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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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Papers, 1922-2011 (bulk 1948-2004). Congressional staffer; federal and local government official; educator; consultant; advocate for criminal justice reform. Legislative assistant, Congressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas (1956-1959); legislative assistant and press secretary, Senator Clair Engle of California (1959-1960); research analyst, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (1960-1961); assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of State (1961-1962); White House staffer (1962-1966); staff director, Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations (1962-1963); special assistant to the staff director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1963-1965); special assistant to the administrator for equal opportunity, Agency for International Development (1965-1967); director of legislative affairs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1967-1969); management consultant (1969-1975); Mount Vernon Supervisor, Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors (1975-1980); senior staff member, Center for Public Policy Education, the Brookings Institution (1975-1993); vice chairman, National Committee on Community Corrections (1987-2004); author, In Search of Middle Ground: Memoirs of a Washington Insider (2005). Professional and personal papers documenting lengthy career in Washington, D.C., and community volunteer work, with an emphasis on civil rights, intergovernmental relations, equal employment regulations, health care policy, criminal justice, and prison industries. Correspondence, drafts, writings, reports, conference files, notes, research material, press releases, speeches, and news clippings.