Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-7-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Those seated on platform include: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative James W. Trimble (Arkansas); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative Howard W. Smith (Virginia); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Matthew H. McCloskey; Representative William L. Dawson (Illinois); Representative Robert E. Cook (Ohio); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts); Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Chaplain of the House of Representatives, Reverend Bernard Braskamp; Rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Dr. Norman Gerstenfeld; Assistant Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Washington, Very Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Herrmann; Representative James A. Haley (Florida); Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (New York). Washington, D.C.