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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-02-01-B
AR32, ST20, KN29
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7694-C
President John F. Kennedy hands a certificate of appointment to Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, David L. Lawrence, during Chairman Lawrence's swearing-in ceremony. Left to right: Jack T. Conway, of the Industrial Union Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Chief Benefits Director for the Veterans Administration (VA), Philip Brownstein; unidentified (in back); Gerald Lawrence; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason (in back, mostly obscured); President Kennedy; Chairman Lawrence (holding certificate); Alyce Lawrence; Commissioner of the Urban Renewal Administration, William L. Slayton; Assistant to the Federal Housing Commissioner, Oliver W. Hill. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7694-B
President John F. Kennedy observes as David L. Lawrence is sworn in as Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing. Left to right: Gerald Lawrence; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; President Kennedy; Chairman Lawrence (with one hand raised and the other on Bible); Alyce Lawrence; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller (administering oath). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.