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President John F. Kennedy reads a statement after signing the Work Hours Standards Act of 1962 (H.R. 10786). Standing (L-R): unidentified; C.J. Haggerty, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator Patrick V. “Pat” McNamara of Michigan; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs the Work Hours Standards Act of 1962 (H.R. 10786). Standing (L-R): unidentified; C.J. Haggerty, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator Patrick V. “Pat” McNamara of Michigan; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to an observer during the signing ceremony for the Work Hours Standards Act of 1962 (H.R. 10786). Standing (L-R): unidentified; C.J. Haggerty, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Senator Patrick V. “Pat” McNamara of Michigan; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg (at microphones), delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders; President John F. Kennedy looks on from left. Participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (in back, wearing bow tie), stands left of President Kennedy. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders. Latin America Specialist of the U.S. Department of Labor, Joaquin A. Bazan, Jr., stands right of President Kennedy; participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (in back, partially hidden), stands left of the President. Standing at far right (L-R): President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg (mostly hidden); Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne (mostly hidden); Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Ink bleed-through in upper right portion of image is original to the file print.] [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders; Latin America Specialist of the U.S. Department of Labor, Joaquin A. Bazan, Jr., stands left of President Kennedy. Standing in foreground at right, with backs to camera (R-L): President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne; Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (at microphones), delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders; President John F. Kennedy looks on from right. Standing at far right (L-R): Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne; Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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Visit of participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy looks on as participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (at microphones), reads a letter of appreciation on behalf of the first class of the AIFLD. President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany, stands at far right. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks to participants of the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) training program for Latin American and Caribbean trade union leaders. Standing behind President Kennedy at right (L-R): Latin America Specialist of the U.S. Department of Labor, Joaquin A. Bazan, Jr. (mostly hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President of the AFL-CIO and Secretary-Treasurer of the AIFLD, Joseph Beirne; Executive Director of the AIFLD and Inter-American Representative of the AFL-CIO, Serafino Romualdi. Participant Eric Lloyd Harris, of Jamaica (wearing bow tie), stands with group at left; New York Times photographer, George Tames (center, partially hidden), takes photographs in background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Records: AFLCIOREC-009-012 and AFLCIOREC-009-013.]
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President John F. Kennedy visits with President of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union, John J. Murphy (left). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Committee to Appraise Employment and Unemployment Statistics; the committee presented their report to President Kennedy. Those present include: Chairman of the Committee and Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Robert Aaron Gordon; Professor of Economics at Harvard University, Dr. Robert Dorfman; Vice President of the National Industrial Conference Board and past president of the American Statistical Association, Martin R. Gainsbrugh; Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, Dr. Albert Rees; Director of Research of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Stanley H. Ruttenberg; Professor of Social Statistics at Princeton University, Frederick F. Stephan; Staff Director of the Committee, Murray Wernick; Executive Secretary of the Committee, Dr. Margaret E. Martin; staff member of the Committee, Mary W. Smelker. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the National Advisory Committee on Manpower Development and Training. Left to right: Executive Vice President of W. R. Grace and Company, Felix E. Larkin; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Manpower, Seymour L. Wolfbein; Chairman of the Committee and Director of the Conservation of Human Resources Project at Columbia University, Dr. Eli Ginzberg; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; President Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Peter T. Schoemann; Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, Ivan Allen, Jr. (in back); Chairman of the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Vanderbilt University, Dr. William H. Nicholls; President of the Cleveland Development Foundation, Upshur Evans (in back); District Superintendent of Schools for Chicago Public Schools, Louise G. Daugherty; Executive Secretary of the American Vocational Association, M. D. Mobley; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy observes as W. Willard Wirtz (center) is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Standing in back (L-R): Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratch in lower right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy observes as W. Willard Wirtz (center) is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Standing in back (L-R): Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) shakes hands with Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (center left), during Secretary Wirtz's swearing-in ceremony. Looking on (L-R): President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; William Wilbur Wirtz; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz (face obscured); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz (partially hidden); Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell of New York (partially hidden); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) visits with Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (center left), during Secretary Wirtz's swearing-in ceremony. Looking on (L-R): President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz (face obscured); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz (partially hidden); Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (left, at microphone), delivers remarks following his swearing-in; President John F. Kennedy stands left of Secretary Wirtz. Also pictured: Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller. Photographers and members of the press observe, including: Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (left, at microphone), delivers remarks following his swearing-in; President John F. Kennedy stands left of Secretary Wirtz. Also pictured: President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller. Photographers and members of the press observe, including: National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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President John F. Kennedy and others observe as W. Willard Wirtz is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Left to right: Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President Kennedy; Secretary Wirtz; Mr. Miller; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz (mostly hidden); Richard Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde (mostly in shadow); Marian Wirtz Conde. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphone) delivers remarks during the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz. Looking on (L-R): Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany (mostly hidden); Secretary Wirtz; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde (mostly in shadow); Marian Wirtz Conde. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, and members of his family during Secretary Wirtz's swearing-in ceremony. Left to right: President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty (in back, facing away); Secretary Wirtz; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; President Kennedy; Richard Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde (partially hidden); Marian Wirtz Conde. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others observe as W. Willard Wirtz is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Left to right: Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President Kennedy; Secretary Wirtz; Mr. Miller; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (in back, mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz. Cabinet Room, 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 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.