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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-20-B
AR11
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NEH-01
In this interview Halaby discusses how he got his position as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] interest in aviation; competition and cooperation among various U.S. agencies in regards to aviation, including the debate over who should be in charge of international aviation affairs; meeting with JFK prior to his inauguration; the proposed air agreement with the Soviet Union; and the study and development of supersonic transport in the United States, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23C-3
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Administrator Najeeb Halaby. They discuss the staffing and organization of an FAA group working on a supersonic transport development program. They also discuss the program’s funding issues.Following the conversation, there is machine noise and a fragment of another conversation; the entire conversation, including this fragment, is recorded on Dictation Belt 23D.1.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 23C, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-23C, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 23C.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-23C
Dictation Belt 23C contains three sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 23C.1 begins on Dictation Belt 23B. Item 23C.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on July 24, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They continue to discuss hearings on a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). They also discuss former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s position on the ban, and a speech by President Kennedy. Item 23C.2 is a telephone conversation held on July 24, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and former President Harry S. Truman. They discuss terms of a partial ban on nuclear tests (Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963). The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 23C.3 is a telephone conversation held on July 25, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Administrator Najeeb Halaby. They discuss the staffing and organization of an FAA group working on a supersonic transport development program. They also discuss the program’s funding issues. Following the conversation, there is machine noise and a fragment of another conversation; the entire conversation, including this fragment, is recorded on Dictation Belt 23D.1. Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-020-014
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00905-002
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-011-030
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). Topics include a program to develop commercial supersonic transports, cost sharing by industry for the supersonic transport program, and the non-participation of Douglas Aircraft Company in the supersonic transport development program. Also included is a folder of documents concerning supersonic transport that were removed from the White House Central Files in 1963.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). Materials include a report by FAA Administrator Najeeb E. Halaby on the visit of Sir George Edwards of British Aircraft Corporation, the 1964 budget for the FAA, and a report by the Supersonic Transport Advisory Group titled, "Supersonic Transport Program Planning."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). Topics include a contract with Humphreys and Harding, Inc. regarding construction of the terminal building at Dulles International Airport; a meeting between presidents of major U.S. international airlines and members of the FAA Interagency Steering Committee; the Island Airlines situation; and decentralization of the FAA.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), and consists of a report by the Interagency Steering Committee on the International Air Transport policy of the United States.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). Topics include the appointment of Major General Harold W. Grant as Deputy Administrator of the FAA, a campaign for suggested procedures or improvements resulting in savings for the FAA, airport services in West Berlin, and supersonic transport. Of note is a transcript and narrative summary of an air traffic incident occurring near Washington National Airport between Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines. Also included in this folder is an issue of FAA Aviation News from May 1962.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-078-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). Topics include suggested amendments to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and precautions to prevent against the hijacking of U.S. planes, and an extension of the Federal Airport Act. Also included in this folder is a statement by FAA General Counsel Daggett H. Howard before the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
Textual folder
Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-219-003
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-297-018
This folder contains memoranda concerning successful airplane hijackings, attempted hijackings, and Federal Aviation Agency sponsored legislation.
Photograph
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.
Photograph
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-A
President John F. Kennedy gives a pen to Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby after signing 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. Standing (L-R): Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd (mostly hidden behind Senator Magnuson); Administrator Halaby.
Collection
USFAA
Records 1961-1964. Microfilm copies of subject files, outgoing correspondence of administrator N. E. Halaby, press releases, speeches, and articles on air transportation policy. Hard copy printed material consists of annual reports, task force reports, press releases, and miscellaneous publications.