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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JEN-04
In this interview Nolan discusses various visits to different states for Robert F. Kennedy's [RFK] 1968 presidential campaign, including the University of Indiana Medical School; issues with the scheduling for the Michigan trip; planning for delays and limitations in the campaign schedule; scheduling visits to West Virginia and Nebraska; troubles with the Oregon campaign; running into Eugene McCarthy at the Portland zoo; and George S. McGovern and the South Dakota primary, among other issues.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-E
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (behind Rayburn); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; unidentified man in back; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts (in back); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in shadow); Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); two unidentified men. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1030-030
This folder contains speeches made by Senator John F. Kennedy at conventions of the ALF-CIO (American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations) in California, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, and Oregon. Topics include legislation for unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and care for the aged; effects of automation on the labor industry; racketeering and corruption within the labor movement; and the endorsement of Senator Kennedy by the AFL-CIO for the 1960 presidential campaign.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1027-005
This folder contains press releases, statements, speeches, and transcripts of press conferences given by Senator John F. Kennedy in Alaska, California, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Washington during his 1960 presidential campaign. Topics addressed include voter registration, labor, legislation and congressional relations, the 1960 campaign, natural resources, Communism, Latin America, and the Soviet Union.