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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-019-003
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln and Florence Mahoney, a lobbyist for health causes. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note are letters to Mahoney from doctors and others associated with the medical field; and news clippings on several topics, including health issues from around the world.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-012-006
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is a letter from Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation (now the March of Dimes) regarding his opinion of a statement made by the Surgeon General, Dr. Luther L. Terry, about using both live-virus and killed-virus polio vaccines to immunize against poliomyelitis; a copy of the telegram sent to Mr. O'Connor by the Assistant Surgeon General, J. Stewart Hunter, containing the Surgeon General's statement; and a letter from actress Donna Reed Owen.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-006-001
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Items in this folder primarily consist of correspondence between or concerning President Kennedy's personal physician, Dr. Janet Travell, and her colleagues and friends. Of note is a letter from Dr. Lawrence E. Lamb of the USAF Aerospace Medical Center to Dr. Travell regarding the medical histories of Astronaut Donald Strayton and Enos, a chimpanzee who orbited the Earth.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-013
This folder contains a press release of President John F. Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on improving American health. In his speech the President proposes legislation to increase medical research opportunities, increase the number professional health personnel, establish community health protection programs, improve and modernize health care facilities, and ensure adequate, available health care for children and the elderly.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-012
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include press releases of President Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on mental illness and mental retardation delivered from the White House Fish Room. In his speech the President discusses his plans for a national mental health program legislation, which proposes comprehensive community mental health centers, improved care in state mental institutions, and increased research. To combat mental retardation, he recommends emphasizing preventative lifestyle measures, improved community services, increased research, and comprehensive maternity and child health care assistance programs.