THIS PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington D.C., shows President Truman signing the Act granting United States citizenship and a representative Government to the people of Guam. At “the same time, United States relations with the Pacific island were transferred from military to civilian administration. Looking on as the President signs the Act are (left to right): Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, of Wyoming; Mr Carlos Taitano Guam legislative representative; Mr Harold Seidman, of the United States Bureau of the Budget; Secretary of the United States Navy Mr Francis P. Matthews; Senator Clinton P. Anderson, of New Mexico; Secretary of the Interior, Mr Oscar L. Chapman; and Senator Hugh Butler, of Nebraska.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1950, Page 2
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112THIS PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington D.C., shows President Truman signing the Act granting United States citizenship and a representative Government to the people of Guam. At “the same time, United States relations with the Pacific island were transferred from military to civilian administration. Looking on as the President signs the Act are (left to right): Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, of Wyoming; Mr Carlos Taitano Guam legislative representative; Mr Harold Seidman, of the United States Bureau of the Budget; Secretary of the United States Navy Mr Francis P. Matthews; Senator Clinton P. Anderson, of New Mexico; Secretary of the Interior, Mr Oscar L. Chapman; and Senator Hugh Butler, of Nebraska. Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1950, Page 2
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