Cabinet officers

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet are shown seated around the table in the Cabinet Room. Left to Right: 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 C. Marshall; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Truman is shown as he presides at the final Presidential Cabinet meeting before his inauguration. Seated Left to Right: Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Alben Barkley, Treasury Secretary John Snyder. Rear Left to Right: Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Interior Secretary Julius Krug, Attorney General Tom Clark, Agricultural Secretary Charles Brannan, Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.

Earl D. Johnson (right) takes the oath of office as Assistant Secretary of the Army from Frank Pace Jr., Secretary of the Army.

Stephen T. Early, Under Secretary of Defense, is administered the oath of office by Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, during ceremonies at the Pentagon. Looking on are Mrs. Early (center), and General Omar N. Bradley, Chief of Staff, JSA (right).

John L. Sullivan, Under Secretary of the Navy, is sworn in as Secretary of the Navy by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. Witnessing the ceremony are left to right: W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, and James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense.

W. Stuart Symington, former Assistant Secretary of War for Air (1946-47) is shown taking the oath of office as Secretary of the Air Force from Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Left to right are: Mr. Symington, Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall; Secretary of Defense James N. Forrestal; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan.

Honorary pallbearers follow the remains of Stephen T. Early as they proceed to the grave site in Arlington National Cemetery where full military honors were accorded the late Deputy Secretary of Defense. Shown among the pallbearers are Fred Vinson (front row, dark suit) and Frank Pace second behind the man in the light suit.

Anna M. Rosenberg is pictured being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Defense in this photo. Doing the honors is Felix Larkin (left) General Counsel of the Department of Defense. Also participating in the ceremony are General George C. Marshall (second from right), and Robert A. Lovett, (right), Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Portrait of W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force who later became a Senator from Missouri.

Portrait of Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett at his desk at the Pentagon.