1957 Press Photo House Appropriations Subcommittee chairman John Rooney

Representative John J. Rooney, New York Democrat, is chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee that tells the State Department how much it can spend. In the 14 years the 60-year-old Rooney has headed the subcommittee, he has cut the budgets well over $1 billion. This is a 1957 file photo.

Photo is dated 1957.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.