Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23507
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller of California (mostly hidden on far edge of frame); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re (face obscured); Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois (very back, mostly hidden); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.