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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0914-003
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda regarding President John F. Kennedy's federal budget messages to Congress, as well as the President's 1963 budget message for the District of Columbia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0914-002
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda regarding President John F. Kennedy's budget message for fiscal year 1964, as well as the President budget message for the District of Columbia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-013
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning discriminatory employment practices, increased federal employment opportunities for women, the activities of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, the Agency for International Development’s Food for Peace program, and President Kennedy’s meeting with representatives of women’s organizations. Of note are signed letters to the President from former First Lady and delegate to the United Nations Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-012
Materials include correspondence regarding a statement made by columnist Walter Winchell on the appointment of Italian-Americans in the Administration, minorities in the United States Navy and Coast Guard Academy, and a memorandum regarding civil rights actions in the Department of Commerce. Of note is a progress report on an earlier report titled “Discrimination and Diplomats” by the Public Affairs unit of the Office of the Chief of Protocol. Also included in this folder are two articles written by the President during his time as a Senator: one titled “Is Your Boy Barred?” for Pageant magazine, July 1954, and the other titled “Take the Academics Out of Politics” for the Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1956.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-011
Materials in this folder include an inquiry into minority representation in the Coast Guard Academy, a summary of nondiscrimination policies for the Housing and Home Finance Agency, a memorandum containing suggested agenda items for executive action to promote civil rights, memoranda concerning racial discrimination in various United States government departments and agencies, and correspondence concerning discrimination in connection with the conference for the Civil War Centennial Commission. Of note is a carbon copy of outgoing correspondence from Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. regarding a request by King for a meeting with the President to discuss civil rights.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0359-002
Materials in this folder include memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton to various Cabinet Secretaries requesting a report on civil rights problems within their departments, telegrams concerning segregation at the Raleigh-Durham Airport in North Carolina, and a memorandum from Dutton to Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen concerning guidance on civil rights policy for certain members of the Administration. Also included in this folder is the 40th annual report by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) titled “By the People.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0166-007
This folder contains memoranda regarding acquisitions and design plans for the White House restoration, and a press release announcing the appointment of Henry Francis du Pont as chairman of the Committee of the Fine Arts Commission for the White House as well as brief bios of other committee members.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0132-004
This file contains a letter and memoranda regarding the operations of the United States Mint, including a response to an invitation requesting the presence of President John F. Kennedy at the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0131-016
This file contains memoranda from various White House aides regarding the operations of the United States Mint. Topics include commemorative coins, and the potential appointments of Frank Leland Howard and Eva Adams as Director and Assistant Director of the U.S. Mint.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-005
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, the activities of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, efforts by labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory employment practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment. The folder also contains copies of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-004
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning civil rights demonstrations, incidents of discriminatory employment practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment. The folder also contains a report entitled “The Study of Equal Employment Opportunities in Selected Industrial Plants” submitted by the Survey Research Center of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-001
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and the efforts of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-013
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-012
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans. The folder also contains a statement by Louis F. Buckley, Middle Atlantic Regional Director of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a copy of Religion and Labor, a publication from The Religion and Labor Council of America.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-011
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frank D. Reeves, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-010
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-008
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various White House staff members, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discriminatory employment practices, executive orders regarding the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, voter registration for Spanish-speaking citizens, efforts by defense contractors and labor organizations to eliminate discriminatory practices, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans. The folder also contains a copy of The American Federalist, the magazine of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and a statement by Thomas E. Harris, Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, before the General Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor concerning pending employment legislation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-007
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning non-discriminatory policies for major defense contractors, the activities of the President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans in the United States Foreign Service. The folder also contains a report from the Civil Rights Subcabinet Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-006
Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning non-discriminatory employment policies for major defense contractors, the activities of the President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment, with specific emphasis on African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-005
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a press release, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans, with specific emphasis on the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Of note is a letter from President Kennedy to baseball player Jackie Robinson (then the Vice President of Chock Full o’ Nuts).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-004
Materials in this folder include memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans and racial relations within the United States National Guard.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-003
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-002
Materials in this folder include a telegram, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning federal employment opportunities for African Americans and the activities of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The folder also contains a report by John Seigenthaler, Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General, concerning African American employment in the Department of Justice.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0370-001
Materials in this folder include memoranda and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning non-discriminatory employment practices and efforts to recruit members of varied races, religions, and ethnicities for federal employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0915-003
This folder contains an advance press copy of President John F. Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on regulatory agencies.