Cabinet officers

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Genera George C. Marshall, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, and General Hap Arnold. President Truman congratulates Secretary of State James F. Byrnes after presenting him with the Distinguished Service Medal for three years of service as Director of the Office of War Mobilization. General George C. Marshall, U. S. Chief of Staff, and General H. H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces, seem elated over the award.

James F. Byrnes, after being sworn in as Secretary of State, is shown kissing the Bible. Left to right, Chief Justice Richard Whaley; Mrs. James Byrnes; James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman. In the background are President of the Senate Kenneth McKellar, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) welcomes newly-appointed U. S. Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman to Paris on September 26. Harriman went to Paris from London where he previously acted as U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. From: Beth Gore

Photo of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes as he joined the law firm of Hogan and Hartson as counsel. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes reporting to the American people on the results of the Paris Peace Conference. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes signs protocol proclaiming the Charter of the United Nations on World Security a law of the nations. The original United Nations Charter, signed by fifty-one nations, was drawn up at the conference in San Francisco last April. From: Beth Gore

Robert Butler is shown being sworn into office as the first United States Ambassador to Australia. Previously those representing this country held the rank of Minister. The photo shows, left to right, Bennett Champ Clark, Federal Judge; Ambassador Butler; and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, reading to the assembled members of the press his announcement of the Japanese surrender, officially signaling the war's end. Behind the President seated just to his right are Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Chief of Staff, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and directly behind them, Attorney General Tom Clark. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress on the left.

An 11 x 12 photo showing President Truman (left) looking on, as United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis puts his signature to a new work contract under which he will order his men back to their jobs. Center is Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, administrator of the government seized soft coal mines, who announced the contract agreement.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and unidentified man at unknown political luncheon. (see photos 97-2133 through 2141).