Presidential press secretaries

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (seated, right) on a boat approaching Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right, is Captain James Vardaman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Admiral William D. Leahy. Others are unidentified. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

President Harry S. Truman inspects the U. S. S. Augusta, en route to the Potsdam Conference. Left to right, front row: Commander Charles L. Freeman, General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and President Truman. Sailors are in background. Prom the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

President Harry S. Truman is shown performing the coin toss at a football game between the Quantico Marines and Virginia Polytechnic Institute played in Alexandria, Virginia at the high school football stadium. Press Secretary Charlie Ross is seated in first row on far left. From a leather bound album of 55 8 x 10 photos of President Truman's visit to the Marine Corps Training Base. Gift of Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commandant, Marine Corps Schools.

From left to right, Press Secretary Charles Ross, President Harry S. Truman, and William Hassett on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Written on back of snapshot, in Margaret Truman's handwriting: "Dad, Charlie (Mr. Ross) and the 'Bishop' (Mr. Hassett) in yard of Little White House - Key West, Nov. 29th, 1949."

Sport shirts of assorted designs and colors highlight the press conference held by President Harry S. Truman (center) on the lawn of the "Little White House" during his 9th trip to Key West, Florida. Standing in the background are John Steelman (sixth from left), Charles Murphy (eighth from left), Joseph Feeney, William Hassett, Joseph Short, Robert Dennison, and Robert Landry (ninth from left to right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman chats with General Douglas MacArthur after stepping off the presidential plane, The Independence, at Wake Island for a historic conference on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. On the left is Charles Ross, the President's Press Secretary. From: Gordon B. Cone

President Harry S. Truman holds an informal press conference on the deck of the U.S.S. Williamsburg at Key West, Florida. Those who can be identified are Charles Ross (second from left, standing) and Captain Cecil Adell (fourth from right, standing). From: National Archives & Records Administration

Stephen T. Early, Press Secretary and Aide at the White House for the past 12 years, prior to leaving to accepted the position as Vice-President of the Pullman Company, was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by President Truman. The ceremony was held in the Rose Garden of the White House and was attended by the White House staff, shown in the background. From: Beth Gore

Jonathan Daniels, White House Press Secretary, talks to reporters who piled into his office hoping for an official announcement by President Truman of Germany's surrender. From: Beth Gore.

The two adopted granddaughters of Charles G. Ross, Presidential Press Secretary, were at the train when President Truman's train made a brief stop in St. Louis. The President is shown giving them a lot of attention while Ross holds them in this 11 x 14 photo that is similar to 96-50 and 90-67.