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JFKWHP-KN-22829
President John F. Kennedy walks with President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, during the arrival ceremony in honor of President Arosemena Monroy; members of the United States Army Band play in the background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C27992
President John F. Kennedy visits with Ministers of Health of Latin American republics in the Rose Garden. Visitors present include: Minister of Welfare and Public Health of Argentina, Dr. Tiburcio Padilla; Director of the National Public Health Service of Bolivia, Dr. Francisco Torres Bracamonte; Minister of Health of Brazil, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro Chagas; Minister of Public Health of Chile, Dr. Benjamín Cid; Minister of Public Health of Colombia, Dr. José Félix Patiño; Minister of Public Health of Costa Rica, Dr. Max Terán Valls; Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Samuel Mendoza Moya; Minister of Social Welfare and Public Health of Ecuador, Dr. Luis Pallares Zaldumbide; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of El Salvador, Dr. Ernesto R. Lima; representative of the Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Guatemala, Dr. Roberto Arroyave; Under Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Honduras, Dr. Carlos A. Javier; Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Mexico, Dr. José Alvarez-Amezquita; Vice Minister of Public Health of Nicaragua, Dr. Constantino Mendieta Rodríguez; Minister of Labor, Social Welfare, and Public Health of Panama, Dr. Bernardino González Ruiz; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay, Dr. Dionisio González Torres; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Peru, General Dr. Víctor Solano Castro; Minister of Public Health of Uruguay, Dr. Aparicio Méndez; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Venezuela, Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldón; Ambassador of Haiti, Dr. Louis Mars; Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), Dr. Luther L. Terry; Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and Social Development for the Agency for International Development (AID), Dr. Leona Baumgartner; Assistant Surgeon General of the USPHS, Dr. James Watt. Members of the press observe, including White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C27991
President John F. Kennedy visits with Ministers of Health of Latin American republics in the Rose Garden. Visitors present include: Minister of Welfare and Public Health of Argentina, Dr. Tiburcio Padilla; Director of the National Public Health Service of Bolivia, Dr. Francisco Torres Bracamonte; Minister of Health of Brazil, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro Chagas; Minister of Public Health of Chile, Dr. Benjamín Cid; Minister of Public Health of Colombia, Dr. José Félix Patiño; Minister of Public Health of Costa Rica, Dr. Max Terán Valls; Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Samuel Mendoza Moya; Minister of Social Welfare and Public Health of Ecuador, Dr. Luis Pallares Zaldumbide; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of El Salvador, Dr. Ernesto R. Lima; representative of the Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Guatemala, Dr. Roberto Arroyave; Under Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Honduras, Dr. Carlos A. Javier; Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Mexico, Dr. José Alvarez-Amezquita; Vice Minister of Public Health of Nicaragua, Dr. Constantino Mendieta Rodríguez; Minister of Labor, Social Welfare, and Public Health of Panama, Dr. Bernardino González Ruiz; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay, Dr. Dionisio González Torres; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Peru, General Dr. Víctor Solano Castro; Minister of Public Health of Uruguay, Dr. Aparicio Méndez; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Venezuela, Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldón; Ambassador of Haiti, Dr. Louis Mars; Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), Dr. Luther L. Terry; Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and Social Development for the Agency for International Development (AID), Dr. Leona Baumgartner; Assistant Surgeon General of the USPHS, Dr. James Watt. Also pictured: White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Bill Payne. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C27990
President John F. Kennedy visits with Ministers of Health of Latin American republics in the Rose Garden. Visitors present include: Minister of Welfare and Public Health of Argentina, Dr. Tiburcio Padilla; Director of the National Public Health Service of Bolivia, Dr. Francisco Torres Bracamonte; Minister of Health of Brazil, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro Chagas; Minister of Public Health of Chile, Dr. Benjamín Cid; Minister of Public Health of Colombia, Dr. José Félix Patiño; Minister of Public Health of Costa Rica, Dr. Max Terán Valls; Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Samuel Mendoza Moya; Minister of Social Welfare and Public Health of Ecuador, Dr. Luis Pallares Zaldumbide; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of El Salvador, Dr. Ernesto R. Lima; representative of the Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Guatemala, Dr. Roberto Arroyave; Under Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Honduras, Dr. Carlos A. Javier; Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Mexico, Dr. José Alvarez-Amezquita; Vice Minister of Public Health of Nicaragua, Dr. Constantino Mendieta Rodríguez; Minister of Labor, Social Welfare, and Public Health of Panama, Dr. Bernardino González Ruiz; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay, Dr. Dionisio González Torres; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Peru, General Dr. Víctor Solano Castro; Minister of Public Health of Uruguay, Dr. Aparicio Méndez; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Venezuela, Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldón; Ambassador of Haiti, Dr. Louis Mars; Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), Dr. Luther L. Terry; Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and Social Development for the Agency for International Development (AID), Dr. Leona Baumgartner; Assistant Surgeon General of the USPHS, Dr. James Watt. Members of the press observe, including newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C27989
