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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-12A
Dictation Belt 12A contains four sound recordings from March 8, 1963. Item 12A.1 is a telephone between President John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. The topic of discussion is unclear. It involves the prospective meeting of a group. President Kennedy suggests that Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen should attend the meeting. After speaking to President Kennedy, Roosevelt asks [White House Operator?] to transfer the call. Machine noise follows. Item 12A.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Robert C. Weaver. Weaver advises President Kennedy on a proposal for a separate authority in the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for multi-family dwellings. Unintelligible chatter and office noises follow the conversation. Item 12A.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They discuss a proposed merger of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (“B&O”) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company (“C&O”). Item 12A.4 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner. They discuss negotiations for a settlement of the New York newspapers strike. [White House Operator?] speaks to Mayor Wagner while he holds for the President. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 12B.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.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-09B
Dictation Belt 9B contains eight sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 9B.1 begins on Dictation Belt 9A.6. Item 9B.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on March 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They continue their discussion about John A. McCone’s testimony and involvement in press stories. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 9B.2 is a telephone conversation held on March 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy. They discuss John A. McCone’s testimony and involvement in press stories. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 9B.3 a telephone conversation held on March 4, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester. They review the prelude to the Cuban missile crisis. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 9B.4 is an undated telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and a man identified as “Al.” They discuss a movie version of the PT-109 story. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 9B.5 is a telephone conversation held on March 6, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. They discuss the status of negotiations concerning the New York newspapers strike. Item 9B.6 is a brief undated telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and an unidentified woman. The woman informs Lincoln of the imminent delivery of a package from William Haddad. At the beginning of the exchange, President John F. Kennedy says “hello.” Item 9B.7 is an undated telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and United States Navy Admiral George G. Burkley, a physician assigned to the White House Physician’s Office. President Kennedy asks for medication. [White House Operator?] places the call at President Kennedy’s request. Item 9B.8 is part of a telephone conversation held on March 6, 1963, between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln. Attorney General Kennedy asks to speak to President John F. Kennedy. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 10A.1.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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-080a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Justice. Topics include civil rights and the Senate, Irving Davidson, the Progressive Labor movement, the Otepka case, the government claim against Hanna Coal and Ore Company, student travels to Cuba, and made lands (mud lumps) off the coast of Louisiana.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0898-016
This folder contains a copy of Robert F. Kennedy’s speech before the Inland Daily Press Association in Chicago, Illinois. In his speech Kennedy discusses his work as Chief Counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee in combating labor racketeering and the ongoing investigations of the committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0898-008
This folder contains a copy of Robert F. Kennedy’s speech given at a New York state Democratic dinner in Albany, New York. In his speech Kennedy discusses his work as Chief Counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee in combating labor racketeering, and the political achievements of Senator John F. Kennedy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0896-021
This folder contains copies and a draft of Senator John F. Kennedy's speech for a St. Patrick's Day dinner. In his speech the Senator compares the oppression of Ireland and the fight for independence from Great Britain to Hungary's current struggle against the Soviet Union. Of note is a draft with notations by Senator Kennedy. Also included in this folder are remarks of Robert F. Kennedy for a St. Patrick's Day dinner, discussing Ireland's independence and labor racketeering.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-136-012
This folder contains a copy of a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, then a member of the Senate Committee on Improper Activities and Labor and Management (also known as the McClellan Committee), regarding labor-management corruption. In his speech he calls for new legislation, the establishment of a national crime commission, an increase in local law enforcement, and the creation of a new congressional committee with broader powers.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0916-033
This file contains copies of various speeches by Robert F. Kennedy, one speech by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and one speech by Senator John F. Kennedy. Included are the following speeches by Robert F. Kennedy: remarks to the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, December 31, 1957; two speeches for St. Patrick's Day, March 1958; transcript of Meet the Press appearance, July 26, 1959; speech to the Inland Daily Press Association, Chicago, Illinois, October 15, 1957; transcript of Face the Nation appearance, September 25, 1960; and address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, San Francisco, California, July 12, 1957. The file also includes a speech by Eunice Kennedy Shriver to the Annual Crusade Dinner of the Greater Boston Association for Retarded Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 22 November 1959; an address by Senator John F. Kennedy before the Associated Business Publications Conference, New York City, October 12, 1960; and a committee print of "Economic Programs for Labor Surplus Areas in Selected Countries of Western Europe," materials prepared for the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, December 1960.