Administrative agencies

George H. Mead (left), former industry member of the War Labor Board and later member of the Decontrol Board under the Office of Price Administration Act, is shown talking with OPA Chief Paul Porter at the White House. From: Beth Gore

Photo of the press conference of Office of Price Administration Chief Paul Porter, shown at the table in the background at OPA headquarters. From: Beth Gore.

OPA Administrator Paul A. Porter told a news conference that the OPA would do its best to push any soaring rent and price ceilings back to the June 30, 1946, level as soon as Congress restores controls. From: Beth Gore.

Office of Price Administration Administrator Paul Porter testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee that if price lines can be held another 12 months the danger of crippling inflation will be past. Porter urged Congress not to force OPA "to default in the last round" by weakening the price control structure. From: Beth Gore.

Paul Porter (left), Office of Price Administration chief, and Chester Bowles, former OPA head and new Office of Economic Stabilization Chief, wish each other luck at their joint press conference. Bowles urged the people of the nation to "back the President to the hilt in his courageous fight to protect the nation from the grave economic dangers we face." From: Beth Gore.

Picture of Paul Porter, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. From: Beth Gore.

Edwin W. Pauley, who was named the American member of the Allied Reparations Commission, is shown taking the oath of office, as administered by Associate Justice William O. Douglas, at the White House. President Harry S. Truman is in the center of the picture. From: Beth Gore

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles, taken at his press conference. where he spoke in favor of Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles, taken at his press conference, where he spoke in favor of Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles taken at his press conference speaking in favor of the Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.