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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19C-1
The recording of this conversation begins on Dictation Belt 19B.3. Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. They continue to discuss prospective legislation by congressional Republicans that would present a competing policy on agriculture.Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 19C, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-19C, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 19C.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19B-3
Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. They discuss prospective legislation by congressional Republicans that would present a competing policy on agriculture.The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 19C.1.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 19B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-19B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 19B.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19B-1
The recording of this conversation begins on Dictation Belt 19A.5. Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico. They continue to discuss prospective wheat legislation. Senator Anderson advises President Kennedy on possible political concerns and an approach to further discussions about the legislation.Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 19B, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-19B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 19B.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19B
Dictation Belt 19B contains three sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 19B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 19A.5. Item 19B.1 is a sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico. They continue to discuss prospective wheat legislation. Senator Anderson advises President Kennedy on possible political concerns and an approach to further discussions about the legislation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 19B.2 is a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. In preparation for President Kennedy’s press conference, they discuss a strategy on wheat policy following a vote by farmers. Item 19B.3 is a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. They discuss prospective legislation by congressional Republicans that would present a competing policy on agriculture. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 19C.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19A-5
Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico. They discuss prospective wheat legislation.The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. The recording of this conversation continues on Dictation Belt 19B.1.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 19A, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-19A, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 19A.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19A
Dictation Belt 19A contains five sound recordings. Item 19A.1 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss the nomination of William J. Crockett, the work of William H. Orrick, relations with Haiti and its President François Duvalier, and plans for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to travel to Scandinavia. Machine noise precedes the conversation. Item 19A.2 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss test ban negotiations. Item 19A.3 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper. President Kennedy congratulates Major Cooper on his orbital flight. Item 19A.4 is a telephone conversation held on May 17, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack. They discuss plans to hold a congressional reception in honor of NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 19A.5 is a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico. They discuss prospective wheat legislation. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. The recording of this conversation continues on Dictation Belt 19B.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-44-1
Sound recording of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy, Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. President Kennedy and Secretary Freeman discuss a farm bill. Sorensen and Secretary Freeman discuss a trade bill and its effect on the cotton industry.There is an echo during part of the recording. Machine noise follows the conversation.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 44, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-44, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 44.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-44
Dictation Belt 44 contains three sound recordings. Item 44.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy, Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. President Kennedy and Secretary Freeman discuss a farm bill. Sorensen and Secretary Freeman discuss a trade bill and its effect on the cotton industry. There is an echo during part of the recording. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 44.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss stoning incidents in Berlin and dealings with the Soviet Union. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 44.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss defense appropriations and issues concerning the United States Air Force. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-013
This folder contains a draft and press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to a group of foreign agricultural service attaches and livestock product cooperators concerning the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and other methods for increasing agricultural exports.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-035
This folder contains a press copy of President Kennedy's remarks upon signing S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. This bill was legislated in order to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-105-004
This folder contains a study of wheat farmers' attitudes towards the 1963 Wheat Referendum, an effort to establish a national supply management program for wheat, completed by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-056a-001
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of June 14, 1962 (News Conference 36). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, the Federal budget, the space program, labor disputes, and agriculture. Of note is a memorandum to President Kennedy from George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), regarding the recent economic developments in the United States.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-025
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon signing the Feed Grains Bill in the White House Fish Room. In his speech the President explains the act, which extends the Feed Grains program for an additional two years in order to decrease the excessive surplus, and discusses how this legislation and the hopeful passage of the upcoming wheat referendum will help maintain the primacy of family farms in the country's agricultural system.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-011
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 reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, a report on the McClellan-Jensen Bill for a Joint Budget Committee, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, 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. Topics include cotton, poultry, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "2/63 Cotton, Poultry, Budget, Mills, Cooley, Cannon."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-009
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 drafts and press releases of President Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on agriculture, during which he discusses the economic necessity for the country to properly manage its food supply, and explains how recent increases in average farm incomes is partially the result of Congressional and Executive actions concerning cotton, feed grains, and the dairy industry. The President also encourages Congress to support the upcoming wheat referendum, and discusses possible domestic food distribution applications, such as food stamps, rural area development, and the Food for Peace program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-040-023
This folder contains a draft and press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon the signing of H.R. 12391, the Agricultural Act of 1962, to increase farm income and decrease costs to the government's farm program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-057-007
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of August 22, 1962 (News Conference 41). Materials primarily consist of memorandums for the President on recent activities by various departments and agencies. Topics include the military space program, the economy, taxes, agriculture, legislation, and labor.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include international agricultural trade, the common market and poultry, and background information concerning cotton and tobacco for a meeting between the President and the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture Harold Cooley. Of note are materials regarding revisions to the barter program, including charts of countries, their commodities, and restrictions.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include a five-year plan for the CED (Committee for Economic Development) program, opinion polls on the President and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman in Iowa and Wisconsin, agricultural defense preparedness, a year-end agricultural report for 1962, and major proposals for farm legislation for 1963.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include the World Food Forum, legislation, and the need for a program to protect livestock in the Southwest from screwworm infestations. Of note is a folder containing a report by the Agricultural Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee titled, "Science and Agriculture." Also included in this folder is a press release concerning various agricultural issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-050-013
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 and an overview of legislative items recommended by the President. Of note is a letter from Secretary of the Treasuries C. Douglas Dillon to Howard W. Smith, chairman of the Committee on Rules; a staff report on the proposed merger of Eastern Airlines and American Airlines; a report outlining the pros and cons on taking a strong, active campaign to stand firm and block wheat legislation, and a memo concerning civil rights and the steps that should be taken in order for legislation to pass. This folder was originally titled "Taxation, aviation, unemployment compensation, civil rights, pensions committee on federal credit programs."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-049-007
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 "Legislative Notes," and other data prepared by Legislative Research; a report on legislative progress from Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; and a letter from Connecticut Senator Thomas J. Dodd on the neutron bomb. Also included are materials relating to agricultural legislation, including a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and a digest of the Agricultural Act of 1961. This folder was originally titled "April 1961: 3-17 Mass transit, HUD, agriculture, Mayors Hummel and Lee. "
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079a-010-p0062
Model of the sod-buster plow presented to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962. Standing left to right are: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, President Kennedy, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C. This photograph is also in Abbie Rowe (National Park Service) series, White House Photographs collection (see JFKWHP-AR7040-B).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079a-010-p0064
Model of the sod-buster plow in a display case. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C., presented the model to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079a-010-p0060
Model of the sod-buster plow presented to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962. Standing left to right are: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, President Kennedy, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C. This photograph is also in the Abbie Rowe (National Park Service) series, White House Photographs collection (see JFKWHP-AR7040-A).