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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) and others laugh during the signing of the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back, partially hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (in back, partially hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified; Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back, partially hidden); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (in back); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.