President Gerald Ford prior to signing S.3735, authorizing the 1976 National Swine Flu Immunization Program. Also shown are [l-r]: Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Undersecretary Marjorie Lynch, HEW Secretary F. David Mathews, U.S. Rep. Tim Lee Carter (R-KY), Assistant Secretary for Health (HEW) Dr. Theodore Cooper, HEW General Counsel William Howard Taft IV, and HEW Assistant General Counsel Bernard Feiner.