Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and State Governors sign the Interstate-Federal Compact for the Delaware River Basin (H.J. 225 Public Law 87328). Seated (L-R): Governor of New Jersey Robert B. Meyner, Governor of Delaware Elbert N. Carvel, Governor of Pennsylvania David L. Lawrence, and President Kennedy. Also included in the photograph are H. Mat Adams, Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development (far left); Mayor of Philadelphia Richardson Dilworth (standing behind Governor Lawrence); Maurice K. Goddard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters (standing behind President Kennedy); and Vincent G. Terenzio, New York City Board of Water Supply (to the right of Mr. Goddard). All others are unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.