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Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982

Gordon Gray being sworn in as Director of the Psychological Strategy Board

Gordon Gray ( right), former Secretary of the Army and now President of the University of North Carolina, is sworn in as Director of the new Psychological Strategy Board. President Harry S. Truman is present at the ceremony. Frank K. Sanderson (left) administers the oath. The Board was set up to coordinate the activities of all government agencies in directing nonmilitary aspects of the Cold War.

Truman Signing National Security Amendments Bill

President Harry S. Truman, seated behind his desk, distributes pens he used to sign the National Security Act Amendments bill to assembled on-lookers. From left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, unidentified, Congressman Dewey Short, Congressman Carl Vinson, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, unidentified, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Under Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, and Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews.