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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-002
Materials in this folder include memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton to various Cabinet Secretaries requesting a report on civil rights problems within their departments, telegrams concerning segregation at the Raleigh-Durham Airport in North Carolina, and a memorandum from Dutton to Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen concerning guidance on civil rights policy for certain members of the Administration. Also included in this folder is the 40th annual report by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) titled “By the People.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-012
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans. The folder also contains a statement by Louis F. Buckley, Middle Atlantic Regional Director of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a copy of Religion and Labor, a publication from The Religion and Labor Council of America.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-010
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-006
Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning non-discriminatory employment policies for major defense contractors, the activities of the President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-005
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a press release, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans, with specific emphasis on the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Of note is a letter from President Kennedy to baseball player Jackie Robinson (then the Vice President of Chock Full o’ Nuts).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-004
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans and racial relations within the United States National Guard.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-003
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-002
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans and the activities of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The folder also contains a report by John Seigenthaler, Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General, concerning African American employment in the Department of Justice.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-063-003
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Frederick G. Dutton, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include standards of conduct for civilian employees in federal departments and agencies, an advisory committee for integration in the armed forces, and problems with highway construction in Alabama. Of note are materials related to export licenses for Poland and Yugoslavia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-063-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Frederick G. Dutton, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include international relations, private communication satellites, mail from communist countries, and the educational efforts of communist countries versus the United States. Of note is a handwritten letter to the President from the Irish writer Brendan Behan. Also included in this folder is a copy of the Evergreen Review containing a story by Behan, who dedicated the title page to the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-063-001
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Frederick G. Dutton, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include department and agency summary reports, an outline for a possible television program to generate support for the administration, and suggestions to the President for anti-recession proposals as well as nominees to fill vacant positions in the administration.