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Shown is Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, checking the map in his office at the Treasury Building on Russian progress in their drive towards Berlin. The map is kept up to date daily by his staff. From: Beth Gore

Retiring Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau bidding goodbye to Treasury employees. He is shown shaking hands with Betty Gibson of Fredonia, Kansas. From: Beth Gore

Russian Foreign Commissar V.M. Molotov (right) leaving the White House with Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius after a second conference with President Harry S. Truman. From: Beth Gore

Russian Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov (right) is shown at the Washington Airport being greeted by Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr.(left). Russian Ambassador to the United States, Andrei A. Gromyko, is in the center. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman with Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov at the White House. This was the first meeting between the Chief Executive and a top Soviet official since the Potsdam Conference. Molotov was in Washington to attend a Soviet Embassy party. From: Beth Gore

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles, taken at his press conference. where he spoke in favor of Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

The body of Vice Admiral John S. McCain, who died on the coast of "battle fatigue" after returning to this country from carrier aircraft work in the Pacific, is lowered to the ground at Washington National Airport after an air trip from California. Funeral services were held this date and burial was in Arlington National Cemetery. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Alvanley Johnston (front), President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, leave a cab in front of the White House as they arrived for a final conference on President Truman's proposals to avert a nation-wide rail strike. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles, taken at his press conference, where he spoke in favor of Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles taken at his press conference speaking in favor of the Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.