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President Truman's Address at the Keel Laying of the First Atomic Energy Submarine

President Harry S. Truman's address at the keel laying of the first atomic energy submarine. The President spoke at noon at the shipyard of the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. His opening words referred to Gordon E. Dean, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Governor John Davis Lodge of Connecticut, and Dan A. Kimball, Secretary of the Navy. In the course of his remarks he referred to Senator Brien McMahon, Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, and Senator William Benton, both of Connecticut. In two parts.

President Harry S. Truman Signing an Executive Order with Members of the Atomic Energy Commission

In the presence of the Atomic Energy Commission, President Harry S. Truman signs an Executive Order that ended the wartime Manhattan Project and transferred its responsibilities to civilian authority. From left to right, Carroll Wilson, President Harry S. Truman, David Lilienthal, Sumner Pike, Colonel K.D. Nichols, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, General Leslie Groves, Lewis L. Strauss, and William W. Waymack. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.

President Harry S. Truman Following the Signing of a Joint Declaration on Atomic Energy

President Harry S. Truman meets with foreign leaders and Congressional leaders after the signing of a joint declaration on atomic energy. Seated are Prime Minister of Great Britain Clement Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Vannevar Bush, unidentified man, unidentified man mostly obscured, Congressman Charles Eaton, Senator Brien McMahon, Canadian Ambassador Lester Pearson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Congressman Sol Bloom, and Admiral William Leahy.