Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF37-014
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning poverty, mainly news clippings and magazine articles. There are also some memoranda, letters, charts, notes, and drafts. Items include two Council of Economic Advisers memoranda, one by Robert J. Lampman titled "An Offensive Against Poverty," with general thoughts on a potential Kennedy anti-poverty program (June 1963), and one by Burton A. Weisbrod titled "Some Reflections Regarding the Attack on Poverty" (March 1964). Other items of note include Congressional testimony by W. Willard Wirtz and Anthony J. Celebrezze; a report on "Poverty in America" from the National Policy Committee on Pockets of Poverty; and an unattributed memorandum of specifications for a bill to combat poverty (January 1964).