Legislators

Left to right: C. H. Spencer, Hungry Horse Dam construction engineer; President Harry S. Truman; and Ohio Congressman Michael J. Kirwan tour the Hungry Horse Dam outside Kalispell, Montana during a stop on President Truman's Western campaign trip. President Truman is holding a hard hat with a "hungry horse" mascot painted on the side and his name on the front.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated) signs the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, West Virginia. Standing, left to right: Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey; Thomas Kennedy, Vice President, United Mine Workers; Senator Matthew M. Neely; Congressman Harley O. Staggers; Congressman Maurice G. Burnside; Senator Harley Kilgore; and Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman signs a contract between Arkansas Power & Light, Reynolds Metals Company and the Southwestern Power Pool. Standing, left to right: Senator John McClellan; Senator William Fulbright; and Under Secretary of the Interior Richard Searles. Seated, left to right: R. R. Ritchie, Arkansas Power & Light; Walter Rice, Reynolds Metals Company; and Secretary Chapman.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Senator Owen Brewster (second from right) hold a cake for the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Interior cafeteria. Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman pictured at right. All others unidentified.

Senator Owen Brewster (left) and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman at the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Department of the Interior cafeteria.

President Harry S. Truman, his staff, and members of the Interior Insular and Public Lands Committees at a luncheon in Truman's honor at the Department of the Interior. Back side, left to right: Matthew J. Connelly, Appointments Secretary to President Truman; Senator Arthur V. Watkins; Senator Carl Hayden; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Truman; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Congressman John R. Murdock (standing); Senator Zales Ecton; and unidentified. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated, second from left), Senator Hubert Humphrey (standing, left), and unidentified others at the Minnesota Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Minneapolis.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; and Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney at a luncheon in the President's honor at the Department of the Interior. The President, members of his staff, and members of the Interior's Insular and Public Lands Committees attended the luncheon.

Left to Right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; and Senator Zales Ecton at a luncheon at the Department of the Interior in honor of President Truman. The President, his staff, and members of the Interior Insular and Public Lands Committees attended the luncheon.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) speaks during the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary of the Interior Dale Doty. On platform, left to right: Floyd Dotson, Chief Clerk, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson; Doty; Chapman; unidentified; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop; and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne. All others unidentified.