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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-007
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 concerning legislation, an overview of legislative items recommended by the President, reports prepared by Legislative Research, proposed amendments to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon's testimony before the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include trade, tax reform, foreign aid, agriculture, the federal highway program, the Youth Opportunities Act, and the United Nations loan legislation. The folder was originally titled "8/13/62-8/20/62 Treasury."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-006
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 an overview of legislative items recommended by the President and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, foreign aid, and agriculture, but the majority of materials concerns pending trade legislation. The folder also contains memoranda from Myer Feldman, Deputy Special Counsel to the President, and Charles B. Shuman, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, on legislative priorities and agricultural legislation, respectively. The folder was originally titled "8/2/62-8/12/62 Trade."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-005
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 an overview of legislative items recommended by the President and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, education, agriculture, the Hanford nuclear reactor, the United Nations loan legislation, and the United States House Committee on Rules. The folder also contains memoranda from Joseph W. Barr, Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, and Jim G. Akin, Congressional Liaison Officer to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, on economic and education legislation, respectively. This folder was originally titled "7/16/62-7/31/62 None."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-004
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 an overview of legislative items recommended by the President and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, civil defense, agriculture, occupational safety, and World War II veteran's pensions. The folder also contains memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Ralph A. Dungan and Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget Robert C. Turner concerning foreign aid and public works, respectively. This folder was originally titled "7/2/62-7/13/62 Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-003
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 an overview of legislative items recommended by the President, reports prepared by Legislative Research, and copies of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Memoranda from Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include trade, sugar, education, and health insurance for the aged. This folder was originally titled "6/25/62-6/29/62 Trade."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-002
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 concerning trade legislation, an overview of legislative items recommended by the President, and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include trade, tax reform, agriculture, education, and the United Nations loan legislation. This folder was originally titled "6/12/62-6/22/62 Trade."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-001
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 concerning legislation, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and a transcript of a telecast by the American Medical Association. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, agriculture, health care for the aged, and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This folder was originally titled "6/1/62-6/11/62 Trade, Medicare."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-049-006
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 "Legislative Notes" and other data prepared by Legislative Research; reports on legislative progress from Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; and a letter from Illinois Congressman Charles Melvin Price concerning the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program. Also included are materials regarding civil rights legislation and foreign aid, including a proposed amendment to the Foreign Aid Act. This folder was originally titled "March 1961:18-30, Aircraft nuclear propulsion, sugar, feed grains, minimum wage, civil rights, area redevelopment, social security."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-116-003
Sound recording of three meeting. First is a meeting held on October 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Presidential Advisor on Foreign Affairs Dean Acheson. For most of the meeting, Acheson discusses the political climate in Europe, especially in Germany. President Kennedy speaks mainly near the end of the meeting.Next are two brief meetings on civil rights held on October 24, 1963. These consecutive meetings concern the timing of civil rights legislation and discussions with leaders in the House of Representatives on the bill and amendments. Participants include President Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence F. O’Brien, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John McCormack (Massachusetts), Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Representative Emanuel Celler (New York), Representative William McCulloch (Ohio), Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma), Representative Charles Halleck (Indiana), and Representative Leslie Arends (Illinois). Please note that these meetings were opened in 1984 as part of the Kennedy Library’s Civil Rights tape opening. The recording of the second meeting ends abruptly and continues on Tape 117/A53.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 116/A52, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 116/A52 in its entirety or the end of this recording on Tape 117/A53.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-113-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on September 30, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence F. O’Brien, and Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler. They discuss economics, a tax cut bill, and support or opposition in Congress to that tax cut bill. One segment of the recording totaling 1 minute and 50 seconds has been removed in accordance with the donor's deed of gift. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 113, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 113 in its entirety. Please note that this meeting was opened in 1983 as part of the Tax Cut tape release package.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-101-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 29, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence F. O’Brien, and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. They have an informal conversation about tax cut legislation and Congress. Please note that this meeting was opened in 1983 as part of the Tax Cut tape release package. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 101, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 101 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-090-003
Sound recording of a meeting held on June 1, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Anthony J. Celebrezze; Commissioner of Education at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Francis Keppel; General Counsel at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Alanson W. Willcox; Assistant Secretary (for Legislation) at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen; Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare James Quigley; Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice Burke Marshall; Civil Rights and Political Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Louis Martin; Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien; Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen; and Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White. This meeting concerns civil rights issues, including the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Equal Accommodations Bill, the public school education bill, the timing of sending these bills to Congress, the legal steps of the Attorney General, and what information to include in the President’s message to the country. After the meeting ends, the rest of the recording is blank. This meeting was previously opened in the "Civil Rights 1963" release in the 1980s. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 90, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 90 in its entirety.