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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0904-007
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech titled, "The Power of Labor for the Good of America," given on the floor of the United States Senate discussing the achievements of the labor movement and the passage of legislation to end labor racketeering. In the speech he also discusses a pamphlet titled, “Power-for what?” written by George Meany, President of the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations), addressing the labor movement.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0910-017
This file contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech titled, “Fair Labor Standards,” given before the United States Senate proposing a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act by increasing the minimum wage and extending minimum wage protection to large-scale inter-state workers in retail and service industries.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Charles A. Horsky, Advisor to the President for National Capital Affairs. Topics include legislation to increase revenue in Washington, D.C. and The European School.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8104-G
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers an address to the luncheon meeting at the national conference of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Sitting behind table on stage (L-R): Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Reverend Frederick Brown Harris; unidentified; President of the Chase Manhattan Bank and Business Committee member, David Rockefeller; Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler; Chairman of the Ford Motor Company and Co-Chairman of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963, Henry Ford II; President Kennedy (standing); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Chairman of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Business Committee member, Frazar B. Wilde; unidentified. White House Secret Service agent Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey sits at table in front of stage, facing audience.
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JFKWHSFCH
White House Staff Files 1961-1965. Adviser to the President for National Capital affairs (1961-1967). Subject files.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1060-002
This folder contains transcripts of a press conference held by Senator John F. Kennedy in the Caucus Room of the Senate Office Building. Senator Kennedy answered questions from the press regarding civil rights legislation, right-to-work laws, the minimum wage bill, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to the United States, and the cost of living.
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WICPP
Papers, 1922-2011 (bulk 1948-2004). Congressional staffer; federal and local government official; educator; consultant; advocate for criminal justice reform. Legislative assistant, Congressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas (1956-1959); legislative assistant and press secretary, Senator Clair Engle of California (1959-1960); research analyst, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (1960-1961); assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of State (1961-1962); White House staffer (1962-1966); staff director, Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations (1962-1963); special assistant to the staff director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1963-1965); special assistant to the administrator for equal opportunity, Agency for International Development (1965-1967); director of legislative affairs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1967-1969); management consultant (1969-1975); Mount Vernon Supervisor, Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors (1975-1980); senior staff member, Center for Public Policy Education, the Brookings Institution (1975-1993); vice chairman, National Committee on Community Corrections (1987-2004); author, In Search of Middle Ground: Memoirs of a Washington Insider (2005). Professional and personal papers documenting lengthy career in Washington, D.C., and community volunteer work, with an emphasis on civil rights, intergovernmental relations, equal employment regulations, health care policy, criminal justice, and prison industries. Correspondence, drafts, writings, reports, conference files, notes, research material, press releases, speeches, and news clippings.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-434-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Representative Michael J. Kirwan (Ohio) at the signing of a bill to authorize the construction of a National Fisheries Center and Aquarium in the District of Columbia. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.