President Harry Truman signs the history-making foreign aid bill into law at a White House ceremony in Washington on April 3, 1948. Looking on from left are: Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-Mich); Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder; Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R-NJ); Sen. Tom Connally (D-Tex); Secretary of Interior Julius Krug; House Speaker Joseph W. Martin (R-Mass); and Rep. Sol Bloom (D-NY). Partly hidden in right background is Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson.