Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17470
President John F. Kennedy speaks to a reporter during the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Assistant to the President Dave Powers; majority owner of the Washington Senators franchise General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (in foreground); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Fay; General Manager of the Washington Senators Ed Doherty.