B. SPEECHES

This series documents John A. Volpe's public activities prior to his first term as governor in 1960. The bulk of the material was generated during his term as Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Works and is composed mostly of administrative documents - reports, memos, plans - and correspondence. There is no clear delineation of materials generated during Volpe's five-month tenure as Federal Highway Administrator in 1956 and 1957, but there is considerable material devoted to the particulars of the Federal Highway Bill, a piece of legislation that was a major part of the Eisenhower administration's interstate highway program. Of particular note are records documenting the plans and actions of the Massachusetts senatorial and state delegations as the Federal Highway Bill was modified and finally passed.