Distinguished visitors in South India are traditionally greeted with these enormous horns.

Congressman William R. Poage at Buddha-Gaya Temple in Bihar State.

Members of the Congressional Delegation participated in an exhaustive briefing on conditions in the drought affected areas of Bihar. The briefing was presided over by the Prime Minister's Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. J. P. Narayan.

Congressman William R. Poage presents a Kennedy half-dollar to a Hindu holy man in a village in Tanjore District, Madras State.

Members of the Delegation and their staffs along with Mr. James Boulware (fifth from left) at Tiruchi airport just after being garlanded by local farmers and officials who came to welcome them.

Congressmen William R. Poage of Texas (with hat) and Robert J. Dole of Kansas (dark suit center) watch the unloading of American food grain in Madras harbor December 19. The three-man U. S. Congressional Delegation led by Congressman Poage visited…

United States Information Service Press Release about the U.S. congressional delegation arriving in India; includes brief bios of the members of the delegation as well as a general description of the agenda

A 1966 publication of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Public Roads aimed at the American public which describes the history and the scope of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965.

On June 1, 1965, the House Judiciary Committee reported a revised H.R. 6400, but Celler endured a month’s delay in bringing the bill to the floor when Howard W. Smith (D-VA), chair of the House Committee on Rules, kept the voting rights bill bottled…

The phrase "Food for Freedom" translated into Hindi (Swadhinta hit Khadyann), Urdu (Khurak bra-i-azadi), Portuguese (Alimentos para liberdade), and Arabic (El-ghidda' - li'ajil - el'hurriyah); Information collected by Secretary of State Dean Rusk for…