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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-22-C
AR11
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EWC-01
Clague discusses the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ role during John F. Kennedy’s administration; Kennedy’s Labor Secretaries, Arthur J. Goldberg and W. Willard Wirtz; and the working relationships among the various bureaus during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MC-02
Cass discusses changes in the responsibilities of various assistant secretaries of labor under Secretaries of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg and Willard Wirtz, employment and anti-poverty efforts, and federal intervention in labor-management negotiations, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCD-01
Donovan discusses Maine politics, Secretaries of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg and W. Willard Wirtz, and John F. Kennedy administration labor policy, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-03A
Dictation Belt 3A contains eight sound recordings from September 10, 1962. Item 3A.1 is a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Phil Regan. Regan announces that David McDonald will call back. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Item 3A.2 is a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Robert Troutman. They discuss an auto accident in Los Angeles in 1960 and a related lawsuit. [White House Operator?] announces the call. There is a long delay before the conversation, and machine noise follows the conversation. Item 3A.3 is a brief telephone exchange between President John F. Kennedy and David McDonald. President Kennedy states that he is going ahead with Willard Wirtz, referring to his appointment of W. Willard Wirtz to serve as Secretary of Labor. [White House Operator?] announces the call. The recording ends abruptly. Item 3A.4 is a telephone conversation between Press Secretary Pierre Salinger and a White House Operator. Salinger asks the operator to place a call to Cornelius J. (C.J.) Haggerty. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 3A.5 is a brief telephone exchange between President John F. Kennedy and one or two unidentified speakers. This is badly garbled recording. Item 3A.6 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. They discuss a strategy for dealing with legislators on H.R. 10, the Self-employed Individuals Retirement Act of 1962. The beginning of the recording is very garbled. Item 3A.7 is a brief and fragmentary exchange between operators. The recording includes office noises. Item 3A.8 is a sound recording of part of a conversation between President John F. Kennedy and approximately six unidentified people, possibly including Reverend Billy (William Franklin) Graham and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They discuss guerrillas in Colombia. This is not a telephone conversation, but rather a conversation recorded when the telephone was left off the hook. It is a very poor quality recording. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 3B.1.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26D
Dictation Belt 26D contains eight sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 26D.1 begins on Dictation Belt 26C.3. Item 26D.1 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Louis Harris. They continue to discuss polling on various issues, including tax cuts, Congress, and regional attitudes. Item 26D.2 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Assistant Secretary of State Frederick G. Dutton. They discuss congressional hearings on a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). Item 26D.3 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Lawrence F. O’Brien. They discuss a bill on foreign aid and a bill on railroad work rules arbitration. Item 26D.3A is a brief telephone exchange on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and a White House Operator. President Kennedy asks to speak to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Machine noise follows the exchange. Item 26D.3B is a brief telephone exchange on August 23, 1963, between a White House Operator and an unidentified man. They say hello. Machine noise follows the exchange. Item 26D.4 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. They discuss arbitration legislation concerning a dispute over railroad work rules. There is an echo throughout the recording. Item 26D.5 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. They talk about a memorandum and arrange a meeting. The recording begins in mid-sentence. Item 26D.6 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified man. They discuss unidentified legislation. A delay precedes the conversation. The recording ends abruptly and much of it is badly garbled. Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26C
Dictation Belt 26C contains five sound recordings from August 23, 1963. The recording of the conversation in item 26C.1 begins on Dictation Belt 26B.5. Item 26C.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Senator J. William Fulbright. They continue to discuss hearings and legislative strategy on a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). Item 26C.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Representative Torbert H. Macdonald of Massachusetts. They discuss unidentified legislation and railroad work rules legislation. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Item 26C.2A is a brief telephone exchange between President John F. Kennedy and a White House Operator. President Kennedy asks the operator to place calls to Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Machine noise follows the exchange. Item 26C.2B is an unintelligible recording of something said by President John F. Kennedy. This is not a telephone exchange, but rather something said while the telephone was off the hook prior to the telephone conversation in item 26C.3. Item 26C.3 is part of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Louis Harris. They discuss polling on potential Republican Presidential candidates in 1964, tax cuts, and other issues. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 26D.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-10-B
AR37, ST25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-31-A
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-14-A
AR27, ST14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-E
President John F. Kennedy signs the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act (S. 279) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama; Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia (in back); Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Joelson); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan Nestingen; Representative Carroll Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative John Brademas of Indiana (in back); Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado; Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Under Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz (in back, mostly hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (mostly hidden, head turned); Senator Jacob Javits of New York; Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-B
President John F. Kennedy signs the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act (S. 279) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama; Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia (in back); Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Joelson); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan Nestingen; Representative Carroll Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Under Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado; Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Jacob Javits of New York; Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-A
President John F. Kennedy signs the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act (S. 279) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama; Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia (in back); Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Joelson); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan Nestingen; Representative Carroll Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative John Brademas of Indiana (in back); Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Under Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado; Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Jacob Javits of New York; Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-391-4-62
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-391-3-62
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-391-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, partially 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); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois (in back); 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 (Pennsylvania); Representative George M. Rhodes (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); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-391-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): 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; 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); 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.; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, all of Pennsylvania; unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); 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). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-L
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): 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, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Representative Charles A. Buckley of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, both of Pennsylvania; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (in back, partially hidden); Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-K
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, partially hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); 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 (Illinois); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Representative Charles A. Buckley of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, both of Pennsylvania; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-J
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): 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; 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); Representative Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois (in back, partially hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, all of Pennsylvania; unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); 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). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-F
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands out pens after signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): Representative Walter H. Moeller (Ohio); two unidentified (in back); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray (Illinois); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania); Representative Frank M. Clark of Pennsylvania (holding a pen); 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. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-E
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, back to camera); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); three unidentified (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; 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 and Senator Robert S. Kerr, both of Oklahoma; Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Representative John A. Blatnik (Minnesota); Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representative George M. Rhodes, both of Pennsylvania; two unidentified (in back); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); 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. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-490-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) hands a pen to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Also pictured: Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-490-2-63
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon signing the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Also pictured: Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Director of the Psychiatry Department at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Reginald S. Lourie; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative George M. Rhodes of Pennsylvania; Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Assistant to the Secretary of Labor, Daniel Moynihan; Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-490-10-63
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz (face obscured); Senator George A. Smathers of Florida; Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas (behind); Senator Mansfield; Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota; President Kennedy; unidentified; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); unidentified; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (behind); unidentified; Director of Special Education at the Teachers College at Columbia University, Dr. Frances Partridge Connor (partially hidden); Representative Albert Thomas of Texas; unidentified (at far right edge of frame). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.