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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan (North Carolina); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); unidentified (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan (North Carolina); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); unidentified (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges (on edge of frame); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (in back); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; unidentified. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): unidentified; Chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), Carl J. Gilbert (in back, mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in shadow); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), Carl J. Gilbert; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; two unidentified (both in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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