Judges

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new U.S. Court Building in Washington D.C. Seated behind Truman on the right are, from left to right: Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; three unidentified men; and Justice Tom Clark, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. All others are unidentified.

Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center)] looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Georgia Clark (wife of Ramsey Clark), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Mrs. Tom Clark (Mary Ramsey), Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.

Former Attorney General Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right). President Harry S. Truman (center) watches. Standing in the background are, from left to right: unidentified woman, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Louis Johnson, remainder unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with newly sworn in Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. From left to right: Justice Clark, Vice President Alben Barkley, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, President Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Tom Clark in the White House Rose Garden, on the occasion of Clark's taking the oath of office as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Associate Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Vice-President Alben Barkley, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, President Truman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center) looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (partly obscured), Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.

Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center) looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (partly obscured by Vinson), Vice-President Alben Barkley, and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (left) with Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred Vinson (second from left) a banquet in honor of the Shah of Iran's visit to the United States.

Chief Justice Fred Vinson (left) and his wife Roberta (right) at Blair House in Washington, D.C. for a dinner in honor of Winston Churchill.

Dean Acheson (left) taking the oath of office as Secretary of State, with Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) administering the oath. Standing in the background are, from left to right: unidentified man, Mrs. Alice Acheson, unidentified woman, Congressman Sol Bloom, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Senator Tom Connally, President Harry S. Truman, Major General Harry Vaughan, Captain Robert Dennison, and Mary Jane Truman.