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Biddle, Francis B. (Francis Beverley), 1886-1968

Judges of the International Military Tribunal behind the bench at the Nuremberg Trials, Germany

Judges of the International Military Tribunal confer as War Crimes Trials open at Nuremberg, Germany. Passing a word with each other during the reading of the indictment are (center left) Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, presiding Judge of Britain, and (center right) former United States Attorney General Francis Biddle.

Truman taking the oath of office

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Harry S.