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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-20-A
AR07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WWC-01
Cochrane discusses John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) agricultural views, the Agricultural Act of 1961’s procedural approach, and the relationship between JFK and the Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KMB-03
Birkhead discusses specific agriculture legislation during the Kennedy administration, including among others the 1962 farm bill and 1963 wheat referendum, and Southern members of Congress, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KMB-02
Birkhead discusses his work on Lyndon Baines Johnson’s speech-writing team during his vice-presidential campaign in 1960, his duties as Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Liaison, and 1961 feed grains legislation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KMB-01
Birkhead discusses his interactions with John F. Kennedy (JFK), during JFK’s years in the U.S. Congress, the 1960 presidential campaign, and the evolution of JFK’s knowledge of and views on agriculture, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OLF-02
Freeman discusses the USDA’s role in feeding the poor and John F. Kennedy’s stance on agriculture, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RVF-01
In this interview Fitzgerald discusses his first time meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s campaign visit to South Dakota in September 1960; the importance of agriculture in JFK’s Administration; the reaction to JFK’s death in agricultural fields; and the role of agricultural committees in civil defense, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CSM-01
This interview focuses on the 1960 Democratic National Convention, the 1960 presidential campaign, and agricultural issues that arose during the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-027-r02
Sound recording by Voice of America (VOA) of graduation exercises at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 19, 1963, with a commencement address delivered by Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. The recording continues from reel 1. Secretary Freeman concludes his commencement address. In the full address, Secretary Freeman discusses the pace of change in the world and the benefits of a positive approach in life. He also encourages graduates to pay in kind for services and benefits received by supporting education for others; by supporting equal opportunity for all Americans, a standard not yet met, particularly for African Americans; and by supporting the reduction of hunger and malnourishment in parts of the world. Among speakers following Secretary Freeman are: [Lucy Keker?], member of the Montgomery County Board of Education and James B. Williams, Principal of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. The recording continues from reel 1. This is reel 2 of 2 audio tape reels. Accession MR-1971-016-r02.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-027-r01
Sound recording by Voice of America (VOA) of graduation exercises at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 19, 1963, with a commencement address delivered by Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. A band performs and other speakers deliver remarks before Secretary Freeman speaks. In his address, Secretary Freeman discusses the pace of change in the world and the benefits of a positive approach in life. He also encourages graduates to pay in kind for services and benefits received by in turn supporting education for others; by supporting equal opportunity for all Americans, a standard not yet met, particularly for African Americans; and by supporting the reduction of hunger and malnourishment in parts of the world. This is reel 1 of 2 audio tape reels. The recording continues on reel 2. Accession MR-1971-016-r01.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-30-A
AR35, ST23
Collection
USDAPC
Photographs and publicity materials, 1955-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Black-and-white photographs made by the United States Department of Agriculture during John F. Kennedy’s Presidency, featuring John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, and others, and images used to illustrate and promote Department of Agriculture programs.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-007-001
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF42-016
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture draft bill, later enrolled as S.J. Res. 71, to establish a National Commission on Food Marketing to study the food industry from the producer to the consumer.
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-01000-007
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00975-007
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-083
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture proposed report on enrolled bill S. 981, to amend title V of Housing Act of 1949 to assist in the provision of housing for domestic farm labor.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-076
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture proposed report on S. 1852, which would amend the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 in order to increase the limitation on the amount of loans which may be insured under subtitle A of such Act.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-069
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 2307, to amend the emergency loan authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 to authorize such loans in areas where credit is not otherwise available because of serious economic conditions for farmers or ranchers.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-044
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture report on H.R. 6224, to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to permit the sale of cotton acreage allotments under specified circumstances.
Textual folder
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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-017
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a draft bill proposed by the Department of Agriculture to remove the $10 million limitation on programs carried out under section 16(e)(7) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act for 1964 and subsequent years.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-015
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a draft bill proposed by the Agriculture Department to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend financial and technical assistance to local groups in making studies of local agricultural and related needs, and the establishment of local organizations for planning and carrying out local projects.
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-01027-027