Press conferences

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

Blaze, Col. Elliott Roosevelt's dog, whose transcontinental airplane jaunt has caused nation-wide talk, traveled two priority grades above Senators, Senator Burnet R. Maybank, South Carolina, said at a Senate Military Affairs Sub-Committee press conference today. Photo shows Senator Maybank during the conference. Unidentified person in background. From: Beth Gore.

Charles Luckman, Chairman of the President's Citizen's Food Committee, displays the new food saving poster at his first press conference at the White House. From: Beth Gore

John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, shown talking to reporters following his White House conference with President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug in his office during a press conference about the coal strike. From: Beth Gore

Newsmen waiting outside the President Harry S. Truman's office for a news conference. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson after his return from a week-end conference with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Joint Chiefs at Key West, Florida, telling reporters they had accomplished more at the meeting than during any other similar period in the last three years. He said the Joint Chiefs are "truly a team" although each is a "star" in his military field. Johnson expressed a strong desire that Congress approve President Truman's proposal to give the Defense Secretary more power and to unify the three services. From: Beth Gore

Photo showing Paul G. Hoffman, head of the Marshall Plan, holding his first press conference. He announced the appointment of Dennis A. Fitzgerald of the Department of Agriculture to head the important food division of his organization. This was the first top appointment to the staff which will help Hoffman run the $5,300,000,000 European Recovery Program. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Paul G. Hoffman, Director of the Marshall Plan, telling a news conference that the French coal strike is "Moscow directed" and possibly Russia's last determined effort to halt European recovery. He had just returned from a European trip on behalf of the European Cooperation Administration. From: Beth Gore

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.