Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6801-G
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver after signing HR 7500, the Peace Corps Bill, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan; Director Shriver; Representative Edna Kelly of New York; Representative Chester Merrow of New Hampshire; Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland (in back); Representative Clement Zablocki of Wisconsin; Representative Wayne L. Hays of Ohio; Representative Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois; President Kennedy; Representative Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Representative Thomas E. Morgan of Pennsylvania.
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