Journalists

President Harry S. Truman (standing, foreground, left) holds press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are, from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Clark Clifford. Also present is Margaret Truman (right, leaning on the back of a chair occupied by a reporter). All other reporters, photographers, and journalists are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman sits in front of a fireplace during a press conference held while he was on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing beside President Truman is Press Secretary Joseph Short. The reporters and journalists seated around the room are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with African American reporters who traveled with him on his trip through the Caribbean after their arrival at Boca Chica Airport in Key West, Florida. From left to right; Llewellyn A. Coles, P. Bernard Young, Jr., Lemuel Graves, and President Truman.

Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath (center) announces to White House reporters that President Harry S. Truman authorized Mr. McGrath to say that he will definitely be a candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket. Standing with Mr. McGrath on the right is the Executive Director of the Democratic Committee, Gael Sullivan. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at the table) holds a press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida on the Naval Submarine Base to discuss how the Presidential election is having a negative effect on the settlement of foreign and domestic affairs. Standing behind President Truman is, from left to right: unidentified, unidentified, General Wallace Graham, John Steelman, Admiral Robert Dennison, William Hassett, Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, and Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown standing on the far right. This scene is identified as a press interview which took place in Jackson, Mississippi. According to Goodwin's appointment book, he was in Jackson on September 6 - 7 and stayed at the Heidelberg Hotel and this may be the location of the press event. Others in view are not identified.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the "Little White House," his vacation quarters at Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are various members of his staff, including William Hassett (third from left), Colonel Robert Landry (fourth from left), Eben Ayers (sixth from left, behind Truman), Clark Clifford (behind Truman, partly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (eighth from left), and Major General Harry Vaughan (ninth from left, wearing t-shirt). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center) holds a press conference on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are, from left to right: John Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, William Bray, General Robert Landry, General Wallace Graham, Eben Ayers, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with binoculars) attends the Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. He is followed by unknown reporters. With President Truman is General Robert Landry (far right), and Admiral Robert Dennison (behind Landry).