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Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-KDG-01
Gifford discusses RFK in Hyannis and comparing him to EMK, working with RFK and EMK on the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and the 1968 presidential campaign, 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.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-019-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the decision by the U.S. Congress to allocate additional funding to housing and urban development grants. The episode aired on Thursday, June 14, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-018-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the new HOPE (Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere) program, which was proposed by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Jack Kemp to help low-income families find affordable housing. The episode aired on Monday, May 7, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-025-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a test program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), led by Secretary Jack Kemp, to sell existing public housing to current tenants. Senator Kennedy credits the idea to Secretary Kemp and Representative Walter E. Fauntroy of the District of Columbia. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 30, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-023-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the pressure for progress in the "War on Drugs" after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) began evicting residents from public housing where drug dealing allegedly occurred. The episode aired on Thursday, September 13, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-031-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Clinton's plans for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. The episode aired on Wednesday, July 28, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-009-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate budgeting for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs and HUD Secretary Jack Kemp's proposals to help low-income home buyers and renters. The episode aired on Monday, February 17, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-050-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. The folder includes a draft of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as well as a presidential statement released to the press by White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announcing the establishment of the Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. Also of note is an agenda for the 8 January 1962 Bipartisan Leadership Meeting, which contains handwritten notes by the President. This folder was originally titled "January 1962, Federal pay systems, trade, reclamation, Columbia basin, executive reorganization, HUD, sugar, Humphrey, Ellender."