Cabinet officers

President Harry S. Truman in White House ceremonies presented the International Harmon Trophy to Major Alexander P. De Seversky, aviator, aeronautical engineer, author and authority on air strategy and tactics. The Lique Internationale Des Aviateurs awarded the trophy for "outstanding leadership, patriotism, unselfish devotion to the security and aeronautical progress of the United States." Left to right: Mrs. De Seversky, Major De Seversky, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress. Prime Minister Winston Churchill (upper left-center) holds a text of the speech as he sits in the front row of the balcony. Seated directly in front of the President are members of his cabinet. From left: Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin, Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett, Treasury Secretary John W.

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) converse in the President's car. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, left, greets Premier Alcide De Gasperi of Italy at the State Department. From: Beth Gore.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson, as he disclosed that the Government is considering operating the Big and Little Inch petroleum pipelines to transmit gas to coal-shortage areas. Davidson informed the House Surplus Property Committee, however, that Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug has reached no decision as yet. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and Senator Tom Connally (D) Texas, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discuss the re-draft of the Arms Aid Bill which Connally will introduce in the Senate. From: Beth Gore

Dr. Edward U. Condon (right) takes the oath of office as Director of the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, succeeding Dr. Lyman J. Briggs who retired after a half century of government service. Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace (left) performs the oath. From: Beth Gore.

Latest informal picture of acting Secretary of State Will Clayton, shown leaving the White House following a conference with President Truman. From: Beth Gore

General Lucius D. Clay shown after presenting a personal report on conditions in Berlin to President Harry S. Truman. Shown with General Clay as he left the White House are left to right; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; General Clay; Robert D. Murphy, Political Advisor to General Clay; and William H. Draper, Undersecretary of the Army. From: Beth Gore

General Lucius D. Clay (center), U. S. Military Commander in Germany, pictured as he arrived at the White House for a conference with the President and other top officials on America's next move in the Berlin crisis. On left is Secretary of Army Kenneth Royall, and right, William H. Draper, Undersecretary of Army. From: Beth Gore