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President John F. Kennedy (smoking a cigar) attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, delivers remarks from the lectern. Seated (L-R): President Kennedy; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day (behind candelabra); former Secretary of Labor, James P. Mitchell. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (smoking a cigar) attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany, delivers remarks from the lectern. Seated (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day (behind candelabra). Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor. Left to right: unidentified woman (in back); unidentified man; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (partially hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President Kennedy. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Committee; President Kennedy created the committee to establish the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. Clockwise around table (from lower left): unidentified; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Anna M. Rosenberg; Executive Director of the Citizens Commission for Children of New York, Trude W. Lash; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; unidentified; Representative James Roosevelt (California); United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and committee chairman, Adlai Stevenson; Deputy Special Counsel to the President, Myer Feldman; President Kennedy; President of United Automobile Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; unidentified; President of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, David Dubinsky; and President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany. Photographers stand at left, including New York Times photographer, George Tames; White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager, stands at right. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's appointment book for a full list of attendees.]
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphone) delivers remarks during the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz. Looking on (L-R): Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany (mostly hidden); Secretary Wirtz; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde (mostly in shadow); Marian Wirtz Conde. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a luncheon for members of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Clockwise around table (from far left): President of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), David Dubinsky; three unidentified men; President of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), Joseph A. Beirne; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; President Kennedy; President Emeritus of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), William L. McFetridge; President of the National Maritime Union (NMU), Joseph Curran; President of the Oil, Chemical, & Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), O. A. "Jack" Knight; President of the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW), Alex Rose; President of the United Automobile, Aircraft, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Walter Reuther; unidentified; Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, William F. Schnitzler; unidentified; President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), A. Philip Randolph; President of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), James B. Carey; unidentified; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers, Karl F. Feller; six unidentified men. Also listed in the President’s schedule: President Emeritus of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America (BAC), Harry C. Bates; President of the Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU), Paul Hall; President of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, George M. Harrison; President of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), Albert J. Hayes; Secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Joseph D. Keenan; Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association (RLEA), George E. Leighty; President of the United Steelworkers of America (USW), David J. McDonald; President of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of the U.S. and Canada (GBBA), Lee W. Minton; President of United Papermakers and Paperworkers (UPP), Paul L. Phillips; President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), Jacob S. Potofsky; President Emeritus of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), Emil Rieve; President of the United Association of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA), Peter T. Schoemann; President of the Retail Clerks International Association, James A. Suffridge; President of the International Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Richard F. Walsh. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders. Latin America Specialist of the U.S. Department of Labor, Joaquin A. Bazan, Jr., stands right of President Kennedy; participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (in back, partially hidden), stands left of the President. Standing at far right (L-R): President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg (mostly hidden); Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne (mostly hidden); Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Ink bleed-through in upper right portion of image is original to the file print.] [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders; Latin America Specialist of the U.S. Department of Labor, Joaquin A. Bazan, Jr., stands left of President Kennedy. Standing in foreground at right, with backs to camera (R-L): President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne; Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (at microphones), delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders; President John F. Kennedy looks on from right. Standing at far right (L-R): Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne; Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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Visit of participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy looks on as participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (at microphones), reads a letter of appreciation on behalf of the first class of the AIFLD. President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany, stands at far right. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders. Standing behind President Kennedy at right (L-R): Latin America Specialist of the U.S. Department of Labor, Joaquin A. Bazan, Jr. (mostly hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne; Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. Participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (wearing bow tie), stands with group at left; New York Times photographer, George Tames (center, partially hidden), takes photographs in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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Guests stand on stage at the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. (L-R) George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Attorney William H. Davis; J. Ward Keener, President of the B.F. Goodrich Company (seated); Walter P. Reuther, President of United Automobile Workers (UAW); unidentified; journalist Ralph E. McGill. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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Guests stand on stage at the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. (L-R) Unidentified; George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Attorney William H. Davis; Walter P. Reuther, President of United Automobile Workers (UAW); two unidentified. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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Guests seated on stage at the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. (L-R) J. Ward Keener, President of the B.F. Goodrich Company; unidentified; George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. Seated on stage are (L-R) Attorney William H. Davis; J. Ward Keener, President of the B.F. Goodrich Company; unidentified; George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Chairman of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. Seated on stage are (L-R) Attorney William H. Davis; J. Ward Keener, President of the B.F. Goodrich Company; unidentified; George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Chairman of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. Seated on stage are (L-R) J. Ward Keener, President of the B.F. Goodrich Company; unidentified; George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Chairman of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. Seated on stage are (L-R) Attorney William H. Davis; J. Ward Keener, President of the B.F. Goodrich Company; unidentified; George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Chairman of the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Secretary-Treasurer of AFL-CIO William F. Schnitzler; Vice President of AFL-CIO Joseph Beirne; Vice President of AFL-CIO Harry C. Bates; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.