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Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982

Truman and Cabinet discussing Japanese Surrender

President Harry S. Truman meeting with his Cabinet to discuss the Japanese Surrender to end World War II. Around the table, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H.

Straus Sworn In as Assistant Secretary

From left to right: Michael Straus, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Abe Fortas, Under Secretary of the Interior; and Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior pose for a picture after Straus' swearing in as Assistant Secretary. Photo is autographed at the bottom by Straus, Ickes, and Fortas. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Cabinet Members and Others at the White House

Cabinet members and others meet at the White House. From left to right, around the table: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; John Blandford, Jr. of the National Housing Agency; Julius Krug of the War Production Board; John Snyder of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; William H. Davis of the Office of Economic Stabilization; Leo T. Crowley of the Foreign Economic Administration; Secretary of Commerce Henry A.