Kennedy meets with congressional leaders and members of his cabinet on the eve of the opening of the 88th Congress. From left: Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, R-Mass., Rep. Thomas Morgan, D-Pa., Sen. Thomas Kuchel, R-Calif., Rep. Leslie Arends, R-Ill., Rep. Carl Albert, D-Okla., Rep. Hale Boggs, D-La., Rep. Carl Vinson, D-Ga., partially hidden, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, the President, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, John McCone, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn. Denver Post file ( img0141A )