Oaths

Snapshot showing the receiving line following the swearing in of John W. Snyder (second from left) as Secretary of the Treasurer. Chief Justice Vinson stands next to the left of Snyder with Bible in hand during the receiving line. Guests in line are unidentified.

Snapshot showing the receiving line following the swearing in of John W. Snyder as Secretary of the Treasure. Chief Justice Vinson stands to left of Snyder with Bible in hand during the receiving line. Guests in line are unidentified.

A distance view of John W. Snyder (right) with hand raised as he takes the oath of office for Treasury Secretary. Chief Justice Fred Vinson (left) administers the oath while President Harry S. Truman (second from left) looks on. Other persons are unidentified, except for O. Max Gardner, Undersecretary of the Treasury, who stands behind Mr. Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman (center) looks on as Gordon Gray (right) is sworn in as director of the Psychological Strategy Board in a Cabinet Room ceremony. The oath is administered by Frank Sanderson, Administrative Officer of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) congratulates Gordon Gray upon his swearing-in as director of the Psychological Strategy Board after the Cabinet Room ceremony.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (right) administers the oath of office to an unidentified man.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan attends the swearing-in ceremony for Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing. Pictured l-r: Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Oscar Ewing; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson; Secretary of War Kenneth Royall.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left)swears in Paul Aiken (right) as Second Assistant Postmaster General at the Post Office Department.

W. Averell Harriman is sworn in as Secretary of Commerce. Front row (l-r): W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson. Second row, left to right: Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (partly obscured); Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified; Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson.

Robert E. Hannegan (left) being sworn in as Postmaster General by Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge (left). Also present is Hannegan's daughter, Sally (second from left) and Fred Vinson, Director of the Office of Mobilization and Reconversion.