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President Truman and his Cabinet

96-434-02
Accession Number
96-434-02
8-1/2x13 inches
Black & White

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Description

President Harry S. Truman, photographed for the first time with his Cabinet and heads of government agencies, holds his first Cabinet meeting following the Tri-Partite (Potsdam) Conference of Berlin. Clockwise are Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, National Housing Administrator John Blandford, War Production Board head Julius Krug, War Mobilization Director John Snyder, Director of Economic Stabilization William Davis, Foreign Economics Administrator Leo Crowley, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Undersecretary of Interior Abe Fortas, who sat in for Secretary Ickes, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, President Truman, Secretary of Treasury Fred Vinson, Attorney General Tom Clark and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. Similar to 96-434-01 and 69-61. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Date(s)
August 10, 1945