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President Truman, seated, signed the National School Lunch Act, which authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assume half the expenses for school lunches in any state assuming the other half. Thus, for the first time, this program, which has run for 11 years on a year-to-year basis with no financial participation by the states, becomes a permanent part of the Department's activities. Standing left to right: Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Rep. Malcolm C. Tarver, Georgia, member of House Appropriations Committee; Sen. Richard B.

United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Tom C. Clark, is seen standing and speaking at a Boy Scout function, probably their Report to the Nation breakfast held in Washington, D.C. Clark is standing by the podium and wearing a name tag. Others are not identified although it appears that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson, is seated fourth from the right.