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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-011
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's statement upon signing the Agricultural Credit Agreement with Mexico, providing credit and technical assistance to farmers in order to increase income and productivity. Materials in this folder include a memorandum, draft, and press copy of the speech.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-019
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to participants of the World Food Forum in the White House Rose Garden regarding the administration's plans to maintain agricultural production, increase consumption, sustain farmers' incomes, and cooperate with international markets.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-013
This folder contains a draft and press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to a group of foreign agricultural service attaches and livestock product cooperators concerning the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and other methods for increasing agricultural exports.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-037-037
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to the representatives of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees on the South Lawn of the White House. In his speech the President characterizes the country's agricultural sector as a source of national pride, and discusses the necessity to protect the interests of both farmers and consumers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-035
This folder contains a press copy of President Kennedy's remarks upon signing S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. This bill was legislated in order to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-047-019
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks to a group of Latin American agricultural leaders in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President discusses the necessity of ensuring stable, productive agricultural programs in the western hemisphere, and explains that agriculture cannot be controlled or dominated by a national government. Materials in this folder include a draft and press copy of the speech, in addition to a memorandum containing background information on the Agricultural Leadership Training Program, a program conducted by the National Farmers Union for the Agency of International Development as a part of the Alliance for Progress.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-105-004
This folder contains a study of wheat farmers' attitudes towards the 1963 Wheat Referendum, an effort to establish a national supply management program for wheat, completed by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc.
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JFKPOF-111-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Argentina. Materials consist of a report by the President's Science Advisory Council titled, "Report of the Scientific Mission to the Republic of Argentina on Foot and Mouth Disease."
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JFKPOF-110-019
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the prospect of policies allowing for the sale of surplus wheat to countries associated with the Eastern Bloc (also referred to as Soviet or Communist Bloc) during the Cold War. Materials in this folder include a memorandum and newspaper article.
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JFKPOF-123-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning efforts to manage and correct the waterlogging and salinity problem in West Pakistan. Materials in this folder include reports and a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner with handwritten notations by the President.
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JFKPOF-095-005
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's meeting with Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver, Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes, and the heads of the Departments of Agriculture of Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Virginia. Materials in this folder include a report on the central market prices of agricultural commodities and a memorandum from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer "Mike" Feldman with handwritten notations by the President containing background information on tariff rates on poultry.
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JFKPOF-056a-001
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of June 14, 1962 (News Conference 36). Materials primarily consist of department and agency reports and briefing papers for the President on domestic and foreign affairs and national security. Topics include the economy, the Federal budget, the space program, labor disputes, and agriculture. Of note is a memorandum to President Kennedy from George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), regarding the recent economic developments in the United States.
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JFKPOF-044-025
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon signing the Feed Grains Bill in the White House Fish Room. In his speech the President explains the act, which extends the Feed Grains program for an additional two years in order to decrease the excessive surplus, and discusses how this legislation and the hopeful passage of the upcoming wheat referendum will help maintain the primacy of family farms in the country's agricultural system.
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JFKPOF-043-044
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks before representatives of the National Conference on Cooperatives and the Future in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President discusses the relationship between the government and farmer cooperatives, and proposes the implementation of cooperative farming systems as viable foreign aid mechanisms. Materials in this folder include a draft and press copy of the speech, in addition to a copy of Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman's address opening the conference.
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JFKPOF-043-012
This folder contains a copy of President John F. Kennedy's taped remarks to the National Farmers' Union Convention concerning the recent wheat referendum and the "Food for Peace" campaigns. The copy contains handwritten notations by the President.
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JFKPOF-052-011
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, a report on the McClellan-Jensen Bill for a Joint Budget Committee, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include cotton, poultry, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "2/63 Cotton, Poultry, Budget, Mills, Cooley, Cannon."
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JFKPOF-052-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include drafts and press releases of President Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on agriculture, during which he discusses the economic necessity for the country to properly manage its food supply, and explains how recent increases in average farm incomes is partially the result of Congressional and Executive actions concerning cotton, feed grains, and the dairy industry. The President also encourages Congress to support the upcoming wheat referendum, and discusses possible domestic food distribution applications, such as food stamps, rural area development, and the Food for Peace program.
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JFKPOF-040-023
This folder contains a draft and press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon the signing of H.R. 12391, the Agricultural Act of 1962, to increase farm income and decrease costs to the government's farm program.
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JFKPOF-041-016
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. In his speech the President discusses how partisan politics have negatively affected the country's agricultural welfare, and encourages his audience to elect Democratic representatives in the upcoming 1962 Congressional elections. Materials in this folder include memoranda, a draft, a press copy, and a reading copy of the speech with handwritten notations by the President, in addition to note cards with talking points and a telegram of suggested remarks from economist and Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas.
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JFKPOF-040-042
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks by telephone to a Democratic Party rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In his speech the President discusses how partisan politics have negatively affected the country's agricultural welfare, and encourages his audience to elect Democratic representatives in the upcoming 1962 Congressional elections.
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JFKPOF-057-007
This folder contains background material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, for the President's News Conference of August 22, 1962 (News Conference 41). Materials primarily consist of memorandums for the President on recent activities by various departments and agencies. Topics include the military space program, the economy, taxes, agriculture, legislation, and labor.
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JFKPOF-069-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials include copies of numerous speeches by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, a pamphlet regarding do-it-yourself home construction for farm workers, and a digest titled, "Resources in the Northern Great Lakes Region." Of note is a folder titled, "Freeman Weekly Report, September 12, 1963."
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JFKPOF-069-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials include a petition of intervention for Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman to intervene in the case between Rural Electric Cooperatives and the Federal Power Commission. Of note is a folder containing a report by Freeman of his tour of the Soviet Union and East Europe, including notes on a meeting between Freeman and Khrushchev.
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JFKPOF-069-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include a farm program proposal by the American Farm Bureau Federation, a New York Times Magazine article by Edward Higbee titled, "Now the Non-Farmer Asks for Parity", and various commodities. Of note is a transcript of a statement by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman before the Subcommittee on Family Farms.
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JFKPOF-069-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include various agricultural commodities, the delegation of authority of wheat to Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, and a request for livestock feed assistance due to drought to certain counties in Mississippi and parishes in Louisiana. Of note is a report by Freeman of a trip to Southern Indiana titled, "Rural Areas Development Tour."