Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985

A foreign exchange student, Silvana Marsiglia of Italy, greets former President Harry S. Truman (left) at a luncheon honoring his 79th birthday at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Also present at the luncheon is former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (seated, third from the left, wearing glasses). Others in the background are unidentified.

President Truman shakes hands with Governor-elect Sidney McMath of Arkansas and Leslie L. Biffle, a native of Arkansas, when the President and other officials dropped in on the Arkansas Society State Meeting today in Washington, D.C. Left to Right; John Steelman, Assistant to the President; President Harry S. Truman; John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Governor-elect McMath; and Leslie L. Biffle, slated to become the Secretary of the Senate. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (right front), Mrs. Bess Truman, and cabinet members leave the Capitol today after the President addressed a Joint Session of the House and Senate. Left to Right: Front, Secretary of State George Marshall; Bess Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and the President. Back: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Charles Ross, Press Secretary to the President. From: Houston Post.

At the White House, President Harry S. Truman signs the Foreign Aid Bill. Looking on from left to right are Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, House Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and (partially hidden at right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman is in view in the center of the photograph, shown arriving at Lawson Air Force Base, Georgia. Others in view include: Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, second from the right; John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, directly behind Truman; and General Harry H. Vaughn in uniform behind Truman to the left. Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin is standing behind Snyder. Also visible is a partial view of the presidential airplane, "The Independence." Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S.

President Harry S. Truman poses today with members of the cabinet at the White House. Left to right around the table: Charles Sawyer, commerce; John R. Steelman, assistant to president; Henry H. Fowler, defense mobilizer; W. Averell Harriman, Mutual Security Director; Maurice Tobin, labor; Charles Brannan, agriculture, Jesse Donaldson, Postmaster General; Robert Lovett, defense; Dean Acheson, state; President Truman; John Snyder, treasury; James McGranary, Attorney General; Oscar Chapman, interior. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is in a pleasant mood this morning, attending a budget seminar at which reporters received an advance briefing on the federal budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. With him are Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (left) and Frederick J. Lawton (right), director of the Bureau of the Budget. The President holds a copy of the bulky document which will be made public tomorrow. From: Houston Post.

Former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder holds Clifton Truman Daniel, the first grandson of former president Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left) smiling as he rides in a open car from his hotel to the Stockyards Inn, adjacent to Chicago's International Amphitheater where the Democratic Convention is in session attempting to name a party presidential nominee. With him are Treasury Secretary John Snyder (center) and Mayor Martin Kennelly of Chicago.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's family are gathered at the Democratic National Convention. Front row from left to right are: Mary Jane Truman and J. Vivian Truman. Standing are General Ralph Truman, and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.