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Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964

Truman Committee meeting

Truman Senate defense investigating committee holds preliminary session immediately after arrival in Kansas City, Missouri, preparatory to open inquiry about fuel supply situation in the Midwest. Standing, left to right: Senator Harley Kilgore, Senator James Meade, general counsel Hugh S. Fulton. Seated, left to right: Mayor of Kansas City John B. Gage, Senator Carl Hatch, Senator Harry S. Truman, Senator Mon C. Wallgren, and Senator Harold Burton.

Truman Committee Members

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. Similar to 66-2706.

Meeting of the Truman Committee

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, is meeting with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Truman Committee Trip to North Africa

In the old city of Algiers, Senator James Tunnell of Delaware (center) with Senator Harold Burton (Tunnell's left, wearing glasses). Major General Harry Vaughan is behind Senator Burton, partly obscured. Both Senators are members of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, popularly known as the Truman Committee. All others are unidentified.