Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-032-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning labor union leader Walter P. Reuther, head of the United Automobile Workers. Items include a draft of an article by John Herling, an author who chronicled the rise of organized labor, about the attempted assassination of Reuther in 1948 and of his brother Victor Reuther in 1949; and excerpts from news reports concerning the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' ongoing investigation of labor racketeering, including the involvement of Reuther and Robert F. Kennedy, then serving as Committee Counsel, in the investigations.