Harris & Ewing

Air-brushed casual portrait of Robert A. Taft at a desk. From: Beth Gore

Portrait of Robert A. Taft. From: Beth Gore

Gael Sullivan; Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee, as he called at the White House today. From: Beth Gore.

Gael Sullivan, who recently resigned as Second Assistant Postmaster General to accept an appointment as Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee, is shown as he assumed his new post today. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of Lewis L. Strauss, member of the Atomic Energy Commission. Strauss was a former businessman and Admiral. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in an appearance today before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged extension of the Lend-Lease Act with its full effectiveness and "without delay." Stimson is shown with Rep. Sol Bloom, Chairman of the Committee. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of War Stimson told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that he wanted prompt passage of "work or else" legislation more to boost morale on the battlefronts than for its direct results in war production. Mr. Stimson and Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Left to right, Mr. Patterson, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah, Chairman of the Committee, and Mr. Stimson. From: Beth Gore.

Airbrushed portrait of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. From: Beth Gore

General Joseph Stilwell, Chief of the Army Ground Forces, presents the Medal of Honor to Cathrine Boyce, in Washington, D.C. Her son, the late Lt. George Boyce, Jr., smothered a live Japanese grenade on New Guinea to save the lives of his men. Left to right: Gen. Stilwell; Lt. Boyce's sister, Dorothy Boyce; Mrs. Boyce; and Lt. Boyce's grandmother, Mrs. Alfred Brown. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Mrs. Grace Stewart, Administrative Assistant to Attorney General Tom C. Clark. From: Beth Gore.