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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-04A-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held in September 1962 between President John F. Kennedy and Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen. They comment on campaigning Alabama Republicans, and President Kennedy asks for thoughts on a speech about the Mississippi crisis.The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. Machine noise follows the conversation, and then Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln answers the telephone.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 4A, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-04A, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 4A.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-04A
Dictation Belt 4A contains two sound recordings. Item 4A.1 is a telephone conversation probably held on either September 28 or September 29, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Governor Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi. They discuss the University of Mississippi crisis, relevant legal obligations, and arrangements for a meeting between the Attorney General and attorney Thomas H. Watkins. The recording begins with a brief exchange between President Kennedy and [White House Operator?], followed by a delay. At times the dictation belt skips. Item 4A.2 is a telephone conversation held in September 1962 between President John F. Kennedy and Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen. They comment on campaigning Alabama Republicans, and President Kennedy asks for thoughts on a speech about the Mississippi crisis. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. Machine noise follows the conversation, and then Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln answers the telephone.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-116b-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Germany. Materials pertain to the situation in Berlin and include correspondence between President Kennedy and Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer; memoranda to the President from Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen and Senator Claiborne Pell; and a statement by President Kennedy on Germany, Berlin, and the Soviet Union. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-110-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's addresses to the United Nations General Assembly. Materials in this folder include a memorandum of suggested remarks, an outline, and a draft of a speech by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen on topics such as world peace, disarmament, and nuclear testing.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-010
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. Items include summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation appear throughout. Topics include education, foreign aid, tax reform, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "11/63 Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-009
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. Items include a press release concerning agriculture, summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and a letter from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dean Rush concerning American exports to the Soviet Union. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include education, agriculture, tax reform, civil rights, foreign aid, and veterans' pensions. The folder was originally titled "10/63 Military pay, Veterans pensions, Wheat, CIA."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-008
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. Items include summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, and Kermit Gordon, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include health, education, tax reform, social services, and the nuclear test ban treaty. The folder was originally titled "9/63 Child welfare, Budget."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-007
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. Items include press releases concerning tax and foreign aid legislation, summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, and David E. Bell, Administrator of the Agency for International Development, concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include tax reform, foreign aid, the national debt, and the nuclear test ban treaty. The folder was originally titled "8/13/63-8/26/63 Budget, Taxation, Civil Service Commission, Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-006
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. Items include summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include foreign aid, education, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "8/2/63-8/12/63 None."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-005
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. Items include a summary of Senate legislative activities, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien. Topics include tax reform, civil rights, foreign aid, and labor disputes in the railroad industry. The folder was originally titled "7/63 Railroad strikes, Taxation, Civil rights, Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-003
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. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies and memoranda from Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien. Topics include education, mass transit, and mental health, but the majority of materials concerns pending civil rights legislation. The folder was originally titled "6/63 Civil rights."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-002
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. Items include a report of Senate activities, a report on economic policies during the 1958 and 1960 recessions, statistical data on federal expenditures, and reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies. Memoranda from Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation appear throughout. Topics include feed grain, civil rights, education, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "5/63 Economy, cotton."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-001
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. Items include a press release concerning campaign finance legislation, copies of a proposed campaign finance report bill, a report on financing the United Nations, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include mass transit, political campaigns, youth employment, and salaries for federal employees. The folder was originally titled "4/63 Federal salaries, Political campaign financing, Republican committee."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-009
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President. Topics include the nomination of Sorensen by the President for the Nation’s Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1961 award, nuclear testing, a report by Sorensen of diplomatic representation, pay increases for federal jobs, and the President’s record for 1961 in domestic and foreign affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-008
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President. Topics include a foreign aid proposal, civil defense, the space program, and the military.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066a-010
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Ted Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President. Topics include the administration's relationship with business; solutions to civil rights issues in Birmingham, Alabama; foreign trade; apportionment of the 1964 Democratic National Convention; and the Department of State. Of note is a program for The Democratic Party of Cook County Reception and Dinner.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-007
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. Items include press releases concerning legislation, an overview of legislative items recommended by the President, reports prepared by Legislative Research, proposed amendments to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon's testimony before the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include trade, tax reform, foreign aid, agriculture, the federal highway program, the Youth Opportunities Act, and the United Nations loan legislation. The folder was originally titled "8/13/62-8/20/62 Treasury."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-005
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. Items include an overview of legislative items recommended by the President and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, education, agriculture, the Hanford nuclear reactor, the United Nations loan legislation, and the United States House Committee on Rules. The folder also contains memoranda from Joseph W. Barr, Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, and Jim G. Akin, Congressional Liaison Officer to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, on economic and education legislation, respectively. This folder was originally titled "7/16/62-7/31/62 None."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-004
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. Items include an overview of legislative items recommended by the President and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, civil defense, agriculture, occupational safety, and World War II veteran's pensions. The folder also contains memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Ralph A. Dungan and Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget Robert C. Turner concerning foreign aid and public works, respectively. This folder was originally titled "7/2/62-7/13/62 Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-002
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. Items include press releases concerning trade legislation, an overview of legislative items recommended by the President, and reports prepared by Legislative Research. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include trade, tax reform, agriculture, education, and the United Nations loan legislation. This folder was originally titled "6/12/62-6/22/62 Trade."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-051-001
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. Items include press releases concerning legislation, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and a transcript of a telecast by the American Medical Association. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include tax reform, agriculture, health care for the aged, and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This folder was originally titled "6/1/62-6/11/62 Trade, Medicare."