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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EWH-01
In this interview Henry discusses working on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign as part of the Nationalities Division of the Democratic National Committee; getting the vote of different ethnic groups in the 1960 presidential election; impressions of JFK; joining the Kennedy Administration and the Federal Communications Commission [FCC]; Newton Minow as Chairman of the FCC and his successes; the relationship between the FCC and Congress and between the FCC and the broadcasting industry; keeping the broadcasting industry fair; White House involvement in FCC conflicts with the broadcasting industry; and meeting with JFK on November 20, 1963, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-29-F
ST24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-01-B
AR20, ST10, KN16
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-31-A
AR26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-04-B
AR30, ST17, KN26
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25430
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a visit with radio station representatives recognized for their service during the crisis in Cuba. Left to right (in foreground): President of the National Association of Broadcasters, LeRoy Collins; General Manager of KAAY Radio in Little Rock, Arkansas, Tom Bishop; President of WRUL Radio in New York City, Ralf Brent; General Manager of WSB Radio in Atlanta, Georgia, Frank Gaither; Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information, J. Leonard Reinsch (in back); Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), Edward R. Murrow; President Kennedy (at microphones); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton N. Minow (in back, partially hidden); General Manager of WKWF Radio in Key West, Florida, John M. Spottswood; President and co-founder of Far East Broadcasting Corporation (FEBC), Robert H. Bowman (in back); Faculty Director of WWL Radio and Television at Loyola University, Reverend Aloysius B. Goodspeed, S.J.; President of WCKY Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio, Charles H. Topmiller; Station Manager of WMIE Radio in Miami, Florida, Jack Nobles; President of Storer Broadcasting Company, George B. Storer, Jr.; Station Manager of WCKR Radio in Miami, Florida, Milton Komito; Director of Voice of America (VOA), Henry Loomis. White House Secret Service agent, Jim Johnson (back left), stands in the West Wing Colonnade. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C190-2-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with outgoing Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton N. Minow, and his family. Left to right: Martha Minow, Nell Minow, President Kennedy, Mary Minow, Mr. Minow, and Josephine Baskin Minow. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Discoloration in image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C190-1-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with outgoing Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton N. Minow, and his family. Left to right: Martha Minow, Nell Minow, President Kennedy, Mary Minow, Mr. Minow, and Josephine Baskin Minow. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
Collection
USFCC
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of selected speeches of Chairman Newton N. Minow; files of the General Counsel; the Legislative Division; and President's report file.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-538-1-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a visit with radio station representatives recognized for their service during the crisis in Cuba. Left to right: President of the National Association of Broadcasters, LeRoy Collins; General Manager of KAAY Radio in Little Rock, Arkansas, Tom Bishop; President of WRUL Radio in New York City, Ralf Brent; General Manager of WSB Radio in Atlanta, Georgia, Frank Gaither; Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information, J. Leonard Reinsch (in back); Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), Edward R. Murrow; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton N. Minow (in back); General Manager of WKWF Radio in Key West, Florida, John M. Spottswood; President Kennedy (at microphones); President and co-founder of Far East Broadcasting Corporation (FEBC), Robert H. Bowman (in back); Faculty Director of WWL Radio and Television at Loyola University, Reverend Aloysius B. Goodspeed, S.J.; President of WCKY Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio, Charles H. Topmiller; Station Manager of WMIE Radio in Miami, Florida, Jack Nobles; President of Storer Broadcasting Company, George B. Storer, Jr.; Station Manager of WCKR Radio in Miami, Florida, Milton Komito; Director of Voice of America (VOA), Henry Loomis. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-148-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Two unidentified men; Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); unidentified; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); unidentified; Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); attorney, Leonard H. Marks (face obscured); Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-148-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks after signing the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Three unidentified men; Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (in back); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (behind Senator Pastore). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-148-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks after signing the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Three unidentified men; Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (in back); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (behind Senator Pastore). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7193-E
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Unidentified (in shadow); Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (in back). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7193-D
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Unidentified; Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (in back). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7193-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks after signing the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Three unidentified men; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow (face partially hidden); Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (face partially hidden); Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7193-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Three unidentified men; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow (in back); Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (face obscured); Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7444-G
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; unidentified (seated); unidentified (standing, partially hidden); Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Morgan Moulder of Missouri; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; unidentified; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7444-E
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Senator Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa (mostly hidden); Secretary of State Dean Rusk (partially hidden); Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; unidentified (seated); unidentified (standing); Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Morgan Moulder of Missouri (mostly hidden); Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (partially hidden); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator John Sparkman of Alabama (partially hidden); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; unidentified; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7444-B
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator John Sparkman of Alabama during a signing ceremony for HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland (front, wearing glasses); Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (mostly hidden behind Representative Friedel); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (hand partially covering face); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Sparkman; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; unidentified (behind Representative Springer); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7444-A
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Representative Samuel N. Friedel of Maryland during a signing ceremony for HR 11040, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. (L-R) Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative J. Arthur Younger of California (turned away from camera); Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative Friedel (front, glasses); Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden behind hand); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack; Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma; Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Senator John Sparkman of Alabama; Joseph A. Beirne, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Representative William L. Springer of Illinois; unidentified (partially hidden behind Representative Springer); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council Edward C. Welsh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.