Legislators

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

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

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

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

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

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

Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas of California (formerly a film actress)speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Senator Harry S. Truman in a Senate anteroom.

Delegation outside the White House attending the bill signing to make the governorship of Puerto Rico an elected office. L to R: Representative Fred Crawford of Michigan; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Antonio Fernos Isern, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico; unidentified lady; Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico and Irving Silverman.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) in the oval office signing a bill to make the governorship of Puerto Rico an elected office. From left to right: Unidentified woman; Irving Silverman; Representative Fred Crawford of Michigan; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico; and Antonio Fernos Isern, Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.