Press conferences

Paul Porter (left), Office of Price Administration chief, and Chester Bowles, former OPA head and new Office of Economic Stabilization Chief, wish each other luck at their joint press conference. Bowles urged the people of the nation to "back the President to the hilt in his courageous fight to protect the nation from the grave economic dangers we face." From: Beth Gore.

Edwin Pauley, United States member of the Reparations Commission, as he held a press conference at the White House. From: Beth Gore

A photo of Admiral Chester Nimitz (right), Chief of Naval Operations, at a press conference where he announced the Navy had found Captain Charles B. McVay III, skipper of the cruiser Indianapolis, guilty of failing to direct his ship to follow a zig-zag course prior to the time she was destroyed in the Philippines Sea on July 30, 1945. Shown with Nimitz is Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. From: Beth Gore.

CIO President Philip Murray as he told a press conference that a nation-wide steel strike "must take place" because U. S. Steel Corporation had rejected President Harry S. Truman's wage settlement. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles, taken at his press conference. where he spoke in favor of Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles, taken at his press conference, where he spoke in favor of Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles taken at his press conference speaking in favor of the Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

A candid photo of Office of Economic Stabilization Director Chester Bowles taken at his press conference where he spoke in favor of the Office of Price Administration. This photo is similar to photos 99-98, 99-99, and 99-100. From: Beth Gore.

After Postmaster General Robert Hannegan announced he was stepping down as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, it was then announced that Senator J. Howard McGrath (D), Rhode Island, had been designated as his successor. The Senator, shown here at a press conference, said he planned to keep on being a Senator. From: Beth Gore

At a press conference, Secretary of State Dean Acheson indicated that the United States would consider any attack on Hong Kong by Chinese Communists as a matter for action by the United Nations Council. John J. McCloy, right, U. S. High Commissioner for Germany, told the reporters that it is incredible that Western Germany political leaders are stressing nationalism in the German political campaign, instead of dealing with substantial issues. From: Beth Gore