Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

From left to right Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman, and House Majority Leader John McCormack leaving the White House after a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

President Truman (seated at left) listens to a speech by Henry Wallace at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel. The President addressed the group later.

Testifying today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Henry A. Wallace denounced the Communist Control Bill as a "declaration of War" on American rights and an action to make "martyrs" out of Communists. From: Beth Gore.

Henry A. Wallace told Congress today that President Truman's preparedness program would set off an armaments race leading inevitably to "unnecessary war." Mr. Wallace appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee. From: Beth Gore.

Henry A. Wallace (right) is greeted by Rep. Sol Bloom, New York, left, and Chairman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey, as the hearing before House Foreign Affairs got underway this morning. From: Beth Gore.

Henry A. Wallace airs himself on a park bench while reading a newspaper after submitting his resignation as Secretary of Commerce at the request of President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

Henry A. Wallace isn't taking the loss of a Cabinet post too seriously, it would seem here. Photo shows the ex-Secretary of Commerce relaxing in his office shortly after the exchange of letters with President Truman this morning. From: Beth Gore

The outgoing mailbox in the foreground of Henry A. Wallace's desk formed a fitting setting for this picture of the "retiring" Secretary of Commerce, who is shown reading his letter to President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

Harris and Ewing cameramen caught Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, in these photo studies of his moods, at the White House late this afternoon following his two and a half hour conference with President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Wallace promised the President not to make any public statements or speeches until after the Paris Conferences end. From: Beth Gore.

The Committee on Atomic Information opened an exhibit at the Department of Commerce late this afternoon. Shown here at the exhibit are Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace (right) and Edward U. Condon, Director of the Bureau of Standards. From: Beth Gore.