BROOKS HAYS SWORN IN AS JFK ASSISTANT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy attended a swearing-in ceremony at the White House for Brooks Hays* as his new special assistant.
During the Little Rock Central High School segregation crisis, Congressman Hayes arranged a meeting between President Eisenhower and Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus.
Hayes served on the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1959 to 1961, and before becoming JFK's special assistant, he was Assistant Secretary of State for congressional relations.
On his 80th birthday, Hayes received a letter from his good friend, JFK historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. who wrote...
"Few Americans have done so much to further the cause of tolerance, understanding & fellowship among diverse races & creeds, & no one, in our time, has done it with such delicious wit & sagacious humor."
*Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) was born in London, AK & graduated from the University of Arkansas. LBH received a law degree at George Washington University & served as assistant attorney general of Arkansas 1925-1927. He was a New Deal administrator & served in the H of R 1943-1959.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy attended a swearing-in ceremony at the White House for Brooks Hays* as his new special assistant.
During the Little Rock Central High School segregation crisis, Congressman Hayes arranged a meeting between President Eisenhower and Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus.
Hayes served on the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1959 to 1961, and before becoming JFK's special assistant, he was Assistant Secretary of State for congressional relations.
On his 80th birthday, Hayes received a letter from his good friend, JFK historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. who wrote...
"Few Americans have done so much to further the cause of tolerance, understanding & fellowship among diverse races & creeds, & no one, in our time, has done it with such delicious wit & sagacious humor."
*Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) was born in London, AK & graduated from the University of Arkansas. LBH received a law degree at George Washington University & served as assistant attorney general of Arkansas 1925-1927. He was a New Deal administrator & served in the H of R 1943-1959.
Brooks Hayes & JFK
