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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-007
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning expressions on American patriotism, the presence of communist propaganda in the United States, and efforts to curtail the domestic and international spread of communism. The folder also contains Japanese language booklets.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning expressions of American patriotism, the presence of communist propaganda in the United States, and efforts to curtail the domestic and international spread of communism.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-005
Materials in this file include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning patriotic propaganda strategies, anti-communism demonstrations, and efforts to curtail the domestic and international spread of communism. [Notes: Contains 3 photographic prints (JFKWHCSF-PH-009, JFKWHCSF-PH-010, JFKWHCSF-PH-011).]
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-004
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning efforts to curtail the domestic and international spread of communism. This folder contains some Spanish language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-003
Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning the presence of communism in Latin American nations, the activities of the United States Information Agency, and ideological conflict with the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-002
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of Soviet espionage, communist propaganda transmitted through the United States Postal Service, and the creation of a booklet entitled “Challenge to Americans,” describing how citizens can contribute to the country’s wellbeing. The folder also contains an article entitled “Is Communist Ideology Becoming Irrelevant?” by Chester Bowles, the President’s Special Representative for Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0376-001
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, Congressional representatives, and individual citizens concerning efforts to curtail the spread of communism and the creation of a booklet entitled “Challenge to Americans,” describing how citizens can contribute to the country’s wellbeing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-015
Materials in this folder include letters and memoranda regarding a meeting between the President and officers and trustees of the American Heritage Foundation, and from the Department of Defense explaining their position on commercially produced films about communism. Also included in this folder is the proposed text and a proof for a booklet titled “Challenge to Americans,” as part of the American Heritage Foundation’s and the Advertising Council of America’s collaboration to develop a public education program informing the public of major challenges and issues facing Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-014
Materials in this folder include letters consisting of expressions of patriotism, support for democracy, and the fight against communism; and an invitation to address the American Heritage Foundation’s annual Board of Trustees dinner.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-013
Materials in this folder include correspondence consisting of expressions of patriotism, support for democracy, and the fight against communism. Also included in this folder is a proposal by the American Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of State and the Advertising Council of America, to develop a public education program informing the public of major challenges and issues facing Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-012
Materials in this folder include letters and memoranda concerning the fight against communism; and regarding a collaboration of the Department of State, American Heritage Foundation, and the Advertising Council of America to develop a program to inform the public of major challenges and issues facing Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-011
Materials in this folder concern communism and include letters regarding the interception by the United States Post Office of communist propaganda sent from abroad, and a possible public education program on communism by the Advertising Council of America. Of note is a letter to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger from the entertainer Steve Allen regarding a proposal to use entertainers in the fight against communism. Also included in this folder is an issue of the magazine The Improvement Era containing an article by Ezra Taft Benson titled, “Communist Threat to the Americas.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-010
Materials in this folder include letters in support of the ratification by the United States Senate of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-009
Materials in this folder include correspondence in support of the ratification by the United States Senate of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-008
Materials in this folder include a news wire from South Vietnam of demonstrations by Buddhist monks protesting religious discrimination, letters concerning the discrimination of Jewish people in the Soviet Union, and telegrams regarding religious freedom in school.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-007
Materials in this folder include letters concerning the discrimination of Jewish people in the Soviet Union and the question of religious freedom in Poland.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-006
Materials in this folder consist of outgoing correspondence in reply to letters from various persons displaying expressions of free speech.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-005
This folder consists of a letter from Press Secretary Pierre Salinger to Senator Eugene J. McCarthy in reply to Senator McCarthy’s letter informing Salinger of a film titled, “Autopsy on Operation Abolition.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-004
Materials in this folder include letters concerning management of the news by the Administration and clippings from various newspapers on the freedom of information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-003
Materials in this folder include a letter to the President from Herbert Brucker, editor of the Hartford Courant newspaper, inquiring into the journalistic freedom of American correspondents in Vietnam. Also included in this folder are excerpts from a speech by Congressman John E. Moss, Chairman of the House Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, before the New York State Society of Newspaper Editors concerning the access of news reporters and photographers to military accident sites.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-002
Materials in this folder include letters regarding the arrest of civil rights demonstrators in Clarksdale, Mississippi; petitions to release the “Freedom Walkers” arrested in Alabama in May 1963; letters and newspaper clippings concerning the jailing of Leon J. Davis, President of the Drug and Hospital Employees Union; and letters pertaining to the preservation of human liberties, including free speech. Also included in this folder are letters concerning demonstrations against atmospheric nuclear testing and marches in support of civil rights.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-001
Materials in this folder include memoranda and telephone messages concerning forthcoming demonstrations by various groups protesting discrimination, and a statement by President John F. Kennedy on democracy for “Know Your America” week.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-014
Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution (ERA), increased federal employment opportunities for women, the activities of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, and President Kennedy’s meeting with representatives of women’s organizations. The folder also includes excerpts from the Congressional Record and a copy of the Journal of the American Association of University Women.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-013
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning discriminatory employment practices, increased federal employment opportunities for women, the activities of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, the Agency for International Development’s Food for Peace program, and President Kennedy’s meeting with representatives of women’s organizations. Of note are signed letters to the President from former First Lady and delegate to the United Nations Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-012
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning voter participation in federal elections, the activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the arrest of voter registration workers in Georgia, and the pending 23rd Amendment to the Constitution permitting citizens of Washington, D.C. to vote in federal elections.