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Harriman Sworn in as Mutual Security Director

73-3801
Accession Number
73-3801
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338958870
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Judges
Oaths
Presidential advisors
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Members - Oath of Office
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966
Sawyer, Charles, 1887-1979
Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999
Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-1992
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Cameras gather in the Oval Office around President Harry S. Truman (center), W. Averell Harriman (left), and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) as Harriman takes the oath as new director of the Mutual Security Agency. Also present in the background are Under Secretary of State James Webb (fourth from left, partly obscured), Attorney General J. Howard McGrath (fifth from left), Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (third from right), and John Steelman (second from right). All others are unidentified.

Date(s)
October 31, 1951