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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-15-B
AR29, ST15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6688-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (seated, right); others unidentified. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6688-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (in back at right); others unidentified. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7585-H
President John F. Kennedy (in back, at lectern) delivers remarks at the signing of a Joint Statement on Union Program for Fair Practices; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (left, seated at head table), as chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO), officiated the ceremony. Seated at head table, right of President Kennedy (left to right): Secretary of Labor and Vice Chairman of the PCEEO, W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Executive Vice Chairman of the PCEEO, Hobart Taylor, Jr. White House Secret Service agent, Ken Giannoules, stands at far right; attendees sit in the foreground. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.