Presidential advisors

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) examines a report as Joseph E. Davies (left), Admiral William D. Leahy (center standing), and Harry Hopkins (right) watch. Hopkins and Davis were guests of the President for breakfast and gave reports. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Stephen Early (foreground left) is sworn in as Special Assistant to the President by Administrative Officer Frank K. Sanderson (foreground right) as President Harry S. Truman (sitting) and other members of his Secretarial staff look on. Standing next to President Truman, with a large handkerchief in her pocket, is his personal secretary Rose Conway. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) poses with members of his staff (standing, left to right): Administrative Assistant Eddie McKim, Military Aide Major General Harry Vaughan, and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1

The Press Secretary to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stephen Early (left), and President Harry S. Truman's Appointment Secretary, Matt Connelly (right), shake hands. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (center) talks to Harry Hopkins (right) while Admiral William D. Leahy (left) looks on. A breakfast guest of President Truman, Hopkins presented a report to the president. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing, second from right) and Press Secretary J. Leonard Reinsch (standing, right) at the first press conference given by President Harry S. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman poses with his Secretaries. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Steve Early, President Harry S. Truman, Charles Ross, Jonathan Daniels, and William D. Hassett. They are standing in the Oval Office of the White House. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Matt Connelly (foreground left) is sworn in as Senior Secretary by Administrative Officer Frank K. Sanderson (foreground right) as President Harry S. Truman (sitting) and other members of his Secretarial staff look on. Also seated beside President Truman is Grace Tully (partly obscured by Mr. Sanderson). Standing in the background, from left to right, are: Maurice C. Latta, Mary Eben, Shirley Green, Lauretta Young, unidentified woman (partly obscured), Rose Conway, five unidentified women, and Roberta Barrows. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Matthew Connelly (foreground left) is sworn in as Senior Secretary by Administrative Officer Frank K. Sanderson (foreground right) as President Harry S. Truman (sitting) and other members of his Secretarial staff look on. Standing next to President Truman, with a large handkerchief in her pocket, is his personal secretary Rose Conway. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a press conference, officially announcing the end of the war in Europe after Germany's unconditional surrender. Behind the President is: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing), Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Senator Kenneth McKellar, Administrative Assistant Eddie McKim, Press Secretary Stephen Early (standing), Jonathan Daniels, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (in black hat). All others are unidentified.