Governmental investigations

President Harry S. Truman meeting with members of the Subversive Activities Committee, also known as the President's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty. They are presenting their report. Seated from left to right are Under Secretary of War Kenneth Royall, President Truman, and Special Assistant to the Attorney General A. Devitt Vanech. Standing, left to right are Civil Service Commission President Harry B. Mitchell, Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Administration John E. Peurifoy, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Edward H.

Truman Senate defense investigating committee holds preliminary session immediately after arrival in Kansas City, Missouri, preparatory to open inquiry about fuel supply situation in the Midwest. Standing, left to right: Senator Harley Kilgore, Senator James Meade, general counsel Hugh S. Fulton. Seated, left to right: Mayor of Kansas City John B. Gage, Senator Carl Hatch, Senator Harry S. Truman, Senator Mon C. Wallgren, and Senator Harold Burton.

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. Similar to 66-2706.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others inspecting Brewster plant for the Truman Committee. From left to right: G. F. Chapline, Vice President of Brewster Aircraft; Ralph O. Brewster, Senator from Maine; Harry S. Truman, Senator from Missouri; Harley M. Kilgore, Senator from West Virginia; Hugh Fulton, Counsel for the Truman Committee.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at a meeting of the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee). From left to right: Senator James Mead; Charles Patrick Clark, Acting Committee Attorney; Jesse Jones, witness from Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Senator Harry S. Truman; Senator Ralph O. Brewster; Senator Joseph Ball; Senator Gerald Nye, visitor. People identified in Truman's own handwriting below photo. Original autographed photo transferred to museum collection.