Press conferences

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.

Photo of the press conference of Office of Price Administration Chief Paul Porter, shown at the table in the background at OPA headquarters. From: Beth Gore.

OPA Administrator Paul A. Porter told a news conference that the OPA would do its best to push any soaring rent and price ceilings back to the June 30, 1946, level as soon as Congress restores controls. From: Beth Gore.

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.