Cabinet officers

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, now Secretary of Commerce, came to the Senate today as a witness before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. He is shown here discussing the bill on jobs for all. From: Beth Gore.

Air-minded Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace is shown in the cockpit of a training plane at the National Airport in Washington. From: Beth Gore.

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, left, was sworn in as Secretary of Commerce today. Photo shows him signing the official papers as Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, right, who swore in Wallace, looks on. From: Beth Gore.

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace sits on table while talking to newsmen following this morning's hearing on his appointment as Secretary of Commerce by President Roosevelt. From: Beth Gore.

General Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Bataan, today received the Philippine Medal for Valor in a ceremony at the Philippine Embassy. Ambassador Joaquin Elizalde presented the Medal on behalf of President Manuel Roxas of the Philippine Republic. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson looks on, right. From: Beth Gore. From: Beth Gore.

In an appearance before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson today said the wartime deterioration in Britain's international economic position was even more severe than destruction suffered from enemy air attacks. "To survive," he said, "England must restore and expand her export trade, either by joining the United Nations program for unrestricted world trade, or extending her economic bloc of currency and trade controls." Vinson is shown here at a chart at the committee hearing. From: Beth Gore

Former Governor Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts today conferred with President Truman regarding his appointment as Secretary of Labor. Governor Tobin is shown leaving the White House with Mrs. Tobin after the conference. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson with General Omar Bradley, head of the Veterans Administration. The topic is veteran's tax problems. From: Beth Gore.

Former Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson today has received the first medal struck in his honor by the department he headed before becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Medals have been made of all Treasury Secretaries since Alexander Hamilton. One of John W. Snyder, present Secretary, is due soon. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson in a Sunday night nationwide broadcast, opened the Victory Loan Drive. From: Beth Gore.