Judges

Small photograph of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fred Vinson, apparently at a hearing. From: Beth Gore.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fred M. Vinson, has approved this portrait by a Harris and Ewing artist. The picture was made last week (no date on photo). From: Beth Gore.

George W. Taylor (left), who was named to succeed William H. Davis as chairman of the War Labor Board, is administered the oath of office by Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. From: Beth Gore.

John W. Snyder, RFC Director, taking the oath of office as War Mobilization and Reconversion Director, replacing Fred M. Vinson, who had just become Secretary of the Treasury. Left to Right: John Snyder, Fred Vinson, and Chief Justice Lawrence Groner of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. From: Beth Gore

John W. Snyder of St. Louis (left) being sworn in as Federal Loan Administrator. The ceremony took place at the White House with Associate Justice William O. Douglas administering the oath and President Harry S. Truman (center)looking on. From: Beth Gore

President Truman (left) and U. S. District Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach (right) of Washington, leaving the Blair House after they had lunched there. Judge Schwellenbach, an old friend of President Truman's, was said to be in line for a high Government post. They are being followed, left to right, by an unidentified Secret Service agent, agent John Walker, and General Harry Vaughan. From: Beth Gore

Mrs. Frances Perkins is shown congratulating her replacement as Secretary of Labor, Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Federal Judge Sherman Minton of Indiana, center, who performed the ceremony, looks on. From: Beth Gore.

Lewis B. Schwellenbach being sworn in as Secretary of Labor, replacing Mrs. Frances Perkins. The ceremony was held in the Secretary of the Senate's office. Left to right are Mrs. Frances Perkins, Federal Judge Sherman Minton of Indiana, and Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach. From: Beth Gore.

The new Under Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall took the oath of office in ceremonies at the Pentagon. The oath was given by Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter as Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson looked on. From: Beth Gore

Charles Ross kisses the Bible after taking the oath as Press Secretary of President Harry S. Truman. Left to right: Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge, who administered the oath; President Truman; Charles Ross; and Mrs. Ross. From: Beth Gore.