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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19A-1
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss the nomination of William J. Crockett, the work of William H. Orrick, relations with Haiti and its President François Duvalier, and plans for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to travel to Scandinavia.Machine noise precedes the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 19A, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-19A, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 19A.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19A
Dictation Belt 19A contains five sound recordings. Item 19A.1 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss the nomination of William J. Crockett, the work of William H. Orrick, relations with Haiti and its President François Duvalier, and plans for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to travel to Scandinavia. Machine noise precedes the conversation. Item 19A.2 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss test ban negotiations. Item 19A.3 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper. President Kennedy congratulates Major Cooper on his orbital flight. Item 19A.4 is a telephone conversation held on May 17, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack. They discuss plans to hold a congressional reception in honor of NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 19A.5 is a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico. They discuss prospective wheat legislation. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. The recording of this conversation continues on Dictation Belt 19B.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-028-016
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, from Kennedy friend and journalist Benjamin C. Bradlee. Materials mainly represent Bradlee's views and advice on both personal and political matters. Of note is a memorandum for then Senator John F. Kennedy providing Bradlee's assessment of Senator Lyndon Johnson's potential as a Presidential candidate in the 1960 election.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-030-021
This folder contains correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Materials mainly consist of Johnson's views and advice on domestic, political and foreign affairs, memorandums, and press releases of remarks made by the Vice President. Topics include recommendations regarding commercial use of supersonic transports, the Plan for Progress program, and Civil Rights. Of note are materials relating to Vice President Johnson's role as Chairman of the Space Council, including a memorandum reporting on Space Council Activities in 1962; memorandums regarding the moon program and the potential military applications of the Space Program; and information regarding the health of astronaut Donald K. Slayton, one of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts, who was grounded due to heart fibrillation. Personal correspondence between the President and the Vice President is found throughout.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-030-020
This folder contains correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Materials mainly consist of Johnson's views and advice on domestic and foreign affairs, memorandums, and press releases of official correspondence. Topics include the foreign economic aid program and the National Space Program. Of note are materials relating to Vice President Johnson's trips to Europe, Southeast Asia, India and Pakistan, including an informal log recording Johnson's around the world trip by James A. Suffridge of the Retail Clerks International Association.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-034-019
This folder contains a draft of President Kennedy's statement upon signing H.R. 6169, a bill amending the Aeronautics and Space Act. In his statement the President announces the appointment of Vice President Johnson as the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Council.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-137-005
This folder contains an agenda for a campaign strategy meeting between then Senator John F. Kennedy and his Vice Presidential candidate Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-137-002
This folder contains a draft of Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's statement announcing Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson as Vice Presidential candidate with handwritten notations by then Senator Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-042-029
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's preparation for a dinner honoring Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Materials in this folder include a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President and speechwriter Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and a draft from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Soresnsen.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-041
This folder contains a draft and press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson on the South Lawn of the White House prior to the Vice President's departure for southern Europe and the Middle East. The press copy also includes Johnson's response.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-037-017
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks given at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Speaker of the House John McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren in the State Dining Room of the White House. Materials in this folder include memoranda regarding the tradition of holding similar dinners, a draft copy and additional transcript of the speech, and a dinner menu with handwritten notations by the President. The additional transcript also includes responses from Johnson, McCormack, and Warren.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-011-004-p0036
President John F. Kennedy at opening day of the baseball season. The verso of the photograph is stamped: "Star Staff Photo, G.C. Leach." President Kennedy is sitting in the stands, looking up at a foul ball. Sitting left to right are Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, President Kennedy, and Senator George A. Smathers of Florida. The typed caption attached to the verso of the photograph reads: "Vice President Johnson casts an apprehensive eye at President Kennedy who is keeping his eye on the foul ball. The President is centered between secretary Dillon (left) and Senator Smathers, D. Florida (on the right)."
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-011-004-p0034
President John F. Kennedy at opening day of the baseball season. President Kennedy is sitting in the stands with (left to right): Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Louisiana Representative Hale Boggs (standing), Special Assistant Dave Powers, Special Assistant Lawrence F. O'Brien, President Kennedy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. Sitting directly behind President Kennedy are: Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, and Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen. A stamp on the verso of the photograph reads: "Star Staff Photo, G.C. Leach."
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-002-006-p0029
Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson with the Louisiana Congressional Delegation in the Senate Chambers, Washington, D.C., during the 1960 Presidential Campaign. The photograph was sent to President Kennedy with a letter dated January 13, 1961, from Frank B. Ellis, and was taken on the day Mr. Ellis agreed to direct Senator Kennedy's campaign in Louisiana. Standing left to right are Congressman Hale Boggs, Senator Allen J. Ellender, Senator George A. Smathers, Senator John F. Kennedy, Frank B. Ellis, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Russell B. Long, and Congressman Edwin E. Willis.