Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949

At the White House, President Harry S. Truman signs the Foreign Aid Bill. Looking on from left to right are Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, House Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and (partially hidden at right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Foreign Assistance Act which would send $6,098,000,000 around the world to combat Communism. This bill created the European Recovery Program to implement the Marshall Plan. Standing behind President Truman from left to right are: Senator Arthur Vanderburg, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, (mostly obscured), Speaker of the House Joseph Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (behind Bloom, mostly obscured).

President Harry S. Truman meets with foreign leaders and Congressional leaders after the signing of a joint declaration on atomic energy. Seated are Prime Minister of Great Britain Clement Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Vannevar Bush, unidentified man, unidentified man mostly obscured, Congressman Charles Eaton, Senator Brien McMahon, Canadian Ambassador Lester Pearson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Congressman Sol Bloom, and Admiral William Leahy.