Senator Robert Taft and A. F. Whitney at Senate Hearing
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio (left) welcomes A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, to the Senate Labor Hearing this morning. From: Beth Gore.
Whitney, Alexander F. (Alexander Fell), 1873-1949
Photo of Alvanley Johnston (front), President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Photo of Alvanley Johnston (front), President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, leave a cab in front of the White House as they arrived for a final conference on President Truman's proposals to avert a nation-wide rail strike. From: Beth Gore.
Photo of Alvanley Johnston and A. F. Whitney addressing reporters outside the White House
Alvanley Johnston, left, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, head of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, talk to reporters following their visit to the White House when President Truman ordered government seizure of the nations railroads.
Labor Leaders, Alvanley Johnston and A. F. Whitney
No transportation problems worried the leaders of the two striking railroad unions, Alvanley Johnston, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, because they did their traveling afoot to conferences in efforts to settle their wage dispute. In the image at left, Johnston (left) and Whitney walk outdoors; at right, Whitney (left) and Johnston walk indoors. From: Beth Gore.