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President John F. Kennedy signs the Foreign Assistance Act, S. 2996 Public Law 87-565. Looking on (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Representative Wayne L. Hays of Ohio (mostly hidden); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Francis E. Walter (Pennsylvania); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (New Jersey); Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); former representative from Maine, Frank M. Coffin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report on the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and Upper Saint John River Hydroelectric Power Development. Standing in the foreground (left to right): Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Representative Stanley R. Tupper of Maine (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones, holding documents); Representative Clifford G. McIntire (Maine); Representative Hastings Keith (Massachusetts); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Looking on from the steps of the Rose Garden, beginning at the very back (left to right): unidentified; Senator George Aiken (Vermont); unidentified military officer; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Representative Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Representative Robert T. Stafford of Vermont (in back); Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Representative Louis C. Wyman (New Hampshire); Representative Robert N. Giaimo of Connecticut (in back, face obscured); Representative William L. St. Onge (Connecticut); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative William H. Bates of Massachusetts (in back, face obscured); Representative James C. Cleveland of New Hampshire (very back, mostly hidden); Under Secretary of the Interior, James K. Carr (in back, face obscured); Chief of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr.; unidentified; Representative Emilio Q. Daddario of Connecticut (arms crossed). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (in back, partially hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs the Foreign Assistance Act, S. 2996 Public Law 87-565. Looking on (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Representative Wayne L. Hays of Ohio (mostly hidden); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (behind Representative Hays); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Francis E. Walter (Pennsylvania); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (New Jersey); Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); former representative from Maine, Frank M. Coffin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. The bill was legislated to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): House Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; President of the National Farmers’ Union, James G. Patton; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi; Senator Spessard L. Holland of Florida; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Representative Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Representative W.R. Poage of Texas (partially hidden); Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana (white suit); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; President of National Farmers Organization Oren Staley; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana (in background); and President of the National Association of Wheat Growers Carl Bruns. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.