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AR6950-A. President John F. Kennedy with Officials of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6950-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with officials of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). L-R: Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), Norman M. Clapp; Secretary-Treasurer of the NRECA, Paul H. Tidwell; President of the NRECA, R. A. Yarborough; President Kennedy; Vice President of the NRECA, Albert C. "Al" Hauffe; General Manager of the NRECA, Clyde T. Ellis. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
JFKWHP-AR6950-A.jpg

Nebraska: Key facts

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0951-022
This folder contains a map, memoranda, and newspaper articles concerning rural electrification policy and the political climate of Nebraska.

"Face Off" Community Development in Inner Cities, 24 June 1992

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-014-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for federal support for community development corporations (CDCs) to help create new jobs, provide job training, and renovate housing in urban and rural areas with declining development and deepening poverty. The episode aired on Wednesday, June 24, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" Malpractice Insurance, 7 May 1992

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-012-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for congressional action to control malpractice insurance costs and overall healthcare costs. The Senators comment on the effects of malpractice insurance costs on doctors practicing in rural areas. The episode aired on Thursday, May 7, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" VA Hospitals Opened to the Public in Rural Areas, 22 January 1992

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-008-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate an experiment by some Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in rural areas to treat patients from the general public. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 22, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" Federal Scholarships for Doctors in Rural Areas, 10 January 1992

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-008-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether action is needed to address the problem of default by medical doctors in the National Health Service Corps, who practice in neglected rural areas in exchange for federal scholarships. The episode aired on Friday, January 10, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" Raising Grazing Fees, 8 September 1992

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-017-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the vote in the U.S. Senate to defeat an increase to grazing fees, which are fees paid by ranchers who graze their cattle on federal land. Senator Kennedy refers to the current grazing fee as a federal subsidy to ranchers. The episode aired on Tuesday, September 8, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" Rural Electrification Administration Budget, 17 December 1991

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-007-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate reforming the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) to cut federal spending. The episode aired on Tuesday, December 17, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" Rural Electrification Administration Funding Cuts, 13 August 1993

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-032-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) has served its mission to help bring electricity and telephone service to rural areas, and whether funding for current REA loan programs should be cut from the federal budget. The episode aired on Friday, August 13, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

"Face Off" Rural Electrification Administration Funding, 29 April 1993

Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-027-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) has served its mission to help bring electricity and telephone service to rural areas, and whether funding for current REA loan programs should be cut from the federal budget. The episode aired on Thursday, April 29, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Kenneth M. Birkhead Personal Papers

Collection
KMBPP
Government official. Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Liaison (1961-68). Correspondence, memorandums, reports, news clippings, and photographs pertaining to the Department of Agriculture and Democratic politics.

AR7981-B. President John F. Kennedy with Representative Carl D. Perkins of Kentucky and Under Secretary of Commerce, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.

Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7981-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with Representative Carl D. Perkins of Kentucky (left) and Under Secretary of Commerce, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (right), regarding an announcement of a federal grant for the purchase of five miners' hospitals in Kentucky whose transfer was negotiated by the Department of Commerce's Area Redevelopment Administration (ARA) as part of an effort to revitalize the Appalachian region. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
JFKWHP-AR7981-B.jpg

AR7570-B. President John F. Kennedy Attends Signing of a Contract To Aid Rural Electrification Projects in Developing Countries

Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7570-B
President John F. Kennedy and others witness the signing of a contract between the Agency for International Development (AID) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to assist in establishing rural electrification projects in Latin America and other developing countries. Seated at HMS Resolute Desk, left to right: unidentified stenographer (far left); Administrator of the AID, Fowler Hamilton; President of the NRECA, R. A. Yarborough (signing the contract); President Kennedy. Standing (left to right): Vice President of the NRECA, Albert C. "Al" Hauffe; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Conservation, John A. Baker; Acting U.S. Coordinator for the Alliance for Progress, Graham Martin; Assistant to the General Manager of NRECA, Jerry Anderson; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); member of the NRECA Executive Committee, T. W. Hunter; Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), Norman M. Clapp (in back); member of the NRECA Executive Committee, Charles E. Wyckoff; General Manager of the NRECA, Clyde T. Ellis; Secretary-Treasurer of the NRECA, Paul H. Tidwell; member of the NRECA Executive Committee, J. L. Hubbard; member of the NRECA Executive Committee, Clark T. McWhorter; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; staff economist for the NRECA, James E. Ross; Director of Management Services for the NRECA, Robert I. Kabat; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
JFKWHP-AR7570-B.jpg

Eastern Kentucky, 1963

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF31-015
This folder contains memoranda compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning a "crash program" of aid to Eastern Kentucky.

Appalachian Region public works, economic development, planning and coordination, 3 April 1964

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF40-012
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a draft bill to provide public works, economic development programs, and the planning and coordination needed to assist in the economic and human development of the Appalachian Region.

Farm message, 31 January 1963

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-009
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 drafts and press releases of President Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on agriculture, during which he discusses the economic necessity for the country to properly manage its food supply, and explains how recent increases in average farm incomes is partially the result of Congressional and Executive actions concerning cotton, feed grains, and the dairy industry. The President also encourages Congress to support the upcoming wheat referendum, and discusses possible domestic food distribution applications, such as food stamps, rural area development, and the Food for Peace program.

Press releases, 4 July 1960-20 January 1961

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0923-005
This file contains a chronological set of press releases and statements issued by Senator John F. Kennedy's office. There are also some releases from his presidential campaign organization, Senator John F. Kennedy for President. Items of note include a report to Senator Kennedy from the Committee on Defense Establishment; a report of the Task Force on Area Redevelopment, which was appointed by President-elect Kennedy to investigate areas with chronic unemployment; and his Inaugural Address.

February 1960: 1-6

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1025-007
This folder contains copies and press releases of speeches given in Indiana, Nevada, and North Dakota by Senator John F. Kennedy during his 1960 presidential primary campaign. Topics include Indiana’s primary election; issues in Eastern Europe, particularly communism; the Democratic Party’s agricultural program; and the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).

S. 1, economically distressed area redevelopment, 28 April 1961

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-024
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill S. 1, to establish an effective program to alleviate conditions of substantial and persistent unemployment and underemployment in certain economically distressed areas. The legislation was known as the Area Redevelopment Act.

Draft legislation to amend Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, 13 March 1963

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-006
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture draft bill to amend the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to insure additional real estate loans, to make and insure loans to associations for additional purposes serving rural residents, to make loans for harvesting and storage, and so on.

Commerce draft bill to amend provisions of Area Redevelopment Act, 16 January 1963

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-028
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Commerce draft bill to amend certain provisions of the Area Redevelopment Act.

Agriculture proposed report on H.R. 6852, to amend Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 14 August 1963

Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF41-038
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Agriculture proposed report on H.R. 6852, to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 in order to require hearings with respect to loans for generating plants and electric transmission lines and systems, and to change the rate of interest payable on such loans.