Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-I
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Representative Charles A. Buckley (New York) after signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Left to right: 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); President Kennedy; Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Representative Buckley (receiving a pen from the President); Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, all of Pennsylvania; unidentified; 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; unidentified (in back, partially hidden). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.