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Laws, Bolitha (Bolitha James), 1891-1958

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office with members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony. From left to right: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.; unidentified man (behind Firestone); Mrs. Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Chairman of the Commission, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; President Truman; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverend Emmet M.

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office with members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony. From left to right: unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; President Truman; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown.

President Harry S. Truman At Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: Miss Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath); Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: Miss Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath); Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

President Harry S. Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office with members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony. From left to right: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.; Mrs. Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man (behind Mrs. Strauss); Chairman of the Commission, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; President Truman; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverend Emmet M.

Truman with Trowel at Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

President Harry S. Truman (far left) uses a trowel to help place the cornerstone at the new United States Court Building in Washington, D.C. From left to right are: President Truman; unidentified man; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia. Others are unidentified.

President Truman Speaking at Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new United States Court Building in Washington, D.C. Seated in the first row behind Truman are, from left to right: unidentified man (partly obscured); Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; three unidentified men; and Justice Tom Clark, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.