Cabinet officers

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the south lawn of the White House. The Washington Monument is in the background. Seated on the front row are Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman (left) and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (third from the left).

Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the south lawn of the White House. Seated in the front row is Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (second from the right).

President Harry S. Truman welcomes Secretary of State George Marshall on return from London Conference of Foreign Ministers. L to R: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, President Truman, Attorney General Tom Clark, and Secretary Marshall.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes Secretary of State George Marshall on return from London Conference of Foreign Ministers. L to R: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (mostly obscured by President Truman), President Truman, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary Marshall, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes Secretary of State George Marshall on return from London Conference of Foreign Ministers.

President Harry S. Truman (left) welcomes Secretary of State George Marshall (right) on return from London after Conference of Foreign Ministers.

Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (left) and Mrs. Evlyn Snyder (2nd from left) congratulating Margaret Truman (right) on her concert at Washington's Constitution Hall.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) returned to Washington after a vacation in Florida. Left to right with the President: Defense Secretary James Forrestal; Attorney General Tom Clark; President Truman; and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach.

President Harry S. Truman with new members of the Federal Loyalty Board. Pictured with President Truman (front row, seventh from the right) are Meta Glass (front row, eighth from the right); former Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins (front row, sixth from the right); Chairman Seth W. Richardson (front row, fifth from the right); Harry B. Mitchell (fourth from left); Charles Sawyer (second from left); and Attorney General Tom C. Clark (right). Others in the group include Dean Harry A. Bigelow; Dr. Aaron J. Brumbaugh; John Kirkland Clark; Tom J. Davis; Dr. Burton L.

President Harry S. Truman (right) giving a speech to the Conference of National Women's Organizations. On the left is Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. In the background on the right is Captain Robert Dennison.