Brannan, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1903-1992

President Harry S. Truman with Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan in the oval office of the White House. A similar photo appears on Page 112 of the book "Mr. President", published in 1952, by William Hillman. (See 77-4133). From: Papers of William Hillman, "Mr. President" file, Box 2 - Loose Dummy (2 of 2).

Formal portrait of President Truman and his Cabinet. Left to Right: Louis Johnson, Dean Acheson, the President, Vice President Barkley, John Snyder, Tom Clark. Second Row - Left to Right - Julius Krug, Jesse Donaldson, Charles Brannan, Charles Sawyer, and Maurice Tobin.

Cabinet members leaving the White House. Left to Right: Donaldson, Snyder, Barkley, Clark, Acheson and Brannan. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Official Cabinet photograph with autographs. Left to Right: Krug, Sawyer, Barkley, Tobin, Brannan, Donaldson, Forrestal, Acheson, Truman, Snyder and Clark. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress. Prime Minister Winston Churchill (upper left-center) holds a text of the speech as he sits in the front row of the balcony. Seated directly in front of the President are members of his cabinet. From left: Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin, Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett, Treasury Secretary John W.

Agricultural Secretary Charles F. Brannan opens his campaign for Congressional approval of the "Brannan Plan" by asking for authority to make direct payments to hog producers. He is pictured here as he testifies before a Senate Agricultural Committee. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan tells members of the House Agriculture Committee that the cost of his new farm program cannot be stated because it depends on too many "imponderables". He denied the assertion of some Republican members that the program is a scheme to regiment farmers and share-the-wealth. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan tells Congress how his proposed farm program could result in lower prices for consumers on milk, meat, eggs, and potatoes, and still hold farm income up. He is shown here as he testifies before the House Agricultural Committee. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan signs, for the United States, an international agreement to stabilize wheat trade. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan signs for the United States an international agreement to stabilize wheat trade. The pact was signed by more that half of the nations in attendance and the other nations are scheduled to sign within the next three weeks From: Beth Gore