Bill signing - 11974 Public Law 87-701, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Authorization for 1963, 12:09PM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Authorization Act for 1963. Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Representatives Catherine May, Julia Butler Hansen, and Jack Westland (all of Washington); Representative Craig Hosmer (California); Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Representative Chet Holifield (California); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back); Senator Henry M. \u201cScoop


Bill signing - 11974 Public Law 87-701, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Authorization for 1963, 12:09PM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Authorization Act for 1963. Looking on (L-R): two unidentified men; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Representatives Catherine May, Julia Butler Hansen, and Jack Westland (all of Washington); Representative Craig Hosmer (California); Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Representative Chet Holifield (California); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back); Senator Henry M. \u201cScoop\u201d Jackson (Washington); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Representative Melvin Price (Illinois); Representative Don Magnuson (Washington); Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Power Development, Kenneth Holum (in back, partially hidden); unidentified; Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Charles F. Luce (in back, partially hidden); Under Secretary of the Interior, James K. Carr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, [Spots on image are original to the negative.]


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