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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-25B-1
The recording of this conversation begins on Dictation Belt 25A.6. Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on August 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Martha W. Griffiths of Michigan. They continue to discuss their positions on a tax bill and its possible effects on the economy and politics.Following the conversation, there is machine noise and [White House Operator?] answers the telephone.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 25B, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-25B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 25B.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-25B
Dictation Belt 25B contains two sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 25B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 25A.6. Item 25B.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Martha W. Griffiths of Michigan. They continue to discuss their positions on a tax bill and its possible effects on the economy and politics. Following the conversation, there is machine noise and [White House Operator?] answers the telephone. Item 25B.2 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana. They discuss arrangements for General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Joint Chiefs, to speak to United States Senators about a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). The Senators include Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi, his Preparedness Investigation Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 25C.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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-25A-6
Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on August 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Martha W. Griffiths of Michigan. They discuss their positions on a tax bill and its possible effects on the economy and politics.Machine noise precedes the conversation, and the conversation begins in mid-sentence. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 25B.1.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 25A, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-25A, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 25A.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-25A
Dictation Belt 25A contains six sound recordings. Item 25A.1 is a telephone conversation held on July 31, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. They discuss an unidentified situation concerning United Air Lines. They also discuss Peru using aid money from the United States to buy gold. Item 25A.2 is a telephone conversation held on July 31, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana. Senator Long raises an objection to an order requiring the state government of Louisiana to enforce compliance with a federal integration order on a highway project. Item 25A.3 is a brief telephone exchange between President John F. Kennedy and a White House Operator. When President Kennedy answers, the operator informs him that the call from Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack of Massachusetts is intended for Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell. Item 25A.4 is a brief telephone exchange between an unidentified man and a White House Operator. The unidentified man asks for an outside line. Item 25A.5 is a telephone conversation held on August 6, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Claude Desautels. They discuss the integration of African Americans into the federal workforce and plans for a field hearing in Philadelphia. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 25A.6 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Martha W. Griffiths of Michigan. They discuss their positions on a tax bill and its possible effects on the economy and politics. Machine noise precedes the conversation, and the conversation begins in mid-sentence. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 25B.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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the balance of payments, taxes, the International Development Association, and a proposal for the establishment of a Committee for Inter-American Development. Also included in this folder is a collection of letters and memoranda regarding the economy from Senior Consultant to the Secretary of the Treasury Seymour E. Harris to the President and numerous memoranda from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Materials include memoranda for the President from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon titled, "Impact of Tax Reduction on the Budget," and, "Monetary Policy, the Balance of Payments, and Domestic Growth;" and the membership list as of June 1, 1963 of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963. Also included in this folder is a speech by Co-Chairman of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 Stuart T. Saunders titled, "Taxes and Economic Growth."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Materials consist of a collection of memoranda and reports for the President regarding the balance of payments. Also included in this folder is a report to the President by the Cabinet Committee on the Balance of Payments and a paper by Executive Director of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) Bill Dale titled, "The Role of the IMF in a Program to Finance the U.S. External Deficit."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include gold transactions, tax reform, the balance of payments, and proposed changes in the organizational structure of Internal Revenue Service field offices. Also included in this folder are copies of Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's statement before the Joint Economic Committee and a speech by Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler titled, "The President's Tax and Expenditure Control Program- Key to Economic Policy in the Sixties."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include tax cuts, gold, the balance of payments, the Export Expansion Program, and financial relations between the United States and France.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-008-008
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with Senator Paul H. Douglas, including material relating to the tax cut proposed by the Kennedy Administration; a letter from painter William F. Draper in which he thanks President Kennedy for sitting for a portrait and makes inquiries concerning a portrait of the President’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy; and an original poem dedicated to President Kennedy entitled “America has a Son! (In the White House).”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-048-013
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks before the District 36-G United Steelworkers Union of America in Tampa, Florida. In his speech the President explains the economic policies advocated by Democrats in the 1930s, and identifies taxation and unemployment as two major problems facing the American economy. Materials in this folder include note cards and a press copy of the speech, in addition to a copy of the MacDill Herald.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-046-040
