Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7193-B
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.