1960 Press Photo Robert McNamara motions James H. Douglas to chair at Pentagon

Robert S. McNamara, appointed Secretary of Defense for the new administration, motions James H. Douglas, left, acting Secretary of Defense, to a chair at a Pentagon conference yesterday. McNamara asked for the conference--held in the office he will occupy when John Kennedy takes office as President next month--to discuss transition problems. Douglas is acting head of the Defense Department while Secretary Thomas Gates is attending NATO meetings in Paris.

Photo is dated 1960.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.