President Truman and his Cabinet
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.
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
President Truman Receives Christmas Turkey
President Harry S. Truman (second from right) helps subdue a Christmas turkey which almost got away from him during a presentation ceremony at the White House. Also present is Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson. Others are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman Receives Christmas Turkey
President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a 47-pound turkey for Christmas from the National Turkey Federation. Foreground, from left to right: President Truman, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Trever L. Jones, Director of the National Turkey Federation, and Albert E. Matlack, President of the National Turkey Federation. All others are unidentified.
Secretary of Commerce Swearing-In
W. Averell Harriman is sworn in as Secretary of Commerce. Front row (l-r): W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson. Second row, left to right: Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (partly obscured); Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified; Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson.
Secretary of Commerce Swearing-In Ceremony
Onlookers applaud W. Averell Harriman at the ceremony swearing him in as Secretary of Commerce. Pictured (l-r): Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug; Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Attorney General Tom Clark; Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson.
Secretary of Agriculture Swearing-In
Clinton P. Anderson swears in as Secretary of Agriculture. Pictured (l-r): Henrietta (Mrs. Clinton P.) Anderson; Nancy Anderson; Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.
Postmaster General Swearing-In Ceremony
Robert E. Hannegan (center, left) is sworn in as Postmaster General by Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (center, right), as daughter Sally Hannegan (center, behind podium) looks on. Also present are, from left to right: son William Hannegan, daughter Patricia Hannegan, son Robert E. Hannegan, Jr., Irma (Mrs. Robert) Hannegan, Attorney General Tom Clark (behind Hannegan, wearing bow tie), Clinton Anderson (behind Justice Rutledge), and outgoing Postmaster General Frank Walker (right). All others unidentified.
Truman Addresses Joint Session of Congress
President Harry S. Truman speaks to a joint session of Congress regarding wage and price controls. Seated front row, left to right: Senator Elmer Thomas; Senator Claude Pepper; Senator George Aiken; Senator Elbert Thomas; Senator Homer Capehart; Senator Bourke Hickenlooper; Senator Homer Ferguson; Senator Clyde Reed; Senator Kenneth Wherry; Senator Robert Taft; Senator Alben Barkley; Senator Wallace White; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Attorney General Tom Clark; Postmaster General Robert E.
Truman and Advisors at the Capitol
President Harry S. Truman stands outside the Capitol after addressing a joint session of Congress. Front row (l-r): Secretary of State George C. Marshall; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Press Secretary Charles Ross.
Truman Signing Bill for Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signs S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. The four men directly behind Truman's chair are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left in striped tie), Senator Lester Hunt, Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, and Senator Dennis Chavez (holding cigar). All others are unidentified.