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WWII - 1944, USA Homefront: Personalities In The News - State Dept. Aides Sworn In. 20Dec44

Reel Number: 220468-76

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: USA

Location: Washington, DC

TC Begins: 02:39:50

TC Ends: 02:40:44

Duration: 00:00:54

WWII - 1944, USA Homefront: Personalities In The News - State Dept. Aides Sworn In. 20Dec44 Intertitle: Personalities In The News - State Dept. Aides Sworn In 02:39:59 Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed swearing in Joseph C. Grew as Under Secretary of State. Also taking oath are Assistant Secretaries: William L. Clayton, poet Archibald MacLeish, Nelson Rockefeller, James C. Dunn. Shake hands w/ Stettinius. 02:40:22 Stettinius speaks, SOF: “I am happy to welcome you into the official family of the Department of State, and to express my deep appreciation of the vote of confidence which the Senate has given you & me. I’m certain that all of us here will work together w/ wholehearted determination to meet the challenging tasks that lie ahead. WW2; Swearing In; Government Officials; 1940s;

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