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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0902-020
This file contains copies and a draft of a speech to be delivered by Senator John F. Kennedy at the Annual Spring Conference of the National Federation of Grain Cooperatives in Washington, D.C. Topics of the speech include the national economy and a need for legislation to strengthen the agricultural industry.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0901-020
This file contains a draft of Senator John F. Kennedy’s remarks before the joint convention of the Tobacco Association of the United States and the Leaf Tobacco Export Association held in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. In his speech he discusses the benefits of the Trade Agreements Act to the tobacco industry, particularly as a means to foster international relationships. Of note is a draft with notations by the Senator.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0908-004
This file contains copies and an outline of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at a farm forum in Alexandria, Indiana. In his speech he discusses Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson’s farm program and a need for revised legislation to address issues in the agricultural industry.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0907-012
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given in Shawano, Wisconsin titled, "A Plan of Action for the Dairy Industry," discussing legislation to stabilize the dairy industry and the importance of milk production to overall farm economy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0906-029
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given in Antigo, Wisconsin titled, "Strengthening REA Cooperatives." In the speech he discusses the Rural Electric Act (REA) and a need to expand rural electrification to support the farm economy in the state.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0906-008
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech at a Stutsman County Democratic Committee dinner in Jamestown, North Dakota discussing Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson’s farm program, and a need for revised legislation to address issues in the agricultural industry.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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. "
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6599-C
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6599-B
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6599-A
President John F. Kennedy hands out pens after signing amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. L-R: Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); President Kennedy; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C14-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs Executive Order 11036 to amend Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. An unidentified man (left) and White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, observe. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C14-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs Executive Order 11036 to amend the Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Two unidentified men observe. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6447-A
Signing of Feed Grains Act. President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman (R). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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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).