Harris & Ewing

Photo of Elpidio Quirino, Vice President of the Philippine Republic, arriving in Washington for an official visit. Left to right, Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Vice President Quirino and Philippine Ambassador to the U. S. Joaquin M. Elizalde. From: Beth Gore.

Paul Porter (right), former Federal Communications Commission Chairman and Office of Price Administration Chief, reviewing papers with former Governor of New York Herbert Lehman, prior to testifying on the Marshall Plan before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From: Beth Gore

Paul Porter, recently returned from an inspection tour of Greece for President Truman, shown reporting his findings to Rep. Charles A. Eaton, (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. From: Beth Gore

Paul Porter (right), chief of the U. S. Economic Mission to Greece, is shown reporting to Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the State Department. From: Beth Gore.

George H. Mead (left), former industry member of the War Labor Board and later member of the Decontrol Board under the Office of Price Administration Act, is shown talking with OPA Chief Paul Porter at the White House. From: Beth Gore

Photo of the press conference of Office of Price Administration Chief Paul Porter, shown at the table in the background at OPA headquarters. From: Beth Gore.

OPA Administrator Paul A. Porter told a news conference that the OPA would do its best to push any soaring rent and price ceilings back to the June 30, 1946, level as soon as Congress restores controls. From: Beth Gore.

Office of Price Administration Administrator Paul Porter testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee that if price lines can be held another 12 months the danger of crippling inflation will be past. Porter urged Congress not to force OPA "to default in the last round" by weakening the price control structure. From: Beth Gore.

Paul Porter (left), Office of Price Administration chief, and Chester Bowles, former OPA head and new Office of Economic Stabilization Chief, wish each other luck at their joint press conference. Bowles urged the people of the nation to "back the President to the hilt in his courageous fight to protect the nation from the grave economic dangers we face." From: Beth Gore.

Picture of Paul Porter, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. From: Beth Gore.