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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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-B
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman (facing away); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Wymberley Coerr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6455-B
President John F. Kennedy poses with legislators and officials after signing the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961 (HR 4806) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative John McCormack of Massachusetts; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Thomas Kuchel of California; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas; Senator Robert S. Kerr (partially hidden) of Oklahoma; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg; Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Employment Security Merrill G. Murray (partially hidden); Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Director of the Bureau of Employment Security Robert C. Goodwin; Assistant Solicitor for the Department of Labor Louise Freeman.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6455-A
President John F. Kennedy signs the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961 (HR 4806) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Looking on: Representative John McCormack of Massachusetts; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Thomas Kuchel of California; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas; Senator Robert S. Kerr (partially hidden) of Oklahoma; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg.