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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-03
In this interview Heath discusses the Office of Education during the transition from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to President John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s task force for education; problems when a new leader comes in; working with Congress; the National Defense Education Act and other education legislation; JFK and the Church-State issue in education; Abraham A. Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW; leadership within the Office of Education; Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of HEW; Wilbur Cohen in HEW; reorganization of HEW; various education projects; new HEW programs under JFK and President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it intersected with education programs; and the transformation in how Americans viewed education, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-02
In this interview Heath discusses how she came to join the Office of Education; the leadership within the Office of Education and different ideas on how it should be run; other agencies within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]; changes in the status and administration of HEW; various pieces of education legislation; the 1954 Supreme Court decision on separate but equal and segregation in schools; international education affairs; the reasons for pushing for general school aid over categorical aid; the 1955 White House conference on education; coalescing all the organizations within HEW into one voice for the Department; working with other Departments; the International Labor Organization and the United Nations; getting political support from the different presidential Administrations; the nationalization of the Suez Canal; the shift to considering social matters in a much broader context; the impact of the Sputnik launch on the Office of Education; and the National Defense Education Act, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJC-02
Celebrezze discusses mental health and mental retardation programs and legislation during the Kennedy administration, and John F. Kennedy’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJC-01
Celebrezze discusses his appointment as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), federal aid to private schools, and HEW’s legislative program during the Kennedy administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GB-01
Bolling discusses her work on John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, on patronage requests at the beginning of the Kennedy administration, and on education and Medicare legislation as a congressional liaison, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-02
This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-01
Desmarais focuses upon the Kennedy presidential campaign in Louisiana and Missouri, and personal recollections of John F. Kennedy, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-02
In this interview Conway discusses working with John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to the choice of Lyndon B. Johnson for JFK’s running mate; labor leadership and JFK’s campaign; unions and the religious issue during the 1960 election; discussing presidential appointments with JFK after the election; Conway’s role in JFK’s Administration; the Housing and Home Finance Agency, legislation, and working with Congress; accelerated public works, the Department of Commerce, and problems with the extent of presidential powers; Walter Reuther and his relationship with JFK; confrontations between Johnson and Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; working with RFK on civil rights marches and their legislative demands; and interactions with RFK from 1964 through 1968, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JMQ-01
This interview focuses on the 1960 presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, the leadership of the Health, Education, and Welfare Department, and the Kennedy administration’s focus on civil rights, among other topics
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-IAN-02
This interview focuses on the reorganization of the Heath, Education, and Welfare department during the Kennedy administration, legislative matters, and communication between various departments in the White House, among other topics.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF02-020
This folder contains material pertaining to the Ad Hoc Committee on Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property. The majority consists of comments submitted by various government agencies regarding a report and draft bill written by the committee on the disposition of surplus federal property. Agencies that submitted feedback include the Department of the Interior; the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the Housing and Home Finance Agency; and the Bureau of the Budget.
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Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-029-003
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-007-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-007-005
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF42-019
This folder contains material related to the legislative plans of various agencies for the 87th Congress, 2nd Session, which began in January 1962. In addition to information from the Council of Economic Advisers, there are also proposed legislative programs submitted by the Post Office Department, Civil Service Commission, United States Information Agency, General Services Administration, Panama Canal Zone Government, Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Labor, and Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-026
This folder contains one letter pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education and Welfare draft bill entitled the National Education Act of 1963.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-021
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education and Welfare draft bill entitled Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963, which would provide for assistance in the construction and initial operation of community mental health centers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-020
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education and Welfare draft bill entitled the Mental Retardation Planning and Facilities Act of 1963, which would assist states in combating mental retardation through comprehensive planning for state and community action and through construction of research centers and facilities for the mentally retarded.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-011
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a revised draft bill submitted by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare entitled the Senior Citizens Act of 1963. This bill would provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning, services, research, construction of activity centers, and so on.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF40-028
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare draft bill to authorize the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions to invest moneys of the special fund, and to allow Federal credit unions greater flexibility in their organization and operations. The bill was later enrolled as H.R. 8459.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-001
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare draft bill to authorize the Commissioner of Education to assist public and other nonprofit institutions of higher education in financing the construction, rehabilitation, or improvement of needed academic and related facilities, to authorize the Commissioner to award scholarships for study in such institutions, and to authorize additional financing of faculty and student housing and other educational facilities under the college housing program. Another version of the bill authorized a three-year program of Federal financial assistance for public elementary and secondary schools, and amended Public Law 81-815 and Public Law 81-874. The legislation was known as the School Assistance Act of 1961. The file also includes drafts of a presidential message on education.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-005
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) draft bill to extend and improve the public assistance and child welfare services programs of the Social Security Act. The legislation was known as the Public Welfare Amendments of 1962. The file also includes another HEW draft bill to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education, called the Improvement of Educational Quality Act of 1962.