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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-065
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 2642, to mobilize the human and financial resources of the nation to combat poverty in the United States. The legislation was known as the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-027
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture draft bill to strengthen the agricultural economy, to help achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances, and to provide to improved levels of nutrition among economically needy households through a program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade. This legislation was known as the Food Stamp Act of 1963.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-004
This folder contains a memorandum by the Department of Labor with the agency's recommendations for the 1964 legislative program to combat poverty. It includes a related report on proposed programs to enable people to break out of poverty cycles, to provide better living environments, and to provide adequate income.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-003
This folder contains a preliminary report by the Department of Commerce titled "A Coordinated Attack on Poverty in the United States," containing the agency's proposals for the 1964 legislative program to combat poverty. This report was submitted to the Council of Economic Advisers in response to a request from Walter W. Heller.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF37-012
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning H.R. 10440, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Types of items include memoranda, drafts, and a statement given by C. Lowell Harriss during the Congressional hearings.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-005
This folder contains materials concerning the 1964 legislative program to combat poverty. There is feedback from the Department of the Interior on the poverty program proposed by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the Bureau of the Budget, with attached memoranda by the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding programs to attack poverty on reservations, as well as an overview titled "Indians and Poverty." Next there is information from the Department of Agriculture on their anti-poverty proposals and cost estimates. There is also a handwritten spreadsheet for budget reconciliation of the total legislative program and the poverty program, and a copy of the CEA report to Theodore Sorensen regarding recommendations for making the "Attack on Poverty" a central feature of the 1964 legislative program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-002
This folder contains a preliminary draft of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1964.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-045
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 1922, to assist in the provision of housing for moderate and low income families, to promote orderly urban development, and to extend and amend laws relating to housing, urban renewal, and community facilities. The legislation was known as the Housing Act of 1961.