Presidential advisors

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman eat lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida with some members of their vacation party. Seated from left to right: Charles W. Jackson, Philleo Nash, Eben Ayers, John R. Steelman, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Walter Bedell Smith, President Truman and Mrs. Truman. Others are unidentified.

Assistant to the President John R. Steelman (standing behind podium) is speaking at a dinner ceremony in honor of American Federation of Labor President William Green (front row, third from left) held by the General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel, known as the Histadrut. All others are unidentified.

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington are gathered on the set of the show. From left to right: Gordon Dean, one of the original Commissioners of the Atomic Energy Commission; Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events; John Steelman, producer of the television show for the Truman Administration; and Major Oscar Tibbetts.

Assistant to the President John R. Steelman (right) receives congratulations from an unidentified member of the National Capital Transportation Agency. Steelman was presented the certificate as a member of the Finance Committee.

John R. Steelman (bottom, left) shakes hands with a unidentified young woman while a large group of unidentified men and women, including pilots, look on. The group is posing on the boarding stairs next to an Eastern Air Lines plane and are on their way to the Birmingham Christmas Carnival in Birmingham, Alabama.

Assistant to the President John R. Steelman (left) converses with an unidentified associate.

John R. Steelman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified man who has just participated in a swearing in ceremony. The location is Steelman's office.

Assistant to the President John R. Steelman (standing) is speaking at a dinner ceremony in honor of American Federation of Labor President William Green (front row, left) held by the General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel, known as the Histadrut. All others are unidentified.

John R. Steelman (left) poses with a group of unidentified women as they board an Eastern Air Lines Plane on their way to the Birmingham Christmas Carnival in Birmingham, Alabama.

John R. Steelman (seated, center) is attending a dinner with American Federation Labor President William Green (seated, left) and other unidentified men. The dinner was part of a ceremony in honor of William Green held by the General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel, known as the Histadrut.