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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-03
In this interview Conway discusses getting Martin Luther King out of jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963; Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] view of King and his actions; the March on Washington; working with RFK and the Justice Department on civil rights legislation; Walter Reuther; Conway’s decision to leave John F. Kennedy’s Administration and working on legislation from the outside; the Community Action Program; working with Senator RFK during the Johnson Administration; Senator RFK’s involvement in the labor movement; Jesse M. Unruh, RFK, and the 1968 California presidential primary; Department of Urban Affairs legislation; getting accelerated public works legislation through Congress; Housing and Home Finance Agency staff members; and the attempt to pick up congressional seats in 1962 and 1964, among other issues.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-161-006
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the swearing-in ceremony of former Governor of Pennsylvania David L. Lawrence as Chairman of the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing held in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-02-01-B
AR32, ST20, KN29
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7694-C
President John F. Kennedy hands a certificate of appointment to Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence, during Chairman Lawrence's swearing-in ceremony. Left to right: Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Chief Benefits Director for the Veterans Administration (VA), Philip Brownstein; unidentified (in back); Gerald Lawrence; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason (in back, mostly obscured); President Kennedy; Chairman Lawrence (holding certificate); Alyce Lawrence; Commissioner of the Urban Renewal Administration, William L. Slayton; Assistant to the Federal Housing Commissioner, Oliver W. Hill. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7694-B
President John F. Kennedy observes as David L. Lawrence is sworn in as Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing. Left to right: Gerald Lawrence; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; President Kennedy; Chairman Lawrence (with one hand raised and the other on Bible); Alyce Lawrence; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller (administering oath). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7694-A
President John F. Kennedy (standing at microphones) delivers remarks during the swearing-in ceremony for the Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence. Left to right: Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Chief Benefits Director for the Veterans Administration (VA), Philip Brownstein; unidentified; Gerald Lawrence; President Kennedy; Chairman Lawrence; Alyce Lawrence; Commissioner of the Urban Renewal Administration, William L. Slayton; Assistant to the Federal Housing Commissioner, Oliver W. Hill; unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: Image is cropped along bottom left edge.]