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Photo of Defense Secretary Louis Johnson before the House Foreign Affairs Committee

99-604
Accession Number
99-604
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350298669
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Legislators
People Pictured
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
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Harris & Ewing

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Photo of Defense Secretary Louis Johnson telling the House Foreign Affairs Committee that unless arms aid is sent immediately to Western Europe the United States may be forced to ultimately liberate nations conquered by an aggressor. Johnson said he personally felt that the arms program should be continued for four or five years. From: Beth Gore.
Date(s)
July 29, 1949