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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OH-01
In this interview Harris discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] as a member of the House of Representatives; the Arkansas delegation to the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the vote for the vice presidential candidate; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the results of the 1960 presidential election in Arkansas; the proposed changes for U.S. regulatory agencies after 1960; and various legislative proposals and battles during JFK’s Administration, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-20-A
AR07
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0897-018
This folder contains copies and drafts of Senator John F. Kennedy's speech at the annual convention of the Arkansas Bar Association in Hot Springs, Arkansas. In his speech the Senator discusses ongoing investigations of the Senate Labor Committee's Legislative Subcommittee into labor racketeering cases and a need for legislation to protect against and prevent corruption in labor unions. Of note is a draft with notations by Senator Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-AR6618-F
President John F. Kennedy speaks with former President Harry S. Truman after signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas) stands between Kennedy and Truman; others unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6599-C
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6599-B
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6599-A
President John F. Kennedy hands out pens after signing amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. L-R: Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); President Kennedy; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6671-A
President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; and Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6670-C
President John F. Kennedy signs the S-610 Act, establishing the United States Travel Service within the Department of Commerce. (L-R) Unidentified man, Congressman Robert W. Hemphill (South Carolina), unidentified man (in back), Congressman Peter F. Mack (Illinois), Congressman Milton W. Glenn (New Jersey), Congressman John B. Bennett (Michigan), Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas), President Kennedy, unidentified man (in back), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Chairman of the European Travel Commission Manolita T. Doelger, Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island), Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges (in back), and unidentified man. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6670-B
President John F. Kennedy signs the S-610 Act, establishing the United States Travel Service within the Department of Commerce. (L-R) Unidentified man, Congressman Robert W. Hemphill (South Carolina), unidentified man, Congressman Peter F. Mack (Illinois), Congressman Milton W. Glenn (New Jersey), Congressman John B. Bennett (Michigan), Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas), President Kennedy, unidentified man (in back), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Chairman of the European Travel Commission Manolita T. Doelger, Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island), Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges (in back), and unidentified man. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6670-A
President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the S-610 Act, establishing the United States Travel Service within the Department of Commerce. (L-R) Unidentified man, Kennedy family friend Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, unidentified man, Congressman Robert W. Hemphill (South Carolina), unidentified man, Congressman Peter F. Mack (Illinois), Congressman Milton W. Glenn (New Jersey), Congressman John B. Bennett (Michigan), Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas), President Kennedy, unidentified man (in back), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Chairman of the European Travel Commission Manolita T. Doelger, Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island), and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges (in back). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6669-B
President John F. Kennedy signs the H.R. 6713 Public Law 87-61 Federal Aid Highway Act, amending certain laws and other provisions regarding the Federal highway program. (L-R) Congressman Robert E. Jones (Alabama), unidentified man, Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), Congressman Noah M. Mason (Illinois), Congressman Gordon H. Scherer (Ohio), Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois), Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas), Senator Harry F. Byrd (Virginia), Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma), Congressman John McCormack (Massachusetts), Senator Francis Case (South Dakota), Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan), Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), President Kennedy (seated at desk), Congressman John A. Blatnik (Minnesota), Congressman George H. Fallon (Maryland), Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6669-A
President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the H.R. 6713 Public Law 87-61 Federal Aid Highway Act, amending certain laws and other provisions regarding the Federal highway program. (L-R) Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin), Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), Congressman Noah M. Mason (Illinois), Congressman Gordon H. Scherer (Ohio), Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois), Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas), Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma), Senator Harry F. Byrd (Virginia), Congressman John McCormack (Massachusetts), Senator Francis Case (South Dakota), President Kennedy (seated at desk), Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan), Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), Congressman John A. Blatnik (Minnesota), Congressman George H. Fallon (Maryland), Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon), Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, two unidentified men, and Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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WICPP
Papers, 1922-2011 (bulk 1948-2004). Congressional staffer; federal and local government official; educator; consultant; advocate for criminal justice reform. Legislative assistant, Congressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas (1956-1959); legislative assistant and press secretary, Senator Clair Engle of California (1959-1960); research analyst, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (1960-1961); assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of State (1961-1962); White House staffer (1962-1966); staff director, Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations (1962-1963); special assistant to the staff director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1963-1965); special assistant to the administrator for equal opportunity, Agency for International Development (1965-1967); director of legislative affairs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1967-1969); management consultant (1969-1975); Mount Vernon Supervisor, Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors (1975-1980); senior staff member, Center for Public Policy Education, the Brookings Institution (1975-1993); vice chairman, National Committee on Community Corrections (1987-2004); author, In Search of Middle Ground: Memoirs of a Washington Insider (2005). Professional and personal papers documenting lengthy career in Washington, D.C., and community volunteer work, with an emphasis on civil rights, intergovernmental relations, equal employment regulations, health care policy, criminal justice, and prison industries. Correspondence, drafts, writings, reports, conference files, notes, research material, press releases, speeches, and news clippings.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18243
President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18242
President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17942
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified man (on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17941
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17940
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17939
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); former President Harry S. Truman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17938
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); former President Harry S. Truman; Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon (in front of Natcher); Congressman John J. Rooney of New York (in front of Morse). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17937
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman John J. Rhodes (Arizona); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Congressman Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); former President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John J. Rooney (New York). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6455-B
President John F. Kennedy poses with legislators and officials after signing the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961 (HR 4806) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative John McCormack of Massachusetts; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Thomas Kuchel of California; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas; Senator Robert S. Kerr (partially hidden) of Oklahoma; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg; Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Employment Security Merrill G. Murray (partially hidden); Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Director of the Bureau of Employment Security Robert C. Goodwin; Assistant Solicitor for the Department of Labor Louise Freeman.
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JFKWHP-AR6455-A
President John F. Kennedy signs the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961 (HR 4806) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Looking on: Representative John McCormack of Massachusetts; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Thomas Kuchel of California; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas; Senator Robert S. Kerr (partially hidden) of Oklahoma; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg.