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Thanksgiving Political Cartoon

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman entitled "Pre-Thanksgiving Dream". This was published in November 1946 by the Washington Evening Star. The men depicted in the cartoon are President Harry S. Truman, Attorney General Tom Clark, United Mine Workers Union President John L. Lewis, and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug.

Truman Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments

President Harry S. Truman signs the Fair Labor Standards Act, raising minimum wages to seventy-five cents an hour, with labor and government officials on hand for the ceremony in the White House. Looking on are (top left) Solicitor of the Labor Department William S. Tyson, (leaning over the president's right shoulder) Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, (leaning over the president's left shoulder) President of the American Federation of Labor William Green, and (far right) President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Jacob S. Potofsky.

John Steelman and the Railroad Strike Settlement at the White House

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.

Attendees at the 1945 National Labor-Management Conference

Members, alternates, and advisers of the Executive Committee of the National Labor-Management Conference pose during their meeting. The photo includes autographs of the men in the photo, but they are not original signatures. This photo is a copy of the original. The signatures include: Ted F. Silvey, Clarence O. Skinner, Vincent P. Ahearn, Lee Pressman, Philip Murray, Sidney Hillman, Herman W. Steinkraus, Raymond S. Smethurst, William E. Simkin, John E. Dietz, George W. Taylor, David Sarnoff, Walter P. Stacey, Joyce O'Hara, Lewis B. Schwellenbach, John Holmes, Eric Johnston, M.M.

President Truman Meets with Mobilization Committee of the NSRB

President Harry S. Truman (center, seated) is shown meeting with the Committee on Mobilization Policy of the National Security Resources Board (NSRB). Seated, left to right: Stuart Symington, Chairman, NSRB; President Truman; Anna Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of Defense on Manpower. Standing, left to right: William Green, President, American Federation of Labor; Albert J. Hayes, President of International Association of Machinists; Hershel Newsom, Master, Farmers National Grange; Frank P.