Cabinet officers

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise around table from left: Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming; Assistant to the President John Steelman; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George Marshall; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise at table: Secretary of Interior Julius Krug; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming; Assistant to the President John Steelman; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George Marshall; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents a Medal of Merit to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (right) in the Oval Office. Standing in the background are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (third from the left) and Admiral William D. Leahy (fourth from the left, between Truman and Forrestal). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in the oval office with four men who received the Medal of Merit. L to R: W. John Kenney, Undersecretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; President Truman; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back on the left is Admiral William D. Leahy. Standing in the back on the right is Eben Ayers. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (middle, third from the right) presenting Medal of Merit to top officials. Standing with President Truman are (from left to right) W. John Kenney, Under-Secretary of Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back row are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left); Secretary of State George Marshall (fifth from left); and Admiral William D. Leahy (sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

The children of Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan in the Oval Office while their fathers receive the Medal of Merit from President Harry S. Truman. Secretary of State George Marshall is on the far right. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) presenting Medal of Merit to John L. Sullivan (right), Secretary of the Navy. With the President and Secretary Sullivan are Mr. Sullivan's family: children Patricia, Charles, and Deborah, and his wife Priscilla. Standing on the right in the background is General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) with Medal of Merit recipient W. John Kenney (right), Under Secretary of the Navy and his family. With Mr. Kenney are his children Elinor M., Priscilla, and David, and his wife, Elinor (second from the right).

President Harry S. Truman (seated) in the Oval Office with members of the National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency. Standing, left to right: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom Clark, Oscar Ewing, G. Howland Shaw, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank Weil, and John W. Andrews.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) in the oval office with members of the National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency to sign a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency." Standing, left to right: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom Clark, Oscar Ewing, G. Howland Shaw, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank Weil, and John Andrews.