President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, reading to the assembled members of the press his announcement of the Japanese surrender, officially signaling the war's end. Behind the President seated just to his right are Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Chief of Staff, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and directly behind them, Attorney General Tom Clark. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress on the left.
Office of Price Administration Administrator Chester Bowles returned from his southern winter vacation today for a White House conference with President Truman and Reconversion Director John Snyder. Mr. Bowles, shown here talking with reporters, declined to comment on what had taken place. He would not admit that steel had been discussed, did not know when his report on steel prices would be handed to President Truman, said that his continuing as OPA Administrator had not been a subject of conversation, and replied "no comment" to all other questions asked by reporters. From: Beth Gore.
Chester Bowles, ex-Office of Price Administration chief and new Stabilization Director, shown at a chart as Paul Porter, new OPA head sits by his side, at their joint press conference tonight. From: Beth Gore.
Former President Harry S. Truman smiles at surrounding newsmen in his office at the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri, as he holds a news conference on the second anniversary of his departure from the White House. On Truman's desk is a stack of salutatory messages he received on the occasion, the start of his third year as a private citizen. Of those who can be identified are Walt Bodine (left), Randall Jessee (2nd from left), and Harold M. Slater (4th from right). (See 96-850-2.) From: Harold M. Slater, St. Joseph News Press, St. Joseph, Missouri