Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7044-C
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Major General Melvin J. Maas, Chairman of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped (PCEPH), during the presentation of the Committee's Distinguished Service Award. (L-R) Major General Maas; award recipient LeRoy Collins, President of the National Association of Broadcasters; President Kennedy; and two unidentified men. According to the President's schedule, also present at the ceremony are: Gordon M. Freeman, Vice Chairman of the PCEPH; William P. McCahill, Executive Secretary of the PCEPH; Bernard Posner, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the PCEPH; and John M. Couric, Manager of Public Relations for the National Association of Broadcasters. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.