U.S. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. speaks during a meeting, San Francisco, California, 1945
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Photograph. U.S. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. standing at a meeting of the Steering Committee of the United Nations Conference on International Organization; many delegates are seated around him. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/6/45--UNCIO [United Nations Conference on International Organization] steering committee--This is a general view of the Steering Committee of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. U.S. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., (Background, opposite center table) presides. This committee is composed of the chairmen of all the United Nations delegations, who are attending the conference in San Francisco, California, to draw up a charter for a world security organization.--Fo Photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (A List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6570." San Francisco, California.6 June 1945