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

Standing in the backyard of Mr. Truman's home at 219 N. Delaware in Independence, Missouri, with drink in hand, former Secretary of Treasury John Snyder (center) speaks with former President Harry S. Truman and former European Theater Chaplain, Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan (left). The men are relaxing after attending dedication ceremonies for the new Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. From: Truman Library Dedication.

President Truman with his Cabinet during a Cabinet meeting. Left to right, clockwise around table: Clinton P. Anderson, Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Averell Harriman, Julius Krug, Robert E. Hannegan, Robert Patterson, George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, John W. Snyder, Tom Clark, and James Forrestal.

President Truman with his cabinet during a meeting in the Cabinet Room.

Formal portrait of President Truman and his Cabinet. Left to Right: Louis Johnson, Dean Acheson, the President, Vice President Barkley, John Snyder, Tom Clark. Second Row - Left to Right - Julius Krug, Jesse Donaldson, Charles Brannan, Charles Sawyer, and Maurice Tobin.

President Truman and his party on the deck of the U.S.S. Williamsburg during a cruise off the New England coast. From left to right: unidentified, John Snyder, Ted Marks, President Harry S. Truman, Matthew Connelly, Gen. Harry Vaughan, Charles Ross, and Clark Clifford (partially obscured).

This trio holds the strings in postwar housing and reconversion, left to right: John Blandford, Administrator, National Housing Agency; Wilson Wyatt, Housing Expediter; John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. From: Beth Gore

John W. Snyder, RFC Director, taking the oath of office as War Mobilization and Reconversion Director, replacing Fred M. Vinson, who had just become Secretary of the Treasury. Left to Right: John Snyder, Fred Vinson, and Chief Justice Lawrence Groner of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder as he explained the President's tax program to the House Ways and Means Committee. The proposal was to cut excise taxes $655,000,000 a year, but to boost business, estate, and gift taxes to give the Government an actual net increase of $1,000,000,000 in new revenue. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder after he put his signature on a check for $7,500,000,000, the largest ever drawn on the United States Treasury. Actually, the money stayed in the Government, passing from the Unemployment Trust Fund to the Bureau of Accounts for investment in the new Treasury short-term certificates. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder appearing before the House Banking and Currency Committee, saying that the Republican program for halting inflation will not do the job. Mr. Snyder said the measures recommended by the GOP were necessary, but were only part of an overall program that should be approved if the inflationary spiral was to be halted. From: Beth Gore