Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M28-3-61
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Anderson-Aspinall Act, an act authorizing the expansion and extension of the saline water conversion program. Looking on (L-R): Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (Washington); Representative James A. Haley (Florida); Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Representative Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Representative Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio (in back); Senator Francis Case (South Dakota); Representative John P. Saylor of Pennsylvania (in back, partially hidden); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Senator Clair Engle (California); unidentified (in back); Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado); Representative Walter Rogers (Texas); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); and Representative Thomas G. Morris (New Mexico). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.