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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-004
This folder contains a memorandum by the Department of Labor with the agency's recommendations for the 1964 legislative program to combat poverty. It includes a related report on proposed programs to enable people to break out of poverty cycles, to provide better living environments, and to provide adequate income.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF37-014
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning poverty, mainly news clippings and magazine articles. There are also some memoranda, letters, charts, notes, and drafts. Items include two Council of Economic Advisers memoranda, one by Robert J. Lampman titled "An Offensive Against Poverty," with general thoughts on a potential Kennedy anti-poverty program (June 1963), and one by Burton A. Weisbrod titled "Some Reflections Regarding the Attack on Poverty" (March 1964). Other items of note include Congressional testimony by W. Willard Wirtz and Anthony J. Celebrezze; a report on "Poverty in America" from the National Policy Committee on Pockets of Poverty; and an unattributed memorandum of specifications for a bill to combat poverty (January 1964).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF35-019
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning manpower and labor issues. Items include two versions of a paper titled "Toward the Development of a National Manpower Policy" by Frederick Harbison. There is also information about the creation of the President's Committee on Manpower, with various proposals by Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-011
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Labor. Types of material include letters, memoranda, speeches, press releases, news clippings, and charts. Correspondents include W. Willard Wirtz (Secretary of Labor), John W. Lehman (Bureau of Labor Statistics), John W. Lewis (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor), Esther Peterson (Assistant Secretary of Labor), Robert C. Goodwin (Bureau of Employment Security), and Arthur J. Goldberg (Secretary of Labor). The file also contains suggested material for a speech on "The Year 2000"; a report of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy regarding pension funds and retirement programs; information for a meeting with Reiulf Steen, a member of the Norwegian parliament (26 February 1962); and a speech by Heller on "Statistics for Economic Outlook" (29 September 1961).