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 Portrait Artist: C.J. Fox
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Tenure: August 13, 1948 to January 20, 1953
From Massachusetts; served in the Massachusetts House of
Representatives, Boston School Committee; Mayor of Boston; Governor of
Massachusetts.
Appointed by Harry Truman. DOL's budget and staff were
restored and international responsibilities were strengthened, including the
building of the Labor Attache program. He made effective use of his Trade Union
Advisory Committee for International Affairs in mobilizing American unions'
support in the rebuilding of war ravaged Europe under the Marshall Plan. He
consolidated most of the widely dispersed government labor functions in DOL.
With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, an Executive Order made him
responsible for wartime labor supply; created the Defense Manpower
Administration.
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