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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies and memoranda from Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien. Topics include education, mass transit, and mental health, but the majority of materials concerns pending civil rights legislation. The folder was originally titled "6/63 Civil rights."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, a copy of H.R. 3139, an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman (with handwritten notations by the President), Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. The folder was originally titled "1/63 Wool, Education, Civil rights, Mansfield."