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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF37-014
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning poverty, mainly news clippings and magazine articles. There are also some memoranda, letters, charts, notes, and drafts. Items include two Council of Economic Advisers memoranda, one by Robert J. Lampman titled "An Offensive Against Poverty," with general thoughts on a potential Kennedy anti-poverty program (June 1963), and one by Burton A. Weisbrod titled "Some Reflections Regarding the Attack on Poverty" (March 1964). Other items of note include Congressional testimony by W. Willard Wirtz and Anthony J. Celebrezze; a report on "Poverty in America" from the National Policy Committee on Pockets of Poverty; and an unattributed memorandum of specifications for a bill to combat poverty (January 1964).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-007
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, speeches, and charts. Correspondents include Wilbur J. Cohen (Assistant Secretary), Francis Keppel (Commissioner of Education), Anthony J. Celebrezze (Secretary of HEW), and Abraham Ribicoff (Secretary of HEW). The file also contains a revised draft presidential message on health, written jointly by the Council of Economic Advisers and the Bureau of the Budget; a statement by the Consumer Advisory Council concerning the Citizens Committee (Harvey Committee) report on the Food and Drug Administration; an unattributed article for the New Republic on the state of the nation's health; highlights of HEW activities for fiscal year 1961; a paper titled "Indicators of National Developments That Will Affect Future Health, Education, and Welfare Activities" (August 1961); and a draft paper on education and economic growth.