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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-08-C
AR25, KN20
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7404-C
President John F. Kennedy attends a luncheon for members of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Clockwise around table (from far left): President of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), David Dubinsky; three unidentified men; President of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), Joseph A. Beirne; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; President Kennedy; President Emeritus of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), William L. McFetridge; President of the National Maritime Union (NMU), Joseph Curran; President of the Oil, Chemical, & Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), O. A. "Jack" Knight; President of the United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union (UHCMW), Alex Rose; President of the United Automobile, Aircraft, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Walter Reuther; unidentified; Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, William F. Schnitzler; unidentified; President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), A. Philip Randolph; President of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), James B. Carey; unidentified; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers, Karl F. Feller; six unidentified men. Also listed in the President’s schedule: President Emeritus of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America (BAC), Harry C. Bates; President of the Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU), Paul Hall; President of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, George M. Harrison; President of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), Albert J. Hayes; Secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Joseph D. Keenan; Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association (RLEA), George E. Leighty; President of the United Steelworkers of America (USW), David J. McDonald; President of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of the U.S. and Canada (GBBA), Lee W. Minton; President of United Papermakers and Paperworkers (UPP), Paul L. Phillips; President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), Jacob S. Potofsky; President Emeritus of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), Emil Rieve; President of the United Association of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA), Peter T. Schoemann; President of the Retail Clerks International Association, James A. Suffridge; President of the International Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Richard F. Walsh. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6731-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). (L-R) Secretary-Treasurer of AFL-CIO William F. Schnitzler; Vice President of AFL-CIO Joseph Beirne; Vice President of AFL-CIO Harry C. Bates; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President of AFL-CIO George Meany; President Kennedy; Vice President of AFL-CIO Walter P. Reuther; Vice President of AFL-CIO William C. Doherty; Vice President of AFL-CIO James A. Suffridge. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.