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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan (North Carolina); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); unidentified (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan (North Carolina); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); unidentified (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges (on edge of frame); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; unidentified. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): unidentified; Chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), Carl J. Gilbert (in back, mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in shadow); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), Carl J. Gilbert; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; two unidentified (both in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee) after signing the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Left to right: unidentified stenographer (seated, mostly hidden on edge of frame); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Kefauver; President Kennedy (seated at desk); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after signing the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Left to right: unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Kelsey; Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back, partially hidden); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Food and Agricultural Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): Representative Ross Bass of Tennessee (mostly out of frame); Representative W. Pat Jennings (Virginia); Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission, Harry B. Caldwell; President of the Missouri Farmers Association, Fred V. Heinkel; Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Executive Vice President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, James B. Dyess (in back, partially hidden); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Conservation, John A. Baker. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Food and Agricultural Act of 1962. Others (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Assistant to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, David G. Gartner; Master of the National Grange, Herschel D. Newsom; Under Secretary of Agriculture, Charles S. Murphy (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of the Citizens Committee on Natural Resources, Dr. Spencer M. Smith, Jr.; Representative Ross Bass (Tennessee); Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture, John P. Duncan, Jr.; Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Chairman of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission, Harry B. Caldwell (in back); President of the Missouri Farmers Association, Fred V. Heinkel; Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Conservaton, John A. Baker. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of the Rose Garden during a visit of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress; President John F. Kennedy (right, at microphones) delivers remarks to the group. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Also pictured: newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, at microphones) delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma (mostly hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana). United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton, stands at right. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Left to right: Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President Kennedy (at microphones); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (at microphones), speaks at a Legislative Leaders Breakfast in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Mansfield; Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); and Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma).
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, mostly hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Representative Walter H. Moeller (Ohio); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representative George M. Rhodes, both of Pennsylvania; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes (mostly hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, mostly hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Representative Walter H. Moeller (Ohio); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky (in back, partially hidden); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray (Illinois); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representative George M. Rhodes, both of Pennsylvania; unidentified (in back); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, partially hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Representative Walter H. Moeller (Ohio); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky (in back); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois (in back); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); two unidentified (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky (in back); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, all of Pennsylvania; unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes; unidentified (in back). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); unidentified; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Representative Walter H. Moeller of Ohio (partially hidden); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky (in back); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois (in back, partially hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Oren E. Long of Hawaii (partially hidden on edge of frame); unidentified; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky (in back, mostly in shadow); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray (Illinois); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representative George M. Rhodes, both of Pennsylvania; unidentified (in back); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Representative Charles A. Buckley of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, both of Pennsylvania; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (in back, partially hidden); Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.