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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CHAH-01
In this interview Horsky discusses how the position of Adviser to the President for National Capital Affairs was created; problems within the District of Columbia; how Horsky came to the Adviser position and how he developed it as he went along; advising President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on children and juvenile delinquency in the District; the November 1962 Thanksgiving disturbances at the District of Columbia Stadium; the process of getting the District to participate in the President’s Commission on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime; Washington Action for Youth; the problem of District finance; and JFK and the congressional District Committee, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OWH-01
In this interview Hill discusses working on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to Lyndon B. Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate in the South and among African-Americans; difficulties for the Southern operations of the JFK campaign; getting the African-American vote in the South for JFK in the 1960 election; working with and around different civil rights groups and leaders in the 1960 campaign; other campaign staff members at the federal and state levels; attempts to solve the problem of discrimination in housing during JFK’s Administration; the Federal Housing Administration, including staff and directives and projects in the South; the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunities in Housing; and the 1962 executive order in housing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-03
In this interview Heath discusses the Office of Education during the transition from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to President John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s task force for education; problems when a new leader comes in; working with Congress; the National Defense Education Act and other education legislation; JFK and the Church-State issue in education; Abraham A. Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW; leadership within the Office of Education; Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of HEW; Wilbur Cohen in HEW; reorganization of HEW; various education projects; new HEW programs under JFK and President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it intersected with education programs; and the transformation in how Americans viewed education, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-02
In this interview Heath discusses how she came to join the Office of Education; the leadership within the Office of Education and different ideas on how it should be run; other agencies within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]; changes in the status and administration of HEW; various pieces of education legislation; the 1954 Supreme Court decision on separate but equal and segregation in schools; international education affairs; the reasons for pushing for general school aid over categorical aid; the 1955 White House conference on education; coalescing all the organizations within HEW into one voice for the Department; working with other Departments; the International Labor Organization and the United Nations; getting political support from the different presidential Administrations; the nationalization of the Suez Canal; the shift to considering social matters in a much broader context; the impact of the Sputnik launch on the Office of Education; and the National Defense Education Act, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-01
In this interview Heath discusses her family and her childhood; how she reached her chosen career path; obstacles to her advancement because of her gender; studying at American University and at Syracuse University; myths of the “male chauvinists’ world”; taking a women’s studies course; working while in school; running a cost of living survey for the Department of Labor in Rochester, NY, and then in Richmond, VA; the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration; working with the disadvantaged during the Depression; the “great American dream”; the effectiveness of institutionalization and the rise in bureaucracy; the National Association of Deans of Women; stigmas attached to higher education; the Civil Service Commission; working during World War II with various organizations, including the Norden Company in Elmira, NY, at the bombsight plant and the United States Army; the attitude towards women in war work; and writing her dissertation and getting her doctorate, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJB-02
Biemiller discusses the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ legislative records, particularly on labor issues; specific issues and pieces of legislation; civil rights; and the labor movement’s relationship with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WLB-03
Batt discusses the legislation authorizing the Accelerated Public Works Program and the Program itself, the Appalachian Program, and the Area Redevelopment Administration’s relationship with various interest groups, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WLB-02
Batt discusses issues and negotiations surrounding the 1963 expansion of the Area Redevelopment Act, and the Accelerated Public Works Program, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WLB-01
Batt discusses the 1955 Depressed Areas Act, difficulties with operating the ARA within the Commerce Department, and the actions of the ARA around the country, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JGB-01
Banks discusses urban renewal programs during the Kennedy administration, low-income housing, and barriers to receiving welfare assistance, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GB-01
Bolling discusses her work on John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, on patronage requests at the beginning of the Kennedy administration, and on education and Medicare legislation as a congressional liaison, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KMB-03
Birkhead discusses specific agriculture legislation during the Kennedy administration, including among others the 1962 farm bill and 1963 wheat referendum, and Southern members of Congress, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-02
This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-PBE-08
Edelman discusses the 1967 New York constitutional convention, the 1960s US hunger crisis, and Robert F. Kennedy's 1967 speeches and statements, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-PBE-06
Edelman discusses Robert F. Kennedy's (RFK) 1966 trip to Mississippi, New York politics, social legislation including medicaid, social security, and welfare, and Frank O’Connor’s 1966 New York gubernatorial campaign, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AHB-03
Blumenthal discusses the 1966 debate over the New York State Medicaid bill, the 1966 New York State gubernatorial race, and Ronnie M. Eldridge’s challenge to Tammany Hall’s control of the New York County Democratic chairmanship, among other issues.