Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and State Governors sign the Interstate-Federal Compact for the Delaware River Basin (H.J. 225 Public Law 87328). Seated (L-R): Governor of New Jersey Robert B. Meyner, Governor of Delaware Elbert N. Carvel, Governor of Pennsylvania David L. Lawrence, and President Kennedy. Also included in the photograph are Walter M. Phillips, Executive Director of the Delaware River Basin Advisory Committee (third from left); H. Mat Adams, Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development (to the right of Mr. Phillips); Mayor of Philadelphia Richardson Dilworth (behind President Kennedy); and Vincent G. Terenzio, New York City Board of Water Supply (far right). All others are unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.