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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for Dan River Mills, Inc. to the company’s president, William J. Erwin. Left to right: Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan of New York (face hidden); Mr. Erwin; Congressman Wright Patman (Texas); Congressman George P. Miller of California (behind certificate); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman (behind Secretary Hodges); President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.