International relief

Two workmen looking over a chart. Behind them is a large sign which reads "Berlin/Bautauf, ERP, ...Mit Hilfe Des Marshall-Plans."

Photo relating to Marshall Plan aid, showing a group of man holding up a sign that says "For European Recovery supplied by the United States of America."

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).

A soup kitchen for orphans in Servia, Greece. From an album, "Greece Before and After the War."

Orphaned children in Greece, looking at a cross that marks the remains of their family. From an album, "Greece Before and After the War."

President Harry S. Truman signed legislation today which authorizes $597,000,000 in emergency winter relief for France, Italy and Austria. Left to Right: Maurice Latta, Chief Clerk of the White House, and Matthew Connelly, Presidential Secretary, examining Mr. Truman's signature on the emergency aid legislation. Same as 77-315. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

Edwin Pauley is greeted by Red Cross officials at Atsugi Field, Japan. Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Two and a half year old girl in Patras, Greece who weighs 14 and a half pounds. The child was discovered by a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration worker.

Line of Austrian Orphans, in Linz, being given clothes by members of the Red Cross. The woman in front is Miss Helen Nixon, a civilian war relief worker from Holyoke, Massachusetts, who is assisting a local relief agency worker.

A Greek boy exhibiting signs of starvation. This photo was used to raise awareness of the need for food and monetary aid for Europe after World War II.