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President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. The bill was legislated to improve farm income, expand the market for agricultural products, and reduce stocks of grains and wheat. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): House Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; President of the National Farmers’ Union, James G. Patton; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi; Senator Spessard L. Holland of Florida; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Representative Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Representative W.R. Poage of Texas (partially hidden); Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana (white suit); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; President of National Farmers Organization Oren Staley; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana (in background); and President of the National Association of Wheat Growers Carl Bruns. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (mostly hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back, partially hidden); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico, partially hidden); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, mostly hidden); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (mostly hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (at microphones), speaks to the press; Democratic congressional leaders look on. Left to right: Senator George Smathers (Florida); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Mansfield; Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); and Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana). Fish Room (conference room), White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), sit at left behind the President; Clerk of the House of Representatives, Ralph R. Roberts, sits at right.
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After delivering his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union, President John F. Kennedy (center, back turned) shakes hands with Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands next to Speaker McCormack; administration officials and members of Congress stand and applaud. Chamber of the House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at right, behind lectern) delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), sit behind the President; administration officials, members of Congress, and members of the press observe.
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President John F. Kennedy signs the Foreign Assistance Act, S. 2996 Public Law 87-565. Looking on (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Representative Wayne L. Hays of Ohio (mostly hidden); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (behind Representative Hays); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Francis E. Walter (Pennsylvania); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (New Jersey); Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); former representative from Maine, Frank M. Coffin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and members of Congress gather on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C., during a Legislative Leaders Breakfast. Left to right: Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Vice President Johnson; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (back to camera).
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), speaks to reporters at a Legislative Leaders Breakfast. Left to right: Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Speaker McCormack (at microphones); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota). Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Larry O'Brien, stands in background at far right. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana) speaks to reporters at a Legislative Leaders Breakfast. Standing in group at right (L-R): Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Boggs (at microphones); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota). Also pictured: White House correspondent for UPI, Helen Thomas (in group at left); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Larry O'Brien (in background at right). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of the Rose Garden during a visit of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress; President John F. Kennedy (right, at microphones) delivers remarks to the group. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Also pictured: newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Left to right: Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President Kennedy (at microphones); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (at microphones), speaks at a Legislative Leaders Breakfast in the Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Mansfield; Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); and Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma).
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President John F. Kennedy meets with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); White House Secret Service agent, Milt Wilhite. Washington, D.C.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts (at lectern), delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn; President John F. Kennedy sits in center. Also pictured: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; member of the House Office Building Commission, Representative Carl Vinson (Georgia); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts); Architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart; Rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Dr. Norman Gerstenfeld; Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., of Maryland looks on (partially hidden behind President Kennedy). Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois (face obscured) looks on. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Others looking on include: Representative Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (Maryland); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois). Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), take part in the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Others looking on include: Architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart; Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York). Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks at the International Council for Christian Leadership Prayer Breakfast in the Grand Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Among those seated at the front table are: Governor Price Daniel of Texas; Reverend Billy Graham; President John F. Kennedy; Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas; Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren; Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and guests stand in front of the Grand Staircase in the Entrance Hall of the White House at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Front Row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson (partially hidden behind Mrs. Kennedy); Lady Bird Johnson; Speaker McCormack; Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack; Chief Justice Warren; and Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Back Row (L-R): Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and guests gather in front of the Grand Staircase in the Entrance Hall of the White House for a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Front Row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Speaker McCormack; and Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack. Back Row (L-R): Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (assisting Mr. McCormack); Chief Justice Warren; and Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren. Washington, D.C.