Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; and Head of the Office of Defense Mobilization Charles E. Wilson, prior to President Truman's address to the Industry Advisory Council at the Department of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Various Cabinet members designate ride in automobiles in the Inaugural Parade for President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. In the back seat of each car, from left to right: Secretary of State designate John Foster Dulles, Secretary of the Treasury designate George Humphrey, and Secretary of Defense designate Charles E. Wilson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Most Reverend Francis J. Haas, 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.

Charles E. Wilson, President of General Motors, whose 100,000 workers have been out on strike more than two weeks for a $2-a-day wage increase, shown leaving the White House after a conference this morning with President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

President Charles E. Wilson of General Motors today condemned President Truman's proposed fact-finding legislation and called instead for a "principle-finding" board. Testifying before the Senate Labor Committee, Wilson said that any legislation intended to settle labor-management disputes should include a statement of principle under which the machinery would operate. From: Beth Gore.

With orchestra, ballet, and chorus arrayed on a two-level mechanized stage at New York Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, General Motors opened its seven-day Motorama of 1953 Saturday. In its display, GM introduced seven special cars built exclusively for the show--four with glass fiber reinforced plastic bodies. Photo shows: Harlow H. Curtice (left), Acting President of General Motors, greeting Mrs. C. E. Wilson (center), and C. E. Wilson, former GM President and Secretary of Defense designate. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, left, greets the Canadian Defense Minister, the Honorable Brooke Claxton, at the Pentagon. Secretary Wilson was host at luncheon for Mr. Claxton. From: Beth Gore.