Civil service

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

Dean Acheson testifying before Congress. Photo is airbrushed. Others are unidentified. From: Beth Gore

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks with Assistant Attorney General James McGranery (right). The photo is autographed as follows: "To the Hon. Harry S. Truman, Vice President of the United States, whose friendship is one of the treasures of my life. Jim McGranery - March 31st, 1945." The location is unknown. From: Jim McGranery

President Harry S. Truman sits at his desk in the Oval Office and affixes his signature to the National Housing Bill, Public Law 171. Those who can be identified are, left to right, Senator Burnet Maybank (third from left, with head turned), Senator Ralph Flanders (fourth from left), Senator John Sparkman (fifth from left), and Housing Administrator Raymond Foley (sixth from left). (See 78-614 and 66-1919.) From: Nathaniel S. Keith

Daniel L. Goldy (second from the right), Portland, Oregon Bureau of Land Management Administrator, in conversation with four unidentified individuals. Members of the Idaho advisory board for the Bureau of Land Management met in Twin Falls, Oregon, to discuss recommendations to be made to the Bureau in regard to grazing problems.

Daniel L. Goldy (right), National Export Expansion Coordinator, appears with Sam Saran (left) on Chicago's WMAQ-TV "Invest in America" telecast. The interview was done in cooperation with the National Invest in America Committee.

Daniel L. Goldy (third man from the left), National Export Expansion Coordinator, with a group of unidentified people visiting the Honeywell exhibit in the Salon d'Energie, Foire de Paris, Paris, France. Firms have set up exhibits at the fair, seeking entry into the European export market.

Daniel L. Goldy (third from the right), National Export Expansion Coordinator, with five unidentified men visiting the Babcock and Wilcox exhibit in the Salon d'Energie, Foire de Paris in Paris, France. Firms have set up exhibits at the fair, seeking entry into the European export market.

Daniel L. Goldy (left), President Lyndon Johnson's National Export Expansion Coordinator, speaking to attendees of the Foire de Paris, where firms set up exhibits, seeking entry to the European export market. Charles E. Bohlen is on the right.