National Park Service

Floyd Dotson, Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior (left), swears in Arthur E. Demaray (center) as Director of the National Park Service. Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on.

President of France Vincent Auriol (left) receives a key to Washington, D.C. from District Commissioner John R. Young during a welcoming ceremony outside the District Building. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right), Cherry Blossom Queen Maldi Tarris (center), and her unidentified escort after the Cherry Blossom Queen pageant at the Jefferson Memorial. All others unidentified.

Attendees at the welcoming ceremony for President Auriol of France stand for the playing of the National Anthem. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet; President Harry S. Truman; President of France Vincent Auriol; District Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified man. Front row, right of podium, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol; Jane (Mrs.

President of France Vincent Auriol (at podium) speaks at a welcoming ceremony in his honor outside the District Building. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (leaning behind Barkley); Vice President Alben Barkley; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; President Harry S. Truman; District Commissioner John R. Young; and an unidentified man.

From left to right: Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet; Vice President Alben Barkley; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President of France Vincent Auriol; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; District Commissioner John R. Young; and an unidentified man at the welcoming ceremony for President Auriol outside the District Building. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President of France Vincent Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman look at an album of National Park pictures that President Truman gave to President Auriol. W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President (standing, left), looks on. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) watches as James F. Fairman (second from right) and Ken Whitaker (right) are sworn in as Deputy Administrators for the Defense Electric Power Administration. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with other unidentified persons holding his tray in the "chow line" at the mess hall during his visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

President Harry S. Truman attends the Armed Forces Day Parade. Pictured left to right are Brigadier General Morris J. Lee, United States Air Force, in charge of Armed Forces Day Parade, President Harry S. Truman, and Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to President Harry S. Truman.