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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A15-3-61
President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona), and former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman depart the graveside funeral service for Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn at Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham, Texas. Also attending the ceremony are Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton and Secretary of the Navy John Connally, Jr.