Oaths

Left to Right: Associate Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, Richard C. Patterson, taking oath of office as Ambassador to Switzerland, and Under Secretary of State James E. Webb.

Left to Right: Associate Supreme Court Justice Stanley F. Reed, Richard C. Patterson, and Under Secretary of State James E. Webb. Justice Reed had just administered the oath of office to the new Ambassador to Switzerland Richard C. Patterson.

Frank K. Sanderson (left) administers the oath to an unidentified man while John R. Steelman (right) looks on. The exact date and occasion are not known.

Vice President Harry S. Truman (glasses, right) raises his hand as he takes oath of office from his predecessor, Henry A. Wallace (left), on the South Portico of the White House. Others in photo are from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy (mostly obscured by Wallace); unidentified Secret Service personnel; unidentified Navy Officer; Colonel James Roosevelt; and Major General Edwin M. Watson.

Housing and Home Finance Agency Administrator Raymond Foley (right) is sworn into office.

Dillard Lasseter is taking the oath of office when he was appointed head of the Farmer's Home Administration. From left to right: Dillard Lasseter, unidentified, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson.

Unidentified group of men and women at a swearing-in ceremony, possibly somewhere in the Philippines.

Stanley Andrews is sworn in as the head of the Technical Cooperation Administration. From left to right: Stanley Andrews; William Simmons, State Department Chief of Protocol; and Dean Acheson, Secretary of State.

George W. Taylor (left) is sworn in as the Chairman of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Advisory Board by Frank K. Sanderson (right )of the White House Administrative Staff while John R. Steelman (center) looks on.

Emma (Mrs. John) Steelman (right) smiles at the camera as her husband, John R. Steelman (third from left) shakes hands with President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and an unidentified man after being sworn in as the Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Others are unidentified.