International relief

Photo of Paul G. Hoffman being sworn in as head of the Foreign Assistance Program (Marshall Plan). Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson is shown administering the oath while President Truman can be seen looking on from behind his desk. From: Beth Gore

Shortly after taking the oath as Director of the Marshall Plan, Paul G. Hoffman was congratulated by President Truman. In the center is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson, who administered the oath in a brief White House ceremony. From: Beth Gore

W. Averell Harriman, top Economic Cooperation Administration administrator will travel abroad after telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the alternative to $5,580,000,000 in new European Recovery Plan spending would be "life in an armed camp" both here and abroad. He is shown here with Senator Tom Connally, Chairman of the Committee. Mr. Harriman also described the Marshall Plan as a great investment in peace. From: Beth Gore.

W. Averill Harriman, the Roving Ambassador for the European Recovery Plan, after meeting with President Truman at the White House. He told the President that the "moral influence" of the U. S. abroad had increased greatly as a result of the American elections. From: Beth Gore.

W. Averill Harriman, after being named by President Truman to be Ambassador-at-Large to the Marshall Plan countries, clears his desk at the Department of Commerce preparatory to taking over the new post. From: Beth Gore.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on the aid to Europe food program with Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman on the stand. Secretary Harriman is pictured here, center, with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, left and Senator Tom Connally, Texas, right. From: Beth Gore

Dean Virginia Gildersleeve, only U.S. woman delegate to the United Nations Organization Conference in San Francisco, addresses a Russian relief rally at Madison Square Garden which launched the agency's 1946 campaign for $25,000,000 worth of medical supplies, hospital equipment, food, clothing and other relief items. Speaking before 19,000 people, Dean Gildersleeve urged an exchange of students and professors between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. as an aid to promoting better understanding between the two countries. From: Beth Gore

Dr. Dennis A. Fitzgerald, who has been named Secretary-General of the International Emergency Food Council. Dr. Fitzgerald is a career man in agriculture and is Department Director of Allocations and Requirements. From: Beth Gore.

Formal portrait of Dennis A. Fitzgerald of the Department of Agriculture, whose appointment as head of the Food Division of the Marshall Plan was announced by Paul G. Hoffman today. From: Beth Gore.

Dennis A. Fitzgerald of the Department of Agriculture, was appointed head of the Food Division of the Marshall Plan by Paul G. Hoffman. From: Beth Gore