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President Harry S. Truman Signs Foreign Aid Bill

64-297
Accession Number
64-297
7 x 9 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343791125
Related Collection
Democratic National Committee Records
Keywords
Cabinet officers
International relations
International relief
Legislation
Legislators
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Signing - Documents - Foreign Assistance Act; Marshall Plan
People Pictured
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Eaton, Charles A. (Charles Aubrey), 1868-1953
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
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Acme Newspictures

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Foreign Assistance Act which would send $6,098,000,000 around the world to combat Communism. This bill created the European Recovery Program to implement the Marshall Plan. Standing behind President Truman from left to right are: Senator Arthur Vanderburg, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, (mostly obscured), Speaker of the House Joseph Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (behind Bloom, mostly obscured).
Date(s)
April 3, 1948