Clergy

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (left) meeting with Pope Pius XII at the Vatican in Rome.

Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight champion of the world calls on President Truman at the White House. From left to right: Oliver Cowan, Joe Walcott, Walcott's manager, Felix Bocchicchio, and Reverend Elder Solomon Lightfoot Michaux. Others in background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) receives a doll from Korean educator Dr. Helen Kim (seated, right). Dr. John Myun Chang, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States (standing, left) and Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the Senate (standing, right) look on.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) presents a sheet of Alfred E. Smith commemorative stamps to Francis Cardinal Spellman (right). The man in the center is unidentified.

Francis Cardinal Spellman speaks at the Alfred E. Smith First Day of Issue Stamp ceremonies in New York. Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan is in the foreground, second from left. All others are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (foreground, right) kisses the ring of Francis Cardinal Spellman (standing) during a formal reception welcoming the Cardinal that took place in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Seated on the left are, from left to right: Mrs. James F. McDonnell, Mayor William O'Dwyer, and Governor Thomas E. Dewey. All others are unidentified.

Francis Cardinal Spellman dining at an unknown event with several dignitaries. From left to right: unidentified, New York Governor Thomas Dewey, unidentified, Cardinal Spellman, Dean Acheson, and Postmaster General Robert Hannegan.

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (front row, right) attending a reception for Francis Cardinal Spellman (front row, second from left) at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York. Also present is New York Governor Thomas Dewey (left). The speaker and all others are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (foreground, right) kisses the ring of Francis Cardinal Spellman (left) during a formal reception welcoming the Cardinal that took place in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Others are unidentified.

From left to right: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Francis Cardinal Spellman, and New York Governor Thomas Dewey at an unidentified event.