Legislators

In an address to a joint session of Congress today, Admiral Chester Nimitz called on his countrymen to make certain that "no future war may ever again find us unprepared." Admiral Nimitz received a tumultuous greeting from members of Congress when he arrived at the Capitol for the address. On the rostrum are Speaker Sam Rayburn (R) and Senator Kenneth McKellar (L), President Pro Tempore of the Senate. From: Beth Gore.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz came to Capitol Hill today to see Senator Thomas C. Hart, of Connecticut. Former Admiral Hart commanded the Pacific fleet. "I just came in to see my old boss and friend," Nimitz said. From: Beth Gore.

Admiral Chester Nimitz told Congress that he favored closer cooperation between the Army, the Navy and the State Department than existed at Pearl Harbor. However, he opposed an Army-Navy merger or the establishment of a separate Air Force. Reversing his stand of a year ago, Nimitz told the Senate Military Affairs Committee it was now his studied opinion that a merger of the Army and Navy "means at best no more advantages than we have now, at worst that the Navy, and the Command of the Seas so vital to our country, will suffer". From: Beth Gore

Admiral Nimitz is voicing his determined opposition to either a merger of the Army and Navy or the creation of an independent Air Force. He appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy of Hungary and Rep. Sol Bloom, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reviewing a map in Mr. Bloom's office. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Senator James E. Murray of Montana. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of Senator James E. Murray of Montana.

Ceremonies at the Capitol showing Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau (Center), selling the first bonds of the Sixth War Loan Drive to Vice President Henry A. Wallace (Left), and Vice President-Elect Harry S. Truman, Senator from Missouri. From: Beth Gore

Shown fourth from the left is Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post, asking Congress to approve further funds for UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency) without any restrictions which "would tend to delay or possibly complete obstruct" the organization's work. At far right is House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Sol Bloom of New York. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Brien McMahon (D), Connecticut, seated in a chair.