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Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27D-3
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on October 21, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada. They discuss a strategy for dealing with labor issues involving American and Canadian Great Lakes maritime unions.The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 27D, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-27D, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 27D.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27D-1A
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on October 12, 1963, between Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William R. Tyler and a man called "Basil" (probably H. Basil Robinson, Minister of the Canadian Embassy in the United States). They discuss releasing a statement and taking other actions to deal with labor issues involving American and Canadian Great Lakes maritime unions.[White House Operator?] announces the call.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 27D, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-27D, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 27D.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27D
Dictation Belt 27D contains four sound recordings. Item 27D.1 is a telephone exchange held on October 12, 1963, between Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William R. Tyler and a White House Operator. At Tyler's request, the operator places a call to a man whose name sounds indistinct (probably H. Basil Robinson, Minister of the Canadian Embassy in the United States). Machine noise precedes the exchange. Item 27D.1A is a telephone conversation held on October 12, 1963, between Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William R. Tyler and a man called "Basil" (probably H. Basil Robinson, Minister of the Canadian Embassy in the United States). They discuss releasing a statement and taking other actions to deal with labor issues involving American and Canadian Great Lakes maritime unions. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Item 27D.2 is a telephone conversation held on October 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss a strategy for dealing with issues involving Fred Korth and the TFX airplane. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 27D.3 is a telephone conversation held on October 21, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada. They discuss a strategy for dealing with labor issues involving American and Canadian Great Lakes maritime unions. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27C-1
The recording of this conversation begins on Dictation Belt 27B.2. Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on October 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada. They discuss a labor issue involving the United States and Canada and Canadian legislation. Most of Prime Minister Pearson’s remarks are inaudible. Machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 27C, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-27C, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 27C.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27C
Dictation Belt 27C contains two sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 27C.1 begins on Dictation Belt 27B. Item 27C.1 is a telephone conversation held on October 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada. They discuss a labor issue involving the United States and Canada and Canadian legislation. Most of Prime Minister Pearson’s remarks are inaudible. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 27C.2 is a recording of fragmentary exchanges on October 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln, and an unidentified man. Most of the recording is unintelligible. This is not a telephone conversation, but rather exchanges recorded when the telephone was left off the hook. It is a very poor quality recording.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27B-2
Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on October 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada. They discuss a labor issue involving the United States and Canada and Canadian legislation. Most of Prime Minister Pearson’s remarks are inaudible. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 27C.1.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 27B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-27B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 27B.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-27B
Dictation Belt 27B contains two sound recordings. Item 27B.1 is a telephone conversation held on October 11, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas. President Kennedy thanks Representative Mills for arrangements made for President Kennedy's trip to Arkansas. Machine noise precedes and follows the conversation. Item 27B.2 is part of a telephone conversation held on October 12, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada. They discuss a labor issue involving the United States and Canada and Canadian legislation. Most of Prime Minister Pearson’s remarks are inaudible. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 27C.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate labor union opposition to the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and comment on the continuing trade negotiations with Mexico. Senator Kennedy mentions President John F. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress program, intended to encourage economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America. The episode aired on Friday, July 2, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials consist of a transcript of a press conference held by Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Topics consist of the Canadian maritime problem and other various labor issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-113-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Canada. Materials concern the creation of a private trusteeship for the Seafarers International Union of Canada (S.I.U.), and controversy regarding comments made by Prime Minister of Canada John G. Diefenbaker about nuclear weapons. Also included in this folder are excerpts from statements made in the Canadian House of Commons by Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson regarding the S.I.U.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17654
President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Labor of Canada Michael Starr (right) and Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17653
President John F. Kennedy meets with Minister of Labor of Canada Michael Starr (right) and Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.