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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6793-A
President John F. Kennedy gives a pen to Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby after signing HR 8102, an amendment to the Federal Airport Act allowing the Federal Aviation Agency to execute grant agreements over a three-year period, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Representative John Jarman of Oklahoma; Representative John B. Bennett of Michigan; Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire; Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Alan S. Boyd (mostly hidden behind Senator Magnuson); Administrator Halaby.