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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NEH-02
In this interview Halaby discusses different civil rights issues throughout John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Administration, including the process of and problems with desegregating airport terminals in accordance with Boynton v. Virginia (1960); the 1961 hijacking of a plane, referred to as the El Paso incident; constructing and dedicating the new John Foster Dulles Airport; federal transportation policy; different White House staff members and procedures; and running the Federal Aviation Administration, including problems with certain political figures, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NEH-01
In this interview Halaby discusses how he got his position as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] interest in aviation; competition and cooperation among various U.S. agencies in regards to aviation, including the debate over who should be in charge of international aviation affairs; meeting with JFK prior to his inauguration; the proposed air agreement with the Soviet Union; and the study and development of supersonic transport in the United States, among other issues.
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00905-002
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-D
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Harold Collier of Illinois; Representative Samuel Friedel of Maryland; Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma (partially hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative John Bell Williams of Mississippi; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative William Springer of Illinois; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-C
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Harold Collier of Illinois; Representative Samuel Friedel of Maryland; Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma (partially hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative John Bell Williams of Mississippi; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative William Springer of Illinois; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Senator George Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden behind Halaby); Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-B
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Harold Collier of Illinois; Representative Samuel Friedel of Maryland; Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma; Representative John Bell Williams of Mississippi; Representative William Springer of Illinois (behind Representative Williams); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; President Kennedy; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Senator George Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden behind Halaby); Senator Andrew Schoeppel of Kansas; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-A
President John F. Kennedy gives a pen to Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby after signing HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd (mostly hidden behind Senator Magnuson); Administrator Halaby.
Collection
USFAA
Records 1961-1964. Microfilm copies of subject files, outgoing correspondence of administrator N. E. Halaby, press releases, speeches, and articles on air transportation policy. Hard copy printed material consists of annual reports, task force reports, press releases, and miscellaneous publications.