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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WLS-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy (JFK)’s stance on urban renewal, concerns and resistance to federal assistance, and Slayton’s role as Commissioner for Urban Renewal, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-18-C
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-E
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Area Redevelopment Administrator, William L. Batt, Jr.; Congressman Albert Rains (Alabama); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17923
Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman D. R. “Billy” Matthews (Florida); Congressman Otto E. Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Robert E. Cook (Ohio); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Albert Rains (Alabama); Congressman J. Irving Whalley (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Carlton Loser (Tennessee). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (far right, at lectern) delivers an address from the speakers' platform in front of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Chemical Engineering Building at a celebration commemorating the 30th anniversary of the TVA. Seated on left side of the platform (front row) are, left to right: Representative Albert Rains, Senator John Sparkman, and Senator Lister Hill (all of Alabama); Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace; and Frank E. Smith, member of the TVA Board. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard; Aubrey J. “Red” Wagner, Chairman of the TVA Board; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); and White House Secret Service agents Sam Sulliman and Ernest “Ernie” Olsson. Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C164-10-63
Congressmen from Alabama attend the 30th anniversary celebration of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) held outside the TVA's Chemical Engineering Building in Muscle Shoals, Alabama; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. (L-R) Representative Carl Elliott, Representative Albert Rains, and Senator John Sparkman.