Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961
John A. Hannah and Frank C. Nash are being sworn into office by Ralph Stohl as Charles E. Wilson watches
At the Pentagon, John A. Hannah (left) is sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Personnel, and Frank C. Nash (second from left)is sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Ralph N. Stohl, Director of Administration, Office of the Secretary of Defense, administers the oath of office, and Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson (second from right)was present at the ceremony.
A portrait photo of Charles E. Wilson
A portrait photo of Charles E. Wilson, formerly Secretary of Defense, autographed on the border, "To Ralph N. Stohl with kindest regards C. E. Wilson 8-17-57."
Truman receiving report on Civil Rights
President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Roland B. Gittelsohn, Mrs. Sadie T. Alexander, James B. Carey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. M.E. Tilley, Channing H. Tobias, Charles Wilson, Boris Shishkin, Charles Luckman, and Francis P. Matthews.
Senator Truman at a Banquet
Senator Harry S. Truman and others at the speaker's table at the 9th Anniversary Luncheon of the National Planning Association at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. From left to right: nine unidentified men; Charles E. Wilson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; Senator Truman; H. Christian Sonne, Chairman of the National Planning Association Executive Committee; Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
Senator Truman at a Banquet
Senator Harry S. Truman and others at the 9th Anniversary Luncheon for the National Planning Association at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. From left to right: Charles E. Wilson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; Senator Truman; H. Christian Sonne, Chairman of the National Planning Association Executive Committee; Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights
Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittlesohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.
President Harry S. Truman and his National Advisory Board on Mobilization
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.
President Harry S. Truman with his Cabinet, Autographed by All
President Harry S. Truman meeting with his Cabinet, autographed by all. Pictured clockwise from bottom left corner are Charles Sawyer, Charles E. Wilson, John R. Steelman, Alben W. Barkley, W. Averell Harriman, Maurice J. Tobin, Charles F. Brannan, Jesse M. Donaldson, Robert A. Lovett, Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, John W. Snyder, J. Howard McGrath, and Oscar L. Chapman.
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson Cutting Ribbon at Ceremony
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson announces the Power for Peace Photographic exhibit official open by cutting a satin ribbon. He was accompanied by (left to right) Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson; Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Navy Chief of Information; General Nathan Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff; Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott; General of the Army Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens; and General John Hull, Vice Chief of Staff, Army.