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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and others observe as James T. Ramey and John G. Palfrey are sworn in as members of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Left to right: Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Representative Chet Holifield (California); James N. Ramey; Drucilla Ramey; Dr. Estelle R. Ramey; President Kennedy; newly-appointed AEC Commissioners, James T. Ramey and John G. Palfrey; Clochette Roosevelt Palfrey; John G. "Sean" Palfrey, Jr.; Mr. Miller; Sarah Palfrey Danzig; unidentified (in back, mostly in shadow); Belle Roosevelt; Methyl Oakes Palfrey; unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]