Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-E
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated, back to camera); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); three unidentified (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Senator Stephen M. Young (Ohio); Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Representative Edmond “Ed” Edmondson and Senator Robert S. Kerr, both of Oklahoma; Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Representative John A. Blatnik (Minnesota); Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representative George M. Rhodes, both of Pennsylvania; two unidentified (in back); Representative Frank M. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); unidentified (in back, partially hidden); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.