Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este, 1898-1977
Group photograph of President Truman with undersecretaries and aides of various executive departments
Dinner at the White House. Identified in the photograph: President Harry S. Truman; David K. E. Bruce; H. Freeman Matthews; Carlisle M. Humelsine; Adrian S. Fisher; John D. Hickerson; Charles E. Bohlen; John M. Allison; Howland Sargeant; Harold F. Linder; Edward H. Foley, Jr.; John S. Graham; Andrew S. Overby; Edward F. Bartlet; William W. Parsons; William C. Foster; Wilfred J. McNeil; Earl D. Johnson; Francis Shackleford; Fred Korth; Francis P. Whitehair; Herbert R. Askins; John F. Floberg; Roswell L. Gilpatric; James T. Hill, Jr.; Ross L. Malone, Jr.; A. Holmes Baldridge; James M.
President Truman Waits in a Thunderstorm for Secretary of State Acheson
Umbrella protocol is an impromptu affair tonight as President Harry S. Truman (center) waits in a thunderstorm at the Washington National airport for Secretary of State Dean Acheson to arrive from Honolulu, Hawaii. David K. Bruce, Under Secretary of State, has a ruffled parasol and Brig. Gen. Robert Landry, the President's Air Force Aide, a man sized model. Donor: Houston Press.
The swearing in of David K.E. Bruce as Assistant Secretary of Commerce
David K.E. Bruce, left, is shown being sworn in today as Assistant Secretary of Commerce by Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman. From: Beth Gore