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General view of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee addressing Congress at a joint session this noon when he told members that civilization can survive the Atomic Bomb only if the nations accept the Christian principle of man's brotherhood. From: Beth Gore.

An informal photo of Mrs. Eugenie Anderson as she arrived to be sworn in tomorrow as Ambassador to Denmark. She will be the nation's first woman Ambassador. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman and a member of his cabinet, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, matched five dollar bills this morning at the White House to see who would pay for the first sheet of the 39th Annual Christmas Seals of the National Tuberculosis Association. The Secretary was at one time engaged in tuberculosis control work and served as executive of the New Mexico Tuberculosis Association in 1919. President Truman lost the match. From: Beth Gore

George V. Allen (center) today took the oath of office as Assistant Secretary of State. The oath was administered by Marvin Will, Chief of the Foreign Service Personnel, while acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett (at left) looks on. From: Beth Gore.

George V. Allen today took the oath as United States Ambassador to Iran in ceremonies at the State Department. Left to right, Marvin Will of the Foreign Service Department of State, Mrs. Katharine Allen, Ambassador Allen and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore

Most recent photograph of George E. Allen, one of President Truman's closest associates, who has been named director of RFC. From: Beth Gore

Viscount Alexander, the Governor General of Canada, and Viscountess Alexander, with Secretary of State George C. Marshall, right, as they arrived at Union Station this afternoon. From: Beth Gore.

In the Oval Office at the White House, President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the document authorizing the participation of the United States in the International Exposition for the Bicentennial of the founding of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Standing from left to right are: Rene Colimon, 1st Secretary of the Haitian Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Jules Domond, Commercial Attache at the Haitian Embassy; and Melvin Hildreth, President of the Democratic Party of Washington, D.C. From: Pierre Edouard Domond, Courtesy of the Chantal Domond Prints and Photographs Collection

Photo of United States map of President Harry S. Truman's 1948 Whistle Stop Tour, with ribbons and pins marking the route and stops on the tour.

Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson today offered "to stake my life and my reputation" in opposition to charges of Communism brought against Herbert S. Marks, General Counsel of the Atomic Energy Commission. Acheson, in an appearance before the Senate Atomic Committee, defended Mark's appointment to the post. He recounted his two years of close relations with Marks, who served as his assistant in the State Department. From: Beth Gore