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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-47
Dictation Belt 47 contains seven sound recordings. Item 47.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss defense appropriations and the military aspect of the space program. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 47.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert. They discuss the Air Force budget. [White House Operator?] places the call at President Kennedy’s request. After a brief delay and a fragment of an exchange, the conversation begins in mid-sentence. Item 47.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. They discuss the resignation of Robert B. Troutman, Jr., from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the appointment of an African-American. Item 47.4 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified senator. President Kennedy congratulates the senator on passing an unidentified bill. [White House Operator?] speaks to the senator as he holds for President Kennedy. The recording of the conversation ends abruptly and a fragment of indistinct speech follows. Item 47.5 is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and a White House Operator. The operator announces a call from “Sam Gallo” of Warner Brothers. Item 47.6 is a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and a woman called Miss “Gallenburg” from Protocol. They discuss gifts for Prime Minister Eric Eustace Williams of Trinidad and Tobago and others. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 47.7 is part of a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Stanley Tretick. Tretick inquires about scheduling time with President John F. Kennedy to do work related to an article for “Look” magazine. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Occasionally there is an echo. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 48.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-23-A
AR31, ST19, KN29
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26220
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Spots at top of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26219
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-49-3-63
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratches at top of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-49-2-63
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-49-1-63
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7677-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Left to right: attorney, Laurence I. Hewes; attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nathaniel S. Colley; journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project, Benjamin Muse; attorney and Committee Chairman, Gerhard Gesell; President Kennedy; Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; and attorney, Abe Fortas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.