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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7126-C
President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for McGraw-Hill Book Company to the chairman of the board of McGraw-Hill, Curtis G. Benjamin. Left to right: Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Congressman Wright Patman of Texas (in back); Mr. Benjamin; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman (behind Secretary Hodges); Congressman Leonard Farbstein of New York (in back); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle of California (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); two unidentified men. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20827
President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for McGraw-Hill Book Company to the company’s chairman, Curtis G. Benjamin. Left to right: Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Mr. Benjamin; Congressman George P. Miller of California (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges (behind microphone); Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman (behind Secretary Hodges mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); unidentified (in back). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.