Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-050-004
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. The folder includes a draft of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as well as a presidential statement released to the press by White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announcing the establishment of the Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. Also of note is an agenda for the 8 January 1962 Bipartisan Leadership Meeting, which contains handwritten notes by the President. This folder was originally titled "January 1962, Federal pay systems, trade, reclamation, Columbia basin, executive reorganization, HUD, sugar, Humphrey, Ellender."