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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands out pens after signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): Representative Walter H. Moeller (Ohio); two unidentified (in back); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray (Illinois); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); two unidentified (in back); Representative George M. Rhodes (Pennsylvania); Representative Frank M. Clark of Pennsylvania (holding a pen); unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, back to camera); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); three unidentified (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson and Senator Robert S. Kerr, both of Oklahoma; Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Representative John A. Blatnik (Minnesota); Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representative George M. Rhodes, both of Pennsylvania; two unidentified (in back); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (seated at right, facing camera), holds a press briefing following his presentation of the “Manpower Report of the President and a Report on Manpower Requirements, Resources, Utilization, and Training by the United States Department of Labor” to President John F. Kennedy; reporters and others sit around the table holding copies of the report. Washington political reporter for the New York Times, Tom Wicker, sits at far left, in front of sideboard. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) holds a copy of the “Manpower Report of the President and a Report on Manpower Requirements, Resources, Utilization, and Training by the United States Department of Labor”, presented to him by Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) holds a copy of the “Manpower Report of the President and a Report on Manpower Requirements, Resources, Utilization, and Training by the United States Department of Labor”, presented to him by Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Director of the Psychiatry Department at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Reginald S. Lourie; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island; Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey (partially hidden, in back); Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida (behind); Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative George M. Rhodes of Pennsylvania; Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island (in back); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony J. Celebrezze (in shadow); unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meet with organizers of "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; National Chairman of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Floyd McKissick; Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, Mathew Ahmann; President of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr.; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; representative for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis; President of the American Jewish Congress, Rabbi Joachim Prinz; President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), Reverend Eugene Carson Blake; President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC), A. Philip Randolph; President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; President of United Auto Workers (UAW), Walter P. Reuther; Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Roy Wilkins.
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Civil rights leaders pose with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. (L-R) Front row: unidentified man (mostly out of frame); Publisher of the Philadelphia Tribune E. Washington Rhodes; Director of the Anti-Defamation League B'nai B'rith Benjamin Epstein; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Attorney General Kennedy; executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Roy Wilkins; Vice President Johnson; President of United Auto Workers (UAW) Walter P. Reuther; President of the National Urban League Whitney M. Young, Jr. (partially hidden); Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz; President of the Negro American Labor Council (NALC) A. Philip Randolph (partially out of frame). (L-R) Second row: unidentified man; President of the National Association of Colored Women Dr. Rosa Gragg; unidentified man (mostly hidden behind RFK). (L-R) Back row: unidentified man; Director of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) James Farmer; unidentified man; unidentified man (partially hidden); President of the Southern Regional Council James McBride Dabbs; lawyer James Scheuer; President of the National Council of Negro Women Dorothy Height (mostly hidden behind LBJ); program director for the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council Arnold Aronson (partially hidden behind Height’s hat); founder of the Catholic Interracial Council George K. Hunton; Director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference John F. Cronin. The Rose Garden, White House. Washington, D.C.
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Luncheon at the White House for state governors. Front row (L-R): Governor of New Mexico, Jack M. Campbell; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; Governor of Kentucky, Bert T. Combs. Back row (L-R): Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Governor of Pennsylvania, William W. Scranton; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Governor of Ohio, James A. Rhodes; Governor of Colorado, John A. Love; Governor of Oregon, Mark O. Hatfield. White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas, stands second from right in background. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy distributes pens after signing the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back, face hidden); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Martha W. Griffiths (Michigan); Representative Julia Butler Hansen (Washington); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; Representative Catherine May of Washington (wearing polka-dot dress, face hidden); Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks after signing the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Representative Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); unidentified woman in back; Representative Edith Green (Oregon); Representative Edna Kelly (New York); Representative Catherine May (Washington); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; Senator Maurine Neuberger of Oregon (in back); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller (in back); Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Representative Martha W. Griffiths (Michigan); Representative Julia Butler Hansen (Washington); unidentified man in back; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz. Also listed in the President’s schedule is Director of Legislation for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), Mary M. Chittenden.
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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 delivers remarks during a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor. Those seated at head table include: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; former Secretary of Labor, James P. Mitchell; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor. Left to right: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Labor, Esther Peterson; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; unidentified (in back); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; former Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, delivers remarks from the lectern. Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, sits at far right. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, delivers remarks from the lectern. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers remarks from the lectern. Seated (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (left of lectern); President Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (in back); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day (behind candelabra). Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (smoking a cigar) attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, delivers remarks from the lectern. Seated (L-R): President Kennedy; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day (behind candelabra); former Secretary of Labor, James P. Mitchell. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (smoking a cigar) attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany, delivers remarks from the lectern. Seated (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day (behind candelabra). Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor. Left to right: unidentified woman (in back); unidentified man; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (partially hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President Kennedy. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (mostly hidden); Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Prime Minister of Japan, Hayato Ikeda; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera; Minister of External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Prince Georg Valdemar of Denmark; Secretary of State of Liberia, J. Rudolph Grimes; Secretary-General of the Presidency of France, Étienne Burin des Roziers; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Prince Bertil of Sweden; Prime Minister of Sweden, Tage Erlander; President of Congress of Nicaragua, Luis Somoza Debayle; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; U.S. Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Representative Robert N. Giaimo (Connecticut); Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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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.