Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze, after addressing participants of the White House Conference on Narcotic and Drug Abuse in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.; Mayor of New York City, Robert F. Wagner, Jr., looks on from right. Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (mostly hidden), stands behind President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon, and Attorney General and Chairman of the Conference, Robert F. Kennedy, applaud in the background.