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Photo of Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman of President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers, telling the Congressional Joint Economic Committee that the continued declined in commodity prices emphasizes that the nation is in the midst of a mixed economy--some segments being inflationary, others deflationary. He said the sharp break was not surprising but very disturbing. From: Beth Gore

Photo taken at the State Department where representatives of England and the United States were holding discussions on economic problems. Left to right: Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic Administration head; the Earl of Halifax, Ambassador to the United States from Great Britain; Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton; Lord John Maynard Keynes, Economic Advisor to the British Treasury; and Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Henry J. Kaiser requesting the Reconstruction Finance Corporation write off $34,510,000 of the debt he owed the government for the Fontana, California steel plant. In return, he promised to raise $80,000,000 by private financing to double the steel-making capacity of the Fontana plant. He believed this would have had a material effect on relieving the existing steel shortage. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Bobby Joplin, 14, after awarding him the Eagle Scout Badge at breakfast ceremonies in the Majestic Hotel, Caruthersville, Missouri, where the President went to attend an American Legion Fair on October 7th. From: Beth Gore.

President Eric Johnston of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, urging Congress to make sure that the bulk of the government's housing activities are returned to their pre-war status under the Federal Loan Agency at the end of the war. Johnson outlined the views of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors on Postwar Governmental Housing Activities before a Senate subcommittee on postwar housing. From: Beth Gore.

Alvanley Johnston, left, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, head of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, talk to reporters following their visit to the White House when President Truman ordered government seizure of the nations railroads.

No transportation problems worried the leaders of the two striking railroad unions, Alvanley Johnston, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, because they did their traveling afoot to conferences in efforts to settle their wage dispute. Johnston (L) and Whitney in picture on left. On right are Whitney (L) and Johnston. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Olin D. Johnston was one of the many boycotters of the Truman Jefferson-Jackson Dinner speech. The Senator, Mrs. Johnson and their two children, Sallie-Leigh, 10; Elizabeth, 8, dined at home last night. From: Beth Gore.

Replying to Navy charges on unification before the House Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson said that, contrary to Navy testimony, he killed the Navy's super aircraft carrier project after lengthy study and with full approval of President Truman. From: Beth Gore From: Beth Gore

Photo of Defense Secretary Louis Johnson telling the House Foreign Affairs Committee that unless arms aid is sent immediately to Western Europe the United States may be forced to ultimately liberate nations conquered by an aggressor. Johnson said he personally felt that the arms program should be continued for four or five years. From: Beth Gore.