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

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with both former Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (foreground, left) and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (right) in St. Louis, Missouri, just prior to the 1948 presidential election. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with both former Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder in St. Louis, Missouri, just prior to the 1948 presidential election.

President Harry S. Truman (center), Mrs. Bess Truman (foreground, second from left) and Margaret Truman (foreground, left) greet Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (foreground, second from right) and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (foreground, right), upon their arrival at Washington National Airport. In the background on the far left are Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and Mrs. Evlyn Snyder. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder is shown standing on platform during a meeting of the Savings Bonds held in New York.

John W. Snyder, standing, speaks at a Savings Bond Program aboard the U. S. S. Constitution in the Boston harbor. All others are unidentified. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Carter T. Barron, right, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission, at a ceremony in Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder's (left) office, presents the Missouri Scroll to an unidentified man (center). From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Dais of guests at Testimonial Dinner for Attorney General James Howard McGrath at the Commodore Hotel in New York, New York. Left to right: Federal Trade Commissioner James M. Mead, Hon. Generoso Pope, Jr., General of the Army Mark W. Clark, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, Judge Paul Rao of the U.S. Customs Court, Mr. Irving Geist, boy unidentified, Attorney General James McGrath (partially obscured). See also 61-160-01.

Shown left to right at the Testimonial Dinner in honor of Hon. J. Howard McGrath, given by Col. Francis Vigo Post #1093 American Legion, at Hotel Commodore, New York City, are Gen. Mark W. Clark, John W. Snyder, and Judge Paul Rao.

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (left) laughs with an unidentified man during a light moment. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder shown as he tells the Senate Finance Committee that "increased disturbances to world peace" presumably spread of the Korean War, would make it necessary to boost instead of reduce taxes.