International News Photos

Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner administers the oath of office to Fred Vinson. In the background are Captain Clark Clifford, White House Naval Aide, Mrs. Roberta Dixon Vinson, and Vinson's aunt, Mrs. Belle Vinson Hughes. Vinson is being sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

President Harry S. Truman appointing Senator Warren R. Austin (right) to represent the United States on the United Nations Security Council.

President Harry S. Truman receiving Hungarian Prime Minister as others of the Hungarian Mission look on. Front row, left to right: Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy; President Truman; Deputy Prime Minister Mathais Rakosli, Deputy Prime Minister.

President Harry S. Truman signs the School Lunch Act. Present are (standing, from left to right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, Senator Allen J. Ellender, and Senator George D. Aiken.

Herbert L. Miller, White House Record clerk leaving the White House with the Anti-Strike Bill that President Harry S. Truman vetoed.

President Harry S. Truman and Eugene Meyer, President of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (right).

From left to right, Fred Vinson, President Harry S. Truman and John Snyder at the White House. Truman had announced that Vinson was his nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Snyder was his nominee to replace Vinson as Secretary of the Treasury.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and former President Hoover at the White House, after Hoover's South American Food Mission trip.

President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from Capitol Hill regarding the Railroad strike. (left to right) Senator Walter F. George and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn sit in the background.

Relatives of conscientious objectors still in prison picketing in front of the White House.