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President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (far left); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left, facing camera); Eunice Shriver (right of Secretary Ribicoff); Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Very Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann (right of Mrs. Shriver); President Kennedy (fourth from right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff during the First Inaugural Salute to the President dinner commemorating the anniversary of the President’s inauguration. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson looks on; John Bailey, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), shakes hands with an unidentified woman in the foreground. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the 13th annual convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC). Seated at head table, right of President Kennedy (left to right): President of NARC, John G. Fettinger; unidentified; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut). White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey, sits at table in foreground. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Unidentified (in shadow); Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (in back). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Unidentified; Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (in back). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks after signing the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Three unidentified men; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow (face partially hidden); Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (face partially hidden); Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Three unidentified men; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow (in back); Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (face obscured); Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; attorney, Leonard H. Marks (in back); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire (face obscured); Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; attorney, Leonard H. Marks; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Congressman William L. Springer (Illinois); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. 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.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (New Hampshire); Congressman Charles S. Joelson (New Jersey); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Congressman Peter A. Garland (Maine); Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (New Hampshire); Congressman Charles S. Joelson (New Jersey); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Congressman Peter A. Garland of Maine (partially hidden); Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew J. Biemiller (in back, partially hidden); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with members of the New England delegation who presented him with a report on the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and Upper Saint John River Hydroelectric Power Development. Left to right: Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Representative Clifford G. McIntire (Maine); Senator Thomas J. McIntyre of New Hampshire (very back, partially hidden); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Representative Torbert H. Macdonald of Massachusetts (head bowed); President Kennedy; Representative Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Representative Louis C. Wyman (New Hampshire); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Chief of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr. (in back, partially hidden on edge of frame). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones, holding documents) delivers remarks upon receiving a report on the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and Upper Saint John River Hydroelectric Power Development. Looking on from the steps of the Rose Garden, beginning at the very back (left to right): unidentified military officer; Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; (in back); Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Representative Stanley R. Tupper (Maine); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (face obscured); Representative Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Representative Robert T. Stafford of Vermont (very back); Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Representative Clifford G. McIntire of Maine (in foreground); Representative Louis C. Wyman of New Hampshire (face obscured); Representative Robert N. Giaimo of Connecticut (face obscured); Representative William L. St. Onge (Connecticut); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative William H. Bates of Massachusetts (face obscured); Representative James C. Cleveland of New Hampshire (in back); Representative Hastings Keith (Massachusetts). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine) delivers remarks upon presenting to President John F. Kennedy a report on the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and Upper Saint John River Hydroelectric Power Development. Standing in the foreground (left to right): Representative Stanley R. Tupper (Maine); Senator Muskie (at microphones); President Kennedy; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Representative Clifford G. McIntire (Maine); Representative Hastings Keith (Massachusetts); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Looking on, from the steps of the Rose Garden (left to right): unidentified military officer; Senator Thomas J. McIntyre (New Hampshire); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; (in back); Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine (arms crossed); Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts (in back); Representative Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Representative Louis C. Wyman of New Hampshire (partially hidden); Representative William L. St. Onge of Connecticut (in back); Representative James C. Cleveland of New Hampshire (left of column); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative William H. Bates of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Under Secretary of the Interior, James K. Carr; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative Emilio Q. Daddario (Connecticut); unidentified (in shadow, behind column). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report on the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and Upper Saint John River Hydroelectric Power Development. Standing in the foreground (left to right): Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Representative Stanley R. Tupper of Maine (in back); President Kennedy (at microphones, holding documents); Representative Clifford G. McIntire (Maine); Representative Hastings Keith (Massachusetts); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Looking on from the steps of the Rose Garden, beginning at the very back (left to right): unidentified; Senator George Aiken (Vermont); unidentified military officer; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Representative Silvio O. Conte (Massachusetts); Representative Robert T. Stafford of Vermont (in back); Representative Fernand J. St. Germain (Rhode Island); Representative Louis C. Wyman (New Hampshire); Representative Robert N. Giaimo of Connecticut (in back, face obscured); Representative William L. St. Onge (Connecticut); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative William H. Bates of Massachusetts (in back, face obscured); Representative James C. Cleveland of New Hampshire (very back, mostly hidden); Under Secretary of the Interior, James K. Carr (in back, face obscured); Chief of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr.; unidentified; Representative Emilio Q. Daddario of Connecticut (arms crossed). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with government officials during the first game of the 1962 baseball season. Those pictured include: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Special Assistant to the President Timothy Reardon; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Senator George Smathers of Florda; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Front row (L-R) Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; President Kennedy; General Elwood “Pete” Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. Those behind the President include: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Special Assistant to the President Timothy Reardon; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Those pictured include: Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Timothy Reardon; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Joseph Cronin, President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; James Barton “Mickey” Vernon, Manager of the Washington Senators; General Elwood “Pete” Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Bob Scheffing, Manager of the Detroit Tigers; Ed Doherty, General Manager of the Washington Senators; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy talks with Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers during the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Those pictured include: Representative Carroll D. Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service Agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy walks with education officials before delivering an address at the Children’s Bureau 50th Anniversary Celebration. (L-R) Melvin Glasser, Chairman of the Citizens’ Committee on the Children’s Bureau 50th Anniversary; Katherine Brownell Oettinger, Chief of the Children’s Bureau; President Kennedy; Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with education officials before delivering an address at the Children’s Bureau 50th Anniversary Celebration. (L-R) Melvin Glasser, Chairman of the Citizens’ Committee on the Children’s Bureau 50th Anniversary; Katherine Brownell Oettinger, Chief of the Children’s Bureau; President Kennedy; Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) hands a pen to Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas) after signing the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Standing (left to right): Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Mills (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); unidentified (in back); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (in back, partially hidden); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); unidentified (in back); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); unidentified (in back); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); unidentified (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); unidentified (in back). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Looking on (left to right): Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; unidentified (in back); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (in back, partially obscured by flag); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); two unidentified (in back); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); two unidentified (in back); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); five unidentified; President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger (wearing bow tie); Gwendolyn Fettinger; unidentified; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad (wearing bow tie); two unidentified (in back); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Abraham Ribicoff (left), and Secretary-designate of HEW, Anthony J. Celebrezze. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a report from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Also pictured: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr.; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Thomas Dodd (Connecticut); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Deputy Director of the Committee on Youth Crime, Dean F. Markham; Special Assistant to the Secretary for Juvenile Delinquency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Dr. Lloyd E. Ohlin; Head of Mobilization for Youth, Winslow Carlton; Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work, Mitchell I. Ginsberg; City Administrator of New York, Charles H. Tenney; Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative John Brademas (Indiana); Executive Secretary of the President's Committee on Youth Employment, Herbert E. Salinger; Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos. Also listed in the President's schedule: Deputy City Administrator of New York, Henry Cohen; Administrative Director of Mobilization for Youth, James E. McCarthy; Program Director of Mobilization for Youth, George Brager. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.