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's radio and television address to the nation on pending legislation for tax reductions and a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty or Limited Test Ban Treaty). In his speech the President explains how tax reform will improve the American economy and protect against a recession, citing increased employment, increased family incomes, improved strength of the American dollar, and new international markets as benefits. Materials in this folder include various memoranda (some by Dr. Walter W. Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers), note cards, drafts by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and a press copy of the speech. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-046-033
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address at the national conference of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President urges the swift passage of pending tax reform legislation, explaining that tax reduction is one part of an overall economic program designed to decrease unemployment, increase domestic production, and balance international payments. Materials in this folder include a press, reading, and mimeographed copy of the speech, in addition to the Committee's membership directory, a program for the conference, and a Washington Report on the Committee's recent activities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the tax bill, the balance of payments, and an increase in resources for the International Development Association. Of note is a draft statement for the President regarding taxes and the tax bill. Also included in this folder is a copy of Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's statement before the House Ways and Means Committee on the status of the economy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include gold, taxes, the balance of payments, and Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's meeting with bankers at the Federal Reserve of New York. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to the President from Dillon titled, "Current Monetary Policy," a memorandum to the President from Under Secretary of State George W. Ball titled, "A Fresh Approach to the Gold Problem," and copy of a speech by Dr. Roy L. Reierson of Bankers Trust Company of New York titled, "The Strength of the United States Dollar."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the resignation of Harry J. Anslinger as Commissioner of Narcotics, the new tax depreciation schedule, tax cut legislation, and the economy. Also included in this folder are notes, possibly written by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon for discussing the balance of payments with the President and a transcript of Meet the Press from July 8, 1962 with Chairman and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Per Jacobsson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-056-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's News Conference of June 7, 1962 (News Conference 35). The President began the press conference with a statement concerning the economic outlook of the United States and his administration's economic program. He then announced that he was asking Congress to enact across the board reductions in personal and corporate income tax rates on January 1, 1963 in order to aid economic recovery. Following this statement the President answered questions from the press on a variety of topics including the foreign aid program, the 1962 tax bill, the proposed tax bill for 1963, whether the United States would assist France in the development of nuclear weapons, and the plan announced by United States Surgeon General Luther Terry to investigate the link between cigarette smoking and disease. Background materials in this folder consist of briefing papers for the President on foreign affairs. The official White House transcript of the press conference and the stenotype transcript of the press conference are also included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-019
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to members of the National Advisory Council of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President discusses the theoretical foundation for his tax reform program and the concrete ways said changes would improve the country's economy. The press copy also includes remarks from John E. Horne, Administrator of the SBA, and Cortland J. Silver, Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Council of the SBA.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-042-028
This folder contains a draft of a speech by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen concerning the preferred tax treatment of natural resources.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-007
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 of President Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on tax reduction and reform, during which he explains how pending tax reform legislation will stabilize prices, encourage economic growth, increase employment opportunities, and improve the country's balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-012
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of February 7, 1963 (News Conference 48). Materials primarily consist of memorandums, newspaper clippings, and briefing papers for the President on the economy and tax reform.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-008
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of January 24, 1963 (News Conference 47). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports, memorandums, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, taxes, and disarmament. Of note is a report from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy summarizing civil rights efforts in 1962. Also included in this folder is a Senate report titled, "Berlin in a Changing Europe".
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-058-002
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of November 20, 1962 (News Conference 45). Materials consist of memorandums, newspaper clippings, and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs. Subjects include the economy, proposed tax cut legislation, and the balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-057-007
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of August 22, 1962 (News Conference 41). Materials primarily consist of memorandums for the President on recent activities by various departments and agencies. Topics include the military space program, the economy, taxes, agriculture, legislation, and labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-056a-002
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of June 14, 1962 (News Conference 36). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, proposed tax cut legislation, and the balance of payments. Of note are memoranda to the President by Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Walter W. Heller concerning the current economic situation in the United States, current labor disputes, and budget deficits.