Abbie Rowe

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left) introduces President of France Vincent Auriol (foreground, third from right) to First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from left) and Margaret Truman (foreground, left). Also pictured, foreground: Madame Michelle Auriol (second from right) and John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol (right). Background, left to right: General Robert Landry; Admiral Robert Dennison; General Harry Vaughan; and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (partly obscured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

President of France Vincent Auriol (left) and President Harry S. Truman arrive at the Blair House during President Auriol's visit to Washington, D.C. Also pictured: French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (behind Auriol). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; Senator Joseph O'Mahoney; and Senator Zales Ecton attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior for members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Members of the Cabinet and others attend President Truman's Address to the Nation on the Korean situation in the White House. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (back of table, fourth from right) and members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back of table, fifth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (back of table, third from right); Senator Zales Ecton (back of table, second from right); Congressman John R. Murdock (back of table, standing); and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (back of table, left).

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) congratulates Tom C. Clark (second from left) on being sworn in as Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Clark; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Vice President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

President Harry S. Truman getting ready to address the Nation on the Korean situation from the White House. From: Oscar Chapman Papers

From left to right: Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; President of France Vincent Auriol; and French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet at the White House during their visit to Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (center) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) meet with President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook