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President Harry S. Truman and his National Advisory Board on Mobilization

59-502 (untitled)
Accession Number
59-502
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
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Keywords
Labor leaders
Labor unions
Presidential advisors
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Conferences - Boards (with) - Mobilization Advisory; Truman - Dignitaries - Labor Leaders; National Advisory Board on Mobilization; Mobilization Advisory Board
People Pictured
Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Newsom, Herschel D. (Herschel David), 1905-1970
Porter, Paul Aldermandt, 1904-1975
Murray, Philip, 1886-1952
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Mead, George Houk, 1877-1963
Folsom, Marion B. (Marion Bayard), 1893-1976
Davis, William H. (William Hammatt), 1879-1964
Brooks, David William, 1901-1999
Patton, James G. (James George), 1902-1985
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Description
President Truman met with his National Advisory Board on Mobilization, a policy group in which labor is participating. Front row L-R: D. W. Brooks, Georgia, President National Council of Farm Cooperatives; C. E. Wilson, Defense Mobilizer; President Harry S. Truman; Philip Murray, President of CIO; Walter P. Reuther, President of UAW-CIO. Second row: Samuel Abbot Smith, businessman of Chelsea, Mass.; George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer of AFL; William H. Davis, New York attorney; Otto A. Seyferth, President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Claude A. Putnam, businessman of Keene, N.H. Third row: James G. Patton, Denver, President National Farmers Union; John L. O'Brien, Washington attorney; George Houk Mead, Dayton, Ohio, businessman; Paul Porter, Washington attorney; Herschel D. Newsom, Master of National Grange; and Marion B. Folsom, V.P. Donor: Dorothy Girton. Used by Democratic Digest.
Date(s)
April 9, 1951