Policy differences between President Johnson and assistant Secretary of State Thomas C. Mann, left, were denied today by the State Department in connection with the Panama-U.S. dispute.Mann is pictured here with Johnson as they met at airport in Palm Springs, California, last month. State Department today welcomed a decision by the Organization of American States to make a new attempt to mediate U.S. dispute with Panama over he Canal Zone.

Photo is dated 1964.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.