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Charles F. Brannan (right) is sworn in as Secretary of Agriculture by Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge. Mr. Brannan succeeds Clinton P. Anderson who resigned last month to run for Senator from New Mexico. From: Beth Gore.

Spruille Braden being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State in charge of American Republic Affairs. Left to right: Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Spruille Braden, and Secretary of State James Byrnes. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman gives a speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington D.C. Pictured at the table are (L to R) Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr., Governor John S. Fine (Pennsylvania), Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen, Brig. Gen. Robert B. Landry (Presidential Aide), President Truman (center), Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan (Military Aide to the President), Omar B. Ketchum (VFW National Legislative Director), and Hon. Tom Clark (Associate Justice, Supreme Court). Sent to President Truman by Omar Ketchum.

Members of the Council of Economic Advisors take the oath of office in the President's office at the White House. Left to right are: Leon H. Keyserling; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman; John Davidson Clark; President Harry S. Truman; and Judge Bennett Champ Clark, who performed the ceremonies. (Similar to 99-1378 and 59-1157)

Honorable Albert A. Ridge (left), U. S. District Judge, and A. J. Granoff (right), businessman and friend of former President Harry S. Truman, at a surprise poker party at the Granoff home. Former President Truman also attended this event. Donor: Loeb Granoff.

Two unidentified men with U.S. District Judge Albert A. Ridge (center), holding an illustration of George Washington at Valley Forge. The photo is autographed as follows: "To Loeb Granoff, my Friend 'Shalom' Judge Albert A. Ridge". The event is the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast in Kansas City. The artist of the illustration is Edward M. Stevenson.

Former President Harry S. Truman, wearing a big "Yes for the Charter" button, shows visitors around the Truman Library. Left to right are: Mr. Truman, Jake More (Midwest Democratic Committeeman), Adlai Stevenson, and Judge F. Ryan Duffy (Chief Justice of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals). (Similar to 59-401-1) From: Adlai Stevenson

Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (center) views the original U.S. Constitution at the Library of Congress after Constitution Day ceremonies marking the permanent sealing of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. He is accompanied by Alvin W. Kremer (left), Keeper of Collections for the Library of Congress, and an unidentified guard.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (left) look at the original document of the United States Constitution which, along with the Declaration of Independence, was permanently sealed during Constitution Day ceremonies at the Library of Congress.

From left to right, unidentified, Librarian of Congress Luther Harris Evans, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Senator Theodore F. Green, and President Harry S. Truman, hold the original United States Constitution prior to the document being permanently sealed during Constitution Day ceremonies at the Library of Congress.