Harris & Ewing

Photo of Henry F. Grady being sworn in as the first United States Ambassador to India. Left to right, Stanley F. Woodward, Chief of Protocol of the State Department; Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Ambassador Grady. From: Beth Gore

President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla (right) of Chile is pictured with Vice President Barkley following an address he delivered in the Senate. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Bess Truman receiving a glass paperweight inscribed with the Girl Scout trefoil insignia as a gift from the 1,900,000 Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. Mrs. Truman has served as the organization's honorary president since 1945. Left to right are Susan Schnieder, 11, Washington, Lorretta Gallegos, 8, Bladensburg, Maryland, Joanna Rodman, 8, Arlington, Virginia, Marion East, 16, Falls Church, Virginia and Mrs. Truman. Lorretta and Joanna are Brownies. Susan and Marian are Girl Scouts. From: Beth Gore.

Former Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette (left) of Iowa is being sworn in as a member of the Surplus Property Board. Frank Sanderson, Administrative officer at the White House is administering the oath while War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes,(center) looks on. From: Beth Gore

President Truman received another Poppy. This one came from the American Legion and Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert of Norwich, CT, it's President, is shown making the presentation. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Senator Walter F. George (D, GA), right, discussing his bill with Senator Lister Hill of Alabama. The Senate had just passed the George Bill, divorcing from the Department of Commerce activities of certain loan agencies. From: Beth Gore.

Chairman Josiah Bailey, (D. NC), left, presented to the Senate Commerce Committee Henry A. Wallace's nomination to be Secretary of Commerce along with a bill offered by Senator Walter F. George (D. GA), right, which would strip Wallace of that job's most potent powers on grounds that he "is unfit to exercise them." From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones (left), who is fighting to keep his post as Secretary of Commerce and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, talks with Senator Walter F. George, (D.GA), at a Senate hearing. Senator George has a bill before the Senate to strip all powers over the RFC and other Federal lending agencies now in the Department of Commerce. From: Beth Gore.

King George II of Greece who was voted back on the throne by the citizens of Greece, smiles at the election results which stood 649,705 in his favor and 254,787 against. He is shown in the Greek Embassy in Upper Brook Street. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of King George II of Greece in full military dress (airbrushed photo). From: Beth Gore.