Government commissioners

Francis B. Sayre Calling on Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon

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Francis Sayre (front row, left) calls on Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon (front row, right) at the Malacanan Palace. Second Row: Golden Bell. Third row, left to right: Charles A. Willoughby, J. Weldon Jones, and other unidentified men.

Robert W. Maxwell

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Autographed photograph of Robert W. Maxwell, a Commissioner with the Treasury Department.

President Harry S. Truman Meets with Home Owners' Loan Corporation

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President Harry S. Truman (seated) poses with officials of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) to mark their repayment of $26,000,000 to the Federal Treasury on the $200,000,000 advanced by the Government in 1933 as capitol stock. Pictured left to right: J.S. Baughman, General Manager of HOLC; J. Alston Adams, Member of the Home Loan Bank Board; Raymond Foley, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency; Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; O.K. LaRoque, member of the Home Loan Bank Board, William K.

Raymond Foley and Others Meet in Chicago

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Federal Housing and Home Finance Administrator Raymond Foley at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Seated left to right: Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, and Mayor Martin Kennelly of Chicago. Standing, left to right: Raymond Foley and Temple McFayden of the Illinois Housing Board.

Alexander Wiley with Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission

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Senator Alexander Wiley with Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission. From left to right: Philippine General Balatio Cruz; Colonel Jose Razon, Congressman James E. Van Zandt; General Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine Ambassador; Emmet O'Neal, Chairman of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission; General Eulodio Baleo, Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines; Senator Wiley; Captain Samuel G. Kelly; and Congressman Armistead Selden in the Vice-President of the United States' office.

Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission Members

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Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission gathered around proposal documents for the construction of the memorial. Emmet O'Neal, who served as a member and eventually Chairman of the commission, is seated third from the left. Also present is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (second from the left). All others are unidentified.

General Styer, Secretary Patterson and Commissioner McNutt Meet

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From left to right, United States General Wilhelm D. Styer, U.S. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines Paul V. McNutt met in McNutt's office in Manila in 1946. Donor: John Paxton

John O'Donnell Sworn In

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From left to right: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; John A. O'Donnell, Philippine War Damage Commissioner; and Mrs. John A. O'Donnell pose for a picture after O'Donnell was sworn in as Commissioner. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

John O'Donnell Swearing In

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John O'Donnell (second from right) is sworn in as a Commissioner of the Philippine War Damage Commission. Also pictured: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left); Judge Richmond B. Keech (second from left); and Joaquin M. Elizalde, Filipino Ambassador to the United States. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Chapmans at Cocktail Party

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From left to right: Rafael Pico, member of the Caribbean Commission; Mrs. Ann Chapman; Governor of Puerto Rico Jesus Pinero; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at a cocktail party at the Carlton Hotel given by Charles W. and Ruth Taussig (not pictured) for representatives of the U.S. territorial governments and members of the Caribbean Commission. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

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