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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LHH-01
In this interview Hodges discusses the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions; the 1960 National Governors’ Conference; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the Department of Commerce, including reorganization, agencies within the Department, and relations with other groups; establishing the U.S. Travel Service; the Business Advisory Council; businessmen and government; the economic recession in 1960–1961; the Area Redevelopment Act; the 1962 rise in steel prices; balance of payments; and trips abroad, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-FRK-01
Kappel (1902 - 1994) was Chairman of the board, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (1961-1967); chairman, Business Council (1963-1964). The interview focuses on the changes that the John F. Kennedy [JFK] administration made to the Business Council and the introduction of Communications Satellites, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-11-B
AR38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-11-B
KN18
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-019-003
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-019-002
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-002
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller pertaining to the names of prominent businessmen circa 1964. There are two address lists and one news clipping.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF27-012
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning The Business Council, a private organization of business leaders, and its section of Technical Consultants to the Committee on Domestic Economy. Types of items include notes, address lists, memoranda, press releases, and correspondence. The majority of the file is administrative material pertaining to meetings of The Business Council, such as agendas, attendance lists, minutes, and speeches. There is one subfolder for the meeting of 18 October 1963, which Heller attended.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF46-008
This folder contains material pertaining to Walter W. Heller's participation in a meeting of the Business Council at Hot Springs, Virginia, on October 20, 1961. Heller's address is titled "Prices, Wages and the Public Interest." Also included are a few misfiled items related to Heller's speeches to the OECD Policy Conference and the National Planning Association.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-005
This folder contains material pertaining to tax reform, tax cuts, and the tax program of the Kennedy administration. Only a small portion appears to relate to the articles and memoranda by Joseph A. Pechman on the status of tax reform and the distributional effects of tax reduction. Other items include an essay by Frazar B. Wilde titled "Some Comments on the History and Position of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963"; a booklet by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, "Tax Cut: Price of Prosperity?"; a position paper on tax policy by The Business Council's Committee on Taxation; and fact sheets on the President's tax proposals by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-018-008
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6799-B
President John F. Kennedy talks with members of the Business Council (formerly the Business Advisory Council) in Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Leonard F. McCollum; Roger M. Blough; President Kennedy; Sidney J. Weinberg.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6799-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Business Council (formerly the Business Advisory Council) in Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Leonard F. McCollum; Roger M. Blough; President Kennedy; Sidney J. Weinberg.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8017-A
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks to members of the Business Council during a meeting regarding civil rights. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22183
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Business Council. Left to right: President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Crawford H. Greenewalt; Chairman of the Board of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Henry C. Alexander (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Business Council and Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Steel Corporation, Roger M. Blough; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Allan Sproul; Vice Chairman of the Business Council and President of the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22182
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Business Council. Left to right: President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Crawford H. Greenewalt; Chairman of the Board of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Henry C. Alexander (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Business Council and Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Steel Corporation, Roger M. Blough; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Allan Sproul; Vice Chairman of the Business Council and President of the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, Robert V. Roosa (partially hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22181
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Business Council. Left to right: President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Crawford H. Greenewalt; Chairman of the Business Council and Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Steel Corporation, Roger M. Blough; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Allan Sproul; Vice Chairman of the Business Council and President of the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, Robert V. Roosa. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.