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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-017-013
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-017-012
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-010-005
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-018
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning a strike and labor dispute between railroad companies and train operators. Types of items include memoranda and press releases.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-017
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning railroads in general. Types of items include memoranda and charts, mostly related to mergers and labor disputes in the railroad industry.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-093-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Commission on the Airlines Controversy. Materials consist of a report titled, "Agreement between Trans World Airlines, Inc. and the Flight Engineers in the Service of Trans World Airlines, Inc. as Represented by the Flight Engineers' International Association, AFL-CIO, TWA Chapter."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-106-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning a labor strike in the American railroad industry. Materials in this folder include handwritten notes from meetings, a letter to President Kennedy from various union leaders, a press release announcing options for resolutions, and a draft of a statement announcing the creation of the Labor-Management Advisory Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-106-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning a labor dispute regarding wages in the American railroad industry. Materials in this folder include memoranda, including one from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and a press release announcing wage increases for railroad workers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0917-002
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding President John F. Kennedy's Special Messages to the Congress on railroad, water, highway, and air transportation issues, including labor unions and federal regulations on the transportation industry.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0917-001
This folder contains a press release copy of President John F. Kennedy's Special Message to the Congress on the railroad rules dispute between the major United States railroads and the five railroad-operating labor unions.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0916-018
This folder contains material related to President John F. Kennedy's Special Messages to the Congress on railroad, water, highway, and air transportation issues, including a press release copy; a draft with handwritten edits by Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen; background material; and correspondence from federal agency staff providing feedback on the drafts. The folder also contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding the message and other transportation-related issues such as trade, economics, and labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Files. Chronological File
JFKWHCFCHRON-007-006
This file contains carbon copies of President John F. Kennedy’s outgoing correspondence to individuals and organizations regarding an emergency board for railroad labor disputes, proposed legislation, the highway program, numerous Proclamations, and expressions of congratulations for various occasions.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-039-005
This folder contains handwritten notes by John F. Kennedy concerning unions and Communism, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and treaties and the Constitution. Also included in this folder are transcriptions by the archivist.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8012-E
President John F. Kennedy (standing at lectern) delivers a statement for radio and television on the postponement of a nationwide railroad strike. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-099-005
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations James Reynolds, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor John Leslie, National Mediation Board member Francis O’Neill, and the following railroad management officials: J.E. Wolfe, Curtis McRee, E.L. (Ernest) Hallman, John Gaherin, and the following from labor: Samuel Phillips, Louis Wagner, Neil Spiers, Alton Zimmerman, and Charles Luna. This meeting is similar to the other railroad works meeting on Tape 99. Participants discuss the ongoing labor situation with railroad workers, a dispute over work rules. Please note that this meeting was opened in November 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Dispute tape release. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 99, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 99 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-097-001
Sound recording of three meetings held on July 10, 1963, concerning the ongoing labor situation with railroad workers. Included are meetings with White House staffers, with labor and management officials, and with Congressional leadership. Please note that this recording was opened in November 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Rules Dispute tape. Participants in the White House staffer meeting include President John F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy, and Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Carl Kaysen. Participants in the labor and management meeting include President Kennedy, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations James Reynolds, and the following labor and management officials: Joseph Judge, Charles Luna, Louis Corsi, Louis Wagner, Robert Perkins, H.E. Gilbert, Roy Davidson, Richard Murway, Neil Speirs, J.E. Wolfe, David Swit, John Gaherin, E.L. (Ernest) Hallman, C.A. MacRae, and Francis O'Neill. Participants in the Congressional leadership meeting include Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John McCormack (Representative from Massachusetts), Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, Senator Pat McNamara of Michigan, Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma, and Representative Adam C. Powell of New York. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 97, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 97 in its entirety.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-096-004
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 9, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, and the following labor leaders: James Reynolds, Louis Wagner, H.E. Gilbert, Roy Davidson, Neil Speirs, J.E. Wolfe, E.L. (Ernest) Hallman, David Swit, Louis Corsi, Robert Perkins, Richard Murway, Joseph Judge, Frances O’Neill, John Gaherin, and C.A. MacRae They discuss an ongoing labor dispute concerning railroad workers and work rules. The meeting begins with President Kennedy reading the statement released from the White House that day (see "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, 1963: Item 298") urging railroad management and union leaders to arbitrate their dispute. Please note that this meeting was opened in November of 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Dispute tape release. At the end of the recording, there are office noises and hallway conversations for about ten minutes. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 96, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 96 in its entirety.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8012-D
A group of railroad union representatives speak to the press outside the White House regarding a possible nationwide railroad strike. In foreground, standing in front of microphones, from left to right: President of the Switchmen's Union of North America, Neil Speirs; President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Charles Luna; Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Roy E. Davidson (speaking into microphones); President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, H. E. Gilbert (behind Davidson); and President of the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen, Louis Wagner. Unidentified union members and reporters stand behind and next to the group of railroad union representatives. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8012-C
A group of railroad management representatives speak to the press outside the White House regarding a possible nationwide railroad strike. In foreground, from left to right: Chairman of the Western Carriers Conference Committee, E. H. Hallman; Chairman of the National Railway Labor Conference, J. E. Wolfe (speaking into microphones); Chairman of the Eastern Carriers Conference Committee, John Gaherin; and Chairman of the Southeastern Carriers Conference Committee, C. A. McRee. Unidentified union members and reporters stand behind and next to the group of railroad management representatives. Washington, D.C. [Creases at top center are original to the file print.]
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USNMB
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of files on mediation cases. Hard copy printed material consists of annual reports and summaries of Board actions.
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USPRC
Records 1956-1963 (bulk 1960-1962). Drafts, proofs, and galleys of the Commission report, transcripts of proceedings of public hearings, employee exhibits, carrier exhibits, reports and trip surveys, studies and associated data collected from the railroads, news clippings, press releases, correspondence, administrative records, photographs, and reference publications.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-MTG-099-001
Sound recording of a meeting held on July 19, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations James Reynolds, Special Counsel to the President Theodore Sorensen, and Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon. They discuss the ongoing labor situation with railroad workers, a dispute over work rules. Please note that this meeting was opened in November 1985 as part of the Railroad Works Dispute tape release. This sound recording has been excerpted from Tape 99, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. See Related Records to access Tape 99 in its entirety.