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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-007
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Commerce. Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, publications, press releases, and data charts. Correspondents include Luther H. Hodges (Secretary of Commerce), Clarence D. Martin, Jr. (Under Secretary for Transportation), George Jaszi (director of the Office of Business Economics), James G. Morton (special assistant to the Secretary), Richard H. Holton (Assistant Secretary of Commerce), and Edward Gudeman (Under Secretary of Commerce). The file also contains select copies of Hodges' Congressional testimony and press conferences, and a directory of industry and trade specialists in the Business and Defense Services Administration, within the Department of Commerce.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-006
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Commerce. Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, publications, press releases, and data charts. Correspondents include Luther H. Hodges (Secretary of Commerce), Clarence D. Martin, Jr. (Under Secretary for Transportation), George Jaszi (director of the Office of Business Economics), James G. Morton (special assistant to the Secretary), and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Under Secretary of Commerce). The file also contains the Department of Commerce proposed legislative program for the 89th Congress, 1st Session; a preliminary draft report on the airline subsidy reduction program; an issue of Current Population Reports on consumer income, published by the Bureau of the Census; a Report to Congress on Unauthorized Assistance to Seemingly Nondepressed Areas Under the Public Works Acceleration Act and the Area Redevelopment Act, by the U.S. Comptroller General; and information on a State Science and Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. (3-4 February 1964).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-072a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Commerce. Topics include the 1964 World's Fair, the balance of payments, the Export Promotion program, and railroad mergers. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a press conference held by Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and copies of numerous addresses by Secretary Hodges.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-072a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Commerce. Topics include sales of the manufacturing industry, the acceleration of public works projects, and the itinerary of an official trip by Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a press conference held by Secretary Hodges.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-072a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Commerce. Materials include copies of numerous addresses by Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, an issue of International Commerce magazine, and a paper by Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology J. Herbert Hollomon titled, "The Impending Crisis in Technology".
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-072a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Commerce. Topics include Gross National Project projections, the exporting of American automobiles, the textile industry, and economics. Of note is a report titled "Comments on Amendments Introduced by Senator Bush to H.R. 11970, the Trade Expansion Act". Also included in this folder are copies of numerous addresses by Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-072-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Commerce. Topics include the 1964 New York World's Fair, the early release of Federal highway funds to the States, and U.S. cotton imports. Of note is a report titled, "1962 Outlook and 1961 Year-End Economic Review," by Secretary of Commerce Luther B. Hodges. Also included in this folder is a booklet by the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso) titled, ""El Progreso del Pueblo," a monthly newsletter for First National Bank, and a report titled, "Saline Water Conversion," by Stanford Research Institute (SRI). This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-112-003
Sound recording of three meetings. The first is a Cabinet meeting held on September 23, 1963, during which members of several departments brief President John F. Kennedy and each other on topics of particular interest, including private wheat sales to the Soviet Union and relevant political issues, Secretary McNamara and General Taylor's mission to South Vietnam, federal employment, and the economic outlook heading into 1964. Meeting participants include President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Acting Secretary of State George Ball; Herbert Miller for the Attorney General; Acting Postmaster General Sidney Bishop; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges; Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony Celebrezze; Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Special Assistant to the President Timothy J. ("Ted") Reardon; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy; and Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen.Second is a brief meeting on civil rights held on September 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Burke Marshall. One segment of this recording totaling 16 seconds has been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 13526.
Third is part of a meeting held on September 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and several city leaders from Birmingham, Alabama, including Dr. Landon Miller, W.C. Hamilton, Caldwell Marks, Frank Newton, and Don Hawkins. They discuss civil rights issues in Birmingham. The recording of this meeting ends abruptly and continues on Tape 113. Please note that this meeting was previously made available for review in 1984.
This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 112, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. See Related Records to access Tape 112 in its entirety or the remainder of recording of the third meeting on Tape 113.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-098-002
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Under Secretary of State George Ball, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs Richard Holton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) David Bell, Chief United States Trade Negotiator Christian Herter, member of the Council of Economic Advisers Walter Heller, Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, and Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. The discussions concerning the balance of payments are similar to discussions in a meeting the previous day, only in a larger group. Actions by the Federal Reserve as well as the President’s Special Message to Congress on the Balance of Payments are also covered. In addition, military budget cuts in personnel and in aid, and export-trade difficulties are discussed in detail. Two segments of the recording totaling 2 minutes have been removed in accordance with Section 3.4 (b) (1), (3) of Executive Order 12958. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 98, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 98 in its entirety.