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Ewing, Oscar R. (Oscar Ross), 1899-1980

Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth

Seven 16-inch phonograph albums, Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth, with highlights from the speeches of featured speakers:

President Harry S. Truman;

Federal Security Agency Administrator, Oscar Ewing;

Executive Secretary of the Association for Aid of Crippled Children, Leonard W. Mayo, "Putting our Present Knowledge to Work;"

Professor of Education at the University of Chicago, Allison Davis, "Social and Economic Factors in Personality Development;"

President Truman's Remarks to the Members of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization

President Harry S. Truman's remarks to the members of the Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Organization. The President spoke at 12:20 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. In his opening words he referred to Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency.

President Truman's Remarks to a Group of Exchange Teachers from Great Britain, France, and Canada

President Harry S. Truman's remarks to a group of exchange teachers from Great Britain, France, and Canada. The President spoke at 12:05 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. His opening words referred to Oscar R. Ewing, Federal Security Administrator. The teachers were in the United States under the provisions of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948.

President Truman signs a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency" with dignitaries

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency." Dignitaries present L to R: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Oscar Ewing, The Hon. G. Howland Shaw, Chairman of National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank L. Weil, John W. Andrews, Vice Chairman of National Conference.

Portrait of Oscar R. Ewing

Oscar R. Ewing, Attorney, Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, New York, New York, and predecessor firms, 1919-1947; Assistant Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-42; Vice Chairman, 1942-47; Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General, 1942 and again in 1947; Acting Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1946; Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, 1947-53; and organizer and member of an unofficial political policy group during the Truman administration, 1947-52.

President Harry S. Truman Aboard USS Williamsburg

President Harry S. Truman and some of his friends and associates gather for a photograph while on the USS Williamsburg, during President Truman's Fourth of July holiday cruise on the Potomac. From left to right: Governor Mon Wallgren, Senator Clinton Anderson, Clark Clifford, President Truman, George Allen, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Oscar Ewing.

Truman with Democrats

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.