Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-059-008
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 April 24, 1963 (News Conference 54). 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 situation in Birmingham, Alabama that resulted in the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr.; the economy; the sinking of the USS Thresher; the nuclear test ban agreement; taxes; Cuba; and the proposed establishment of the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) in the Bahamas. Also included are draft press conference announcements and newspaper clippings. Of note is a booklet for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "Economic Indicators: April 1963". This folder also contains three Peace Corps project description pamphlets for El Salvador, Ghana, and Morocco.