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President John F. Kennedy signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in the Treaty Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), Adrian S. Fisher; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden); Senator J. William Fulbright (Arkansas); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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JFKWHP-ST-A26-25-62
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Clockwise from top right side of table: Under Secretary of State George Ball, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson, Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (mostly hidden), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone (mostly hidden behind Director Foster). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-A26-18-62
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Seated at table (clockwise from bottom left): Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson (partially hidden), Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone (mostly hidden), Under Secretary of State George Ball (partially hidden), Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy stands at far left; President Kennedy (looking down, with hands on table) and Secretary of State Dean Rusk stand at far right; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Bromley Smith (back left) sits against the wall, near the bookcase. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-A26-16-62
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Seated at table (clockwise from bottom left): Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson (partially hidden), Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Under Secretary of State George Ball (mostly hidden), Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy (mostly hidden behind Secretary Rusk), and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (on far edge of frame) stand at right; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Bromley Smith (back left) sits against the wall, near the bookcase. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-A26-1-62
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Clockwise from top right side of table: Under Secretary of State George Ball, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson, Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy (mostly hidden), Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (mostly hidden), Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone (mostly hidden behind Director Foster). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-29-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-28-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, mostly hidden); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-27-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, mostly hidden); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-26-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-25-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-24-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): unidentified; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-106-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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JFKWHP-ST-215-105-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 9118, the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, establishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Representative Emanuel Celler (New York); Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin); Representative Leonard Farbstein (New York); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member, John J. Cochran (in back, head turned); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; two unidentified men. President Kennedy’s Suite at the Carlyle Hotel, New York City, New York.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler, sits in background along windows.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger, sits against wall in background at left. Along windows, L-R: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler; Under Secretary of State, George Ball; unidentified.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with advisors on disarmament in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. L-R (around table): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Chairman of the US Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, Arthur Dean; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Protocol officer for the State Department, Clement E. "Clem" Conger, sits against wall in background. Along windows at right, L-R: unidentified; Assistant Secretary of State, Foy Kohler; Under Secretary of State, George Ball.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, and members of the delegation accompanying Secretary Rusk on his upcoming trip to the Soviet Union for the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signing ceremony. Left to right: Secretary Rusk; President Kennedy; United States Ambassador at Large, Llewellyn E. Thompson; Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), William C. Foster. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (second from left, in front) officiates. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Assistant Executive Clerk Miller, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, Dr. James Perkins, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, John Cowles, President Kennedy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (mostly hidden), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett (in back, mostly hidden), Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J. (in back), Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), and Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (partially hidden on far edge of image), President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-9-62
President John F. Kennedy (standing right of the H.M.S. Resolute desk, in profile) and others watch as Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (left) swears in members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) six unidentified persons (including three cameramen, one in front), National Park Service (NPS) Photographer Abbie Rowe (in back, wearing glasses), Assistant Executive Clerk Miller (in front), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, President Kennedy (in front), Ralph E. McGill (mostly hidden over the President's shoulder), Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-8-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left, with arms raised) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, Dr. James Perkins, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, John Cowles, President Kennedy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (facing away), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (facing away). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-5-62
President John F. Kennedy (standing right of the H.M.S. Resolute desk, in profile) and others watch as Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (left) swears in members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) five unidentified persons (including two cameramen), National Park Service (NPS) Photographer Abbie Rowe (in back, wearing glasses), Assistant Executive Clerk Miller (in front), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner (face obscured), former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, President Kennedy (in front), Herman Phleger (mostly hidden, over the President's shoulder), Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J. (in back), Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (partially hidden), Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (partially hidden on far edge of image), President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.