Cabinet officers

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Standing behind Truman are, from left to right: Captain Robert Dennison; Washington State Governor Mon Wallgren; Admiral William Leahy; General Harry Vaughan; Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington; and Special Counsel Clark Clifford.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, foreground, left) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Photographers and reporters gathered around are all unidentified. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right, are: General Harry Vaughan; Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (mostly obscured); and Special Counsel Clark Clifford.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, foreground, left) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers present are unidentified. Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington can be seen on the far left behind President Truman. Margaret Truman can be seen behind the unidentified man in the rocking chair.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (left) and Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren as they pose for pictures in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. In the background on the left is Special Counsel Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff and advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground) on a fishing expedition aboard the presidential yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg. Also present is Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (left). Sailors in the background on the right are unidentified.

From left to right in the foreground, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, President Harry S. Truman and Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren pose for pictures at The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. In the background on the left is Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.

Color photo of Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett seated at a desk, turned to face the camera, in a beautiful wood-paneled reading room of some type. Two other men in the room are unidentified. At the front is a large painting above the fireplace shows four colonial era men.

The first batch of the G.I. Bill Insurance Checks leaves the Treasury Department for local post offices where they will be held until January 16. Helping load the truck is Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; and Veterans Administration Carl R. Gray, Jr.

Presentation of the National Capital Sesquicentennial stamp takes place in Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson's office. Chief Justice Fred Vinson represented the Federal Government Judicial Branch. Carter Barron represented the Sesquicentennial Commission as Vice President of that Committee. The stamp went on sale to the general public on August 2 , 1950.