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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-007
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF42-015
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Labor statement on a draft bill to extend Public Law 78, the Mexican labor program (Bracero program), for one year by amending Title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide protection for the employment opportunities of domestic agricultural workers in the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials consist of a statement by United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) President Walter P. Reuther before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly titled, "Price Policy and Public Responsibility." This folder also contains a handbook titled "Industrial Peace" prepared by Mary T. Clark, the Social Action Secretariat of the National Federation of Catholic College Students.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials consist of a report by the Task Force on Manpower Conservation regarding a work program for youths deemed unqualified for military service by the Selective Service System.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials consist of a transcript of a press conference held by Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Topics consist of the Canadian maritime problem and other various labor issues.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include the Plan for Progress program, a meeting of the ILPA (International Labor Press Association), the railroad labor negotiations, a conference of the Ministers of Labor in the Alliance for Progress, and a visit to the White House by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. Also included in this folder are issues of the newspapers AFL-CIO News and The Hat Worker.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor, and include a report by the President's Committee on Youth Employment titled, "The Challenge of Jobless Youth."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-082-001
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials include a statement, proposal, and memorandum of settlement by the mediators in the maritime strike; a memorandum to the President from Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz on women in the work force, agricultural employment, and multiple jobholders; and telegrams concerning the New York City newspaper strike.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-016
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include labor disputes in various industries, the status of MDTA (Manpower Development and Training Act) training projects, and supplemental appropriations to the executive branch for fiscal year 1963. Also included in this folder is a paper by Arthur J. Goldberg titled, "Memorandum to the President on a National System of Civil Honors," a letter to the President from Dorothy Goldberg, and Arthur J. Goldberg's resignation letter as Secretary of Labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-015
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include labor disputes in the aerospace and railroad industries, an extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (TEUC), the appointment of Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg to the Supreme Court and the appointment of W. Willard Wirtz as Secretary of Labor, and the American Institute for Free Labor Development. Of note is a letter to the President from Eleanor Roosevelt and a progress report from the Presidential Committee on the Status of Women. Also included in this folder is a booklet titled, "Monthly Report in the Labor Force for July 1962," by Goldberg.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-014
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include an increase to the Department of Labor's budget for 1963, the resignation of Jerry R. Holleman as Assistant Secretary of Labor, and the creation of a Liaison Advisor to the Department of State. Also included in this folder is a report to the President from the Presidential Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy titled, "Free and Responsible Collective Bargaining and Industrial Peace," and a report from the Board of Inquiry established under E.O. 11013 regarding the west coast maritime industry labor dispute.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include unemployment and employment, the maritime dispute, the steel labor negotiations settlement, and programs and legislation enacted to assist with unemployment issues and benefit the economy. Also included in this folder is a memorandum to the President from AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organization) President George Meany regarding the current economic situation.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-012
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include the textile industry; Executive orders establishing cooperation between employees and management in the Federal service, and reestablishing the Federal Safety Council; and cost estimates of the Training and Manpower Act of 1961. Also included in this folder is a report on automation by the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials consist of a provisional report to the President from the Committee on Corporate Pension Funds and Other Private Retirement Welfare Programs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include a new depreciation schedule for textile machinery, the International Textile Agreement, the establishment of a committee to collect and tabulate labor statistics, and the Committee on Youth Employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include unemployment; strike levels; the progress of the Missile Sites Labor Commission; and labor negotiations between General Motors Corporation and UAW (United Auto Workers), and between United Steelworkers of America and the steel industry. Also included in this folder is a statement by the President regarding Labor Day.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include raising the minimum wage, a labor dispute between ship owners and operators, unemployment in Michigan, and the Missile Sites Labor Commission. Of note is a paper titled, "The International Crisis," concerning the Soviet Union, Berlin, and the United States. Also included in this folder is a report on the maritime labor dispute from the Board of Inquiry that was established under Executive Order 10949.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Materials consist of the information portfolio of promotional materials for the “Hire Now” employment campaign prepared by the Bureau of Employment Security.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor, and consists of a booklet titled, "Jobs and Growth," by the Conference on Economic Progress.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include Executive Order 10925 that established a committee on equal employment opportunity, suggestions by Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg for the reorganization of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), a comparison of gains between workers and stockholders for General Motors and Ford Motor Company, and an Executive order establishing a program for resolving labor disputes at missile and spaces sites. Also included in this folder is a report by Goldberg titled, “A Program for Labor Action in Latin America.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-081-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Labor. Topics include employment and unemployment figures, issues concerning labor and the economy, and a proposal for a Youth Conservation Corps and a local public-service program. Of note is a letter to the President from the Railway Labor Executives' Association regarding railroad mergers and consolidations. Also included in this folder is a report titled, "Federal Programs under which Institutions with Religious Affiliations Receive Federal Funds through Grants or Loans."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-010
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 224 (NSAM 224) titled, “Coordination of U.S. Efforts Under the Trade Relations Act,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Governor Christian Herter, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-339-004
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 194 (NSAM 194) titled, “Policy Toward Non-Bloc Ships in Cuban Trade,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, Administrator of the Maritime Commission Donald W. Alexander, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) Fowler Hamilton, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, and President of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charles S. Murphy from Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-002
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the Department of Labor.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF87-005
This folder contains material pertaining to tax reform, tax cuts, and the tax program of the Kennedy administration. Only a small portion appears to relate to the articles and memoranda by Joseph A. Pechman on the status of tax reform and the distributional effects of tax reduction. Other items include an essay by Frazar B. Wilde titled "Some Comments on the History and Position of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963"; a booklet by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, "Tax Cut: Price of Prosperity?"; a position paper on tax policy by The Business Council's Committee on Taxation; and fact sheets on the President's tax proposals by the U.S. Department of Labor.