Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico) after signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Left to right: unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Representative Walter H. Moeller and Senator Stephen M. Young, both of Ohio; Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Chávez (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray (Illinois); the President; Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (mostly hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, both of Pennsylvania; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.