1972 Press Photo Pennsylvania Senator Tastes Surplus from Agriculture Department

Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Richard S. Schweiker samples recipes prepared from the Agriculture Department's surplus foods by nutritionist Mrs. Sophie Leavitt, Hanover, Pennsylvania, Wednesday at a news conference held in Schweiker's Washington office. Mrs. Leavitt offered to cook the senator another meal after Schweiker stated in September, 1971 that the surplus food he tasted as a member of a Senate committee was "pretty awful." Mrs. Leavit claimed the foods Schweiker sampled in September had not been prepared right.

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 8 x 9 inches.