Governors

A large group greets Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman and family as they exit an airplane at the Hilo Airport in Hilo, Hawaii. Pictured: Secretary Chapman (sixth from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (seventh from left); James Chapman (behind donkey); and Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii (standing, fourth from right). All others unidentified.

William J. Dougherty, Director of Information, Department of the Interior (second from left), Governor Oren Long (center), and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) with unidentified men at the Haleakala Observatory in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; James Chapman (in front of Mrs. Chapman); James Kealoha, Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, Hawaii County, Hawaii; and Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii, as they stand in front of an airplane after the arrival of Secretary Chapman and family in Hilo, Hawaii.

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey in the Oval Office.

Governor Jesus T. Pinero of Puerto Rico (foreground, second from right) greets President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from right) upon his arrival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Also present is Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (foreground, right). They are standing underneath the wing of President Truman's plane, the "Sacred Cow." All others are unidentified.

From left to right: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Colorado Governor Lee Knous; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the Kiwanis Club of Denver luncheon at the Albany Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Those in background unidentified.

From left to right: Representative Fred Crawford of Michigan; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Antonio Fernos-Isern, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico; unidentified woman; Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico; and Irving Silverman are at the White House to attend the signing of an amendment to the Organic Act of Puerto Rico.

From left to right: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus; Lee Knous, Governor of Colorado; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado.

Governor of Colorado Lee Knous (left) and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado.

Governor of Colorado Lee Knous (left) pushes the button to open the Alva B. Adams Tunnel for the first flow of water from Western Colorado to Eastern Colorado. Bureau of Reclamation engineer George Highley is at right. All others unidentified.