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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21239
President John F. Kennedy (center right, at microphones) addresses delegates to a conference on voter registration sponsored by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Committee on Political Education (COPE). Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): National Director of COPE, James L. McDevitt; unidentified; and National Director of the COPE Voter Registration Campaign, Roy Reuther. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen (both mostly in shadow), stand in the West Wing Colonnade. Also pictured: Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; and White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
