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President Harry S. Truman and the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion

President Harry S. Truman is standing on the lawn of the White House with the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. From left to right: Senator Edward Martin; Senator Kenneth McKellar; Richard E. Dougherty; President Truman; Douglas Orr, American Institute of Architects; Representative Louis C. Rabaut; Representative Frank B. Keefe.

Members of the Price Decontrol Board Are Sworn In by Supreme Court Judge Hugo Black

From left to right, George H. Mead, member of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization; Roy L. Thompson, New Orleans Federal Land Bank President and Chairman; and Daniel W. Bell, former undersecretary of the Treasury, are sworn as members of the Price Decontrol Board. John R. Steelman (second from right) holds the Bible while Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Hugo Black (right) administers the oath.

Representatives of American Theatres Association (ATA) Meet with Government Officials in Washington

Members of the American Theatres Association (ATA) are attending a luncheon meeting with various government officials in Washington, D.C. Seated, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; S.H. Fabian, President American Theatres Association (ATA); Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (OWMR) Director John R. Steelman: OWMR Deputy Director Anthony Hyde; Robert W. Coyne, Executive Director, ATA; Acting Secretary of Navy John L. Sullivan; Office of Price Administration (OPA) Administrator Paul Porter; Charles A. Jones, Arthur G.

National Capital Sesquicentennial Postage Stamp Ceremonies

Members and representatives of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission are shown the commemorative postage stamps for the event. From left to right: Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Assistant to the President John R. Steelman; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Carter Barron, Executive Vice-Chairman; and John Russell Young, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

John R. Steelman At Swearing In Ceremony for Members of the Price Control Board

From left to right, George H. Mead, member of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization; Roy L. Thompson, New Orleans Federal Land Bank President and Chairman; and Daniel W. Bell, former undersecretary of the Treasury, are sworn as members of the Price De-Control Board. John R. Steelman (second from right) holds the Bible while Associate Justice Hugo Black (right) administers the oath.

John R. Steelman at a National Security Resources Board Meeting

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.

National Security Resources Board Meeting

Meeting of the National Security Resources Board. Seated, from 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; and Presidential advisor Averell Harriman.