Harris & Ewing

Henry A. Wallace (right) is greeted by Rep. Sol Bloom, New York, left, and Chairman Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey, as the hearing before House Foreign Affairs got underway this morning. From: Beth Gore.

Henry A. Wallace isn't taking the loss of a Cabinet post too seriously, it would seem here. Photo shows the ex-Secretary of Commerce relaxing in his office shortly after the exchange of letters with President Truman this morning. From: Beth Gore

The outgoing mailbox in the foreground of Henry A. Wallace's desk formed a fitting setting for this picture of the "retiring" Secretary of Commerce, who is shown reading his letter to President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

Harris and Ewing cameramen caught Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, in these photo studies of his moods, at the White House late this afternoon following his two and a half hour conference with President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Wallace promised the President not to make any public statements or speeches until after the Paris Conferences end. From: Beth Gore.

The Committee on Atomic Information opened an exhibit at the Department of Commerce late this afternoon. Shown here at the exhibit are Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace (right) and Edward U. Condon, Director of the Bureau of Standards. From: Beth Gore.

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, now Secretary of Commerce, came to the Senate today as a witness before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. He is shown here discussing the bill on jobs for all. From: Beth Gore.

Air-minded Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace is shown in the cockpit of a training plane at the National Airport in Washington. From: Beth Gore.

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, left, was sworn in as Secretary of Commerce today. Photo shows him signing the official papers as Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, right, who swore in Wallace, looks on. From: Beth Gore.

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace sits on table while talking to newsmen following this morning's hearing on his appointment as Secretary of Commerce by President Roosevelt. From: Beth Gore.

General Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Bataan, today received the Philippine Medal for Valor in a ceremony at the Philippine Embassy. Ambassador Joaquin Elizalde presented the Medal on behalf of President Manuel Roxas of the Philippine Republic. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson looks on, right. From: Beth Gore. From: Beth Gore.