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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-089
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address to the United States Chamber of Commerce at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy congratulates the Chamber on its 50th anniversary, and discusses the ways in which businesses and the government must cooperatively interact in order to address mutual concerns of inflation, modernization, and competitive market forces.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-18-A
AR21, KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-30-A
AR19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-19-C
AR29
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF22-004
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Types of material include letters, memoranda, press releases, and speeches. The file also contains a program from the Economic Institute on Tax Reform; a booklet titled "Unemployment: Some Neglected Causes"; and Congressional testimony on employment by Emerson P. Schmidt. Note that this file also includes some misfiled material from the Department of Commerce.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address to the United States Chamber of Commerce at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President congratulates the Chamber on its 50th anniversary, and discusses the ways in which the government and businesses must cooperatively interact in order to address mutual concerns of inflation, modernization, and competitive market forces. Materials in this folder include various memoranda, drafts (by economic advisor Walter Heller and Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen), press copies, and reading copies of the speech. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7592-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with President of the US Chamber of Commerce, H. Ladd Plumley; Mr. Plumley submitted a report to President Kennedy on federal budget appropriations. Unidentified photographers stand in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21879
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, H. Ladd Plumley. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Damage original to negative]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21878
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, H. Ladd Plumley. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7189-C
Mayor Walter H. Reynolds of Providence, Rhode Island shows President John F. Kennedy the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Grand Award for Fire Safety won by the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7189-B
President John F. Kennedy speaks to an audience at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7189-A
President John F. Kennedy arrives to deliver an address at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Front row (L-R): Arch Booth, Executive Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce; President Kennedy; Ladd Plumley, President-elect of the Chamber of Commerce. Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn and Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher follow the President. Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7249-B
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, H. Ladd Plumley. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7249-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, H. Ladd Plumley. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.