Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985

President Harry S. Truman (right) returns to Washington and is greeted by Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (center).

Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (extreme left) and Albert K. Chow examining "The Young China Newspaper."

George C. Marshall (center) shaking hands with Senator Tom Connally. Senator Arthur Vandenberg (left), President Harry S. Truman and James Byrnes are in the foreground. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder is in the background between President Truman and James Byrnes.

John Snyder speaking, with President Harry S. Truman in the background. Snyder had just been sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury.

Chief Justice Fred Vinson shaking hands with John Snyder, with President Harry S. Truman in the background. Snyder had just been sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury.

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 endorses a loan to the United Kingdom. From left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, President Truman, unidentified man, possibly O. Max Gardner.

George C. Marshall takes the oath of office to become Secretary of State. In the foreground is (left to right) George C. Marshall and Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. In the background, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Attorney General Tom Clark, President Harry S. Truman, General Walter Bedell Smith, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, unidentified photographer, James Byrnes, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach.

President Harry S. Truman confers with the Reconversion Advisory Board on the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. From left to right, front row: John Snyder, Anna M. Rosenberg, President Truman, Eric A. Johnston, Albert Goss. Back row, left to right: Edward P. Felker, T.C. Cashen, Edward A. O'Neal, Chester Davis, and Nathaniel Dyke, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet. From L to R: Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Labor, Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Commerce, W. Averell Harriman; Secretary of Interior, Julius Krug; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War, Robert Patterson; Secretary of State, George C. Marshall; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal.