Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7462-J
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs S. 2965, the Public Works Acceleration Act. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii); two 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 (Oklahoma); Representative Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois (in back, partially hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative Alvin E. O’Konski (Wisconsin); Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration, William L. Batt, Jr.; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Representative John A. Blatnik, both of Minnesota; Senator Joseph S. Clark and Representatives George M. Rhodes and Frank M. Clark, all of Pennsylvania; unidentified; Under Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (Texas); general counsel for the Housing and Home Financing Agency (HHFA), Milton Semer; Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs of the HHFA, Fred A. Forbes; unidentified (in back). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.