Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17866
Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from their trip to Southeast Asia, during which they visited Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. Mrs. Johnson, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice President Johnson stand in front. Others, L-R: unidentified; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Carl T. Rowan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (behind the President and Vice President); several unidentified; Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council, Edward C. Welsh (at right with head bowed, smoking cigarette). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.