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President Truman today accepted the resignation of Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson, effective the end of June. Mr. Acheson is shown here as he posed for photographs today. From: Beth Gore

Congress today opened hearings on President Truman's program to aid Greece and Turkey. Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson, left, and Rep. Charles A. Eaton, New Jersey, right, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are shown looking at the location of distressed foreign countries on a huge globe in the committee room. From: Beth Gore

Herschel Johnson, left, U.S. Deputy on the United Nations Security Council, conferred today with Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson, right, at the State Department. It was assumed that Johnson and Acheson were discussing the proper procedure to protest to the Security Council in case Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia rejects the American 48-hour ultimatum. From: Beth Gore

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee broke up in apparent disagreement today after hearing the views of Spruille Braden, newly nominated Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, on the South American situation. Chairman Connally would make no comment on the meeting or on the fate of Braden's nomination. Braden, left, is shown with Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson just before the meeting got underway. From: Beth Gore.

Latest informal photo of the new Under Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, made in his office this morning. From: Beth Gore

Archibald S. Alexander, Bernardsville, New Jersey, was today sworn in as Under Secretary of the Army by Secretary of Army Frank Pace. Left to right: Secretary Pace, Mrs. Alexander, and daughters Susan, 14, Emily, 18, and Jean, 11 look on admiringly as Mr. Alexander takes the oath. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman extends greetings to Mexican President Miguel Aleman on the portico of the White House as the two Presidents arrived there this afternoon following the parade throughout the city. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee what progress he is making in formulating a new policy on China. Acheson, center, is shown with Senator Tom Connally, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ambassador-at-Large Philip Jessup, left, who heads a three-man special committee on China Policy. From: Beth Gore

John G. Adams of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who as a Major in the Infantry has recently been discharged after three years of overseas service in six major campaigns, has been appointed director of a newly created Division of Young Republican Activities. He will assume his duties at Washington on November 1. From: Beth Gore.

Assistant Secretary of State Dean Acheson posed for this new portrait a few days ago at the State Department. From: Beth Gore