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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RCG-02
Goodwin discusses the effect of equal opportunity programs on staffing of the Bureau of Employment Security agencies, funding for the programs, and the Mexican farm workers bill, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JTC-02
In this interview Conway discusses working with John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the negative reaction to the choice of Lyndon B. Johnson for JFK’s running mate; labor leadership and JFK’s campaign; unions and the religious issue during the 1960 election; discussing presidential appointments with JFK after the election; Conway’s role in JFK’s Administration; the Housing and Home Finance Agency, legislation, and working with Congress; accelerated public works, the Department of Commerce, and problems with the extent of presidential powers; Walter Reuther and his relationship with JFK; confrontations between Johnson and Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; working with RFK on civil rights marches and their legislative demands; and interactions with RFK from 1964 through 1968, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NTP-01
This interview focuses on the internal operations of the Labor Department and Powers’ time on the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and the Labor Management Committee, among other topics.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-22-C
AR23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-02-C
KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-07-A
AR16
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-014
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-013
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-012
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-009
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-008
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-033-007
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-023-009
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17909
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17908
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17907
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26093
Hobart Taylor, Jr., Executive Vice Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO), speaks at a signing ceremony for the Plans for Progress; officials from twenty companies signed equal opportunity employment agreements as part of the program. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President John F. Kennedy; Mr. Hobart; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6923-D
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. (L-R) D.W. Smith; unidentified man; Charles W. Perelle; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Allen D. Marshall (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Chad F. Calhoun; two unidentified men; Mark W. Cresap; unidentified man; John D. Wright; unidentified man; Thomas V. Jones. Also listed in the President’s schedule as attending the meeting: James R. Kerr, Marshal G. Staub, Lawrence A. Hyland, and Earl Dallam Johnson. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6923-C
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and an unidentified man sign the Plans for Progress at a meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. An unidentified man stands to the left of Vice President Johnson. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6923-B
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and members of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity for the signing of the Plans for Progress. Seated (L-R): Charles W. Perelle; Vice President Johnson; Mark W. Cresap; John D. Wright. Standing (L-R): Unidentified man; D.W. Smith; two unidentified men; Chad F. Calhoun; Ivan A. Getting; Allen D. Marshall; Thomas V. Jones; two unidentified men. Also listed in the President’s schedule as attending the meeting: James R. Kerr, Marshal G. Staub, Lawrence A. Hyland, and Earl Dallam Johnson. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6923-A
President John F. Kennedy drops in on a meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. (L-R) Charles W. Perelle; two unidentified men; D.W. Smith; Allen D. Marshall; unidentified man; President Kennedy; unidentified man; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; unidentified man; Mark W. Cresap; unidentified man. Also listed in the President’s schedule as attending the meeting: James R. Kerr, Marshal G. Staub, Lawrence A. Hyland, and Earl Dallam Johnson. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6612-A
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6498-B
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson attend a meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Front row: Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg; President Kennedy; health activist Mary Woodward (Woodard) Lasker; Vice President Johnson. Committee members pictured include Dean of the Washington National Cathedral (Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) in Washington, D.C. the Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr.; president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany; Chairman of Kaiser Steel Corporation Edgar F. Kaiser; Chairman of the Civil Service Commission John W. Macy, Jr.; Director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC) Monsignor George Gilmary Higgins; Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Glenn Seaborg; Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6498-A
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson attend a meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Seated: Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg; President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson. Those standing include President of Mechanics and Farmers Bank John H. Wheeler; Dean of the Washington National Cathedral (Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) in Washington, D.C. the Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr.; president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany; Chairman of Kaiser Steel Corporation Edgar F. Kaiser; Chairman of the Civil Service Commission John W. Macy, Jr.; Director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC) Monsignor George Gilmary Higgins; Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Glenn Seaborg.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-20340
Meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO). Special Assistant to the President, Brooks Hays, sits sixth from left; Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights, Harris Wofford, sits at head of table. All others are unidentified. Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.