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President John F. Kennedy (standing at desk) hands a pen to Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman, after signing the Feed Grain Act of 1963. Left to right: Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, John P. Duncan, Jr. (in front, handing a box to Secretary Freeman); Representative Graham Purcell (Texas); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); President Kennedy; President of the National Farmers Organization, Oren Lee Staley (in back); Glen J. Talbott, of the National Farmers Union; Secretary Freeman; Executive Vice President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Harry C. Colglazier; Master of the Washington State Grange, A. Lars Nelson. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk, laughing) signs the Feed Grain Act of 1963. Standing (left to right): Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, John P. Duncan, Jr.; Representative Graham Purcell (Texas); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); President of the National Farmers Organization, Oren Lee Staley; Glen J. Talbott, of the National Farmers Union; Associate Administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), Edwin A. "Ed" Jaenke; Executive Vice President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Harry C. Colglazier; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Master of the Washington State Grange, A. Lars Nelson. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Feed Grain Act of 1963. Standing (left to right): Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, John P. Duncan, Jr.; Representative Graham Purcell (Texas); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); President of the National Farmers Organization, Oren Lee Staley; Glen J. Talbott, of the National Farmers Union; Associate Administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), Edwin A. "Ed" Jaenke; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Master of the Washington State Grange, A. Lars Nelson. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Feed Grain Act of 1963. Standing (left to right): Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, John P. Duncan, Jr.; Representative Graham Purcell (Texas); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); President of the National Farmers Organization, Oren Lee Staley; Glen J. Talbott, of the National Farmers Union; Associate Administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), Edwin A. "Ed" Jaenke; Executive Vice President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Harry C. Colglazier; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Master of the Washington State Grange, A. Lars Nelson. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Feed Grain Act of 1963. Standing (left to right): Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); President of the National Farmers Organization, Oren Lee Staley; Glen J. Talbott, of the National Farmers Union; Associate Administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), Edwin A. "Ed" Jaenke; Executive Vice President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Harry C. Colglazier; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. Standing, (L-R): Unidentified; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (in back); Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; President Kennedy (holding scroll); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President João Goulart of Brazil after a luncheon in honor of President Kennedy. Also present are: Roberto Campos, Ambassador to the United States from Brazil (second from left); Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman (partially hidden behind Ambassador Campos); Hugo Gouthier, Ambassador to Italy from Brazil (right of President Kennedy, partially hidden); Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn (in back, right of door). Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (back left) addresses members of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) committees on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture John P. Duncan, Jr., two unidentified ASC committee representatives, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. United Press International (UPI) photographer James K. W. Atherton stands with the group to the right of the President.
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President John F. Kennedy (far left) stands with Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (second from left), Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture John P. Duncan, Jr. (third from left), and two unidentified representatives of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) committees during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) addresses members of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) committees on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture John P. Duncan, Jr., two unidentified ASC committee representatives, and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; United Press International (UPI) photographer James K. W. Atherton (holding camera) stands with the group to the right of the President.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with officials of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and the American Public Power Association (APPA). Left to right: Second Vice President of the APPA, Francis H. King; Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Power Development, Kenneth Holum (in back); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; President of the APPA, J. Dillon Kennedy; First Vice President of the APPA, R. J. McMullin (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President of the NRECA, Paul H. Tidwell (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; President of the NRECA, Albert C. "Al" Hauffe (in back); President Kennedy (holding documents); General Manager of the NRECA, Clyde T. Ellis (holding documents); General Manager of the APPA, Alex Radin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Guests, photographers, and reporters attend a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Those pictured include: Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia (left foreground); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (at left, near colonnade); Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (near colonnade); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman (center left, behind microphone stand). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others witness the signing of a contract between the Agency for International Development (AID) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to assist in establishing rural electrification projects in Latin America and other developing countries. Seated at HMS Resolute Desk, left to right: unidentified stenographer (far left); Administrator of the AID, Fowler Hamilton; President of the NRECA, R. A. Yarborough (signing the contract); President Kennedy. Standing (left to right): Vice President of the NRECA, Albert C. "Al" Hauffe; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Conservation, John A. Baker; Acting U.S. Coordinator for the Alliance for Progress, Graham Martin; Assistant to the General Manager of NRECA, Jerry Anderson; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); member of the NRECA Executive Committee, T. W. Hunter; Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), Norman M. Clapp (in back); member of the NRECA Executive Committee, Charles E. Wyckoff; General Manager of the NRECA, Clyde T. Ellis; Secretary-Treasurer of the NRECA, Paul H. Tidwell; member of the NRECA Executive Committee, J. L. Hubbard; member of the NRECA Executive Committee, Clark T. McWhorter; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; staff economist for the NRECA, James E. Ross; Director of Management Services for the NRECA, Robert I. Kabat; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Members of the cabinet walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those walking include: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Postmaster General, John A. Gronouski; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. North Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Mourners stand outside the U.S. Capitol Building where the late President John F. Kennedy lies in state. Those pictured include: the Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr.; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman. Washington, D.C.
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Guests attend a fundraising dinner and closed-circuit telecast of "An American Pageant of the Arts" for the National Cultural Center. Seated (L-R): two unidentified persons; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; opera singer Dorothy Kirsten; and Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy also attended the dinner. National Guard Armory, 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 signs S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. The bill was legislated to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): President of the National Farmers’ Union, James G. Patton; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi; Senator Spessard L. Holland of Florida; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Representative Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Representative W.R. Poage of Texas; Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana (white suit); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; President of National Farmers Organization Oren Staley; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana (in background); and President of the National Association of Wheat Growers Carl Bruns. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. The bill was legislated to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): House Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; President of the National Farmers’ Union, James G. Patton; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi; Senator Spessard L. Holland of Florida; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Representative Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Representative W.R. Poage of Texas (partially hidden); Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana (white suit); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; President of National Farmers Organization Oren Staley; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana (in background); and President of the National Association of Wheat Growers Carl Bruns. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. The bill was legislated to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): President of the National Farmers’ Union, James G. Patton; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi; Senator Spessard L. Holland of Florida; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Representative Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Representative W.R. Poage of Texas; Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana (white suit); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; President of National Farmers Organization Oren Staley; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana (in background); and President of the National Association of Wheat Growers Carl Bruns. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.