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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-011
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the Department of Labor. Types of material include letters, memoranda, speeches, press releases, news clippings, and charts. Correspondents include W. Willard Wirtz (Secretary of Labor), John W. Lehman (Bureau of Labor Statistics), John W. Lewis (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor), Esther Peterson (Assistant Secretary of Labor), Robert C. Goodwin (Bureau of Employment Security), and Arthur J. Goldberg (Secretary of Labor). The file also contains suggested material for a speech on "The Year 2000"; a report of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy regarding pension funds and retirement programs; information for a meeting with Reiulf Steen, a member of the Norwegian parliament (26 February 1962); and a speech by Heller on "Statistics for Economic Outlook" (29 September 1961).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include labor disputes in various industries, the status of MDTA (Manpower Development and Training Act) training projects, and supplemental appropriations to the executive branch for fiscal year 1963. Also included in this folder is a paper by Arthur J. Goldberg titled, "Memorandum to the President on a National System of Civil Honors," a letter to the President from Dorothy Goldberg, and Arthur J. Goldberg's resignation letter as Secretary of Labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include labor disputes in the aerospace and railroad industries, an extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (TEUC), the appointment of Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg to the Supreme Court and the appointment of W. Willard Wirtz as Secretary of Labor, and the American Institute for Free Labor Development. Of note is a letter to the President from Eleanor Roosevelt and a progress report from the Presidential Committee on the Status of Women. Also included in this folder is a booklet titled, "Monthly Report in the Labor Force for July 1962," by Goldberg.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include Executive Order 10925 that established a committee on equal employment opportunity, suggestions by Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg for the reorganization of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), a comparison of gains between workers and stockholders for General Motors and Ford Motor Company, and an Executive order establishing a program for resolving labor disputes at missile and spaces sites. Also included in this folder is a report by Goldberg titled, “A Program for Labor Action in Latin America.”