Cabinet officers

Frank Pace, Jr., (right), is sworn into office as the new Secretary of the Army by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (left), as witnessed by Left to Right, background: Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; former Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (barely visible).

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (second from right) administers the oath of office as Secretary of the Air Force to Thomas K. Finletter.  Officials in attendance are, L to R: W. Stuart Symington, former Secretary of the Air Force; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; and General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, USAF.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (left) swears in General Omar Bradley (right) as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among those present are left to right, background: Dan A. Dimball (partially obscured), Under Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. Lawton Collins, Vice Chief of Staff; General Hoyt Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Mrs. Bradley; Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army; Stephen Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation declaring into effect the 12-nation North Atlantic Pact. They are in the Oval Office. Witnessing the signing are, from left to right: Sir Frederic Hoyer-Millar of the United Kingdom; Ambassador Henrik de Kauffmann of Denmark; Canadian Embassy Counselor W. D.

Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson (right) administers the oath of office to John F. Floberg as new Assistant Secretary for Air as Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews (left) and Mrs. Floberg look on.

Robert A. Lovett (right), receives the oath of office as Deputy Secretary of Defense from Felix E. Larkin (left), General Counsel, Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (second from left), and Mr. and Mrs. David S. Brown, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. Lovett, look on.

Photo of Britain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden, left, with American Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius (center) and Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the U. S., leaving the White House after a lengthy conference with President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee called Secretary of State George C. Marshall to the Capitol to talk over foreign policy. The General is shown here with Committee Chairman Rep. Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) and Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen are boarding a plane at Washington Airport for a nine-day tour of seven European nations. Before leaving, Dulles reiterated that he was not going to make "new commitments" but gather information on the "common problems" facing the Atlantic community. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, bare headed in a chill wind, stood on the rear steps of the main State Department Building to speak to several thousand employees assembled in a parking lot. He told them he always felt there is "no service one can render to his country that is higher or more valuable" than to be in the foreign service or the State Department. From: Beth Gore.