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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (rear, center) attends a luncheon for labor leaders. Clockwise around outside of table (from bottom left): President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, William D. Buck; President of the United Shoe Workers of America, George Fecteau; President of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, George Burdon; President of the New York State AFL-CIO, Raymond R. Corbett; Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, William Simkin; Secretary-Treasurer of the St. Louis Labor Council, Oscar A. Ehrhardt; President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Gordon Freeman; President of the United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, Ralph Helstein; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President of the Building Service Employees International Union, David Sullivan; President of the Louisiana AFL-CIO, Victor Bussie; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; President Kennedy; President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, H. E. Gilbert; President of the International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Carl W. Griepentrog; President of the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union, Felix C. Jones; President of the United Textile Workers of America, George Baldanzi; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Kentucky AFL-CIO, Sam Ezelle; President of the Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO, W. F. Strong; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations, James Reynolds; President of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, Alex Rose; Director of the Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO, Andrew Biemiller; President of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, John H. Lyons, Jr.; President of the United Federation of Postal Clerks, E. C. Hallbeck; and President of the International Typographical Union, Elmer Brown. Clockwise around inside of table (from near corner): President of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Russell K. Berg; President of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, John J. Grogan; Secretary-Treasurer of the Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Joseph Lewis; President of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, G. E. Leighty; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, Thomas L. Pitts; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of the Texas AFL-CIO, H. S. Hank Brown; President of the Office Employees International Union, Howard Coughlin; President of the Greater Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, J. C. Turner; President of the Utility Workers Union of America, William. J. Pachler; President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, C. J. Haggerty; and President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Harry Van Arsdale. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.