President John F. Kennedy visits with Ministers of Health of Latin American republics in the Rose Garden. Visitors present include: Minister of Welfare and Public Health of Argentina, Dr. Tiburcio Padilla; Director of the National Public Health Service of Bolivia, Dr. Francisco Torres Bracamonte; Minister of Health of Brazil, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro Chagas; Minister of Public Health of Chile, Dr. Benjamín Cid; Minister of Public Health of Colombia, Dr. José Félix Patiño; Minister of Public Health of Costa Rica, Dr. Max Terán Valls; Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Samuel Mendoza Moya; Minister of Social Welfare and Public Health of Ecuador, Dr. Luis Pallares Zaldumbide; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of El Salvador, Dr. Ernesto R. Lima; representative of the Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Guatemala, Dr. Roberto Arroyave; Under Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Honduras, Dr. Carlos A. Javier; Secretary of Public Health and Welfare of Mexico, Dr. José Alvarez-Amezquita; Vice Minister of Public Health of Nicaragua, Dr. Constantino Mendieta Rodríguez; Minister of Labor, Social Welfare, and Public Health of Panama, Dr. Bernardino González Ruiz; Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay, Dr. Dionisio González Torres; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Peru, General Dr. Víctor Solano Castro; Minister of Public Health of Uruguay, Dr. Aparicio Méndez; Minister of Public Health and Welfare of Venezuela, Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldón; Ambassador of Haiti, Dr. Louis Mars; Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), Dr. Luther L. Terry; Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and Social Development for the Agency for International Development (AID), Dr. Leona Baumgartner; Assistant Surgeon General of the USPHS, Dr. James Watt. Also pictured: White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome Wiesner. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-45-6-61
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-45-4-61
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-45-3-61
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-45-1-61
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified man); unidentified man standing in doorway. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Deputy Director of the Food for Peace Program, James Symington, plays a guitar at a reception in honor of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) and diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics, on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. L-R: Unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Edwin M. Martin (in back, mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; member of the Committee of Nine, Harvey S. Perloff (United States); two unidentified men; Deputy Director Symington; member of the Committee of Nine, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan (United Kingdom), partially hidden; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; member of the Committee of Nine, Dr. Manuel Noriega Morales (Guatemala); unidentified. Other members of the Committee of Nine include Hernando Agudelo Villa (Colombia), Ernesto Malaccorto (Argentina), Dr. Felipe Pazos (Cuba), Raúl Sáez (Chile), Ary Frederico Torres (Brazil), Gonzalo Robles (Mexico). State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Latin American delegates to the Inter-American Archival Seminar. President Kennedy (on stairs at left, partially hidden); unidentified archivists. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17289
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; unidentified woman; two unidentified men. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17288
Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; unidentified woman with back to camera; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (behind unidentified woman); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Unidentified woman with back to camera; Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson (behind unidentified woman); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; unidentified man; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified woman; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (behind unidentified woman); unidentified man. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. L-R: Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy, shaking hands with unidentified man; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks at the swearing-in ceremony of Chester Bowles (center) as the President's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs. Dorothy Stebbins Bowles (wife of Chester Bowles) stands at right. Fish Room (conference room), White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks about Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon's mission to the Punta del Este Conference of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Members of the mission visited the President a day before departing Washington for Montevideo, Uruguay to participate in the conference as part of the Alliance for Progress. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (far left) addresses a group of Latin American labor leaders in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (far right) addresses a group of Latin American labor leaders; unidentified photographers take pictures in the background at right. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7046-B
President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Dr. David Stitchkin (Chile), unidentified, Dr. Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (El Salvador), Dr. Mario Báncora (Argentina), Dr. Arturo Morales Carrión, Dr. Kenneth Holland, Dr. Carlos Lacalle (Uruguay), Secretary General of the OAS Dr. José Mora, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Task Force Dr. Gabriel Betancur Mejía (Colombia), Executive Secretary of the Task Force Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner (partly hidden), Dr. Carlos Chagas (Brazil), Dr. Frederick H. Harbison (mostly hidden), Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs, Dr. Carlos Cueto Fernandini (Peru), and unidentified. Also included in the President's schedule: Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Bou (Puerto Rico); Dr. Alberto Venancio, Assistant to Dr. Chagas of Brazil; Ovidio Deleon and Hugo Muñoz, members of the Technical Staff.
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President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Dr. Mario Báncora (Argentina), Dr. Arturo Morales Carrión, Dr. Kenneth Holland, unidentified, Secretary General of the OAS Dr. José Mora, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Task Force Dr. Gabriel Betancur Mejía (Colombia), Executive Secretary of the Task Force Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner (mostly hidden), Dr. Carlos Chagas (Brazil), Dr. Frederick H. Harbison (mostly hidden), Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs, Dr. Carlos Cueto Fernandini (Peru), and two unidentified men. Unidentified photographer takes a photograph in foreground at right. Also included in the President's schedule: Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Bou (Puerto Rico); Dr. Alberto Venancio, Assistant to Dr. Chagas of Brazil; Ovidio Deleon and Hugo Muñoz, members of the Technical Staff.
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JFKWHP-KN-C25365
Arrival ceremonies for President of the Republic of Honduras, Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales. Standing on reviewing platform (L-R): First Lady of the Republic of Honduras, Alejandrina Bermúdez de Villeda Morales; President Villeda Morales; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (in back), stands left of platform. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Republic of Honduras, Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales, step off the reviewing platform, following arrival ceremonies in honor of President Villeda Morales. The Executive Office Building is visible in background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.