Oaths

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) congratulates Tom C. Clark (second from left) on being sworn in as Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Clark; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Vice President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

John O'Donnell (second from right) is sworn in as a Commissioner of the Philippine War Damage Commission. Also pictured: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left); Judge Richmond B. Keech (second from left); and Joaquin M. Elizalde, Filipino Ambassador to the United States. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Associate Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (second from right) swears in Oscar Chapman (left) as Under Secretary of the Interior while Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center)looks on. Man at right unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Associate Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (right) swears in Oscar Chapman (left) as Under Secretary of the Interior while Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman after Chapman's swearing-in ceremony. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman after Chapman's swearing-in ceremony. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Associate Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (right) swears in Oscar Chapman (left) as Under Secretary of the Interior while Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Associate Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (right) swears in Oscar Chapman (left) as Under Secretary of the Interior while Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Associate Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (right) swears in Oscar Chapman (left) as Under Secretary of the Interior while Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Associate Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (right) swears in Oscar Chapman (left) as Under Secretary of the Interior as Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook