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Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

President Truman and Cabinet members

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise around table from left: Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming; Assistant to the President John Steelman; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George Marshall; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Truman with his Cabinet

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise at table: Secretary of Interior Julius Krug; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming; Assistant to the President John Steelman; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George Marshall; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Harry S. Truman Presents Medals of Merit

President Harry S. Truman (middle, third from the right) presenting Medal of Merit to top officials. Standing with President Truman are (from left to right) W. John Kenney, Under-Secretary of Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back row are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left); Secretary of State George Marshall (fifth from left); and Admiral William D. Leahy (sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

Truman signs U.N. Loan Bill

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a bill authorizing a $65,000,000 loan for construction of a permanent United Nations Headquarters in New York City. At the White House ceremony are, from left to right: Secretary of State George C. Marshall; Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Byron Price, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations; New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer; Representative Charles A. Eaton; Warren Austin, United States Representative to the United Nations; Senator Tom Connally; and Representative Sol Bloom.

George C. Marshall being sworn in as Secretary of State

George C. Marshall (foreground, left) is sworn in as Secretary of State by Chief Justice Fred Vinson (foreground, right) in the Oval Office as President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk) and other dignitaries watch. Along the wall, from left to right are: Secretary of War Robert Patterson (partly obscured); Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; outgoing Secretary of State James Byrnes; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; unidentified man.