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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-25A
Dictation Belt 25A contains six sound recordings. Item 25A.1 is a telephone conversation held on July 31, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. They discuss an unidentified situation concerning United Air Lines. They also discuss Peru using aid money from the United States to buy gold. Item 25A.2 is a telephone conversation held on July 31, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana. Senator Long raises an objection to an order requiring the state government of Louisiana to enforce compliance with a federal integration order on a highway project. Item 25A.3 is a brief telephone exchange between President John F. Kennedy and a White House Operator. When President Kennedy answers, the operator informs him that the call from Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack of Massachusetts is intended for Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell. Item 25A.4 is a brief telephone exchange between an unidentified man and a White House Operator. The unidentified man asks for an outside line. Item 25A.5 is a telephone conversation held on August 6, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Claude Desautels. They discuss the integration of African Americans into the federal workforce and plans for a field hearing in Philadelphia. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 25A.6 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 7, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Martha W. Griffiths of Michigan. They discuss their positions on a tax bill and its possible effects on the economy and politics. Machine noise precedes the conversation, and the conversation begins in mid-sentence. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 25B.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. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF78-003
This folder contains material pertaining to the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments, an informal group that was established to address problems relating to the balance of payments and gold. Walter W. Heller represented the Council of Economic Advisers on the committee. This file contains general information on the balance of payments. Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, news articles, papers, speeches, and drafts.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-019
This folder contains copies of speeches and statements by individuals other than Walter W. Heller. Authors include Walter A. Munns, W. Allen Wallis, John Ross Haas, Joseph E. Karth, C. Douglas Dillon, and Robert Roosa.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF35-001
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning testimony before the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of Congress by individuals who were not affiliated with the Council of Economic Advisers. It includes statements by Otto Eckstein, Joseph A. Pechman, Raymond J. Saulnier, George Katona, C. Douglas Dillon, and Gardiner C. Means.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF25-008
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the American Bankers Association (ABA). Types of items include letters, memoranda, papers, articles, and speeches. Most of the correspondence is with Charls E. Walker, Executive Vice President. The file contains a paper titled "The Economy at Midyear" by the ABA Department of Economics and Research (10 July 1964); a draft paper on H.R. 258, a bill to authorize the establishment of federal mutual savings banks; copies of papers and printed material from a Symposium on Employment (24 February 1964); similar materials from a Symposium on Economic Growth (25 February 1963); an ABA staff paper on "Loans and Investments of Financial Institutions"; and a speech given by C. Douglas Dillon at an ABA Annual Meeting (17 October 1961).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF31-001
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the debt management activities of the U.S. Treasury Department. Types of items include memoranda, charts, and press releases. There is also a copy of C. Douglas Dillon's testimony on the public debt limit. The majority of the file pertains to plans for advance refunding of Treasury securities.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the balance of payments, taxes, the International Development Association, and a proposal for the establishment of a Committee for Inter-American Development. Also included in this folder is a collection of letters and memoranda regarding the economy from Senior Consultant to the Secretary of the Treasury Seymour E. Harris to the President and numerous memoranda from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the balance of payments, interest rates, and French debt repayments. Also included in this folder is a copy of Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's statement before the Joint Economic Committee; a memorandum to the President from Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara regarding the Department of Defense and the balance of payments; and a statement by the International Union, UAW (United Automobile Workers of America) titled, "National Economic Effect of Douglas Aircraft DC-9 Program."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Materials include memoranda for the President from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon titled, "Impact of Tax Reduction on the Budget," and, "Monetary Policy, the Balance of Payments, and Domestic Growth;" and the membership list as of June 1, 1963 of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963. Also included in this folder is a speech by Co-Chairman of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 Stuart T. Saunders titled, "Taxes and Economic Growth."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the establishment of the Business and Finance Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 and the Review Committee for Balance of Payment Statistics, steel, and the balance of payments. Also included in this folder is a report by Edward M. Bernstein titled, "The U.S. Balance of Payments in 1962," and remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon before the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the balance of payments, gold transactions, reorganization of the structure of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) field offices, and the code of conduct for Treasury Department employees. Also included in this folder is a copy of a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon from British Ambassador David Ormsby-Gore. This folder also contains a copy of Executive Order 10939 dated May 5, 1961.