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Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-017-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate anti-smoking legislation moving through Congress and comment on the possibility of higher tobacco taxes. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 20, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-102
Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of June 7, 1962 (News Conference 35). The President begins the press conference with a statement concerning the economic outlook of the United States and his administration’s economic program. He then announces that he is asking Congress to enact across the board reductions in personal and corporate income tax rates on January 1, 1963 in order to aid economic recovery. Following this statement the President answers questions from the press on a variety of topics including the foreign aid program, the 1962 tax bill, the proposed tax bill for 1963, whether the United States will assist France in the development of nuclear weapons, and the plan announced by United States Surgeon General Luther Terry to investigate the link between cigarette smoking and disease.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-056-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of June 7, 1962 (News Conference 35). The President began the press conference with a statement concerning the economic outlook of the United States and his administration's economic program. He then announced that he was asking Congress to enact across the board reductions in personal and corporate income tax rates on January 1, 1963 in order to aid economic recovery. Following this statement the President answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including the foreign aid program, the 1962 tax bill, the proposed tax bill for 1963, whether the United States would assist France in the development of nuclear weapons, and the plan announced by United States Surgeon General Luther Terry to investigate the link between cigarette smoking and disease. Background materials in this folder consist of briefing papers for the President on foreign affairs. The official White House transcript of the press conference and the stenotype transcript of the press conference are also included.