National Park Service

President Harry S. Truman is seated at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.

President Harry S. Truman with his Cabinet, in the rear dining room at Blair House. Seated, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; the President; Vice-President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark. Standing, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin.

Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center)] looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Georgia Clark (wife of Ramsey Clark), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Mrs. Tom Clark (Mary Ramsey), Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.

Former Attorney General Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right). President Harry S. Truman (center) watches. Standing in the background are, from left to right: unidentified woman, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Louis Johnson, remainder unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) in the Oval Office, receiving his annual pass to National Football League games from Bert Bell, Commissioner of the National Football League (center), and George P. Marshall, owner of the Washington Redskins.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with newly sworn in Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. From left to right: Justice Clark, Vice President Alben Barkley, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, President Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Tom Clark in the White House Rose Garden, on the occasion of Clark's taking the oath of office as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Associate Justice Tom 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.

Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center) looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (partly obscured), Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.

President Harry S. Truman (left) receiving his annual pass to National Football League games from Bert Bell, Commissioner of the National Football League (center), and George P. Marshall, owner of the Washington Redskins.

Tom C. Clark (foreground, left) being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (foreground, right) with President Harry S. Truman (center) looking on. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (partly obscured by Vinson), Vice-President Alben Barkley, and Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.