Administrative agencies

President Truman today awarded the new civilian Medal of Merit to Ralph K. Davies, Petroleum Administrator for War, in Ceremonies at the oval office. This is similar to 89-113. From: Beth Gore.

W. Averell Harriman, top Economic Cooperation Administration administrator will travel abroad after telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the alternative to $5,580,000,000 in new European Recovery Plan spending would be "life in an armed camp" both here and abroad. He is shown here with Senator Tom Connally, Chairman of the Committee. Mr. Harriman also described the Marshall Plan as a great investment in peace. From: Beth Gore.

Former Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette (left) of Iowa is being sworn in as a member of the Surplus Property Board. Frank Sanderson, Administrative officer at the White House is administering the oath while War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes,(center) looks on. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones (left), who is fighting to keep his post as Secretary of Commerce and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, talks with Senator Walter F. George, (D.GA), at a Senate hearing. Senator George has a bill before the Senate to strip all powers over the RFC and other Federal lending agencies now in the Department of Commerce. From: Beth Gore.

Raymond M. Foley, National Housing Administrator, shown appearing before the Joint House-Senate Committee which opened an investigation on the housing situation. From Beth Gore

In an appearance before the Senate Banking Sub-Committee, Housing Administrator Raymond M. Foley urged Congress to pass a sweeping long range public housing and slum clearance program because "there is no alternative." Foley (left) is shown with Senator John J. Sparkman, Chairman of the Subcommittee. From: Beth Gore

Portrait of Michael Vincent Di Salle, Director of the Office of Price Stabilization, 1950-52, and Administrator, Economic Stabilization Agency, 1952. From: Beth Gore.

Charles R. Denny, Vice-President, General Counsel for NBC and former Chairman of the FCC, told Senate investigators that "Voice of America" scripts were not as bad as they were painted by some critics. He stated translations of the Spanish language were not accurate. From: Beth Gore.

William H. Davis, who recently succeeded Fred M. Vinson as Director of Economic Stabilization. Davis was formerly Chairman of the War Labor Board. From: Beth Gore.

William H. Davis, who succeeds Fred M. Vinson as Director of Economic Stabilization, is administered the oath of office by Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. From: Beth Gore.