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Tom C. Clark Sworn In to Supreme Court

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) shakes hands with Tom C. Clark (left) after he was sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Associate Justice Clark; Vice President Alben Barkley; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Also pictured: Secretary of State Dean Acheson (background, left, behind Barkley); and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (background, right, behind Vinson, mostly obscured).

Krug Receives Interior Staff

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (left, facing camera) greets Interior staff as they enter the Department of the Interior auditorium. They are in attendance for the swearing-in of Oscar Chapman as Secretary of the Interior. Also pictured: Clarence Forsling, Chairman, Southwest Field Committee, Department of the Interior (tall man, near center, in front of window). All others unidentified.