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Signing of the Instrument of Ratification for US Membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). President John F. Kennedy sits at desk. Standing (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Signing of the Instrument of Ratification for US Membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). President John F. Kennedy sits at desk, signing document. Standing around President Kennedy are (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Signing of Feed Grains Act. President John F. Kennedy speaks with Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman (R). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Model of the sod-buster plow presented to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962. Standing left to right are: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, President Kennedy, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C. This photograph is also in Abbie Rowe (National Park Service) series, White House Photographs collection (see JFKWHP-AR7040-B).
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a bill to authorize the Mann Creek Federal Reclamation Project in Idaho. Looking on (L-R): Senator Frank Church and Representative Gracie Bowers Pfost, both of Idaho. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Model of the sod-buster plow in a display case. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C., presented the model to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Model of the sod-buster plow presented to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962. Standing left to right are: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, President Kennedy, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C. This photograph is also in the Abbie Rowe (National Park Service) series, White House Photographs collection (see JFKWHP-AR7040-A).
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Bill signing - Commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Walking down Colonnade (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson. White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton, stands in back, between President Kennedy and John Connally. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Signing of Feed Grains Act. President John F. Kennedy signs Feed Grains Act while Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman, looks on. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Bill signing - Commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Walking down Colonnade (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric (walking behind); Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (behind Vice President Johnson). West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Bill signing - Commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (left) and President John F. Kennedy stand at desk. Standing behind (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (over President Kennedy’s shoulder); Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy sits at desk at the bill signing of the commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs commission restoring the 5-star rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (DDE). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Army, Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania) after signing the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy reads remarks concerning his address to Congress on legislation protecting the consumer interest in regard to foods, drugs, and cosmetics. The remarks were recorded for television broadcast. Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy accepts a gift as part of a commemoration of the centennial of the Homestead Act, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, and C.R. Gutermuth, Vice President of the Wildlife Management Institute, present the President with a foot-long model of a steel plow. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall stands at left.
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Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (left) and Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island (right) hold pens used by President John F. Kennedy to sign several bills in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. The bills are Teachers for the Deaf Act (S. 336); Books for the Blind Act (HR 9030); Juvenile Delinquency Act (S. 279); and 1962 Labor-Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Appropriations Act (HR 7035, Public Law 87-290).
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President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver after signing HR 7500, the Peace Corps Bill, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Director Shriver; Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois; Representative Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; President Kennedy.
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Consultant to the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (center), stands with Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (left) and Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (right) at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Man at far left in background is unidentified. Cabinet Room, 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): Representative Leo W. O’Brien of New York; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated in foreground, out of focus) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Standing in background (left to right): unidentified (partially hidden on edge of frame); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger (wearing bow tie); Gwendolyn Fettinger; unidentified (in back); Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad (wearing bow tie); unidentified (in back); Representative John E. Fogarty (Rhode Island); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; unidentified (in back); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Also pictured (looking on, mostly in shadow): Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and legislation to reduce federal taxes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.