Telegram Inviting Business Leaders to the White House To Discuss Problems of Minority Groups.
AT FIVE O'CLOCK on Tuesday, June 4, I am meeting with a group of business leaders to discuss some aspects of the difficulties experienced by minority groups in many of our cities in securing employment and equal access to facilities and services generally available to the public. These subjects merit serious and immediate attention and I would be pleased to have you attend the meeting to be held in the East Room of the White House. Please advise whether you will be able to attend.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Note: This is the text of identical telegrams sent to approximately 75 business executives with ownership or management responsibilities in commercial establishments such as theaters, hotels, variety stores, and drugstores.
During June and early July the President held similar meetings with other groups including labor leaders, religious leaders, educators, lawyers, and representatives of women's organizations.
John F. Kennedy, Telegram Inviting Business Leaders to the White House To Discuss Problems of Minority Groups. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236523