Presidential advisors

George McKee Elsey, who was appointed to a $10,000 a year job as Administrative Assistant to President Truman. From Oakmont, Pennsylvania, he formerly was assistant to Clark M. Clifford, the President's Special Counsel.

Dr. Karl T. Compton, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and head of President Truman's Commission on Universal Training, warned Senators today that "time is running out" and urged that Congress approve universal military training this year. He testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. From: Beth Gore.

Airbrushed formal portrait of Clark M. Clifford, Naval Aide to the President, seated at his desk. From: Beth Gore

Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr., left, was sworn in today as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, leaving his post as Naval Aide to President Truman, and Captain Clark M. Clifford, St. Louis attorney, right, is to succeed Vardaman as the President's Naval Aide. The pair are shown here congratulating each other. From: Beth Gore

Parade of the 35th Division through the streets of Omaha, Nebraska during their 1948 reunion. President Harry S. Truman is leading the parade. Fourth from the President's left is Frank Spina, his barber, and second from the President's left is General Harry Vaughan, his miliary aide.

President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk while grouped around him are, left to right: Joseph Davies, who recently returned from a mission to London, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff, and Harry Hopkins, who had returned to Washington from his mission to Moscow.

President Harry S. Truman seated on the rear of a car with Winston Churchill during a parade through Fulton, Missouri. Seated in the front is Dr. Franc McCluer and Governor Phil Donnelly. Also in the vehicle is Admiral William D. Leahy (next to and slightly in front of Donnelly).

President Truman and his staff on the rear of the special train which took he and Winston Churchill to Fulton, Missouri. Shown Left to Right: General Harry Vaughn, Clark Clifford, Admiral William D. Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Wallace Graham, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Press Secretary Charles Ross and an unidentified man.

Bernard M. Baruch today revealed his plan to avoid a world chaos in the atomic age to Senators meeting in secret session, and received their assurance that Congressional support for the plan would be forth coming. He is shown here, center, with Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut, Chairman of the Atomic Committee of the Senate (at right)and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan (at left). From: Beth Gore.

Bernard M. Baruch today called for the removal or destruction of all German heavy industry to "break once and for all Germany's dominance of Europe." Appearing before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Baruch is here shown seated, right, while Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, left, chairman of the committee, and Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Virginia, standing, talk to him prior to the opening of the hearing. From: Beth Gore.