Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962

Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts welcome Smokey Bear at his dedication ceremony at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The banner reads, "Welcome, Smokey!" Spicer Conant, 8, who accepted Smokey on behalf of the children of Washington, D.C. stands in the center wearing a striped shirt. Behind him, left, is Lyle Watts, U.S. Forest Service Chief. Behind him, right, is U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Democratic Party Senators in the Oval Office, shortly after becoming President. First row (seated): unidentified; Glen H. Taylor. Second row (kneeling): two unidentified men; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Dennis Chavez; Sheridan Downey; Warren Magnuson; and Claude Pepper. Third row: Carl Hatch; Joseph Guffey; unidentified; Allen Ellender; Kenneth McKellar; President Truman; Theodore Bilbo; Pat McCarran; Josiah Bailey; and Peter Gerry.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Democratic Party Senators in the Oval Office, shortly after becoming President. First row (seated): unidentified; Glen H. Taylor. Second row (kneeling): two unidentified men; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Dennis Chavez; Sheridan Downey; Warren Magnuson; and Claude Pepper. Third row: Carl Hatch; Joseph Guffey; unidentified; Allen Ellender; Kenneth McKellar; President Truman; Theodore Bilbo; Pat McCarran; Josiah Bailey; and Peter Gerry.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) signs the 5-cent Air Mail Bill at his desk in the Oval Office. Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan is seated at right. Standing (l-r): Congressman George D. O'Brien; John Hart of United Airlines; Senator Dennis Chavez; Senator Carl Hayden; Congressman Charles E. McKenzie; Congressman John C. Butler; and Frank J. Delany of the Post Office Department.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, center) signs the 5-cent Air Mail Bill in the Oval Office. Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan is seated at right. Also pictured (l-r): Congressman George D. O'Brien; John Hart of United Airlines; Senator Dennis Chavez; Senator Carl Hayden; Congressman Charles E. McKenzie; Congressman John C. Butler; Frank J. Delaney of the Post Office Department; C.E. Fleming of Transcontinental and Western Air; Emery F. Johnson of the Air Transport Association; and Charles M. Knoble of Pennsylvania-Central Airlines.

Former President Harry S. Truman looks at a clipboard while Senator Dennis Chavez, a patient at the National Institute of Health, looks on. Other in the photo are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes the hand of Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico at the National Institute of Health where Senator Chavez is a patient. Harry Vaughan is standing behind them at right. The other man is unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman looks at Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico as he signs a clipboard. Harry Vaughan is standing behind them. Others are unidentified. Senator Chavez, a long-time friend of Mr. Truman, is a patient at the National Institute of Health.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes the hand of Senator Dennis Chavez, Senator from New Mexico, a long-time friend, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where Chavez is a patient.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signs S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. The four men directly behind Truman's chair are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left in striped tie), Senator Lester Hunt, Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, and Senator Dennis Chavez (holding cigar). All others are unidentified.