Bill signing \u2013 7544, Maternal \u0026 Child Health \u0026 Mental Retardation Amendments, 11:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Also pictured (looking on, mostly in shadow): Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington,

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