Legislators

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated, left) attended a drought conference of State Governors and legislators in Des Moines, Iowa. Also in attendance were Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas (seated, right); Governor Alf Landon of Kansas (standing, second from left); and Senator Harry S. Truman (standing, fourth from right, with moustache). Others are unidentified. From: Frank Scherschel.

At the White House, surrounded by Scottish Rite members, President Harry S. Truman is presented with the insignia of an Emeritus Member of Honor of The Supreme Council, 33 deg. A.A. Scottish Rite. Front row, left to right are: Melvin M. Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, and John B. Mullan. Second row, left to right: Carl A. Miller, Benjamin F.P. Ivins, Frank C. Sayrs, and Carl H. Claudy. Third row, left to right: Harve Tibbott, Clyde A. Fulton, Howard R. Cruse, J. Boyd Mullen, and John G. Malmberg. Top row, left to right: F. Elmer Raschig, John W. Bricker, Robert F. Rich, Clinton P.

President Harry S. Truman greets Senator Alben W. Barkley (Vice President-Elect) and Leslie Biffle (Staff Director of the Senate Minority Policy Committee) at the front door of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, where they posed for photo. (Same as 66-906) From: Naval Photo Center sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Portrait of Owen Brewster, Republican Senator from Maine, who served on the Truman Committee. The photograph is autographed as follows: "To Harry S. Truman, in high esteem, cordially yours, Ray Brewster, Owen." From: Hugh Fulton.

Senator Harry S. Truman and members of the Truman Committee at the airport after visiting the Ford Motor Company. Names of the individuals are hand written below the photo: Left to right, Senator Joseph Ball; Hugh Fulton (counsel, partially obscured); Senator Prentiss M. Brown; Senator Harry S. Truman; Paul Brown (child); Senator Owen Brewster; Senator James Mead; Senator Mon Wallgren; Senator Harold Burton; and Senator Harley Kilgore. Donor: Sam Rushay, who loaned us the original photograph to copy.

Edwin Pauley sits during the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

Edwin Pauley sits during the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

Edwin Pauley (right) sits during the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

Edwin Pauley at the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

Edwin Pauley (left) and an unidentified man at the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.