Presidential press secretaries

President Harry S. Truman (center)chats informally with White House photographers and reporters on the grounds of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. The three in the background on the left are (left to right) Bill Gerecke, Charles Protz, and Harry Walsh. On the President's right is Jeff Brodhead. On Truman's left, with his back turned, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. In front of Ross, left to right, are Alfonso Muto, M.H. Posey, Harvey George, and an unidentified man. (See also 66-874.) From: Richard Bower.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) attending an event celebrating his first trip to his hometown of Independence, Missouri since becoming President. The event took place at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Auditorium. Standing at the podium is Charles Ross, Truman's press secretary and also a native of Independence. Seated on the right is Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman.

President Truman and his party on the deck of the U.S.S. Williamsburg during a cruise off the New England coast. From left to right: unidentified, John Snyder, Ted Marks, President Harry S. Truman, Matthew Connelly, Gen. Harry Vaughan, Charles Ross, and Clark Clifford (partially obscured).

In the Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game. Front row, left to right: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey W.) Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second Row. General Wallace Graham; R. D. Hetzel, President of Penn State; General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; and Press Secretary Charles Ross. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

White House Press Secretary Charles Ross shown telling the Press that President Harry S. Truman, aside from his appeal for reconsideration, has no further plans to avert the steel strike. Mr. Ross specifically said that Government seizure of the steel industry so far had never been considered. The President urged the cooperation "on the grounds of the public interest as well as good business" to reconsider and accept his settlement. From: Beth Gore.

President Truman announced today that Charles G. Ross, 39-year-old Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will become his Press Secretary on May 15. When Mr. Truman first took office, it was announced that J. Leonard Reinsch, Managing Director of three radio stations owned by James M. Cox, would act as secretary, but since then Mr. Cox has asked that Reinsch be allowed to return to his post with the stations because of the urgent need of his technical knowledge.

This scene of Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross holding a press conference with reporters was repeated many times after reports came to the White House of the imminent surrender of the Japanese. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of newly sworn in Press Secretary to President Truman, Charles G. Ross (at desk), meeting the press at the White House for the first time. From: Beth Gore.

President Truman's Press Secretary, Charles Ross, is shown reading letters from all over the country regarding the President's latest nation-wide radio address. A survey shows that 85 percent of the letters favored the President's findings in the broadcast. From: Beth Gore.

Charles Ross kisses the Bible after taking the oath as Press Secretary of President Harry S. Truman. Left to right: Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge, who administered the oath; President Truman; Charles Ross; and Mrs. Ross. From: Beth Gore.