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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKJ-01
In this interview Javits discusses first meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] in 1946; working with JFK in the House of Representatives on housing and veterans issues and in the Senate on different pieces of legislation; the confrontation between Javits and JFK in the Senate on medicare; social interactions with Senator JFK; JFK’s occasional “offbeat position;” the 1960 presidential election; and JFK’s sense of humor, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFKWHSFLOB-003-030
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17924
Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman Robert F. Ellsworth (Kansas); Congressman David T. Martin (Nebraska); Congresswoman Jessica McCullough Weis (New York); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman James Harvey (Michigan); Congressman James F. Battin (Montana); Congressman John Kyl (Iowa). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17845
Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman Steven B. Derounian (New York); Congressman T. Ashton Thompson (Louisiana); President John F. Kennedy; Congresswoman Catherine May (Washington); Congressman Elford A. Cederberg (Michigan); Congressman Donald D. Clancy (Ohio); Congressman Frank Kowalski (Connecticut). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17843
Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman David S. King (Utah); Congressman Edwin R. Durno (Oregon); Congressman James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman James J. Delaney (New York); Congressman Paul J. Kilday (Texas); Congressman W. J. Bryan Dorn (South Carolina). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17842
Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman Richard H. Ichord (Missouri); Congressman John H. Rousselot (California); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Chet Holifield (California); Congressman Samuel S. Stratton (New York); Congressman Craig Hosmer (California); Congressman William J. Randall (Missouri). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17679
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson attend a Congressional Coffee Hour in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R): Unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler of New York; President Kennedy; Representative Lester Holtzman of New York; Representative Alfred E. Santangelo of New York; Vice President Johnson.