Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-04-A
AR10, KN06
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-33-4
Sound recording of two brief telephone exchanges in September 1962. In the first telephone exchange, President John F. Kennedy asks [White House Operator?] to place calls to labor leaders Walter Reuther, George Harrison, and David McDonald.In the second telephone exchange, a man identified as “George” offers congratulations on the appointment of Arthur J. Goldberg, and President Kennedy comments on "losing" Goldberg. The recording of the exchange begins in mid-sentence. Machine noise follows the exchange.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 33, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-33, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 33.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-08-C
AR25, KN20
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6441-C
Meeting with the President’s Advisory Committee on Labor Management. Seated, L-R: President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, George Meany; Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, Ralph E. McGill; unidentified man; Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hodges; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President John F. Kennedy; President of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, George M. Harrison; Chairman and President of Burlington Industries, Inc., J. Spencer Love; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford II. Standing, L-R: Professor of Labor Relations in the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. George W. Taylor; unidentified; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Inland Steel Company, Joseph L. Block; President of the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Thomas J. Watson, Jr.; President of Reynolds Metal Company, Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.; President of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, David Dubinsky; Editor and Publisher of Business Week Magazine, Elliott V. Bell; President of the International Union of United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Walter P. Reuther; President of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Dr. Arthur Burns; unidentified man. Also included in the President’s schedule: David L. Cole, of Cole, Morrill, and Berman; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Lines Company, John M. Franklin. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7404-C
President John F. Kennedy attends a luncheon for members of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Clockwise around table (from far left): President of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), David Dubinsky; three unidentified men; President of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), Joseph A. Beirne; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; President Kennedy; President Emeritus of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), William L. McFetridge; President of the National Maritime Union (NMU), Joseph Curran; President of the Oil, Chemical, & Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), O. A. "Jack" Knight; President of the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW), Alex Rose; President of the United Automobile, Aircraft, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Walter Reuther; unidentified; Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, William F. Schnitzler; unidentified; President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), A. Philip Randolph; President of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), James B. Carey; unidentified; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers, Karl F. Feller; six unidentified men. Also listed in the President’s schedule: President Emeritus of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America (BAC), Harry C. Bates; President of the Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU), Paul Hall; President of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, George M. Harrison; President of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), Albert J. Hayes; Secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Joseph D. Keenan; Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association (RLEA), George E. Leighty; President of the United Steelworkers of America (USW), David J. McDonald; President of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of the U.S. and Canada (GBBA), Lee W. Minton; President of United Papermakers and Paperworkers (UPP), Paul L. Phillips; President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), Jacob S. Potofsky; President Emeritus of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), Emil Rieve; President of the United Association of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA), Peter T. Schoemann; President of the Retail Clerks International Association, James A. Suffridge; President of the International Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Richard F. Walsh. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18551
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18550
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Vice President of AFL-CIO Joseph Beirne; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18516
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18515
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6731-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Secretary-Treasurer of AFL-CIO William F. Schnitzler; Vice President of AFL-CIO Joseph Beirne; Vice President of AFL-CIO Harry C. Bates; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
FCWEPP
Papers 1967-1970. Biographers. Co-authors, Reuther (1970). Research materials: notes, tapes, and transcripts of interviews with labor and public officials including Walter Reuther, Victor Reuther, George Meany, Arthur Goldberg, and others. 78-326.