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President John F. Kennedy signs H.R. 6027 Public Law 87-64, Old Age, Survivors, and Dependents Insurance Act, an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1961. (L-R) Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas); Senator John J. Williams (Delaware); Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; and Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) speaks to the press during a meeting with doctors regarding medical care for the aged. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff stands left of President Kennedy. Doctors present include: Dr. Robert H. Alway, Dr. George Baehr, Dr. David Barr, Dr. Walter Bauer, Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Dr. E. Michael Bluestone, Dr. Katherine Boucot, Dr. Thomas Brem, Dr. DeWitt T. Burton, Dr. Martin Cherkasky, Dr. Robert E. Cooke, Dr. Edward P. Crump, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Dr. James P. Dixon, Jr., Dr. Warren Fales Draper, Dr. Benedict J. Duffy, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Dr. Sven M. Gunderson, Dr. Thomas Hunter, Dr. R. Frank Jones, Dr. Arthur Kornberg, Dr. Lawrence S. Kubie, Dr. Phillip R. Lee, Dr. Irving M. London, Dr. J. Howard Means, Dr. Daniel R. Mishell, Dr. Frederick D. Mott, Dr. George Reader, Dr. Dickinson W. Richards, Jr., Dr. David E . Rogers, Dr. David Rutstein, Dr. Ernest Saward, Dr. William A. Sawyer, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Dr. Helen Taussig, Dr. Ray E. Trussell, Dr. Alonzo S. Yerby. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.