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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-26-B
ST14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative James C. Wright, Jr.; Representative Ray Roberts; former aides to the late House Speaker, Jack Neathery and Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative Clark W. Thompson; Representative James C. Wright, Jr.; Representative Walter Rogers; former aides to the late House Speaker, Jack Neathery and Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative Joe M. Kilgore; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Joseph W. Barr; Representative Graham Purcell; Representative John Dowdy; Representative Bob Casey (in back, mostly hidden); Federal Legislative Counsel of the American Bankers Association and former administrative assistant to the late House Speaker, John Holton; former aide to the late House Speaker, D. B. Hardeman; Representative Clark W. Thompson; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Representative Ray Roberts; Representative Walter Rogers; former aide to the late House Speaker, Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Representative John Young (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage; Representative Olin E. Teague; Representative Jack Brooks (in back, mostly hidden); Representative O. C. Fisher; Representative Albert Thomas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative Joe M. Kilgore; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Joseph W. Barr; Representative Graham Purcell; Representative John Dowdy; Federal Legislative Counsel of the American Bankers Association and former administrative assistant to the late House Speaker, John Holton; former aide to the late House Speaker, D. B. Hardeman; Representative Clark W. Thompson; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Representative Ray Roberts; Representative Walter Rogers; former aide to the late House Speaker, Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Representative John Young (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage; Representative Olin E. Teague; Representative Jack Brooks (in back, mostly hidden); Representative O. C. Fisher; Representative Albert Thomas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.