Department of Agriculture

President Truman, seated, signed the National School Lunch Act, which authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assume half the expenses for school lunches in any state assuming the other half. Thus, for the first time, this program, which has run for 11 years on a year-to-year basis with no financial participation by the states, becomes a permanent part of the Department's activities. Standing left to right: Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Rep. Malcolm C. Tarver, Georgia, member of House Appropriations Committee; Sen. Richard B.

United States Department of Agriculture officials pose for photograph. Ralph R. Will is third from the left in the front row and T. Roy Reid is fifth from the left in the front row. All others are unidentified.

Portrait of Charles S. Murphy, believed to have been taken when he was Under Secretary of Agriculture. Earlier in Murphy's career he was Administrative Assistant to President Truman (1947-1950) as well as Special Counsel to the President (1950-1953)

Identification reads: "Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, left, swears in Charles Murphy, right, as Under Secretary of Agriculture, during a ceremony in Secretary Freeman's office in the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1961." Men in the background are not identified.

United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Tom C. Clark, is seen standing and speaking at a Boy Scout function, probably their Report to the Nation breakfast held in Washington, D.C. Clark is standing by the podium and wearing a name tag. Others are not identified although it appears that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson, is seated fourth from the right.

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (left) with Roger W. Fleming, Director of the Washington Office, American Farm Bureau Federation (center) and Don Parel, Assistant Director of the Washington Office, American Farm Bureau Federation (right) after Brannan was sworn into office. All other individuals are unidentified.

Portrait of the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (left) shaking hands with John H. Davis, Executive Secretary, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (right) after Brannan was sworn into office. Also present in the background is Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan.

The newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan signing a document.

Portrait of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.