national stockpiling program.
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JFKWHA-055
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of November 8, 1961 (News Conference 18). President Kennedy begins the press conference by announcing that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower had agreed to serve as the chairman of the board of trustees for the new people to people organization, and that General Maxwell D. Taylor has returned from his trip to South Vietnam and his findings are still under review. Then the President comments on the success of the first meeting of the joint United States-Japan committee on trade and economic affairs. Following the announcements the President answers questions from the press on a variety of topics including nuclear testing, the need for change in trade policy, and an assessment of the Kennedy administration’s accomplishments in the year since his election.