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English: President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the S-610 Act, establishing the United States Travel Service within the Department of Commerce. (L-R) Unidentified man, Kennedy family friend Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, unidentified man, Congressman Robert W. Hemphill (South Carolina), unidentified man, Congressman Peter F. Mack (Illinois), Congressman Milton W. Glenn (New Jersey), Congressman John B. Bennett (Michigan), Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas), President Kennedy, unidentified man (in back), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Chairman of the European Travel Commission Manolita T. Doelger, Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island), and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges (in back). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [description from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston]
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Source https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1961/Month%2006/Day%2029/JFKWHP-1961-06-29-B?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR6670-C
Author Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
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President Kennedy signs the Act establishing the United States Travel Service, 29 Jun 1961

29 June 1961

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