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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-01
Cohen discusses assisting John F. Kennedy (JFK) in drafting Social Security and welfare legislation, JFK’s Task Force on Health and Social Security, and his own confirmation as Assistant Secretary for Legislation in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GB-01
Bolling discusses her work on John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, on patronage requests at the beginning of the Kennedy administration, and on education and Medicare legislation as a congressional liaison, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-02
This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). Topics include health insurance for the elderly, the President’s Award for Scholarship, and radiation protection activities of Federal agencies. Also included in this folder is a report by Secretary of HEW Anthony J. Celebrezze on the cost reduction program and an article in Fortune magazine by Harold B. Meyers titled, “Medicare, the Cure that Could Cause a Setback.”