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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26B
Dictation Belt 26B contains seven sound recordings. Item 26B.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy, Herbert S. Walters, Governor Frank G. Clement of Tennessee, and Walter Clement. They discuss the appointment of Herbert S. Walters to succeed the late Estes Kefauver as United States Senator from Tennessee. President Kennedy speaks briefly to Governor Clement’s father Walter. Item 26B.2 is a telephone conversation held in August 1963 between President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. They discuss their legislative strategy on a tax bill, including how to deal with Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas. For most of the recording there is a strong echo. Item 26B.2A is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Shepard asks what time President Kennedy will be available for a discussion. Item 26B.3 is a telephone conversation held on August 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Solicitor General Archibald Cox. They discuss a tidelands issue concerning Louisiana. Item 26B.3A is a brief telephone exchange on August 23, 1963, between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Arthur J. Goldberg. They chat while Justice Goldberg holds for President Kennedy. Item 26B.4 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Arthur J. Goldberg. Justice Goldberg advises President Kennedy on negotiations concerning a railroad work rules dispute. Item 26B.5 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator J. William Fulbright. They 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). The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 26C.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.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26B-4
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Arthur J. Goldberg. Justice Goldberg advises President Kennedy on negotiations concerning a railroad work rules dispute.This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 26B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-26B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 26B.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-011
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Labor. Types of material include letters, memoranda, speeches, press releases, news clippings, and charts. Correspondents include W. Willard Wirtz (Secretary of Labor), John W. Lehman (Bureau of Labor Statistics), John W. Lewis (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor), Esther Peterson (Assistant Secretary of Labor), Robert C. Goodwin (Bureau of Employment Security), and Arthur J. Goldberg (Secretary of Labor). The file also contains suggested material for a speech on "The Year 2000"; a report of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy regarding pension funds and retirement programs; information for a meeting with Reiulf Steen, a member of the Norwegian parliament (26 February 1962); and a speech by Heller on "Statistics for Economic Outlook" (29 September 1961).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-022
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning legislation to establish a standby capital improvements program. Types of items include correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, and press releases. Related work products of the Council of Economic Advisers include a draft of a proposed bill to authorize a capital improvements program during periods of rising unemployment; a paper on "Output and Employment Effects of Stand-by Expenditures"; and a background memorandum jointly written with the Bureau of the Budget regarding the proposed standby capital improvements authority. Other materials of note are copies of the Congressional testimony of Heller, David E. Bell, Arthur J. Goldberg, Gerhard Colm, and Charles H. Stoddard; analysis of the inventory of federal construction projects and other work submitted pursuant to the President's economic message of 2 February 1961; and a memorandum on the 1962 economic situation by George Meany of the AFL-CIO.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include labor disputes in various industries, the status of MDTA (Manpower Development and Training Act) training projects, and supplemental appropriations to the executive branch for fiscal year 1963. Also included in this folder is a paper by Arthur J. Goldberg titled, "Memorandum to the President on a National System of Civil Honors," a letter to the President from Dorothy Goldberg, and Arthur J. Goldberg's resignation letter as Secretary of Labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include labor disputes in the aerospace and railroad industries, an extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (TEUC), the appointment of Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg to the Supreme Court and the appointment of W. Willard Wirtz as Secretary of Labor, and the American Institute for Free Labor Development. Of note is a letter to the President from Eleanor Roosevelt and a progress report from the Presidential Committee on the Status of Women. Also included in this folder is a booklet titled, "Monthly Report in the Labor Force for July 1962," by Goldberg.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include Executive Order 10925 that established a committee on equal employment opportunity, suggestions by Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg for the reorganization of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), a comparison of gains between workers and stockholders for General Motors and Ford Motor Company, and an Executive order establishing a program for resolving labor disputes at missile and spaces sites. Also included in this folder is a report by Goldberg titled, “A Program for Labor Action in Latin America.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0463-009
This folder contains a copy of Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg’s arbitration award for a labor dispute between the Metropolitan Opera Association and American Federation of Musicians, Local 802. Also included in this folder are copies of letters from President John F. Kennedy to the heads of the Metropolitan Opera Association; the American Federation of Musicians; and the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802.