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JFKWHP-KN-23103
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the award to Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson (center); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, stands left of Ambassador Thompson. Standing in background (L-R): New York Times photographer, George Tames (partially hidden on far edge of frame); award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark (face obscured); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-23102
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy stands at microphones after presenting the award to Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (center, shaking hands with astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr.). Left to right: award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; unidentified White House Police officer (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Commander Shepard; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (in back, partially hidden); astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Dr. Gilruth; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (in back); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark (face obscured); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7400-O
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) and others listen as Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (far right), reads the citation for award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center). Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden on edge of frame); two unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (in back); New York Times photographer, George Tames; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg (in back); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas (in back, partially hidden); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7400-M
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg (center left), prior to presenting him with the award. Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (partially hidden), stands behind Dr. Gregg; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; unidentified; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7400-L
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center left), prior to presenting her with the award. Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze (mostly hidden), stands behind Dr. Kelsey; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); New York Times photographer, George Tames; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (partially hidden); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (face obscured); Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas (in back, mostly hidden); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (in back); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy and others listen as Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (at microphones), delivers remarks. Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (in back); award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman; Administrator of the HHFA, Robert C. Weaver; President Kennedy; Dr. Webb; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back, face obscured). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7400-J
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) attends the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (right, in foreground), reads the citation for award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. Left to right: Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back); unidentified White House Police officer (very back); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (very back, mostly hidden); astronauts Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Dr. Gilruth; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman (very back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Chairman Macy; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (in back, mostly hidden); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-407-6-62
President John F. Kennedy observes as W. Willard Wirtz (center) is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Standing in back (L-R): Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratch in lower right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-407-5-62
President John F. Kennedy observes as W. Willard Wirtz (center) is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Standing in back (L-R): Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others observe as W. Willard Wirtz is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Left to right: Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President Kennedy; Secretary Wirtz; Mr. Miller; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz (mostly hidden); Richard Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde (mostly in shadow); Marian Wirtz Conde. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphone) delivers remarks during the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz. Looking on (L-R): Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany (mostly hidden); Secretary Wirtz; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde (mostly in shadow); Marian Wirtz Conde. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7491-A
President John F. Kennedy and others observe as W. Willard Wirtz is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Left to right: Dorothy Goldberg; Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President Kennedy; Secretary Wirtz; Mr. Miller; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz (in back, mostly hidden); Jeann Sohner Wirtz. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22256
President John F. Kennedy stands with members of the President’s Missile Sites Labor Commission after receiving the Commission's report. Left to right (in foreground): Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Carlisle P. Runge; Samuel Silver, of the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Joseph S. Imirie. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of Commission members, staff, and guests.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C22255
President John F. Kennedy stands with members of the President’s Missile Sites Labor Commission after receiving the Commission's report. Left to right (in foreground): Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Carlisle P. Runge; Samuel Silver, of the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Joseph S. Imirie; Executive Secretary of the Commission, Julius E. Kuczma; Vice President of Industrial Relations for Martin Marietta Corporation, Douglas V. Dorman (partially hidden on edge of frame). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of Commission members, staff, and guests.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C22254
President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the President’s Missile Sites Labor Commission after receiving the Commission's report. Left to right (in foreground): Samuel Silver, of the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Joseph S. Imirie; Executive Secretary of the Commission, Julius E. Kuczma; Vice President of Industrial Relations for Martin Marietta Corporation, Douglas V. Dorman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of Commission members, staff, and guests.]
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JFKWHP-AR7070-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Presidential Railroad Commission members in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Those present include: Vice Chairman of the Commission Dr. Russell A. Smith; Dr. John T. Dunlop; Dr. Charles A. Myers; Francis J. Robertson; B.B. Bryant; T. A. Jerrow; Guy W. Knight; James E. Wolfe; James W. Fallon; S.W. Holliday; S.C. Phillips; H.F. Sites; A.F. Zimmerman; Chairman of the Commission Judge Simon H. Rifkind; Executive Director Philip Arnow; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg.
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JFKWHP-AR7054-B
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Brazilian Minister of Labor André Franco Montoro in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Clockwise from lower left: Ambassador of Brazil Roberto de Oliveira Campos; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg; Clovis Garcia, Coordinator, National Housing Commission of Brazil; Minister Montoro; President Kennedy; U.S. State Department Interpreter José de Seabra (back to camera); and Lucy Franco Montoro, wife of Minister Montoro (back to camera).
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JFKWHP-AR7054-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair, with back to camera) meets with Brazilian Minister of Labor André Franco Montoro in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Seated on sofas, clockwise from lower left: U.S. State Department Interpreter José de Seabra; Lucy Franco Montoro, wife of Minister Montoro; Ambassador of Brazil Roberto de Oliveira Campos; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg; Clovis Garcia, Coordinator, National Housing Commission of Brazil; Minister Montoro; and President Kennedy. All others are unidentified.
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JFKWHP-AR7035-E
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. Members pictured include: Representative Jessica Weis of New York; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Margaret Hickey, Ladies' Home Journal editor; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont.
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JFKWHP-AR7035-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Two unidentified; Lawyer Marguerite Rawalt; Representative Jessica Weis of New York; unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg (back to camera); Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women; three unidentified; Margaret Hickey, Ladies' Home Journal editor.
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JFKWHP-AR7035-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women.
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JFKWHP-AR7035-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women.
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JFKWHP-AR7024-F
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, and an unidentified signer (center) attend a signing ceremony for Plans for Progress agreements in the State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Plans for Progress is an equal opportunity employment agreement signed by a voluntary association of employers.
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JFKWHP-AR7024-E
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg sit with an unidentified signer (center) during a signing ceremony for Plans for Progress agreements in the State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Plans for Progress is an equal opportunity employment agreement signed by a voluntary association of employers.
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JFKWHP-AR7024-D
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, and an unidentified signer (center) attend a signing ceremony for Plans for Progress agreements in the State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Plans for Progress is an equal opportunity employment agreement signed by a voluntary association of employers.