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...winging east across the U.S., he was still right on schedule. But near St. Louis the weather began building up. Running into ice, the pilot headed north to Chicago, touched down at the Douglas airport just two hours and 40 minutes before General Marshall was scheduled to take the oath of office in Washington as Secretary of State...
...south as the Carolinas, there was no chance of getting to Washington on time. The ceremony was postponed until the next day. Then, in Harry Truman's White House office, in the presence of cabinet and congressional bigwigs, Chief Justice Fred Vinson was scheduled to administer the oath to General George Marshall, 48th Secretary in the line started by Thomas Jefferson...
Then, with Democrats and Republicans applanding the seldom-equalled forth-rightness of his statement, he took the oath as Secretary of State and promised to "do my best" with the vast problems crowding in upon...
...White House oath-taking ceremony a short time later, the five-star General of the Army laid aside all military regalia. He was clad in civillian clothes, as if to symbolize the peacetime problems he will so different from his wartime tasks...
...Secretaries of State at the same time. In Washington, Jimmy Byrnes had resigned, but he still carried on, in precarious health. In Honolulu, General George Catlett Marshall, his appointment already confirmed by the Senate, relaxed with his wife in an inconspicuous green cottage, awaiting orders to return for the oath of office...