Harris & Ewing

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman urged the Congress to grant statehood to Alaska to make her ties with the union stronger "in this period of the Cold War".

General Clifton B. Cates, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, telling the House Armed Services Committee that the Army General Staff has dealt "A severe and telling blow" to national security in its efforts to cripple the Corps as a fighting force. He said the blow at their service was planned more than four years ago by General J. Lawton Collins, now Army Chief of Staff. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman had a distinguished English visitor today, the Dean of Canterbury. They are shown together in the President's office. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of Clarence Cannon. From: Beth Gore.

Representing the members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Erwin D. Canham (right), managing editor of the Christian Science Monitor and President of the Society is shown greeting President Harry S. Truman. From: Beth Gore.

A portrait of Lt. Col. Irene O. Galloway, was named Chief of the Women's Army Corps. Col. Galloway, who is from Carroll county, Iowa, will take over her new post on January 3, 1953. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Harry P. Cain (R. Wash.), assembled material which will enable him to talk for ten hours, if need be, against confirmation of Washington's former governor, Mon C. Wallgren, as Chairman of the National Resources Board. From: Beth Gore.

After speaking at length against the nomination of Mon C. Wallgren, Senator Harry P. Cain (R. Wash.), is shown leaving. See also photo 99-174. From: Beth Gore.

After speaking at length against the nomination of Mon C. Wallgren, Senator Harry P. Cain (R. Wash), rests his tired feet. See also photo 99-175. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes sitting at his desk, strikes a solemn pose with a clenched fist. From: Beth Gore