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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-010
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 summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies. Memoranda from 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 appear throughout. Topics include education, foreign aid, tax reform, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "11/63 Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-009
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 a press release concerning agriculture, summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and a letter from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dean Rush concerning American exports to the Soviet Union. Memoranda from 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 are found throughout. Topics include education, agriculture, tax reform, civil rights, foreign aid, and veterans' pensions. The folder was originally titled "10/63 Military pay, Veterans pensions, Wheat, CIA."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-008
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 summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, and Kermit Gordon, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include health, education, tax reform, social services, and the nuclear test ban treaty. The folder was originally titled "9/63 Child welfare, Budget."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-006
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 summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from 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. Topics include foreign aid, education, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "8/2/63-8/12/63 None."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-005
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 a summary of Senate legislative activities, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from 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 tax reform, civil rights, foreign aid, and labor disputes in the railroad industry. The folder was originally titled "7/63 Railroad strikes, Taxation, Civil rights, Foreign aid."
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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-053-002
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 a report of Senate activities, a report on economic policies during the 1958 and 1960 recessions, statistical data on federal expenditures, and reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies. 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 concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation appear throughout. Topics include feed grain, civil rights, education, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "5/63 Economy, cotton."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-001
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 a press release concerning campaign finance legislation, copies of a proposed campaign finance report bill, a report on financing the United Nations, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include mass transit, political campaigns, youth employment, and salaries for federal employees. The folder was originally titled "4/63 Federal salaries, Political campaign financing, Republican committee."