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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-D
KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-19-B
ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-01-D
KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-24-C
AR24, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-09-B
AR18, KN14
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0198-002
This file contains material related to the Food for Peace program and the Food for Peace Council. It primarily consists of letters to and from George McGovern and his successor, Richard W. Reuter, and Harry LeBovit, Executive Secretary for the American Food for Peace Council.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0198-003
This file contains material related to the Food for Peace program and the American Food for Peace Council. It primarily consists of correspondence between Richard W. Reuter and other executive staff with Council members and interested members of the public.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22860
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the newly-appointed Director of Food For Peace, Richard W. Reuter. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22859
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the newly-appointed Director of Food For Peace, Richard W. Reuter. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
RWRPP
Papers 1955-73 (bulk 1962-1966). International relief worker. Executive director, CARE (1955-1962); Director, Food for Peace (1962-1965); Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Food for Peace (1965-1966). Appointment books, telephone logs, correspondence, memorandums, speeches, reports, position papers, press releases, news clippings, and subject files relating to the administration of PL 480.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30344
President John F. Kennedy’s aides pose on the West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Appointment Secretary, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Special Assistant for Congressional Relations and Personnel, Larry O’Brien; Economic Advisor, Kermit Gordon; Assistant Special Counsel, Lee C. White; Administrative Assistant, Timothy J. Reardon, Jr.; Advisor for National Capital Affairs, Charles A. Horsky; Deputy Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), Edward A. McDermott; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Ralph A. Dungan; Military Aide, General Chester V. Clifton; Special Counsel, Theodore C. Sorensen; Director of Food for Peace, Richard W. Reuter; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, Bromley Smith; Special Assistant for National Security, McGeorge Bundy.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20906
Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief (in back, hidden); President Kennedy (back to camera); Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back, hidden); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern (facing away); and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20905
President John F. Kennedy (center left) stands with leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (holding paper); Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief (in back, hidden); President Kennedy; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20904
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; unidentified; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20903
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; unidentified; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20902
Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy (holding scroll); Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back, partially hidden); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20901
Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (left), reads from a paper upon presenting President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Other leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Friedman; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20900
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (in back, mostly hidden); Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; unidentified (in back); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20899
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (in back, mostly hidden); Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; unidentified (in back); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20898
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (in back, mostly hidden); Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; unidentified (in back); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7157-D
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7157-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7157-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (in back); Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7157-A
Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; President Kennedy (holding scroll); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-431-4-63
Director of Food For Peace, Richard W. Reuter (seated third from left on right side of table, mostly hidden), holds a Food for Peace meeting in the Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.