Presidential advisors

John R. Steelman (left) is shown talking with Governor William Preston Lane of Maryland (center) and another unidentified gentleman at the Governor's Conference in Savannah, Georgia.

A group of economic advisors meet in the office of John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. From left to right: James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors; and John R. Steelman.

John R. Steelman (left) talks with an unidentified man associated with a trip to the Birmingham, Alabama Christmas Carnival.

From left to right: Elihu Harris and Leon J. Markham of the Treasury Department; John R. Steelman; Thomas J. Hargrave, Chairman of the Munitions Board attend a meeting of Industrial Editors. The meeting was held in Room 474 of the Old State Building in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

John R. Steelman speaks at the President's Conference on Industrial Safety. This conference was the first national approach to the solution of industrial accidents.

After being sworn in as John Steelman's assistant, David H. Stowe (left) and Steelman (right) pose for a photograph in Steelman's office. Stowe's title became Deputy to the Assistant to the President.

A group of economic advisors meet in the office of John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. From left to right: James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; John R. Steelman; and Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman.

John R. Steelman (left) and Washington, D.C. Commissioner Gordon R. Young (right) pose for a picture with Esquire character Chief Barker J. Stanley Long (center). The occasion was the Board of Trade Dinner.

Formal portrait of John R. Steelman.

John R. Steelman, Reconversion Director, is shown as he signs the amendment to the National Stabilization Policy to help end a strike by maritime workers.