Cabinet officers

Spruille Braden being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State in charge of American Republic Affairs. Left to right: Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Spruille Braden, and Secretary of State James Byrnes. From: Beth Gore.

Photo shows Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) with his new Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden studying maps, following Braden's being sworn in. From: Beth Gore.

France became the 36th member of the United Nations in a colorful ceremony at the State Department at which the war-time coalition against the Axis was hailed as "the foundation stone of peace". Photo shows French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, left, signing the United Nations declaration, pledging his country's whole-hearted cooperation in the creation of a world security system because France knows from experience that " from now on...war, once begun, will spread over the entire globe." Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, right, looks on. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture-designate Ezra Taft Benson (left) talks with reporters after meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. Benson, stopping here during a trip around the country to see farm and industry leaders, told newsmen that he and Brannan discussed nothing of great importance to the public. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman and a member of his cabinet, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, matched five dollar bills this morning at the White House to see who would pay for the first sheet of the 39th Annual Christmas Seals of the National Tuberculosis Association. The Secretary was at one time engaged in tuberculosis control work and served as executive of the New Mexico Tuberculosis Association in 1919. President Truman lost the match. From: Beth Gore

George V. Allen today took the oath as United States Ambassador to Iran in ceremonies at the State Department. Left to right, Marvin Will of the Foreign Service Department of State, Mrs. Katharine Allen, Ambassador Allen and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

Viscount Alexander, the Governor General of Canada, and Viscountess Alexander, with Secretary of State George C. Marshall, right, as they arrived at Union Station this afternoon. From: Beth Gore.

Tennesseans on board S.S. President Roosevelt en route to London. Right to Left: Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Congressman Sam McReynolds, Miss Margaret McReynolds, Dr. Rufus W. Hooker, Miss Hayes, and Mrs. Rose Frances Hull.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left), an unidentified man and others, gather for the dedication of the Four Equestrian Statues, gifts of the people of Italy to the United States, sit in chairs awaiting President Harry S. Truman's speech. The statues are at the entrance to the Memorial Bridge that crosses the Potomac River. The man seated behind Secretary Chapman may be Dale Doty, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. (See 65-2830 thru 2847.)

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior (right), and C. Girard Davidson (center), Assistant Secretary, in the Oval Office at the White House. The photo is autographed by Oscar Chapman as follows: With kind regards, 12/21/50. (Same as 73-3485-A except for autograph)