1963 Press Photo George Mehren, Assistant Secretary to Agriculture Department

George L. Mehren, an assistant secretary and one of the Agriculture Department's newest top policy and administrative officials, is touring the country making speeches telling what the department does to help consumers. It's part of the Kennedy administration's campaign to sell an image as the "people's department" not solely a farmers' agency.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.