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Materials consist of a memorandum and report to the President from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon on measures to improve the balance of payments. Also included is a memoradum and report to the President from Director of the Bureau of the Budget Kermit Gordon regarding the Second Quarterly Report on International Transactions of the Federal Government.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include gold transactions, tax reform, the balance of payments, and proposed changes in the organizational structure of Internal Revenue Service field offices. Also included in this folder are copies of Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's statement before the Joint Economic Committee and a speech by Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler titled, "The President's Tax and Expenditure Control Program- Key to Economic Policy in the Sixties."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-090-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act (H.R. 10), a progress report on long-range international payments, the Federal Reserve, a bill for foreign aid appropriations (H.R. 13175), and the resignation of John M. Leddy as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. Also included in this folder is a report to the President from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon regarding the balance of payments.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the tax bill, the balance of payments, and an increase in resources for the International Development Association. Of note is a draft statement for the President regarding taxes and the tax bill. Also included in this folder is a copy of Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's statement before the House Ways and Means Committee on the status of the economy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089a-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include gold, taxes, the balance of payments, and Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon's meeting with bankers at the Federal Reserve of New York. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to the President from Dillon titled, "Current Monetary Policy," a memorandum to the President from Under Secretary of State George W. Ball titled, "A Fresh Approach to the Gold Problem," and copy of a speech by Dr. Roy L. Reierson of Bankers Trust Company of New York titled, "The Strength of the United States Dollar."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the resignation of Harry J. Anslinger as Commissioner of Narcotics, the new tax depreciation schedule, tax cut legislation, and the economy. Also included in this folder are notes, possibly written by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon for discussing the balance of payments with the President and a transcript of Meet the Press from July 8, 1962 with Chairman and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Per Jacobsson.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the balance of payments, a review by the International Monetary Fund of the United States economic and financial situation, taxes, United States gold and issues with Canada and Spain, and a report on the Bank for International Settlements. Also included in this folder is a memorandum from Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Robert A. Wallace to Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon titled, "Treasury Study Mission on Fiscal Planning in Western European Countries."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the stock market, the tax bill and withholding on dividends and interest, the balance of payments, and the American Bankers Association Monetary Conference. Of note is a monthly review by the Department of the Treasury, Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and Bureau of the Budget. Also included in this folder is a copy of a speech by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon titled, "Responding to the Challenge of the Common Market."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury, and consists of the fourth quarterly report on the balance of payments by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the London gold market, the tax bill, an Inter-American Development Bank meeting, and financial discussions between the United States and Brazil. Also included in this folder is a report on the balance of payments by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include gold stock movements in 1961, the balance of payments, Treasury bonds and an advance refund offer, the tax bill, and a Treasury Department Conference. Also included in this folder is a letter of resignation by Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Treasurer of the United States and numerous memoranda to the President from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include United States gold reserves and losses, the London gold market, OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) meetings on the United States balance of payments, and controls over capital movements. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to the President from Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler titled, "Sustaining Recovery, Avoiding Recession, or Minimizing a Decline in the National Economy," and a speech by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the exchange of bonds, gold, and the resignation of Ray M. Gidney as Comptroller of the Currency. Also included in this folder are copies of speeches by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon, a joint report by the Departments of Defense and Treasury on the impact on the balance of payments and the deployment of troops to Europe, and a memorandum to Council of Economic Advisers member James Tobin from Arthur Okun titled, "Must We have a Recession?".
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-089-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of the Treasury. Topics include the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the balance of payments in Great Britain, a meeting of the Treasury Economic Consultants, and the National Housing Act. Also included in this folder is a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon to Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means Wilbur D. Mills.