Speeches, addresses, etc.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) gives the address at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the south lawn of the White House. Also pictured: S. L. Frost, American Forestry Association (left); and Dr. Paul F. Douglass, President, American University (center). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

Members of the Cabinet and others attend President Truman's Address to the Nation on the Korean situation in the White House. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman getting ready to address the Nation on the Korean situation from the White House. From: Oscar Chapman Papers

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaks to the Washington Chapter of the American Friends of the Hebrew University at the home of Colonel M. Robert and Rebecca "Polly" Guggenheim. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (left) responds to President Harry S. Truman's (right) welcoming remarks at Washington National Airport. President Truman's airplane, The Independence, is in the background. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaks to the Washington Chapter of the American Friends of the Hebrew University at the home of Colonel M. Robert and Rebecca "Polly" Guggenheim. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) delivers the Address of the Day at the 85th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Also pictured: Senator Francis J. Myers (left); Joseph J. Lawler, Third Assistant Postmaster General (second from right); and John D. Lippy, Jr., author and Vice President of the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania (right). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaks at the American Petroleum Institute meeting in Chicago. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Lawyer Bartley Crum (left) and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) at an American Christian Palestine Committee luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., in honor of Mr. Crum. Man in foreground is unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook