New York Property within Headquarters Site Is Turned over to United Nations

William O'Dwyer, right, Mayor of the City of New York, presenting to Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the U.N., the deed conveying to the U.N. all New York City property within the United Nations permanent headquarters site along the East River and Manhattan, during ceremony held on a city playground located within the site area.
Seen at extreme left are Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and Colonel William Roy Hodgson, Acting Australian representative on the U. N. Trusteeship Council.