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Sawyer, Charles, 1887-1979

Cabinet Members Listen to Truman Address

Members of the Cabinet and others attend President Truman's Address to the Nation on the Korean situation in the White House. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Clark Sworn In as Associate Justice

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) congratulates Tom C. Clark (second from left) on being sworn in as Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Clark; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Vice President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

Cabinet Presents Gift to Truman

Members of the Cabinet and others present a chair to President Harry S. Truman as a gift. Pictured, foreground, left to right: Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. Back row, left to right: unidentified; Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; W. Averell Harriman, Director of Mutual Security Administration; Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman.

National Security Resources Board Meeting

Meeting of the National Security Resources Board. Seated, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; National Security Resources Board Chairman Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; and Presidential advisor Averell Harriman.

Cabinet Meeting

President Harry S. Truman with members of his Cabinet and other officials, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. From left to right around table: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Special Assistant to the President W.

Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre Dedication

Cabinet members and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre dedication in Washington's Rock Creek Park. Pictured, front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, and Margaret Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Cabinet Hears News on Korea

Members of the Cabinet and others listen to President Harry S. Truman give an address on the situation in Korea. Pictured, front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Cabinet Greets Queen of the Netherlands

President Harry S. Truman (left, back to camera) stands with Queen Juliana (right of Truman with fur coat) and Prince Bernhard Leopold (right of Juliana in military garb) as they greet members of Truman's Cabinet at Washington National Airport. Standing in line from left to right: two unidentified people; Director of Mutual Security Administration W. Averell Harriman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (shaking hands with Queen Juliana); Nell (Mrs.

Queen of Netherlands Visits

From left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Caroline (Mrs. John F.) Simmons; and Chief of Protocol John F. Simmons wait at Washington National Airport for the Queen of the Netherlands to arrive. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook