Bill signing - 5555, Uniformed Services Pay Act (Military Pay Increase) 9:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts);
Bill signing - 5555, Uniformed Services Pay Act (Military Pay Increase) 9:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMillan (in back); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (in back, face obscured); Director of the Task Force on Military Compensation, Colonel Leo E. Benade; Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington
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