Legislators

Senator Harry S. Truman enjoys a Naval Reserve cruise on the Great Lakes on board the U.S.S. Dubuque, a World War I gunboat used for training. From: George Peck.

Senator Virgil Chapman (center), Democrat, Kentucky, points out something of interest to President Harry S. Truman (left) as they view the crowd from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President is to make a campaign speech. Tom Underwood, Editor of The Lexington Leader, is on the right. From: James F. Rourke.

President Harry S. Truman converses with Tom Mooney (left), Mayor, Lexington, Kentucky; Senator Virgil Chapman (2nd from right), Democrat, Kentucky; and Tom Underwood (right), editor, Lexington Herald, on the back of a train making a campaign whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President will address a crowd of supporters. From: James F. Rourke.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the McEvoy Co. The group of four in the center are Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota; Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia; H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator, Truman Committee; and a McEvoy Project Manager.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the McEvoy Co. Left to right, in front of a Project Manager, are Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota; H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator, Truman Committee; and Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the McEvoy Co. Left to right are: Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota, a Project Manager of the McEvoy Co., Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia, and H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator for the Truman Committee.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program walk over a Navy vessel under construction by the McEvoy Company. In front are a Project Manager for the McEvoy Company (left) and Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia. Behind them are Senator Joseph H. Ball (left) of Minnesota and H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator for the Truman Committee.

As a member of the Truman Committee investigating the national defense program, Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota climbs down the hatch of a Naval vessel under construction by the McEvoy Co. The exact location is unknown.

Senator Harry S. Truman attends a lunch with members of the Truman Committee and others at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Starting on the left, clockwise are: Lou Berringer, Senator Owen Brewster (Maine), Jessie R. (Mrs. Hugh) Fulton, Hugh Fulton (counsel for The Committee), Neal Helm, Marion Toomey, H.G. Robinson, Major Hill (Army liaison), and Senator Harry S. Truman.

Members of the Truman Committee and others prepare to board a train at the Ann Arbor, Michigan station. Senator Harry S. Truman (not visible in the photo)and other members had been in Ypsilanti, Michigan, for an inspection of the Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant. Identified are three students from the University of Michigan: Frank Whitmeyer (far left); Glen Priester (2nd from right); and Alan N. Donkin (right). Second from the left is Mary-Jane Romine Sparrow, sister of Truman's cousin, Roy Romine. The others are unidentified. From: Roy T. Romine