Cabinet officers

David K.E. Bruce, left, is shown being sworn in today as Assistant Secretary of Commerce by Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman. From: Beth Gore

Attorney General James P. McGranery, left, explains the workings of the Justice Department to Herbert Brownell, the newly designated Attorney General in the Eisenhower Cabinet. From: Beth Gore.

Shown are Assistant Secretary of Navy for Air and Mrs. John Nicholas Brown. Brown succeeds John L. Sullivan who has been made Under Secretary of Navy. From: Beth Gore.

Agricultural Secretary Charles F. Brannan opens his campaign for Congressional approval of the "Brannan Plan" by asking for authority to make direct payments to hog producers. He is pictured here as he testifies before a Senate Agricultural Committee. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan tells members of the House Agriculture Committee that the cost of his new farm program cannot be stated because it depends on too many "imponderables". He denied the assertion of some Republican members that the program is a scheme to regiment farmers and share-the-wealth. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan tells Congress how his proposed farm program could result in lower prices for consumers on milk, meat, eggs, and potatoes, and still hold farm income up. He is shown here as he testifies before the House Agricultural Committee. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan signs, for the United States, an international agreement to stabilize wheat trade. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan signs for the United States an international agreement to stabilize wheat trade. The pact was signed by more that half of the nations in attendance and the other nations are scheduled to sign within the next three weeks From: Beth Gore

Charles F. Brannan (right) is sworn in as Secretary of Agriculture by Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge. Mr. Brannan succeeds Clinton P. Anderson who resigned last month to run for Senator from New Mexico. From: Beth Gore.

Appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee, Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan tentatively rejected a proposal that he be given membership on all commodity exchanges. The Committee is holding hearings on government commodity purchases for foreign use. From: Beth Gore