Cabinet officers

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Harry S.

President Harry S. Truman after his return from the Wake Island Conference with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Special Assistant W. Averill Harriman, Defense Secretary George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador Philip Jessup, Treasury Secretary John Snyder, Army Secretary Frank Pace and General Omar Bradley.

Painting of Stuart Symington by Greta Kempton. This painting was loaned to the Truman Library by the U. S. Air Force Academy as part of the Library's Greta Kempton exhibit in 1987. Size of original painting: 30" x 36".

Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; Under Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49; Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53.

Photograph of Frank Pace, Jr., taken in Yokosuka, Japan, on his tour of the Far East. He had been Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, Taxation Division, 1946; Executive Assistant to the U.S. Postmaster General, 1946-1948; Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1948-1949; Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1949-1950; and Secretary of the Army, 1950-1953.

Farewell to Averell Harriman leaving on Mission to Iran. From left to right, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall.

From left to right, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Douglas MacArthur (the back of his head), Admiral Arthur Radford, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Omar Bradley at Wake Island. President Truman is presenting a citation to General MacArthur. Others in the background are unidentified.

Portrait of Postmaster General (1945-1947) Robert Hannegan, by Greta Kempton, which was commissioned by the New York Post Office Supervisors' Association. Original painting 30" x 36" Loaned to the Truman Library from the collection of Mrs. Irma Hannegan for use in the exhibit in the Library's Garden Room in 1987 of Greta Kempton paintings. Photographer Jeff Brooks was acquired by the Harry S. Truman Library to photograph this portrait. Mr. Brooks retains rights to the photograph.

Portrait of Dean Acheson, from a series of color portraits of Truman cabinet members. Transferred from museum collection.

President Harry S. Truman announcing the surrender of Japan, ending World War II, to assembled reporters in the Oval Office. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress on the left. Seated behind President Truman are John Snyder, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of State James Byrnes.