Labor leaders

Philip Murray, leader of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (left) shakes hands with Benjamin Fairless, U.S. Steel executive (right) at the White House.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) debates for labor vote with President of the American Federation of Labor William Green (center) and Chairman of the Republican National Committee B. Carroll Reece (right).

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) and Daniel Tobin, head of the Teamster's Union, in Chicago, Illinois, shortly before the Democratic National Convention.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt acknowledging applause after his first speech of the 1944 Campaign at the International Teamsters' Union Dinner in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Henry J. Kaiser; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; President Roosevelt; and Daniel Tobin, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System, is on the extreme left, and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, is on the extreme right.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) sits at the head dinner table at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City, where he is to give an address. On his right is an unidentified labor leader with another at the podium. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and an unidentified labor leader pose for a photo, each holding a corner of a $5,000 check presented to Mr. Truman by the AFL-CIO at a banquet held in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 165, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) holds a $5,000 check presented to him by an unidentified labor leader (left) at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman receives the applause of an unidentified labor leader as he accepts a $5,000 check at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) peruses a $5,000 check and medallion presented by an unidentified labor leader at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.