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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.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-022-010
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate low interest loans to the Soviet Union and a failed legislative amendment proposed by Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina to offer similar low interest loans to American farmers. The episode aired on Monday, August 13, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers
RWRPP-011-006
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-010-006
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-063
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 2687, to extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-480), which established the Food for Peace program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-023
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 1027, to amend Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, in order to increase the funds available under Public Law 83-480, also known as the Food for Peace program.
Collection
MFPP
Papers 1945-1992 (bulk 1954-1965). Lawyer, government official. Deputy Special Counsel to the President (1961-1964), Counsel to the President (1964-1965). Papers consisting of personal and professional correspondence, subject files, appointment calendars, campaign files, and audiovisual material created and maintained during the presidential administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.