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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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-035-007
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF31-009
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning disarmament. Items include a report of the Panel on Economic Impacts of Disarmament that was submitted to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; an article titled "Arms Control Will Not Cut Defense Cost" by T. C. Schelling, reprinted from Harvard Business Review; a paper titled "Economic Adjustments to Disarmament" by Murray L. Weidenbaum; the United States' to the Secretariat of the United Nations on "The Economic and Social Consequences of Disarmament"; a booklet titled "The Economics of Disarmament," published by the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Future; and a Council of Economic Advisers staff paper by Richard Nelson on "The Impact of Disarmament on Research and Development."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF08-002
This folder contains miscellaneous correspondence and enclosures sent to the Council of Economic Advisers by individuals whose last names begin with the letter G. The material is filed roughly in reverse chronological order according to the date of the carbon copy reply. Items include excerpts from speeches by Mario Ramon Beteta of Banco de Mexico; a speech by George E. Gathercole titled "How to do Business Without Really Succeeding"; a market review for mid-January 1963 by Swiss Bank; various printed material regarding the Lincoln Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio; information on a Plan for Peace by the Federation of the Americas; a questionnaire from the United Nations on economic trends, problems, and policies; and a paper by Bertram M. Gross titled "New Frontiers for the Employment Act."
Collection
DEBPP
Papers 1947-1981. Economist, educator, government official. Administrative Assistant to President Truman (1949-1953); Director, Bureau of the Budget (1961-1962); Administrator, Agency for International Development (1963-1966); vice president, executive vice president, Ford Foundation (1966-1981). Correspondence, memorandums, reports, background material, speeches, writings; includes material on the Truman-MacArthur relationship.