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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-08-D
AR07
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26B
Dictation Belt 26B contains seven sound recordings. Item 26B.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy, Herbert S. Walters, Governor Frank G. Clement of Tennessee, and Walter Clement. They discuss the appointment of Herbert S. Walters to succeed the late Estes Kefauver as United States Senator from Tennessee. President Kennedy speaks briefly to Governor Clement’s father Walter. Item 26B.2 is a telephone conversation held in August 1963 between President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. They discuss their legislative strategy on a tax bill, including how to deal with Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas. For most of the recording there is a strong echo. Item 26B.2A is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Tazewell Shepard, Naval Aide to the President. Shepard asks what time President Kennedy will be available for a discussion. Item 26B.3 is a telephone conversation held on August 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Solicitor General Archibald Cox. They discuss a tidelands issue concerning Louisiana. Item 26B.3A is a brief telephone exchange on August 23, 1963, between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Arthur J. Goldberg. They chat while Justice Goldberg holds for President Kennedy. Item 26B.4 is a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Arthur J. Goldberg. Justice Goldberg advises President Kennedy on negotiations concerning a railroad work rules dispute. Item 26B.5 is part of a telephone conversation held on August 23, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator J. William Fulbright. They discuss hearings on a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 26C.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-26B-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held in August 1963 between President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. They discuss their legislative strategy on a tax bill, including how to deal with Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas.For most of the recording there is a strong echo.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 26B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-26B, Title: Telephone recordings: Dictation Belt 26B.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-B
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-11-B
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6572-B
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 4884 Public Law 87-31, Aid to Dependent Children of Unemployed Parents. Looking on, L-R: Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Congressman Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6572-A
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 4884 Public Law 87-31, Aid to Dependent Children of Unemployed Parents. Looking on, L-R: Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Congressman Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6671-A
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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6669-B
President John F. Kennedy signs the H.R. 6713 Public Law 87-61 Federal Aid Highway Act, amending certain laws and other provisions regarding the Federal highway program. (L-R) Congressman Robert E. Jones (Alabama), unidentified man, Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), Congressman Noah M. Mason (Illinois), Congressman Gordon H. Scherer (Ohio), Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois), Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas), Senator Harry F. Byrd (Virginia), Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma), Congressman John McCormack (Massachusetts), Senator Francis Case (South Dakota), Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan), Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), President Kennedy (seated at desk), Congressman John A. Blatnik (Minnesota), Congressman George H. Fallon (Maryland), Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6669-A
President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the H.R. 6713 Public Law 87-61 Federal Aid Highway Act, amending certain laws and other provisions regarding the Federal highway program. (L-R) Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin), Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), Congressman Noah M. Mason (Illinois), Congressman Gordon H. Scherer (Ohio), Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois), Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas), Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma), Senator Harry F. Byrd (Virginia), Congressman John McCormack (Massachusetts), Senator Francis Case (South Dakota), President Kennedy (seated at desk), Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan), Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), Congressman John A. Blatnik (Minnesota), Congressman George H. Fallon (Maryland), Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon), Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, two unidentified men, and Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-476-2-63
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. Those standing around table include (beginning at far left): Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Deputy Special Counsel to the President, Myer Feldman. Motion picture photographers film at far right. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-476-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) delivers remarks at the signing of the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Those standing around table include (beginning at far left): Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8206-F
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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8206-D
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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24492
President John F. Kennedy attends signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Left to right: Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); President Kennedy; Representative John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24491
President John F. Kennedy (seated) attends signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (partially hidden on edge of frame); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back); Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia (shaking hands with President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (partially hidden, on edge of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24490
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (mostly hidden); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back); unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back, partially hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (face obscured); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King of California (partially hidden); 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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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24489
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back); unidentified; Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (very back, mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. of Georgia (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (face obscured); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back, partially hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (in back, partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24488
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (partially hidden, receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24487
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges (back to camera); Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (mostly hidden); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back, partially hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); 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 of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, face obscured); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (partially hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (on edge of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24486
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (very back, mostly hidden); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (face obscured); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (on edge of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24485
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (partially hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back, partially hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; 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); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24484-G
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; Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; 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); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24484-F
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of 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 (in back); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back, partially hidden); unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back, partially hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); 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); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24484-E
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; Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight (in back); unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; 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); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.