Legislators

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, now Secretary of Commerce, came to the Senate today as a witness before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. He is shown here discussing the bill on jobs for all. From: Beth Gore.

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace sits on table while talking to newsmen following this morning's hearing on his appointment as Secretary of Commerce by President Roosevelt. From: Beth Gore.

A general view picturing General Jonathan M. Wainwright addressing the House of Representatives today. The members gave the hero of Corregidor a great ovation during his visit to the Chamber. Speaker Sam Rayburn is shown on the rostrum behind of General Wainwright. From: Beth Gore

General Jonathan M. Wainwright today told the House of Representatives that only "the memory and hope of America" sustained him and his men through the dark days of their confinement and the "inhuman treatment" by the enemy. The General was given a thunderous ovation by members of the House. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn is seated behind General Wainwright. From: Beth Gore.

General Jonathan Wainwright, back in this country after having been a prisoner of the Japs, finds it is the same America and that he is still a top fan. This collage of pictures made at last night's Washington-Cleveland game shows the General really taking his baseball--and the trimmings that go with it--seriously. Here he is shown being greeted by Senator-Baseball Commissioner Albert B. Chandler, eating a hot dog, scratching his neck, smoking a pipe and a cigarette, and autographing a baseball. From: Beth Gore.

In an appearance before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson today said the wartime deterioration in Britain's international economic position was even more severe than destruction suffered from enemy air attacks. "To survive," he said, "England must restore and expand her export trade, either by joining the United Nations program for unrestricted world trade, or extending her economic bloc of currency and trade controls." Vinson is shown here at a chart at the committee hearing. From: Beth Gore

The Senate today unanimously approved the nomination of Federal Loan Administrator Fred Vinson, center, to be the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Left to right at Senate Finance Committee executive session this morning: Senator Josiah W. Bailey, North Carolina; Mr. Vinson; and Senator Walter F. George, Georgia, Chairman of the Committee. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Millard Tydings, Maryland, with two unidentified ladies at the inaugural ball. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

General James A. Van Fleet, left, and Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond, former 10th Army Corps Commander, snapped at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing today where they were questioned about the recent serious ammunition shortage in Korea. The Committee is trying to fix the blame for the shortage. From: Beth Gore.

General James A. Van Fleet, 60-year-old former 8th Army commander, told Congressmen this morning that the Korea deadlock is a sit-down of our own choice. Van Fleet, appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, also suggested the draft term be lengthened from its present two years "to 30 or 36 months." In this double photograph, on the right, Committee Chairman Dewey Short (R-MO) greets Van Fleet upon arrival at the hearing, and left is Van Fleet as he testified. From: Beth Gore.