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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JHH-01
In this interview Herling discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] as part of the House Labor Committee headed by Andrew Jacobs; JFK’s understanding of labor issues; Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and JFK as part of the McClellan Committee [U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management]; RFK’s dinner with Edward Cheyfitz and James Hoffa and the attempted infiltration of the McClellan Committee; McClellan Committee hearings; George Meany testifying before the subcommittee on labor affairs of the Senate Labor and Education Committee and JFK’s reaction; labor unions’ support for JFK in the 1960 presidential campaign; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Lyndon B. Johnson asking for labor support right before the 1960 Convention; the negative reaction to Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate from labor delegates; JFK and the Landum-Griffin Bill; and covering JFK’s 1960 campaign, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-04-A
AR10, KN06
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
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
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-02
In this interview Conway discusses working with John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to the choice of Lyndon B. Johnson for JFK’s running mate; labor leadership and JFK’s campaign; unions and the religious issue during the 1960 election; discussing presidential appointments with JFK after the election; Conway’s role in JFK’s Administration; the Housing and Home Finance Agency, legislation, and working with Congress; accelerated public works, the Department of Commerce, and problems with the extent of presidential powers; Walter Reuther and his relationship with JFK; confrontations between Johnson and Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; working with RFK on civil rights marches and their legislative demands; and interactions with RFK from 1964 through 1968, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-01
In this interview Conway discusses the 1956 Democratic National Convention; early interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; the McClellan Committee and various hearings; Walter Reuther; RFK’s relationship with Senator John L. McClellan; major events for the United Automobile Workers [UAW] and political factors and decisions; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the issue of UAW endorsement of a single Democratic presidential candidate in 1960; Lyndon B. Johnson and the UAW; the 1960 presidential primaries and general election; and the attempt to influence JFK’s choice for a running mate in 1960, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-33-4
Sound recording of two brief telephone exchanges in September 1962. In the first telephone exchange, President John F. Kennedy asks [White House Operator?] to place calls to labor leaders Walter Reuther, George Harrison, and David McDonald.In the second telephone exchange, a man identified as “George” offers congratulations on the appointment of Arthur J. Goldberg, and President Kennedy comments on "losing" Goldberg. The recording of the exchange begins in mid-sentence. Machine noise follows the exchange.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 33, 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-33, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 33.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-28-C
AR39, ST28
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-08-C
AR25, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-08-C
AR20, ST10
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-B
AR29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-13-B
AR17
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-032-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning labor union leader Walter P. Reuther, head of the United Automobile Workers. Items include a draft of an article by John Herling, an author who chronicled the rise of organized labor, about the attempted assassination of Reuther in 1948 and of his brother Victor Reuther in 1949; and excerpts from news reports concerning the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' ongoing investigation of labor racketeering, including the involvement of Reuther and Robert F. Kennedy, then serving as Committee Counsel, in the investigations.
Textual folder
Frank Cormier and William Eaton Personal Papers
FCWEPP-001-010
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6441-C
Meeting with the President’s Advisory Committee on Labor Management. Seated, L-R: President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, George Meany; Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, Ralph E. McGill; unidentified man; Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hodges; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President John F. Kennedy; President of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, George M. Harrison; Chairman and President of Burlington Industries, Inc., J. Spencer Love; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford II. Standing, L-R: Professor of Labor Relations in the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. George W. Taylor; unidentified; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Inland Steel Company, Joseph L. Block; President of the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Thomas J. Watson, Jr.; President of Reynolds Metal Company, Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.; President of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, David Dubinsky; Editor and Publisher of Business Week Magazine, Elliott V. Bell; President of the International Union of United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Walter P. Reuther; President of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Dr. Arthur Burns; unidentified man. Also included in the President’s schedule: David L. Cole, of Cole, Morrill, and Berman; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Lines Company, John M. Franklin. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1054-009-p0031
Photograph of an unidentified man at the podium at a campaign rally in Harbor Beach, Michigan in support of Senator John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. Labor union leader Walter P. Reuther sits in the front row of seats, fourth from left. The photo accompanies a letter sent to Senator Kennedy from Edward J. Jerome, Mayor of Harbor Beach.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C277-1-63
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meet with organizers of "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, Mathew Ahmann; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; representative for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis; President of the American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Joachim Prinz; President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), Reverend Eugene Carson Blake; President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC), A. Philip Randolph; President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; President of United Auto Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; President of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr.; National Chairman of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Floyd McKissick.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7093-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with a group of representatives from the annual Conference of National Organizations sponsored by the American Association for the United Nations (AAUN) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Herman W. Steinkraus, President of AAUN; Oscar A. de Lima, Chairman of the Executive Committee of AAUN; Dr. Clark Eichelberger and Dr. Arthur N. Holcombe, members of the Executive Committee of AAUN; Jacob Blaustein, Norman Cousins, Murray Lincoln, and Walter Reuther, members of the Board of Directors of AAUN; Margaret Bender, Director of the United Nations (UN) Program of the Women’s Division of the Methodist Church; Gene Arnn, President of the Collegiate Council for the UN; Catharine Ozbirn, President of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; and Dr. William O’Brien, President of the Catholic Association for International Peace.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7093-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with a group of representatives from the annual Conference of National Organizations sponsored by the American Association for the United Nations (AAUN) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Herman W. Steinkraus, President of AAUN; Oscar A. de Lima, Chairman of the Executive Committee of AAUN; Dr. Clark Eichelberger and Dr. Arthur N. Holcombe, members of the Executive Committee of AAUN; Jacob Blaustein, Norman Cousins, Murray Lincoln, and Walter Reuther, members of the Board of Directors of AAUN; Margaret Bender, Director of the United Nations (UN) Program of the Women’s Division of the Methodist Church; Gene Arnn, President of the Collegiate Council for the UN; Catharine Ozbirn, President of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; and Dr. William O’Brien, President of the Catholic Association for International Peace.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-171-13-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President of the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW), Walter Reuther, at the annual UAW convention at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Governor of New Jersey, Richard J. Hughes, stands in background (between President Kennedy and Mr. Reuther); Secretary-Treasurer of the UAW, Emil Mazey, stands behind microphones; International Director of the UAW, Victor Reuther, stands at right in background (smoking a pipe). All others are unidentified.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8090-C
Civil rights leaders speak to members of the press following a meeting with President John F. Kennedy regarding "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” held earlier that day. Left to right: President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), Reverend Eugene Carson Blake (on edge of frame); Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, Mathew Ahmann (wearing glasses, head turned); unidentified (back to camera); President of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr.; Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Roy Wilkins (partially hidden); President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC), A. Philip Randolph (speaking at microphones); representative for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis (behind Randolph); President of United Auto Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; President of the American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Joachim Prinz; several unidentified reporters. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8090-B
Civil rights leaders speak to members of the press following a meeting with President John F. Kennedy regarding "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” held earlier that day. Left to right: President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), Reverend Eugene Carson Blake; unidentified (back to camera); President of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr.; President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC), A. Philip Randolph; unidentified man (in back); Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Roy Wilkins (speaking at microphones); President of United Auto Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; President of the American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Joachim Prinz; several unidentified reporters. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8090-A
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meet with organizers of "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; National Chairman of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Floyd McKissick; Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, Mathew Ahmann; President of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr.; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; representative for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis; President of the American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Joachim Prinz; President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), Reverend Eugene Carson Blake; President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC), A. Philip Randolph; President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; President of United Auto Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Roy Wilkins.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7993-B
Civil rights leaders pose with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. (L-R) Front row: unidentified man (mostly out of frame); Publisher of the Philadelphia Tribune E. Washington Rhodes; Director of the Anti-Defamation League B'nai B'rith Benjamin Epstein; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Attorney General Kennedy; executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Roy Wilkins; Vice President Johnson; President of United Auto Workers (UAW) Walter P. Reuther; President of the National Urban League Whitney M. Young, Jr. (partially hidden); Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz; President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC) A. Philip Randolph (partially out of frame). (L-R) Second row: unidentified man; President of the National Association of Colored Women Dr. Rosa Gragg; unidentified man (mostly hidden behind RFK). (L-R) Back row: unidentified man; Director of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) James Farmer; unidentified man; unidentified man (partially hidden); President of the Southern Regional Council James McBride Dabbs; lawyer James Scheuer; President of the National Council of Negro Women Dorothy Height (mostly hidden behind LBJ); program director for the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council Arnold Aronson (partially hidden behind Height’s hat); founder of the Catholic Interracial Council George K. Hunton; Director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference John F. Cronin. The Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7601-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Committee; President Kennedy created the committee to establish the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. Clockwise around table (from lower left): unidentified; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Anna M. Rosenberg; Executive Director of the Citizens Commission for Children of New York, Trude W. Lash; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; unidentified; Representative James Roosevelt (California); United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and committee chairman, Adlai Stevenson; Deputy Special Counsel to the President, Myer Feldman; President Kennedy; President of United Automobile Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; unidentified; President of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, David Dubinsky; and President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany. Photographers stand at left, including New York Times photographer, George Tames; White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager, stands at right. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's appointment book for a full list of attendees.]