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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CHAH-01
In this interview Horsky discusses how the position of Adviser to the President for National Capital Affairs was created; problems within the District of Columbia; how Horsky came to the Adviser position and how he developed it as he went along; advising President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on children and juvenile delinquency in the District; the November 1962 Thanksgiving disturbances at the District of Columbia Stadium; the process of getting the District to participate in the President’s Commission on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime; Washington Action for Youth; the problem of District finance; and JFK and the congressional District Committee, 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
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-099-007
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Rose Garden to the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. In his speech President Kennedy praises the committee’s comprehensive approach, and discusses plans to establish programs modeled after New York’s Mobilization for Youth project in six other cities.
Collection
DLKPP
Papers, 1961-1969. Author (with Kenneth Polk), Scouting the War on Poverty (1971). Research material, including notes, interview notes, drafts, periodicals, and papers relating to the President's Commission on Juvenile Delinquency.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-31-B
AR21, ST11
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-093-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Materials pertain to people invited to serve as Special Advisers to the Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, and a Juvenile Delinquency Act grant to the city of New Haven, Connecticut for development of a youth project.
Collection
RWPP
Papers 1961-1969. Author, Youth and Opportunity: The Federal Anti-Delinquency Program (contracted study for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-1969). Research material, including documents, interview notes, chapter drafts, etc.
Collection
ECPP
Government official. Information Assistant, President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. Minutes, newsletters, reports, training manuals, and publications relating to her work on the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-251-2-62
Members of the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime present a report to President John F. Kennedy. Front row: Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut). Also pictured: Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Youth Employment, Herbert E. Salinger; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-251-1-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Also pictured: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Representative Edith Green (Oregon); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Raymond F. Gould; Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana); Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Youth Employment, Herbert E. Salinger; Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos. Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7275-C
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Also pictured: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana); Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Youth Employment, Herbert E. Salinger; Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos. Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7275-B
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy presents a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime to President John F. Kennedy. In foreground (L-R): Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Attorney General Kennedy; Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; President Kennedy; Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Also pictured: Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7275-A
The President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime present a report to President John F. Kennedy. Front row (L-R): Executive Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; President Kennedy; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut). Also pictured: Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Raymond F. Gould; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Representative Edith Green (Oregon); Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.