Abbie Rowe

Members of the Council of Economic Advisers and White House staff members working on the President's Midyear Economic Report in the Cabinet Room. From left to right: Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to the President; David E. Bell, Special Assistant in the White House Office; Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; Robert C. Turner, consultant on the White House staff; Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; and John D. Clark, member of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Members of the Council of Economic Advisers and White House staff members working on the President's Midyear Economic Report in the Cabinet Room. From left to right: Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to the President; David E. Bell, Special Assistant in the White House Office; Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; Robert C. Turner, consultant on the White House staff; Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; and John D. Clark, member of the Council of Economic Advisers.

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, receiving a gold membership card in the American Guild of Variety Artists, with Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois (third from left), Lorraine Rognan, and four Guild officials (Dewey Barto, Jack Irving, Jerry Baker, and Guild President Gus Van).

President Harry S. Truman (third from left) at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia with other unidentified dignitaries.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, displaying the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which he had just signed.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, receiving a gold pass to all games of the All-America Football Conference during the 1949 season. From left to right: Robert Embry of the Baltimore Colts; President Truman; Commodore O. O. Kessing, Commissioner of the All-America Football Conference; and Walter Driskill, President and General Manager of the Baltimore Colts.

President Harry S. Truman smiles and points to his watch upon arrival in Miami, Florida. He traveled to Miami aboard the presidential airplane, "The Independence," to deliver a speech at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, seated behind his desk, distributes pens he used to sign the National Security Act Amendments bill to assembled on-lookers. From left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, unidentified, Congressman Dewey Short, Congressman Carl Vinson, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, unidentified, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Under Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, and Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews.

President Harry S. Truman smiling and pointing to his watch upon his arrival in Miami. He traveled to Miami to deliver a speech at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The bottom of the photo is inscribed by President Truman: "To Abbie Rowe, a good, careful "one more club" member with kindest regards. Harry S. Truman."