Speeches, addresses, etc.

Father Gargan gives a speech at the Brotherhood Week meeting in the Department of the Interior Auditorium. Also pictured, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated, left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

An unidentified man speaks during the National Brotherhood Week meeting in the Department of the Interior Auditorium. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaks during a Brotherhood Week meeting in the Department of the Interior Auditorium. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) gives a speech during the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) gives a speech during the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) gives a speech during the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony south of the White House in Washington, D.C. Others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Oscar Chapman (at microphone) addresses the crowd in the Department of Interior Auditorium after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. Seated on stage, left to right: unidentified; Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (mostly obscured); Julius A. Krug, former Secretary of the Interior; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; Ann Chapman; unidentified. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman addresses the Sergeant Major Conference for the United States Army Seventh Corps, held in Stuttgart, Germany. Forty-nine Sergeants Major attended the Conference representing more than one-thousand years of service.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman speaks during the Assumption of Command Ceremony at Stutt-Moehringen, Germany where he assumed command of the United States 7th Army Corps. Others in the background are unidentified.

Major General Louis W. Truman at podium, officially opens the 6th United States Army Rifle Matches Small Arms Schools, located at Building 1-G, Fort Lewis, Washington, Marksmanship Headquarters. Seated in the rear are: (L-R) Colonel William R. Donaldson, Match Executive Officer and Commander of the 1st Brigade, 8th Infantry and Captain Albert R. Moses, 8th Infantry Small Arms School Director.