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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for the Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island to the bank’s president, John Simmen. Left to right: Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Mr. Simmen; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman; President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); two unidentified men. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.