Title:

Telegram from John E. Fogarty to Abraham A. Ribicoff

Creator:

Fogarty, John Edward, 1913-1967

Recipient:

Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998 and U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Date:

6 November 1961

Description:

Abraham Ribicoff was the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. When the House and Senate appropriations committees vastly increased the Kennedy administration's first HEW budget figures, Ribicoff responded by impounding $60 million of the NIH appropriation to control HEW spending. Fogarty wrote to protest this action.

Original Repository:

Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections at Providence College

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 6

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Telegrams

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections at Providence College. 12898. URL. http://www.providence.edu/LIBRARY/spcol/

Legacy ID:

HRBBVD

NLM ID:

101743404X338

Profiles Collection:

The John E. Fogarty Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743404X338

Story Section:

"Mr. Public Health": Later Career, 1960-1967