Judges

Federal Judge John Caskie Collet (left) of Kansas City, Missouri confers with John R. Steelman, Reconversion Director, at the White House Executive Offices, as they consider new organization plans for the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, and the Office of Economic Stabilization.

From left to right, George H. Mead, member of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization; Roy L. Thompson, New Orleans Federal Land Bank President and Chairman; and Daniel W. Bell, former undersecretary of the Treasury, are sworn as members of the Price Decontrol Board. John R. Steelman (second from right) holds the Bible while Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Hugo Black (right) administers the oath.

Roberta Vinson and her husband, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred Vinson, pose for a photograph while visiting Key West, Florida. They visited Key West as members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party.

Judge John C. Collett is seated behind his desk in his office.

From left to right, George H. Mead, member of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization; Roy L. Thompson, New Orleans Federal Land Bank President and Chairman; and Daniel W. Bell, former undersecretary of the Treasury, are sworn as members of the Price De-Control Board. John R. Steelman (second from right) holds the Bible while Associate Justice Hugo Black (right) administers the oath.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Samuel Rosenman; former First Lady Bess Truman; and former New York Supreme Court Justice Samuel I. Rosenman, photographed near a plane. The Rosenman's are ready to depart on a Pan Am flight to the Far East.

Charles G. Ross kissing the Bible while taking his Oath of Office as Press Secretary. From left to right: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Wiley Rutledge, President Harry S. Truman, Charles G. Ross, and Mrs. Charles (Florence) Ross.

Mr. Charles G. Ross taking an oath of Office as Press Secretary. Also in this photo is from left to right: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Wiley Rutledge; President Harry S. Truman; Mr. Charles G. Ross, and Mrs. Charles (Florence) Ross.

Former President Truman with Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.) and Chief Justice Earl Warren at the former President's birthday party in Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Fred M. Vinson, Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-1946, and Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1946-1953. From Truman wing of Harry S. Truman Library.