Journalists

Photograph taken from overhead, showing President Harry S. Truman speaking to a group of foreign journalists in the White House Rose Garden.

American Ambassador-at-Large, Philip C. Jessup (left) with members of the Japanese Mainichi Press upon his arrival to Itami Airfield in Kyoto, Japan. Also pictured is Major Walter C. Carroll Jr., United States Army First Corps Public Information Officer (extreme right). All other individuals are unidentified.

Margaret Truman Daniel and her husband, Clifton Daniel with their two children, Clifton Truman Daniel (at left) and William Wallace Daniel on board the Queen of Bermuda ship. They have traveled to Bermuda with their parents on this ship.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri carrying President Harry S. Truman home from Brazil, pollywog Merriman Smith, newsman, stands watch for Davy Jones, emissary of King Neptune, during shellback ceremonies for those crossing the equator for the first time. From: Truman Home.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on a return trip from Brazil, pollywog Merriman Smith (a newsman) is pitched backwards from a teetering chair into the Royal Tank where he is dunked by sailors anointed with a greasy concoction, during ceremonies for those crossing the equator for the first time. (See also 66-1325.) From: Truman Home.

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India is addressing reporters after landing in Washington, D.C. for an official visit. President Harry S. Truman is to his right. The presidential plane "Independence" is in the background. Others are unidentified.

George Weller, Chicago Daily News, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, John Hurndall, and Martin Bennett in Mr. Pauley's coach, en route to North Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

John Hurndall, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, and Waldo Drake of the Los Angeles Times before leaving North Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left) walking with military personnel, dignitaries, and reporters while attending an air show at Andrews Air Force Base. Walking next to President Truman on the right is General Robert Landry. Walking behind and slightly left of President Truman is General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) inspecting aircraft, a Northrop B-49, during an air show at Andrews Air Force Base, surrounded by reporters and military personnel. Standing on the right of President Truman is General Robert Landry. Behind General Landry is Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.