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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF42-034
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 8000, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a tax on acquisitions of certain foreign securities in order to equalize costs of longer-term financing in the United States and in markets abroad. The concept is referred to as an interest equalization tax in the documents.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF40-014
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a draft bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a credit against tax for certain investment in less developed countries.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF40-011
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a draft bill by the Federal Communications Commission to provide until June 30, 1966, for a temporary tax of 5 percent, in lieu of 10 percent, upon the sale of all-channel television receiving sets.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-022
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 5189, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from tax income derived by a foreign central bank of issue from obligations of the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-008
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 4363, to amend Public Law 86-272 relating to state taxation of interstate commerce.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-050
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 8824, to modify the application of the personal holding company tax in the case of consumer finance companies.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-047
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 6371, to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the limitation on retirement income, and with respect to the taxable year for which the deduction for interest paid will be allowable to certain building and loan associations, mutual savings banks, and cooperative banks.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-045
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 10650, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a credit for investment in certain depreciable property, to eliminate certain defects and inequities. The legislation was known as the Revenue Act of 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-032
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 11879, to provide a one-year extension of the existing corporate normal-tax rate and of certain excise-tax rates.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-023
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 10043, to amend Public Law 86-272 to state that the Congressional committees should report on their studies by July 1, 1963. Public Law 86-272, known as the Interstate Income Act of 1959, related to the power of the States to impose net income taxes on income derived from interstate commerce.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-016
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 8847, to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1954 so as to provide that a distribution of stock made to an individual (or certain corporations) pursuant to an order enforcing the antitrust laws shall not be treated as a dividend distribution but shall be treated as a return of capital, and to provide that the amount of such a distribution made to a corporation shall be the fair market value of the distribution.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-008
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Labor draft bill to facilitate the restoration by employers of moneys made available to the States pursuant to the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 and Title XII of the Social Security Act.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-049
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 2266, to amend Internal Revenue Code of 1954, so as to provide that certain distributions of stock made pursuant to orders enforcing the antitrust laws shall not be treated as dividend distributions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-047
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 7446, to provide a one-year extension of the existing corporate normal tax rate and of certain excise tax rates.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-007
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-046-040
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's radio and television address to the nation on pending legislation for tax reductions and a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty or Limited Test Ban Treaty). In his speech the President explains how tax reform will improve the American economy and protect against a recession, citing increased employment, increased family incomes, improved strength of the American dollar, and new international markets as benefits. Materials in this folder include various memoranda (some by Dr. Walter W. Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers), note cards, drafts by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and a press copy of the speech. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-046-033
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address at the national conference of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President urges the swift passage of pending tax reform legislation, explaining that tax reduction is one part of an overall economic program designed to decrease unemployment, increase domestic production, and balance international payments. Materials in this folder include a press, reading, and mimeographed copy of the speech, in addition to the Committee's membership directory, a program for the conference, and a Washington Report on the Committee's recent activities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-101-007
This folder contains a memorandum discussing the existing gasoline taxes during the administration of President John F. Kennedy, suggested alternatives taxation rates, and speculation as to how certain taxes will affect highway transportation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-099-014
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the weekly activities of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including promoting the Democratic political platform, coordinating fundraising efforts, and planning campaign strategies. Materials in this folder include a list of current members of the House of Representatives, excerpts from the President's speech encouraging support for pending tax legislation DNC news releases regarding federal African American appointments and President Kennedy's speech to the United Nations denouncing racism, and memoranda to DNC Chairman John M. Bailey regarding pending tax reform legislation, voter registration, speaking engagements, the Young Democrats division of the DNC, and the status of the Republican Party in the western United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-107-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's attempts to enact tax reduction legislation. Materials in this folder include newspaper articles, news releases, a summary of the 1963 tax reform program, a report on percentage depletion in the petroleum industry, a draft of a statement explaining the pending tax legislation written by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and a transcript of the testimony of Leon H. Keyserling, consulting economist and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, at hearings on the tax reduction bill before the United States Senate Finance Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0894-001
This folder contains a copy of a speech given by Senator John F. Kennedy before the Young Presidents Organization at Harvard Business School. In his speech the Senator remarks on the need for Federal programs to address issues in the economy and discusses areas to include in an anti-recession program including tax reform, unemployment regulations, social security coverage, and employment issues. The copy contains handwritten notations by Senator Kennedy. This folder also contains a copy of the Senator's introduction of Governor of Michigan G. Mennen Williams at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on January 23, 1954, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0893-013
This file contains materials regarding Senator John F. Kennedy’s address before the first session of the 83rd Congress. In his speech, the Senator calls for the implementation of programs to alleviate economic hardships in New England caused by a decline in manufacturing and industry and poorly managed natural resources. Senator Kennedy suggests that Federal assistance for the modernization of technologies, tax incentives for industry expansion, and labor reforms will help revive the New England economy. Of note are several notations by the Senator.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0893-003
This folder contains drafts and copies of speeches given by Senator John F. Kennedy at various dinners and organizational events. Topics include the New England industrial economy, Federal tax laws, the economy, and Vietnamese independence from France. Of note are several items with notations by the Senator.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0897-003
This folder contains copies of an excerpt of Senator John F. Kennedy's speech before the National Screw Machine Products Association (later known as the Precision Machined Products Association) at the Hotel Shoreham in Washington, D.C. In his speech the Senator discusses a need for Federal tax reform and tax relief programs to aid small businesses.