Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Louis Johnson as he returns from a Florida vacation. From left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera).

President Harry S. Truman waving to the photographer upon his arrival at the airport in Washington, D.C., following a vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background in the tweed coat is Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport, greeting some of the members of his Cabinet who met him at the airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Foreground, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport, greeting some of the members of his Cabinet who met him at the airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Foreground, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport, greeting some of the members of his Cabinet who met him at the airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Foreground, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

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.