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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6549-B
Address to the Joint Conference of Regional Commissioners and District Directors of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). President John F. Kennedy walks with Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (left); to the right of President Kennedy, Director of the IRS, Mortimer Caplin, speaks with Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (far right). Also pictured: White House correspondent for The Washington Star, Garnett D. Horner; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn. Internal Revenue Building, Washington, D.C.