Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet and staff at Washington National Airport, waiting for the arrival of President Truman upon his return from a Florida vacation. Foreground, from left to right: unidentified, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and Joseph Feeney, Legislative Assistant to the President.

President Harry S. Truman (back to camera) at Washington National Airport, upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Facing him are, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Legislative Assistant Joseph Feeney (in hat), and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (far right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.

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.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation declaring into effect the 12-nation North Atlantic Pact. They are in the Oval Office. Witnessing the signing are, from left to right: Sir Frederic Hoyer-Millar of the United Kingdom; Ambassador Henrik de Kauffmann of Denmark; Canadian Embassy Counselor W. D.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) showing Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (foreground, left) the inside of a book. President Truman and Secretary Johnson were in Miami for the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system. Standing, from left to right: unidentified Army officer, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (leaning on desk) General Omar Bradley (mostly obscured by Johnson), unidentified Army officer, Congressman Dewey Short, Congressman Carl Vinson, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, unidentified, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington.

President Harry S. Truman (right) is shown shaking hands with Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson as the president arrives in Miami, Florida to speak at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Standing directly in back of the two is Under Secretary of Defense Stephen T. Early. Others are unidentified. The presidential airplane, "Independence" is in background.

President Harry S. Truman is seated at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.

President Harry S. Truman with his Cabinet, in the rear dining room at Blair House. Seated, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; the President; Vice-President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark. Standing, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin.