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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-019-003
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln and Florence Mahoney, a lobbyist for health causes. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note are letters to Mahoney from doctors and others associated with the medical field; and news clippings on several topics, including health issues from around the world.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-012-006
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is a letter from Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation (now the March of Dimes) regarding his opinion of a statement made by the Surgeon General, Dr. Luther L. Terry, about using both live-virus and killed-virus polio vaccines to immunize against poliomyelitis; a copy of the telegram sent to Mr. O'Connor by the Assistant Surgeon General, J. Stewart Hunter, containing the Surgeon General's statement; and a letter from actress Donna Reed Owen.