Ball, Joseph Hurst, 1905-1993

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at a meeting of the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee). From left to right: Senator James Mead; Charles Patrick Clark, Acting Committee Attorney; Jesse Jones, witness from Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Senator Harry S. Truman; Senator Ralph O. Brewster; Senator Joseph Ball; Senator Gerald Nye, visitor. People identified in Truman's own handwriting below photo. Original autographed photo transferred to museum collection.

Senator Harry S. Truman and members of the Truman Committee at the airport after visiting the Ford Motor Company. Names of the individuals are hand written below the photo: Left to right, Senator Joseph Ball; Hugh Fulton (counsel, partially obscured); Senator Prentiss M. Brown; Senator Harry S. Truman; Paul Brown (child); Senator Owen Brewster; Senator James Mead; Senator Mon Wallgren; Senator Harold Burton; and Senator Harley Kilgore. Donor: Sam Rushay, who loaned us the original photograph to copy.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. The group of four in the center are Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota; Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia; H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator, Truman Committee; and a MacEvoy Project Manager.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. Left to right, in front of a Project Manager, are Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota; H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator, Truman Committee; and Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. Left to right are: Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota, a Project Manager of the MacEvoy Co., Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia, and H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator for the Truman Committee.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program walk over a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. In front are a Project Manager for the MacEvoy Company (left) and Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia. Behind them are Senator Joseph H. Ball (left) of Minnesota and H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator for the Truman Committee.

As a member of the Truman Committee investigating the national defense program, Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota climbs down the hatch of a Naval vessel under construction by the McEvoy Co. The exact location is unknown.