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John R. Steelman (left), producer of the television show "Battle Report - Washington" for the Truman administration, poses for a photograph with Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (right).

The National Security Resources Board is meeting in the Conference Room of the White House. Seated left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; National Security Resources Board Chairman Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Presidential Advisor Averell Harriman.

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington" gather on the set of the show. Standing from left to right are: Paul Porter, Clifford B. McManus, Charles W. Connor, James Boyd, Bruce K. Brown and Theodore A. Ayers. Leaning on the desk is Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events. John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration, is seated.

Participants in the Television program "Battle Report - Washington" pose for a photograph. Standing, from left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Raymond B. Allan, Psychological Strategy; Byron T. Shaw, Department of Agriculture; John R. Steelman, producer of the program for the Truman Administration; Ted Ayers; and Assistant Secretary of State Edward W. Barrett. David Brinkley, the NBC newscaster is seated.

Participants in the program "Battle Report - Washington" pose for a photograph. Standing, from left to right: Ted Ayers; Rommy G. Vildzius; Kenneth Wells; Willard Caldwell; John W. Gibson; David Brinkley; Ludumilla Nemec; Major General Roy H. Parker and Rommy G. Vildzius. John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration, is seated.

Ted Ayers (standing, left) talks with participants in one of "Battle Report - Washington" programs. Seated from left to right are: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; Admiral W. F. Halsey; Edwin T. Gibson, Defense Production; Eric Johnston, Economic Stabilization. Standing from left to right are: Robert McCormick, NBC Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events and John R. Steelman.

Standing, from left to right, on the set of the television program "Battle Report - Washington" are: Henry Byroade, Director German Affairs, State Department; Ted Ayers; John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration and Bill Wood. Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events is seated at the desk.

Participants in the "Battle Report - Washington" program on NBC are standing on the set. Standing, from left to right: Ted Ayers; Honorable Edward Barrett, Voice of America; John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration; Manly Fleischmann; Bill Wood and Brigadier General George Hamden Olmstead, Foreign Military Aid. Seated is reporter Robert McCormick.

John Steelman and others are preparing to film the television program "Battle Report - Washington." Standing, from left to right are: Ted Ayers; Brigadier General F. S. Besson, Jr.; Thomas Cabot; Michael Straus; David Brinkley; and Commodore Robert M. Schwyhart. John R. Steelman, the producer of the program for the Truman Administration, is seated at the desk.

Participants in the "Battle Report - Washington" program pose for a photograph on the set of the show. Standing, from left to right: Ted Ayers; John D. Hickerson; Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration; Under Secretary of State James Webb. David Brinkley, the NBC newsman, is seated at the desk.