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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio) after signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Left to right: 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; two unidentified (in back); Senator Young (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray (Illinois); the President; Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, mostly 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. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.