Washington DC; Embattled U.S. Education Commissioner Harold Howe II sought to convince Congressional investigators 12/14 that the Government's controversial school desegregation guidelines were both legal and fair. Howe is shown testifying before a specially created House Judiciary subcommittee to face charges that his desegregation guidelines exceed the law.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches.