Cabinet officers

Secretary of State Dean Acheson today conferred informally with Philip C. Jessup, who was sworn in yesterday as Ambassador-At-Large. Jessup (left) has been Deputy U.S. Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations since May, 1948. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State Acheson today opened testimony on the 12-Nation Anti-Aggression Pact before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with a plea for early ratification of the Pact. The Treaty cannot go into effect until it is ratified by the original seven negotiating nations. Ratification in the United States requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate. Secretary Acheson is shown as he testified today. From: Beth Gore

Dean Acheson, left, who today was nominated by President Truman to be Secretary of State to succeed George C. Marshall, is congratulated by former President Herbert Hoover. Acheson, a member of the Hoover Commission, was attending one of its meetings when his appointment was announced. From: Beth Gore

President Truman's choices for his new Secretary and Under Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, at left, and James E. Webb, were photographed in this informal conference in the park across from the White House shortly after their appointments were announced. Dean Acheson has been in and out of the government since Franklin Roosevelt's first term and Webb is now Director of the Budget. From: Beth Gore

Latest portrait of Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs legislation shifting the government of the island of Guam from military to civil rule. Standing, left to right are: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming; unidentified; Carlos Taitano, Legislative Representative of Guam; Harold Seidman, Bureau of the Budget; Francis Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico; Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior; and Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska. From: Paul Carano, Director, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam - Agana, Guam

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs legislation shifting the government of the island of Guam from military to civil rule. Standing, left to right are: unidentified; unidentified; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming; unidentified; Carlos Taitano, Legislative Representative of Guam; Harold Seidman, Bureau of the Budget; Francis Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico; Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior; Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska; unidentified; unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs legislation shifting the government of the island of Guam from military to civil rule. Standing, left to right are: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming; unidentified; Carlos Taitano, Legislative Representative of Guam; Harold Seidman, Bureau of the Budget; Francis Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; Senator Clinton Anderson, New Mexico; Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior; and Senator Hugh Butler, Nebraska. From: Paul Carano, Director, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam - Agana, Guam

Portrait of Robert E. Hannegan, Postmaster General of the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (right). President Truman has just arrived back to Washington D. C. from Independence, Missouri.