Vice-Presidents

Attendees at the welcoming ceremony for President Auriol of France stand for the playing of the National Anthem. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet; President Harry S. Truman; President of France Vincent Auriol; District Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified man. Front row, right of podium, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol; Jane (Mrs.

President of France Vincent Auriol (at podium) speaks at a welcoming ceremony in his honor outside the District Building. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (leaning behind Barkley); Vice President Alben Barkley; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; President Harry S. Truman; District Commissioner John R. Young; and an unidentified man.

From left to right: Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet; Vice President Alben Barkley; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President of France Vincent Auriol; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; District Commissioner John R. Young; and an unidentified man at the welcoming ceremony for President Auriol outside the District Building. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley during the Inaugural parade, January 20, 1949.

Vice President Alben Barkley (left) and Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley (right) with an unidentified girl at the "I Am An American" Day program which took place in front of the United States Capitol Building.

From left to right: Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; and Vice President Alben Barkley at a Brotherhood dinner in honor of Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the Mayflower Hotel. The dinner was sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Man in background unidentified.

Vice President Alben Barkley (at podium) speaks during a Brotherhood dinner in honor of Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C. Also pictured: Chief Justice Fred Vinson (left); and Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley (right). The dinner was sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Man in background unidentified.

Vice President Alben Barkley (behind podium, left) is sworn in by Justice Stanley F. Reed (behind podium, right), of the Supreme Court of the United States, during the inauguration. Standing behind Vice President Barkley is Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. Next to Justice Vinson on the left is President Harry S. Truman. All others are unidentified.

Vice President Alben Barkley speaks during the "I Am An American" Day program in front of the United States Capitol. All others unidentified.

Vice President Alben Barkley (second from right) and Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley (right) with an unidentified man and girl at the "I Am An American" Day program in front of the United States Capitol.