Truman Signing Bill for Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office signing S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as Interior Secretary Julius Krug and members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. Secretary Krug is the man in the striped tie standing in front of the flag, behind President Truman. Arizona Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson is the man in the background directly behind President Truman, wearing glasses.