Treaties

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Connally (D), shown here reading the text of the North Atlantic Pact (NATO), after which he issued a formal statement saying his Committee would give the Pact "immediate consideration after its signature." From Beth Gore

Secretary of State Dean Acheson dips his pen before signing the North Atlantic Defense Treaty as and President Harry S. Truman (standing at right) looks down. Man at left is unidentified.