Legislators

From left to right: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Stuart Symington, Chairman of the National Security Resources Board; Walter S. Hallanan, Chairman, National Petroleum Council; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at a National Petroleum Council meeting in the Department of the Interior conference room. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

In the old city of Algiers, Senator James Tunnell of Delaware (center) with Senator Harold Burton (Tunnell's left, wearing glasses). Major General Harry Vaughan is behind Senator Burton, partly obscured. Both Senators are members of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, popularly known as the Truman Committee. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Colorado Governor Lee Knous; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the Kiwanis Club of Denver luncheon at the Albany Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Those in background unidentified.

From left to right: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Maple T. Harl, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Charles Schoelzel, President, Kiwanis Club of Denver; and Barney Whatley at the Kiwanis Club of Denver luncheon at the Albany Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (standing) speaks to the Bureau of Reclamation's Operation and Maintenance Regional Supervisors during a conference at the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (along wall, second from left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (along wall, second from right); and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (left of O'Mahoney). All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing) speaks to the Bureau of Reclamation's Operations and Maintenance Regional Supervisors during a conference at the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (seated, right of Chapman). All others unidentified.

An unidentified man speaks to the Bureau of Reclamation's Operation and Maintenance Regional Supervisors during a conference at the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (along back wall, left); and Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (along back wall, right). All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing) speaks to the Bureau of Reclamation's Operations and Maintenance Regional Supervisors during a conference at the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (left, against wall); and Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (seated, right of Chapman). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) shakes hands with Tom C. Clark (left) after he was sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Associate Justice Clark; Vice President Alben Barkley; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Also pictured: Secretary of State Dean Acheson (background, left, behind Barkley); and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (background, right, behind Vinson, mostly obscured).