Harris & Ewing

Elizabeth T. Bentley takes the stand before the House Committee on Unamerican Activities. She is shown here as she prepared to refute the testimony of Duncan Lee (seated right in back) whom she had accused of supplying secret data to the Russian government during the war years. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of Agriculture-designate Ezra Taft Benson (left) talks with reporters after meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. Benson, stopping here during a trip around the country to see farm and industry leaders, told newsmen that he and Brannan discussed nothing of great importance to the public. From: Beth Gore.

Bernard M. Baruch today revealed his plan to avoid a world chaos in the atomic age to Senators meeting in secret session, and received their assurance that Congressional support for the plan would be forth coming. He is shown here, center, with Senator Brien McMahon, Connecticut, Chairman of the Atomic Committee of the Senate (at right)and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan (at left). From: Beth Gore.

Bernard M. Baruch today called for the removal or destruction of all German heavy industry to "break once and for all Germany's dominance of Europe." Appearing before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Baruch is here shown seated, right, while Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, left, chairman of the committee, and Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Virginia, standing, talk to him prior to the opening of the hearing. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Alben Barkley looks a bit different these days and if you don't think so, just take a look at the upper lip! The way the Senator from Kentucky is showing it off, he appears mighty proud of the moustache. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky looks like the Democratic National Convention's unanimous choice for Vice-President. At 70, he has spent half his life in Congress and is a loyal Democrat and party workhorse. The gray-haired Kentuckian is a widower with three children. This is a new portrait of Mr. Barkley. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right: Senator Alben Barkley, Bess Truman, and President Harry S. Truman. President Truman and Mrs. Truman are leaving Washington for a weekend at their home in Independence, Missouri. Senator Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader, was in the party and will leave the plane at Paducah, Kentucky, where he is scheduled to speak this weekend. The President and Mrs. Truman and the Senator are shown at Washington National Airport prior to boarding their plane. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait photo of physicist Robert F. Bacher, named by President Harry S. Truman on October 28th to serve on the new Atomic Energy Commission. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Warren R. Austin, Vermont, New U.S. United Nations Security Council Representative, shown with President Truman at the White House. From: Beth Gore

Portrait of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. From: Beth Gore