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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) distributes pens after signing the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (mostly hidden); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back); Representative Barratt O’Hara of Illinois (face obscured). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers] [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]