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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-02
This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-007
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Types of material include letters, memoranda, reports, speeches, and charts. Correspondents include Wilbur J. Cohen (Assistant Secretary), Francis Keppel (Commissioner of Education), Anthony J. Celebrezze (Secretary of HEW), and Abraham Ribicoff (Secretary of HEW). The file also contains a revised draft presidential message on health, written jointly by the Council of Economic Advisers and the Bureau of the Budget; a statement by the Consumer Advisory Council concerning the Citizens Committee (Harvey Committee) report on the Food and Drug Administration; an unattributed article for the New Republic on the state of the nation's health; highlights of HEW activities for fiscal year 1961; a paper titled "Indicators of National Developments That Will Affect Future Health, Education, and Welfare Activities" (August 1961); and a draft paper on education and economic growth.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0411-014
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Topics include federal grants for Massachusetts schools and hospitals, and the fluoridation of the water supply in Springfield, Massachusetts. Publications include a copy of the Report of the Task Force on the Handicapped to the Chairman of the Manpower Policy Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization (January 1952); the 1952 Annual Report of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, a division of the Federal Security Agency; and Doing Something for the Disabled by Mary E. Switzer and Howard A. Rusk (Pamphlet No. 197), published by the Public Affairs Committee.