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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-099-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Democratic National Committee's efforts to research the voting records of Republican Congressmen. Materials include memoranda and summaries of Republican Congressmen's voting patterns according to subject organized by state.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-099-003
This folder contains a complete booklet documenting Michigan Congressman George Meader's voting record according to subjects and individual pieces of legislation produced by the Democratic National Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-137-019
This folder contains copies of President-elect John F. Kennedy's letter of resignation from the United States Senate.
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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-053-007
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 press releases concerning tax and foreign aid legislation, summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, and David E. Bell, Administrator of the Agency for International Development, concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include tax reform, foreign aid, the national debt, and the nuclear test ban treaty. The folder was originally titled "8/13/63-8/26/63 Budget, Taxation, Civil Service Commission, Foreign aid."
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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."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-017
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 Special Assistant Council to the President Lee C. White, 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 tax reform, public works, international relations, youth employment, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "3/63 Public works, McNamara."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-136-012
This folder contains a copy of a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, then a member of the Senate Committee on Improper Activities and Labor and Management (also known as the McClellan Committee), regarding labor-management corruption. In his speech he calls for new legislation, the establishment of a national crime commission, an increase in local law enforcement, and the creation of a new congressional committee with broader powers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-136-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, both during and prior to his Presidency, concerning the activities of the Senate Committee on the Reception Room, a committee created to choose five Senators whose portraits would be placed in the five unfilled spaces in the Senate Reception Room. The selected Senators are: John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, Henry Clay of Kentucky, Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. of Wisconsin, Robert A. Taft of Ohio, and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Materials in this folder include correspondence and a program for the unveiling reception.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-135-023
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, both during and prior to his Presidency, concerning the activities of the Senate Committee on the Reception Room, a committee created to choose five Senators whose portraits would be placed in the unfilled spaces of the Senate Reception Room. Materials in this folder include a press release, telegrams, newspaper articles, correspondence, a meeting agenda, expense reimbursement forms, and a copy of a speech delivered by Senator Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks before the Congressional Club Breakfast held at the International Inn in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President discusses the unique political and societal contributions made by Congressional representatives' wives. Materials in this folder include drafts (one with handwritten notations by the President) and a press copy of the speech.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-011
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 report on the McClellan-Jensen Bill for a Joint Budget Committee, 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 concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include cotton, poultry, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "2/63 Cotton, Poultry, Budget, Mills, Cooley, Cannon."
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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."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064-014
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Lawrence F. O'Brien, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel. Topics include legislation, background information for meetings between President Kennedy and individual congressman, congressional social events, and the disposal of land from Barksdale Air Force Base. Of note is a folder containing the analysis of legislative records of the 83rd, 84th, and 87th Congresses.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064-013
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Lawrence F. O'Brien, Special Assistant to President for Congressional Relations and Personnel. Topics include legislation, background information for meetings between President Kennedy and individual congressman, and the possible construction of a veteran's hospital in Florida.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064-008
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Mike N. Manatos, Administrative Assistant to the President. Topics include replacing John G. Stewart as Architect of the Capitol; issues important to individual members of Congress; and environmental projects in Florida, including Everglades National Park.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-011
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Lee C. White, Assistant Special Counsel to the President. Topics include background information for meetings between President Kennedy and chairmen of various congressional committees, a proposal for a Puerto Rican plebiscite regarding their country's status, notes for publisher's luncheons in various states, the space program, and the Commission on Civil Rights.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-005
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 memoranda regarding tax reform, the sugar bill, and other pending legislation. The folder was originally titled "12/62 Sugar."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-004
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 statistical economic data, a summary of the administration's legislative agenda, analyses of Congressional sessions, and a memorandum from Administrative Assistant to the President Henry H. Wilson, Jr. concerning Congressional voting patterns. The folder was originally titled "11/62 None."