National Security Training Commission at swearing in ceremony, 1953

Object summary

Title: National Security Training Commission at swearing in ceremony, 1953
Object ID: GCP-00000330
Date made: 1953-08-01
Place made: United States, District of Columbia, Washington, White House
Maker: Associated Press
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

President Dwight D. Eisenhower holds the Bible as Warren H. Atherton, Karl Taylor Compton, and Julius Ochs Adler are sworn in by Frank K. Sanderson as part of the National Security Training Commission. Stamp on verso reads "Aug 3 1953". Original Credit Line: Associated Press.

Original Caption: "Washington, Aug. 1--President Holds Bible During Ceremony--President Eisenhower, seemingly preoccupied with problems of state, holds the Bible as an aide today administers the oath of office to three members of the National Security Training Commission, a group set up to study the problem of universal military training. Left to right: Warren H. Atherton of Stockton, Calif.; Dr. Karl T. Compton of Boston; Eisenhower; Julius Ochs Adler of New York, chairman, and Frank K. Sanderson of the White House staff, who administers the oath."