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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NEH-02
In this interview Halaby discusses different civil rights issues throughout John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Administration, including the process of and problems with desegregating airport terminals in accordance with Boynton v. Virginia (1960); the 1961 hijacking of a plane, referred to as the El Paso incident; constructing and dedicating the new John Foster Dulles Airport; federal transportation policy; different White House staff members and procedures; and running the Federal Aviation Administration, including problems with certain political figures, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-D
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Harold Collier of Illinois; Representative Samuel Friedel of Maryland; Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma (partially hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative John Bell Williams of Mississippi; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative William Springer of Illinois; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-C
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Harold Collier of Illinois; Representative Samuel Friedel of Maryland; Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma (partially hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative John Bell Williams of Mississippi; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative William Springer of Illinois; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Senator George Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden behind Halaby); Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-B
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Harold Collier of Illinois; Representative Samuel Friedel of Maryland; Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma; Representative John Bell Williams of Mississippi; Representative William Springer of Illinois (behind Representative Williams); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; President Kennedy; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Senator George Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden behind Halaby); Senator Andrew Schoeppel of Kansas; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas.