• Oral History
    Council of Economic Advisers Oral History Interview - JFK#1, 8/1/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection1 August, 1964

    Members of the Council of Ecnomic Advisers discuss the Council of Economic Advisers under President Kennedy, the recession issue, the budget, and the relationship between the Treasury and Federal Reserve, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    David E. Bell Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 7/11/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection11 July 1964

    Bell compares the cabinet officers and White House staff during the Truman and Kennedy administrations, discusses the functions of the Budget Bureau and its operations during the Kennedy administration, and briefly discusses U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Harold Brown Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 5/6/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection6 May 1964

    Brown discusses his job description; the factors that went into his, Robert S. McNamara’s, and John F. Kennedy’s decision making about whether or not a particular weapons system should be developed, and the Nike Zeus and Nike X missile systems, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Harold Brown Oral History Interview - JFK #4, 5/14/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection14 May 1964

    Brown discusses the TFX (tactical fighter experimental) airplane, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and testifying before Congress, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Harold Brown Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 7/9/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection9 July 1964

    Brown discusses atmospheric nuclear testing by the U.S. and Soviet Union; overstatement of the nuclear threat from the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower administration, various missile systems; and the capabilities of the U.S.’ nuclear weapons, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Wilbur J. Cohen Oral History Interview - JFK #3, 7/20/1972
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection20 July 1972

    Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Philip H. Des Marais Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 5/4/1967
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection4 May 1967

    This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Kermit Gordon Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 7/12/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection12 July 1964

    Gordon discusses the Troika and JFK’s level of economic understanding, JFK’s budget policy throughout his administration, and supporting supersonic transportation, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Pierre E. G. Salinger Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 8/10/1965
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection10 August 1965

    Salinger discusses the White House press corps, coverage of the White House, press conferences, the press secretaries of agencies, his role as liaison between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, ferrying secret correspondence between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev.

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